Duke teammates Shane Battier and Jason Williams and North Carolina’s Joseph Forte were the top vote-getters on the Associated Press All-America team announced Tuesday, just the second time three players from the same conference made the first team.
Notre Dame’s Troy Murphy, the 44th player to repeat as an All-American, and Casey Jacobsen, Stanford’s first first-team selection, also were chosen by the national media panel.
Iowa State’s Jamaal Tinsley was named to the second team, and Kansas’ Kenny Gregory received honorable mention.
Battier, the only senior on the All-America team, was one vote shy of being a unanimous selection. The 6-foot-8 forward was on 70 first-team ballots and had 353 points in the 5-3-1 voting system.
The national defensive player the last two seasons, Battier averaged 19.5 points and 6.8 rebounds in leading Duke, which was No. 1 in the final regular-season poll for a the third straight season, joining UCLA from 1971-73 as the only teams to do that.
Battier, a second-team All-America last season, and Williams, a 6-2 sophomore who averaged 20.8 points, 6.2 assists and 1.9 steals, are the eighth pair of teammates to be selected for the first team.
Forte, a 6-4 sophomore who chosen co-player of the year in the Atlantic Coast Conference with Battier, averaged 21.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.0 steals for the Tar Heels, who finished tied for the ACC regular-season title with Duke, the lost to the Blue Devils in the tournament championship game.
The only other time three players from one conference were first-team selections was in 1995-96 when the Big East had Ray Allen of Connecticut, Allen Iverson of Georgetown and Kerry Kittles of Villanova.
Shane Battier, Duke, 6-8, 220, senior, 19.5 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 2.1 steals (70 first-place votes, 353 total points)
Jason Williams, Duke, 6-2, 196, sophomore, 20.8, ppg, 6.2 apg, 1.9 steals (61, 335)
Joseph Forte, North Carolina, 6-4, 185, sophomore, 21.6 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 3.6 apg, 2.0 steals (61, 332)
Troy Murphy, Notre Dame, 6-10, 237, junior, 22.0 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 36.1 minutes (55, 312)
Casey Jacobsen, Stanford, 6-6, 210, sophomore, 18.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, .504 fg pct., .466 3-pt pct., .804 ft pct. (35, 259)
Jamaal Tinsley, Iowa State, 6-3, 195, senior, 14.5 ppg, 6.0 apg, 2.5 steals (27, 246)
Troy Bell, Boston College, 6-1, 171, sophomore, 20.1 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 4.2 apg, 2.7 steals, .858 ft pct. (8, 150)
Jason Richardson, Michigan State, 6-6, 220, sophomore, 15.5 ppg, 5.9 rpg, .529 fg pct. (7, 133)
Michael Bradley, Villanova, 6-10, 245, junior, 21.4 ppg, 10.1 rpg, .693 fg pct, 1.9 blocks (6, 120)
Tayshaun Prince, Kentucky, 6-9, 215, junior, 16.5 ppg, 6.6 rpg, .832 ft pct. (5, 117)
Frank Williams, Illinois, 6-3, 205, sophomore, 14.9 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 4.3 apg, 2.0 steals (4, 89)
Michael Wright, Arizona, 6-7, 238, junior, 16.4 ppg, 8.2 rpg, .591 fg pct. (1, 72)
Charlie Bell, Michigan State, 6-3, 200, senior, 13.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 5.4 apg (1, 59)
Udonis Haslem, Florida, 6-7, 260, junior, 16.6 ppg, 7.3 rpg, .598 fg pct. (1, 56)
Kirk Haston, Indiana, 6-10, 230, junior, 18.7 ppg, 8.7 rpg (1, 53)
Gilbert Arenas, Arizona; Craig Austin, Columbia; Cory Bradford, Illinois; Tarise Bryson, Illinois State; Torrey Butler, Coastal Carolina; Casey Calvary, Gonzaga.
Jarron Collins, Stanford; Jason Collins, Stanford; Juan Dixon, Maryland; Teddy Dupay, Florida; Melvin Ely, Fresno State; George Evans, George Mason.
Reggie Evans, Iowa; Jason Gardner, Arizona; Kenny Gregory, Kansas; Jerry Green, UC Irvine; Eddie Griffin, Seton Hall; Trenton Hassell, Austin Peay.
Brendan Haywood, North Carolina; Brian Heinle, Cal State-Northridge; Dewayne Jefferson, Mississippi Valley State; Joe Johnson, Arkansas; Ken Johnson, Ohio State; Rahsaan Johnson, Monmouth.
Jason Kapono, UCLA; Sean Lampley, California; Steve Logan, Cincinnati; Shernard Long, Georgia State; Jody Lumpkin, College of Charleston; Demond Mallet, McNeese State.
Chris Marcus, Western Kentucky; Ronnie McCollum, Centenary; Jeff Monaco, Southern Utah; Terence Morris, Maryland; Brett Nelson, Florida; Rashad Phillips, Detroit.
Norman Richardson, Hofstra; Kareem Rush, Missouri; Preston Shumpert, Syracuse; Demond Stewart, Niagara; Tim Szatko, Holy Cross; David Webber, Central Michigan.
Mekeli Wesley, Brigham Young; David West, Xavier; Rodney White, Charlotte; Tarvis Williams, Hampton; Loren Woods, Arizona.
