Nine players on teams competing at the Lahaina Civic Center this week are on the preseason top 50 for the Wooden Award for the national player of the year. Three teams have three players apiece — Oregon (Chris Boucher, Dillon Brooks and Tyler Dorsey) and Wisconsin (Ethan Happ, Nigel ...

Two freshmen in this year’s field were named to the McDonald’s and Jordan Brand All-America teams — Connecticut’s Alterique Gilbert (left) and North Carolina’s Tony Bradley. Gilbert was the Gatorade Player of the Year for Georgia last season, and won three state titles at Miller ...

Blocked shots could be a big part of this year’s Maui Jim Maui Invitational. Connecticut’s Amida Brimah (right, shown rejecting Northeastern’s T.J. Williams) has 293 career blocks, which ranks third in school history. Oregon’s Chris Boucher had 110 blocks last season (including the one ...

Wisconsin’s Nigel Hayes is a two-time all-academic  Big Ten pick majoring in business finance who says he enjoys “random  facts and trivia.” … Mitchell Solomon a mechanical engineering major at Oklahoma State, was on the Big 12 all-academic second team last season. … ...

Georgetown junior Trey Mourning is the son of Alonzo Mourning, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was a four-time All-American for the Hoyas from 1989 to 1992. Trey Mourning has appeared in one game this season, scoring  two points. … Oklahoma State freshman Trey Reeves’ father is Bryant ...

The tallest and shortest players in this year’s field (photo) are from Chaminade — Dantley Walker, listed as 5-foot-10, and 7-1 Nate Pollard. Three players are listed as 5-11 — the Silverswords’ Kahanu Pu‘ulei-Auld, and Oklahoma State’s Brandon Averette and Phil Forte III. Four ...