Duke freshman Cooper Flagg and Auburn senior Johni Broome were selected unanimously as first-team selections on the Associated Press All-America squad.
The first team, announced Tuesday, also is made up of Mark Sears of Alabama, Braden Smith of Purdue and Walter Clayton Jr. of Florida.
Broome, selected to the third team in 2024, and Flagg were voted among the first five on all 61 ballots submitted by national media members. Flagg is the 19th different player in Blue Devils history to be selected to the first team, while Broome is the first for Auburn.
Flagg averaged 18.9 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.1 assists. Broome averaged 18.9 points, 10.6 rebounds and 3.1 assists, making him the only player in the country with at least 18 points, 10 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 blocks this season.
Sears was a second-team All-American last season and now is the second first-team selection in Alabama history, following Brandon Miller in 2023. He put up 18.7 points, 3.0 rebounds and 4.9 assists.
Smith was an honorable mention last year as a complementary piece to first-team All-America selection Zach Edey. He finished the regular season with averages of 16.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 8.7 assists.
Clayton also marks his name in the record books as the first Gators player to be named a first-team All-America. He averaged 17.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game.
Selected to the second team were JT Toppin (Texas Tech), John Tonje (Wisconsin), PJ Haggerty (Memphis), Kam Jones (Marquette) and RJ Luis Jr. (St. John’s).
On the third team are Hunter Dickinson (Kansas), Ryan Kalkbrenner (Creighton), Zakai Zeigler (Tennessee), Eric Dixon (Villanova) and LJ Cryer (Houston).
Honorable mentions were awarded to Nique Clifford, Colorado State; Donovan Dent, New Mexico; Dylan Harper, Rutgers; Chucky Hepburn, Louisville; Tre Johnson, Texas; Curtis Jones, Iowa State; Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue; Chaz Lanier, Tennessee; Derik Queen, Maryland; Maxime Reynaud, Stanford; Javon Small, West Virginia; and Bennett Stirtz, Drake.
–Field Level Media
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