Kentucky’s Anthony Davis, Kansas’ Thomas Robinson and Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger — all playing in this weekend’s Final Four — are on the John R. Wooden Award All-American Team, which was announced Monday. Joining them are Isaiah Cannan of Murray State, Jae Crowder of Marquette, Marcus Denmon of Missouri, Draymond Green of Michigan State, Kevin…
Anthony Davis leads John R. Wooden Award All-American team
Anthony Davis named first team AP All-American
Joining Anthony Davis on the first team were Thomas Robinson of Kansas, Jared Sullinger of Ohio State, the first repeat All-America in three years, Draymond Green of Michigan State and Doug McDermott of Creighton. Davis received 63 first-team votes while Green, the lone senior on the team, got 53. Sullinger had 30, one more than…
Davis, Kidd-Gilchrist earn coaches’ All-America honors
Kentucky freshmen Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist were selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) 2012 Coaches’ Division I All-America teams as announced by the organization on Tuesday. Davis, a 6-foot-10, 222-pound freshman forward from Chicago, Ill., was a first team selection. He leads the country in blocks (166 and 4.6 per game)…
Davis and Kidd-Gilchrist named 2011-2012 USBWA All-Americans
Ten standout players representing seven conferences have been selected to the 2011-12 U.S. Basketball Writers Association All-America Team. The first team consists of five forwards, as the USBWA selects the nation’s top five players regardless of position. Ohio State sophomore Jared Sullinger, last season’s winner of the Wayman Tisdale Award as the National Freshman of…
A tribute to Kentucky legend Alex Groza
Alex John Groza was born October 7, 1926. He died January 21, 1995. He is Martins Ferry, Ohio, where he twice made all-state and scored a state-record 628 points as a senior in 1944. He was honorary captain of the All-Ohio high school team and had hoped to play for Ohio State University, where his…
Kevin Grevey was taught about the responsibility of playing Kentucky basketball
Former Cat and Bullet Kevin Grevey Sr. has found success on the court at nearly every stage. He was named Mr. Basketball in Ohio while playing for the Taft High School Tigers in 1971. He twice earned All-American honors at the University of Kentucky, where he was also SEC player of the year in 1973…
Kevin Grevey to be Kentucky ‘Legend’ at SEC Tournament
For the past 12 years, the Southeastern Conference has recognized a “Basketball Legend” from each of its 12 member schools during the league tournament. All-American Kevin Grevey will be Kentucky’s “Legend” at this year’s tournament next week in Atlanta. Grevey was a consensus All-America pick in 1975. A two-time SEC Player of the Year (1973…
Kentucky basketball’s first All-American was born on this day
From “The Season Never Ends 2010 Calendar: “Happy birthday, Basil Hayden. Of the 39 Kentucky Wildcat players who have been named All-Americans, Basil Hayden was the first. Hayden captained the ’20-21 squad that won, for all intents and purposes, Kentucky’s first “national” championship. That Kentucky team Georgia 20-19 to win the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Championships. …
Wall and Cousins named to John R. Wooden Award All-American team
The 10-player John R. Wooden Award All American Team® was announced today (see below) with the top vote-getters invited to Los Angeles for the April 9 announcement of the 2010 John R. Wooden Award® winner as college basketball’s player of the year, streamed live by CBS College Sports Network. Balloting by members of the media…
Kentucky freshmen lead AP All-America team
Kentucky’s John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins are the first freshmen teammates to be selected to The Associated Press’ All-America team. The other players on the team announced Monday are Ohio State junior Evan Turner, Syracuse junior Wes Johnson and Villanova senior Scottie Reynolds. This is the third time in four years two freshmen were on…