KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Two University of Tennessee men’s basketball players are among the choices for the Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List.

Fifth-year guard Chaz Lanier and senior guard Zakai Zeigler are both on the 50-name list, as revealed Monday afternoon by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). The complete list of selections can be found HERE on the USBWA website.

Members of the association’s board of directors chose the players that will be considered as contenders for the National Player of the Year. All Division I players remain eligible for the award.

Tennessee is one of seven schools with multiple designees on the midseason list, alongside Duke, Gonzaga, Iowa State, Kentucky, Purdue and Rutgers. It was one of two, joining Rutgers, with two nominees on the John R. Wooden Midseason Top 25 Watch List, released Jan. 7.

Lanier, a fifth-year guard, is averaging a team-best 17.9 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.0 assist and 1.1 steals for the Volunteers. He is the fifth-leading scorer in the SEC, while pacing the league in total made 3-pointers (79) and 3-point makes per game (3.59), the latter of which are both top-five nationally.

Zeigler, a senior guard, is posting 12.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, an SEC-high 7.4 assists and a team-best 2.1 steals per game, the latter of which is fifth in the conference. He ranks fifth in the country in assists average, as well as top-40 in steals average, plus sixth in the SEC in free-throw percentage with an 86.7 clip.

The Oscar Robertson Trophy winner is to be announced at the NCAA Men’s Final Four in San Antonio, from April 5-7. The formal presentation of the trophy will follow at the annual USBWA Awards Luncheon hosted by the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis. A final watch list will be released in early March and those chosen will be included on the USBWA’s annual awards ballot.

Lanier, Zeigler and fourth-ranked Tennessee (18-4, 5-4 SEC) take the court Wednesday at 7 p.m. for their next game, a matchup with No. 15/16 Missouri, live on SEC Network from Food City Center.

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