Gonzaga’s Brandon Clarke and Rui Hachimura joined 13 others on the ballot for the Wooden Award Trophy for college basketball’s most outstanding player and the Wooden Award All-American team.

Gonzaga and Duke are the only schools with a pair of candidates. The Blue Devils are represented by freshmen R.J. Barrett and Zion Williamson. The latter has been the favorite for player of the year honors, but he has been sidelined since Feb. 20 with a knee injury.

Clarke, voted the West Coast Conference’s Defender and Newcomer of the Year, is second nationally with 99 blocks, a single-season Gonzaga record. The transfer from San Jose State swatted six shots in an 89-87 victory over Duke in the Maui Invitational championship game.

Hachimura, named the WCC Player of the Year, paces Gonzaga at 20.6 points and ranks second in rebounding at 6.7. He has made 61.3 percent of his shots, including 46.7 beyond the 3-point line.

Other finalists are Texas Tech’s Jarrett Culver, South Dakota State’s Mike Daum, Purdue’s Carsen Edwards, Wisconsin’s Ethan Happ, Marquette’s Markus Howard, Virginia’s De’Andre Hunter, Kansas’ Dedric Lawson, Murray State’s Ja Morant, Kentucky’s P.J. Washington, Tennessee’s Grant Williams and Michigan State’s Cassius Winston.

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.

Voting for 1,000 media members takes place from March 18-25. Fans may vote at www.woodenawardvote.com.

— The (Spokane) Spokesman-Review