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RJ Davis Named AP First-Team All-America
March 19, 2024 | Men's Basketball
The Associated Press has named North Carolina guard RJ Davis a first-team All-America. The senior from White Plains, N.Y., is the ACC's leading scorer and ACC Player of the Year in leading the Tar Heels to a No. 1 seed in the West Regional, which begins Thursday in Charlotte vs. Howard or Wagner.
The rest of the first team included Purdue's Zach Edey, Tennessee's Dalton Knecht, Houston's Jamal Shead and Connecticut's Tristen Newton. Davis was the third-leading vote-getter on the team.
The second team was Marquette's Tyler Kolek, Alabama's Mark Sears, Dayton's DaRon Holmes II, Duke's Kyle Filipowski and Kansas' Hunter Dickinson.
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Davis has earned first-team All-America honors to date from the AP, Sporting News, ESPN.com and Dick Vitale.
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The AP and Sporting News comprise half the teams that determine consensus All-Americas. The NABC (coaches) and USBWA (media) teams will be announced on Wednesday.
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Davis is the 15th Tar Heel to earn AP first-team All-America honors and the first since Justin Jackson in 2016-17. Phil Ford, Michael Jordan and Tyler Hansbrough each made the AP first-team twice, bringing the total number of years a Tar Heel was selected to the first team to 18.
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The list of Carolina's AP first-team All-Americas includes:
Lennie Rosenbluth, 1957
Pete Brennan, 1958
Larry Miller, 1968
Phil Ford, 1977 and 1978
Michael Jordan, 1983 and 1984
Sam Perkins, 1984
Kenny Smith, 1987
J.R. Reid, 1988
Jerry Stackhouse, 1995
Antawn Jamison, 1998
Joseph Forte, 2001
Tyler Hansbrough, 2008 and 2009
Brice Johnson, 2016
Justin Jackson, 2017
RJ Davis, 2024
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The rest of the first team included Purdue's Zach Edey, Tennessee's Dalton Knecht, Houston's Jamal Shead and Connecticut's Tristen Newton. Davis was the third-leading vote-getter on the team.
The second team was Marquette's Tyler Kolek, Alabama's Mark Sears, Dayton's DaRon Holmes II, Duke's Kyle Filipowski and Kansas' Hunter Dickinson.
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Davis has earned first-team All-America honors to date from the AP, Sporting News, ESPN.com and Dick Vitale.
Â
The AP and Sporting News comprise half the teams that determine consensus All-Americas. The NABC (coaches) and USBWA (media) teams will be announced on Wednesday.
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Davis is the 15th Tar Heel to earn AP first-team All-America honors and the first since Justin Jackson in 2016-17. Phil Ford, Michael Jordan and Tyler Hansbrough each made the AP first-team twice, bringing the total number of years a Tar Heel was selected to the first team to 18.
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The list of Carolina's AP first-team All-Americas includes:
Lennie Rosenbluth, 1957
Pete Brennan, 1958
Larry Miller, 1968
Phil Ford, 1977 and 1978
Michael Jordan, 1983 and 1984
Sam Perkins, 1984
Kenny Smith, 1987
J.R. Reid, 1988
Jerry Stackhouse, 1995
Antawn Jamison, 1998
Joseph Forte, 2001
Tyler Hansbrough, 2008 and 2009
Brice Johnson, 2016
Justin Jackson, 2017
RJ Davis, 2024
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