Andre Roberson Named To John Wooden Award Top 50 Watch List

Just in time for the Buffaloes to kick off their 2012-13 basketbal season, star junior forward Andre Roberson has been named to the John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 watch list. Here are the details from CU.

Chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball media members, the list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who, based on last year's individual performance and team records, are the early front-runners for college basketball's most prestigious honor.

Roberson is one of two CU basketball players in the last three years named to the prestigious Wooden Top-50 watch list. Former Buff standout Alec Burks was named to the Top-50 watch list in 2010-11 and later made the final top-20.

Roberson is one of three Pac-12 players named to the watch list joining Solomon Hill of Arizona and Allen Crabbe California.

Last season, Roberson was a Pac-12 All-Conference first team selection, in addition being named to the conference all-defensive team. He was a key contributor in CU's successful run winning the Pac-12 Conference Tournament championship in Los Angeles and the NCAA Tournament third round in Albuquerque last March.

Roberson enters his junior year 357 rebounds from breaking the CU career rebounding record held by Stephane Pelle (1,054, 1999-2003). Roberson shattered the single-season last season with 401 rebounds. He also ranked third nationally in rebounds per game at 11.1, and was fifth nationally with 20 double-doubles.

Roberson and the Buffs are getting more and more attention than the program has in a long time, if ever, heading into this season and it seems the nation is waking up to the quality of Tad Boyle's program. If the season goes as well as it can, this will be the first of many honors for the program.