Purdue's Zach Edey and Indiana's Trayce Jackson-Davis have given the Big Ten Conference a third straight year with multiple first-team Associated Press All-America picks, while Kansas had a second straight first-teamer in Jalen Wilson.
appeared on all 58 ballots as a first-team selection from voters as the lone unanimous pick in results released Tuesday.
The selections of the Boilermakers' Edey and the Hoosiers' Jackson-Davis . And it gave the league seven through the last three seasons; no other league has more than three.
The Big Ten has had at least one first-teamer for five straight years and eight of the last nine.
Houston's Marcus Sasser and Alabama's Brandon Miller joined Edey and Wilson on the first team in representing each of the NCAA Tournament's No. 1 seeds.
Edey, from Toronto, has commanded the national spotlight all year. ranks sixth nationally in scoring (22.3), second in rebounding (12.8) and first in double-doubles (26).
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since Victor Oladipo in 2013. He's averaging 20.8 points and 10.9 rebounds while taking a leap with his passing (4.1 assists, up from 1.9 last year).
鈥淚 probably have pushed him harder than any player on this team and I know there鈥檚 been days that he鈥檚 walked out of here thinking that, 鈥楬ey, is this guy really in my corner, based on how he鈥檚 pushing me?鈥欌 coach Mike Woodson said. 鈥淏ut at the end of the day, he鈥檚 gotten better as a player.
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Wilson, a 6-8 fourth-year forward, was a returning complementary starter from last year's NCAA title run. He thrived in an expanded role, becoming and nearly doubling his scoring average (20.1, up from 11.1) to go with 8.4 rebounds.
It marked the fourth time in seven seasons that the Jayhawks had a first-team pick going back to national player of the year Frank Mason III in 2017.
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Sasser, a 6-2 senior, was a starter on the Cougars' Final Four team two years ago and . He's averaging 17.1 points as the program's first first-team selection since Hakeem Olajuwon in 1984 during the 鈥淧hi Slama Jama鈥 era.
Miller, a 6-9 freshman, was a McDonald's All-American who became an immediate star on the way to being named . He's averaging 19.6 points and 8.3 rebounds for the tournament's No. 1 overall seed.
Miller has been involved in a murder case that has overshadowed the Crimson Tide's successful run, leading against former Alabama player Darius Miles and another man for the January shooting death of 23-year-old Jamea Harris. that Miles texted Miller to bring him his gun that night, though authorities haven't charged Miller with any crime.
SECOND TEAM
was the leading vote-getter on the second team that included Kentucky's Oscar Tshiebwe, last season's .
Gonzaga's Drew Timme was a second-team selection for the third straight year, while Arizona's Azuolas Tubelis and Penn State's Jalen Pickett rounded out the second quintet.
THIRD TEAM
Kansas State's surge led to the Wildcats earning third-team selections in Markquis Nowell and Keyontae Johnson, their first AP All-Americans since Jacob Pullen in 2011.
of Marquette, Iowa's Kris Murray and North Carolina's Armando Bacot rounded out the third team.
HONORABLE MENTION
好色tv scoring leader Antoine Davis of Detroit Mercy, who averaged 28.2 points 鈥淧istol鈥 Pete Maravich's all-time career scoring record, was the leading vote-getter among players who didn't make the three All-America teams.
Players earned honorable-mention status if they appeared on multiple voters' ballots. This year's list includes Memphis' Kendric Davis, Xavier's Souley Boum and Miami's Isaiah Wong.
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AP Sports Writer Mike Marot in Indianapolis contributed to this report.
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