Sports Illustrated: Joseph Young Named Among Most Reliable for 2015 NCAA Tournament
The 2015 NCAA Tournament begins Tuesday night with the First Four and Sports Illustrated listed the top twenty most reliable players to watch in the Tournament. To no surprise, one Oregon Ducks player made the list. After being instrumental in the Oregon Ducks run down the stretch, Senior Joseph Young was named to the list.
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Young was the clear leader this season for the Oregon Ducks and stepped up multiple times in the second half of the season garnering Pac-12 Player of the Year honors in the process. Oregon has won twelve of their last fourteen games and the Senior is averaging better than twenty four points per game in that span. Young hit the game winning shot in the Pac-12 Tournament against Utah with just over three seconds to go to get the Ducks to the Pac-12 Title game against Arizona. Oregon has not been able to beat Arizona this season going 0-3 against the Wildcats.
Delon Wright from Utah and T.J. McConnell from the Arizona Wildcats also made the list from the Pac-12. Fran Kaminsky from Wisconsin topped the list.
Joseph Young and Oregon will meet Oklahoma State in the NCAA Tournament on Friday at 3:50pm Pacific Time(TBS). If they advance they could likely meet Wisconsin on Sunday in a rematch of the Sweet 16 from last year.