McDermott, Parker highlight 2014 AP All-America teams
By Ryan Darcy
Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
With the 2014 college basketball season’s end looming on the horizon, the Associated Press released their All-America teams on Monday and unless you’re a Wisconsin Badgers fan, you’re probably alright with the selections. None of Bo Ryan’s Badgers, despite their appearance in the Final Four, made the list. No, not even honorable mentions, which goes to show you how great a job he’s done in Madison
Three of the four teams in the Final Four have representatives on the list and to no one’s surprise, Creighton’s Doug McDermott was the only unanimous selection, receiving all 65 first-team votes followed by Duke’s freshman phenom Jabari Parker, who tallied 55 first-team votes.
New York and Canada had the most players represented on the three teams with three apiece while the American Athletic Conference had three members on the first-team.
Without further ado, here are the 2014 AP All-America teams.
FIRST TEAM
Doug McDermott, Creighton, senior: 26.9 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 45.4 3-pt FG percentage
Jabari Parker, Duke, freshman: 19.3 ppg, 8.8 rpg
Russ Smith, Louisville, senior: 18.3 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 4.7 apg, 2.1 spg
Shabazz Napier, Connecticut, senior: 17.4 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 4.9 apg, 85.9 FT percentage
Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, senior: 20.7 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 2.6 apg
SECOND TEAM
Nick Johnson, Arizona, junior: 16.2 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.8 apg
Andrew Wiggins, Kansas, freshman: 17.4 ppg, 6.0 rpg
Nik Stauskas, Michigan, sophomore: 17.5 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 3.3 apg, 44.9 3-pt FG percentage
Melvin Ejim, Iowa State, senior: 18.1 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 50.6 FG percentage
T.J. Warren, NC State, senior: 24.8 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 52.5 FG percentage
THIRD TEAM
Cleanthony Early, Wichita State, senior: 15.8 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 2.0 apg
Kyle Anderson, UCLA, sophomore: 14.9 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 6.6 apg
Julius Randle, Kentucky, freshman: 15.0 ppg, 10.5 rpg, 50.2 FG percentage
C.J. Fair, Syracuse, senior: 16.7 ppg, 6.2 rpg
Scottie Wilbekin, Florida, senior: 13.0 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 3.8 apg, 1.7 spg
OTHERS RECEIVING FIRST-TEAM VOTES
DeAndre Kane, Iowa State; Adreian Payne, Michigan State; Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State; Fred VanVleet, Wichita State.
A freshman (Parker), junior (Johnson), and two seniors (McDermott and Smith) are the four finalists for the 2014 Naismith Trophy Men’s College Player of the Year with the winner to be announced on April 6.