Collins a Wooden candidate

? Kansas Unversity’s Sherron Collins is among the finalists for the John R. Wooden Award as college basketball’s player of the year. The final ballot was announced Thursday.

Also on the ballot: Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina, Davidson’s Stephen Curry, Luke Harangody of Notre Dame, North Carolina’s Ty Lawson, Pittsburgh teammates DeJuan Blair and Sam Young, and Duke teammates Gerald Henderson and Kyle Singler, Memphis’ Tyreke Evans, A.J. Abrams of Texas, Jon Brockman of Washington, Nick Calathes of Florida, UCLA’s Darren Collison, Blake Griffin of Oklahoma, James Harden of Arizona State, Jordan Hill of Arizona, Kalin Lucas of Michigan State, Jerel McNeal of Marquette, Kentucky’s Jodie Meeks, Jeff Teague of Wake Forest, Hasheem Thabeet of Connecticut, Marcus Thornton of Louisiana State, and Terrence Williams of Louisille.