Zags Clarke, Hachimura on list

of final 15 for Wooden Award

LOS ANGELES — Gonzaga junior forwards Brandon Clarke and Rui Hachimura were named to the 15-man national ballot for the John R. Wooden Award, the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced Saturday.

Also on the ballot are freshman forwards Zion Williamson and RJ Barrett of Duke, sophomore guard Jarrett Culver of Texas Tech, senior forward Mike Daum of South Dakota State, junior guard Carsen Edwards of Purdue, senior forward Ethan Happ of Wisconsin, junior guard Markus Howard of Marquette, sophomore guard De’Andre Hunter of Virginia, junior forward Dedric Lawson of Kansas, sophomore guard Ja Morant of Murray State, sophomore forward PJ Washington of Kentucky, junior forward Grant Williams of Tennessee, and junior guard Cassius Winston of Michigan State.

Voting will take place from March 18-25. Voters include nearly 1,000 members of the national college basketball media. Fans may vote through a fan voting site at woodenawardvote.com.

The Wooden Award All American Team, consisting of the nation’s top 10 players, and the five finalists for the Wooden Award will be announced following the “Elite Eight” round of the NCAA Tournament and will be the focus of a 30-minute show on April 3 on ESPNU at 3:30 p.m. PDT.

The Wooden Award to the men’s and women’s most outstanding college basketball player will be presented April 12 in Los Angeles.

Son of former Viking basketball player,

a starter at Fordham, suffers stroke

Jesse Bunting, a 6-foot-8 senior starting center at Fordham whose father, Bill, played on Coeur d’Alene High’s 1973 state championship basketball team, suffered a minor stroke Monday, several media outlets reported.

Bunting, who was averaging 6.6 points and 5.1 rebounds in 23 minutes per game, was in stable condition earlier in the week.

Bunting missed the last two games of the regular season for Fordham (12-19, 3-15 Atlantic-10), and will miss the upcoming conference tournament.

Jesse Bunting’s great-grandfather, Herman Eisenhauer, is a former mayor of Post Falls.