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Zach Edey, Dalton Knecht headline Wooden Award finalist field

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Reigning Wooden Award winner Zach Edey and Tennessee star Dalton Knecht were among the 15 finalists named to the men's national ballot Saturday morning, as revealed on ESPN's "College GameDay."

Edey, Purdue's 7-foot-4 center, heads into the final weekend of the regular season as the prohibitive frontrunner to win the Wooden Award, given annually to the best college basketball player in the country. He's aiming to be the first repeat winner since Virginia's Ralph Sampson in 1982 and 1983.

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