Purdue's Zach Edey leads 15 Wooden Award finalists

Purdue center Zach Edey and reigning winner Oscar Tshiebwe of Kentucky were among the 15 finalists named Saturday for the Wooden Award as the best men's college basketball player.

The 7-foot-4 Edey averages 22.1 points, 13.1 rebounds and 2.3 blocked shots per game for the fifth-ranked Boilermakers.

Tshiebwe is averaging 16.5 points, 13.1 rebounds and 1.6 steals for the Wildcats, down from his totals when he won the award last season (17.4, 15.2 and 1.8).

A notable omission from the list of 15 finalists is Alabama freshman forward Brandon Miller, who averages 19.6 points and 8.0 rebounds but is embroiled in an off-court controversy. Last month, police said Miller delivered a gun to former teammate Darius Miles prior to a fatal shooting on Jan. 15.

The Wooden Award has been presented annually since 1977.

The full list of 15 finalists:

Armando Bacot, North Carolina

Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy

Zach Edey, Purdue

Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana

Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA

Keyontae Johnson, Kansas State

Mike Miles Jr., TCU

Kris Murray, Iowa

Jalen Pickett, Penn State

Marcus Sasser, Houston

Drew Timme, Gonzaga

Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky

Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona

Jalen Wilson, Kansas

Isaiah Wong, Miami