Marcus Denmon celebrates Missouri's win over Kansas with Laurence Bowers. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Mizzou senior guard Marcus Denmon has been named to the Oscar Robertson Award Midseason Watch List, as announced by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.

Members of the association’s board of directors chose the players to be on the list as contenders for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, which will be presented to the national player of the year in New Orleans at the USBWA’s College Basketball Awards Breakfast on March 30.