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Bogut, the Mountain West Conference
Player of the Year, averaged 20.7 points and 12.3 rebounds while
leading the Utes to the Mountain West's regular-season title and to
a Sweet 16 appearance.
Under Weber, the Illini were ranked
No. 1 nationally for most of the season and were unbeaten until
their last regular-season game of the year.
Other first-team all-Americans are
6-0 sophomore Chris Paul (14.9 ppg, 6.6 apg) of Wake Forest, 6-2
Ronald Ross (17.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg) of Texas Tech, 6-4 junior J.J.
Redick (22.8 ppg) of Duke and 6-9 Wayne Simien (20.2, 11.1) of
Kansas.
A common trait among the first-team
all-Americans is their outstanding performances against top
competition. Bogut made 16 of 18 shots while averaging 21.5 points
and 11.0 rebounds in regular-season games against Arizona and
Washington, missing only a pair of 3-pointers. Paul averaged 25.3
points and 6.7 assists against North Carolina and in a pair of
contests against Duke. Ross, a 52 percent shooter for the season,
averaged 26.0 points in the Red Raiders' two opening NCAA Tournament
victories. Redick averaged 26.0 points in nine games against top 25
competition. And Simien scored 30 points or more in each of a pair
of games against Oklahoma State.
The second team consists of 6-0
junior Dee Brown (13.4 ppg, 4.5 apg) of Illinois, 6-5 senior Eddie
Basden (15.3 ppg, 8.4 rpg) of Charlotte, 6-9 junior Sean May (15.9
ppg, 10.7 rpg) of North Carolina, 6-8 junior Ike Diogu (22.4 ppg,
9.7 rpg) of Arizona State and 6-11 senior Channing Frye (15.8 ppg,
7.4 rpg) of Arizona.
BT's third team: 5-9 junior Nate
Robinson (16.7 ppg) of Washington, 6-3 senior Luther Head (15.8 ppg)
of Illinois, 6-8 senior Hakim Warrick (21.4 ppg, 8.5 rpg) of
Syracuse, 6-8 senior Danny Granger (19.0 ppg, 8.8 rpg) of New Mexico
and 6-9 junior Shelden Williams (15.6 ppg, 11.2 rpg) of Duke.
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Here are BT's all-region picks:
All-Northeast
- Keydren Clark, 5-9, G, Jr., St.
Peter's (25.8, 4.1 apg)
- Taylor Coppenrath, 6-9, F, Sr,
Vermont (25.7, 8.9)
- Jared Dudley, 6-7, F, Soph.,
Boston College (16.3)
- Ryan Gomes, 6-7, F, Sr.,
Providence (21.6, 8.2)
- Juan Mendez, 6-8, F, Sr., Niagara
(23.6, 10.5)
- Coach: Al Skinner, Boston College
All-Mid-Atlantic
- Raymond Felton, 6-1, G, Jr., UNC,
(12.7, 6.9 apg)
- Julius Hodge, 6-7, G-F, Sr., NC
State (17.0, 6.8 rpg)
- Alex Loughton, 6-9, F, Jr., Old
Dominion (13.9, 8.1)
- Rashad McCants, 6-4, G-F, Jr.,
UNC (15.8)
- Eric Williams, 6-9, C, Jr., Wake
Forest (16.0, 7.7)
- Coach: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
All-South
- Brandon Bass, 6-8, F, Soph., LSU
(17.1, 9.0)
- Jarrett Jack, 6-3, G, Jr., Ga.
Tech (15.5, 4.4 apg)
- Bo McCalebb, 6-0, G, Soph., New
Orleans (22.6)
- Paul Millsap, 6-8, F-C, Soph.,
La. Tech (20.4, 12.4)
- Lawrence Roberts, 6-9, F, Sr.,
Miss. State (16.7, 10.9)
- Coach: Rick Pitino, Louisville
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All-Midlands
- Joey Graham, 6-7, F, Sr.,
Oklahoma State (18.1)
- Taj Gray, 6-9, F, Jr., Oklahoma
(14.5, 7.8)
- Michael Harris, 6-6, F, Sr., Rice
(20.6, 11.7)
- John Lucas, 5-11, G, Sr.,
Oklahoma State (18.1)
- Omar Thomas, 6-5, F, Sr., UTEP
(20.4, 6.8)
- Coach: Bobby Knight, Texas Tech
All-Mideast
- Alan Anderson, 6-6, G-F, Sr.,
Mich. State (13.6, 5.4)
- Darren Brooks, 6-3, G, Sr., So.
Ill. (15.0, 4.3 apg)
- Travis Diener, 6-1, G, Sr.,
Marquette (19.7, 7.0)
- Mike Wilkinson, 6-8, F, Sr.,
Wisconsin (14.3, 7.3)
- Deron Williams, 6-3, G, Jr.,
Illinois (12.2, 6.5 apg)
- Coach: Chris Lowery, Southern
Illinois
All-Rockies
- Odartey Blankson, 6-7, F, Sr.,
UNLV (17.7, 8.2)
- Nick Fazekas, 6-11, F, Soph.,
Nevada (21.4, 9.4)
- Yemi Nicholson, 6-10, C, Jr.,
Denver (18.1, 8.4)
- Spencer Nelson, 6-8, F. Sr., Utah
State (16.4, 8.1)
- Salim Stoudamire, 6-1, G, Sr.,
Arizona (18.4)
- Coach: Mark Fox, Nevada
All-West
Coast
- Seamus Boxley, 6-7, F, Sr,
Portland St. (20.6, 8.1)
- Adam Morrison, 6-8, F, Soph.,
Gonzaga (18.5)
- Tre Simmons, 6-5, G, Sr.,
Washington (16.3)
- Dijon Thompson, 6-7, F, Sr., UCLA
(18.3, 8.0)
- Ronny Turiaf, 6-10, F, Sr.,
Gonzaga (16.1, 9.3)
- Coach: Lorenzo Romar, Washington
All-Freshman
First team
- Aaron Bruce, 6-2, G, Baylor
(18.2, 3.8 apg)
- Daniel Gibson, 6-2, G, Texas
(14.2, 3.9 apg)
- Jeff Green, 6-8, F, Georgetown
(13.1, 6.8 rpg)
- Marvin Williams, 6-9, F, N.
Carolina (11.2, 6.4 rpg)
- Darius Washington, 6-2, G,
Memphis (15.2, 3.7 apg)
- Rookie coach: Mark Fox, Nevada
All-Freshman
Second team
- C.J. Anderson, 6-6, G-F,
Manhattan (16.1, 8.6 rpg)
- Jaycee Carroll, 6-2, G, Utah
State (14.7)
- Glen Davis, 6--9, F, LSU (13.4,
8.7)
- Toney Douglas, 6-1, G, Auburn
(16.9)
- Rudy Gay, 6-9, F, Connecticut
(11.9, 5.6 rpg)
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