Gonzaga’s graduate forward Graham Ike (16.8 points on 52.2 shooting from the field, team-leading 8.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists per game) was listed on the Top 25 Wooden Award Midseason Watch List. Completely well-deserved, but his partner in crime in the frontcourt wasn’t.
Redshirt junior forward Braden Huff leads the Zags in scoring at 18.1 points per game on a 66.2 field goal percentage, which ranks the tenth-highest in the country. As for Ike, he has put together nine double-doubles so far in 2025-26. That is tied for the fifth-most in the nation.
Here are the other 24 names listed instead of Huff across college basketball for the honor:
Arkansas’ Darius Acuff Jr.
Tennessee’s Nate Ament
Duke’s Cameron Boozer
Arizona’s Jaden Bradley
Arizona’s Koa Peat
Louisville’s Mikel Brown Jr.
Kansas State’s PJ Haggerty
Indiana’s Tucker DeVries
BYU’s AJ Dybantsa
Houston’s Kingston Flemings
Houston’s Emanuel Sharp
Florida’s Thomas Haugh
Iowa State’s Josh Jefferson
Iowa State’s Tamin Lipsey
UConn’s Alex Karaban
Purdue’s Trey Kaufman-Renn
Purdue’s Braden Smith
Michigan’s Yaxel Landeborg
Kansas’ Darryn Peterson
Alabama’s Labaron Philon Jr.
Iowa’s Bennett Stirtz
Ohio State’s Bruce Thornton
Texas Tech’s JT Toppin
North Carolina’s Caleb Wilson
Arden Cravalho is a Gonzaga University graduate from the Bay Area… Follow him on X @a_cravalho
