The Preseason Wooden Award All-American Team – Top 50 Candidates was announced. Pitt’s Carl Krauser has been named to the list.

A national poll was conducted by the John R. Wooden Award Preseason Committee to determine the Top 50 Preseason Candidates for the 2004-2005 Wooden Award All-American Team. The top 50 candidates have been selected based on last year’s individual performance and team records. The student-athletes selected are all returning players. Incoming freshman and transfer students are not included. These athletes and other players who excel throughout the season will be eligible for the Midseason Top 30 list and the National Ballot.

Hell of an honor. Don’t know what the Vegas odds are on him winning it, but after glancing over the list, he wouldn’t be considered a lock. Hopefully he won’t have the injuries and off-year that plagued the Knight in 02-03 and Page in 03-04. If so, then I have to start considering it a bit of a jinx.

Also, on the subject of basketball, the new schedule is not yet out. The 2004-05 Preseason Prospectus (58 pages, PDF) is. Bios on the players and coaches. Plenty of stats. Box scores from all of the games from last year. The cover image, below.