USBWA Jim O'Connell Award News

Zach Osterman, whose coverage of Indiana University basketball this season included the departure of coach Mike Woodson, a highly-scrutinized search for his replacement and a failure to reach the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, has been named recipient of the Jim O’Connell Award for excellence in beat reporting by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.

The U.S. Basketball Writers Association is pleased to name the winners of its annual Rising Star and Jim O'Connell awards.