on october 4, 2010, the wooden award preseason watch list included eight big ten players. the watchlist was composed of 50 players who were not transfers, freshmen or medical redshirts. the list will be reduced to a 30-player mid-season watchlist in december and a final national ballot of about 20 players in march. the naismith college player of the year watchlist of 50 players was announced on november 16, 2010. in late february, a shorter list of the top 30 will be compiled in preparation for a march vote to narrow the list to the four finalists.