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Bacot Picks Up 3rd-Team All-America Honors From AP
March 14, 2023 | Men's Basketball
by Aaron Beard, Associated Press
The University of North Carolina's Armando Bacot is a 2022-23 third-team All-America, the Associated Press announced on Tuesday.
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.
The 7-foot-4, 305-pound Edey appeared on all 58 ballots as a first-team selection from AP Top 25 voters as the lone unanimous pick.
The selections of the Boilermakers' Edey and the Hoosiers' Jackson-Davis came a year after the Big Ten had three first-team picks. And it gave the league seven through the last three seasons; no other league has more than three.
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.
Pac-12 player of the year Jaime Jaquez Jr. of UCLA was the leading vote-getter on the second team that included Kentucky's Oscar Tshiebwe, last season's AP national player of the year. 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.
The University of North Carolina's Armando Bacot is a 2022-23 third-team All-America, the Associated Press announced on Tuesday.
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.
The 7-foot-4, 305-pound Edey appeared on all 58 ballots as a first-team selection from AP Top 25 voters as the lone unanimous pick.
The selections of the Boilermakers' Edey and the Hoosiers' Jackson-Davis came a year after the Big Ten had three first-team picks. And it gave the league seven through the last three seasons; no other league has more than three.
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.
Pac-12 player of the year Jaime Jaquez Jr. of UCLA was the leading vote-getter on the second team that included Kentucky's Oscar Tshiebwe, last season's AP national player of the year. 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.
Bacot was on the 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. Big East player of the year Tyler Kolek of Marquette, Iowa's Kris Murray rounded out the third team.
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