By Danielle Daniels
2/3/2025
COLLEGE PARK, MD — Maryland men’s basketball guard Ja’Kobi Gillespie was one of 50 student-athletes named to the Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List. The award is given annually by the USBWA to the most outstanding player in men’s college basketball.
Gillespie is averaging the second-most points for the Terrapins this season, at 14.6 per game. Gillespie has scored in double-figures in all but four games this season for Maryland, including a season-high 27 against UCLA. Gillespie is one of the top assisters in the Big Ten, ranking sixth in the conference with 4.7 per game. Gillespie also ranks fourth in the Big Ten in total steals with 41 and sixth in steals per game with 1.86. Gillespie is shooting 41.5% from behind the arc, and ranks second in the conference in three-pointers made with 54.
The Oscar Robertson Trophy winner is to be announced at the NCAA Men’s Final Four in San Antonio, from April 5-7. The formal presentation of the trophy will follow at the annual USBWA Awards Luncheon hosted by the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis. A final watch list will be released in early March and those chosen will be included on the USBWA’s annual awards ballot.
Gillespie and the No. 18 Terps return to action on Thursday, as they travel to Columbus to face Ohio State. Tip-off is schedule for 7:00 p.m., and the game will be available on both FS1 and the Maryland Sports Radio Network
Oscar Robertson Trophy Watch List
Jaden Akins, Michigan State
Ace Bailey, Rutgers
Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State
Nate Bittle, Oregon
Johni Broome, Auburn
Lamont Butler, Kentucky
Walter Clayton Jr., Florida
Donovan Dent, New Mexico
Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
Eric Dixon, Villanova
Cooper Flagg, Duke
Keshon Gilbert, Iowa State
Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Maryland
PJ Haggerty, Memphis
Dylan Harper, Rutgers
Chucky Hepburn, Louisville
Josh Hubbard, Mississippi State
Chase Hunter, Clemson
Graham Ike, Gonzaga
Ian Jackson, North Carolina
Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois
Curtis Jones, Iowa State
Kam Jones, Marquette
Alex Karaban, UConn
Trey Kauffman-Renn, Purdue
Kon Knueppel, Duke
Chaz Lanier, Tennessee
Yaxel Lendeborg, UAB
Caleb Love, Arizona
RJ Luis, St. John’s
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern
Jamal Mashburn Jr., Temple
Trent McLaughlin, Northern Arizona
Jacksen Moni, North Dakota State
Collin Murray-Boyles, South Carolina
Ryan Nembhard, Gonzaga
Asa Newell, Georgia
Norchad Omier, Baylor
Otega Oweh, Kentucky
Zhuric Phelps, Texas A&M
Maxime Raynaud, Stanford
Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest
Mark Sears, Alabama
Emanuel Sharp, Houston
Javon Small, West Virginia
Braden Smith, Purdue
John Tonje, Wisconsin
Darrion Williams, Texas Tech
Danny Wolf, Michigan
Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee
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