Perhaps college basketball’s most prestigious collective award, the AP All-America Teams have officially been released. Consisting of three groups of five players the AP All-America Teams highlight the best players of the current college basketball season grouped by 1st Team, 2nd Team, and 3rd Team.
2017 AP All-America Teams
First Team All-America
G: Frank Mason III, Kansas
G: Lonzo Ball, UCLA
G: Josh Hart, Villanova
G: Justin Jackson, North Carolina
F: Caleb Swanigan, Purdue
Second Team All-America
G: Dillon Brooks, Oregon
G: Luke Kennard, Duke
G: Nigel Williams-Goss, Gonzaga
G: Malik Monk, Kentucky
F: Johnathan Motley, Baylor
Third Team All-America
G: Markelle Fultz, Washington
G: Josh Jackson, Kansas
F: Lauri Markkanen, Arizona
F: Ethan Happ, Wisconsin
F: Bonzie Colson, Notre Dame
In a year that was regarded as the “Year of the Freshman” in college basketball, only five freshmen were voted as members of the 2017 AP All-America teams. Of those five just two, UCLA’s Lonzo Ball and Kentucky’s Malik Monk were among the First or Second Teams. Kansas’ Josh Jackson, Arizona’s Lauri Markkanen and Washington’s Markelle Fultz were on the third team.
Also worth noting is how excellent the guard position was in college basketball this season, and this showed on the AP All-America teams. Of the 17 players selected to the All-America teams, 11 were either point guards or shooting guards, including 8 of the ten players in the First and Second teams.
