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  • McDermott Headlines AP All-America Team; American Conference Puts 3 Players on 1st team

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    McBucketsCreighton senior forward Doug McDermott was a unanimous choice for The Associated Press All-America team on Monday and is the first three-time choice in 29 years and the 11th player overall.

    The American Athletic Conference became the first conference since the ACC in 2001-2 to put three players on the first team in UConn’s Shabazz Napier, Cincinnati’s Sean Kilpatrick and Louisville’s Russ Smith. Two of them — Kilpatrick and Smith — are from New York.

    “It’s going to be a great conference going forward and we’re so proud to be a part of it,” said UConn coach Kevin Ollie, whose team will represent the American in the Final Four.

    Duke freshman Jabari Parker was the final player on the first team.

    The second team included Kansas freshman Andrew Wiggins, the projected No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft, while the third team included New York native Cleanthony Early of Wichita State, New Jersey native Kyle Anderson of UCLA and Kentucky freshman Julius Randle.

    AP First-team All-Americans:
    Doug McDermott, Creighton
    Jabari Parker, Duke
    Russ Smith, Louisville
    Shabazz Napier, UConn
    Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati

     

    AP Second-team All-America:
    Nick Johnson, Arizona
    Andrew Wiggins, Kansas
    Nik Stauskas, Michigan
    Melvin Ejim, Iowa St
    TJ Warren, N.C. State

     

    AP Third-team All-America:
    Cleanthony Early, Wichita State
    Kyle Anderson, UCLA
    Julius Randle, Kentucky
    CJ Fair, Syracuse
    Scottie Wilbekin, Florida

    Photo/Release: AP

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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