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All-Americans chosen

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3/27/2007  8:22 AM

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ORU's Caleb Green, OSU's Mario Boggan get honorable mention.

Oral Roberts senior forward Caleb Green received Honorable Mention on the Associated Press All-American team for the third straight year.

Oklahoma State forward Mario Boggan also received Honorable Mention on the AP's 2007 All-American team, announced Monday.

Green led ORU to three straight Mid-Continent Conference regular-season titles and was the first three-time honoree as Mid-Con player of the year. He set conference career records for points (2,503) and rebounds (1,189) and became only the 18th Division I player with 2,500 points and 1,000 rebounds.

The first team All-America list wasn't full of surprises. It included freshmen phenoms Kevin Durant and Greg Oden. The 6-foot-9 Durant, who led Texas to the Big 12 title game, was the only unanimous choice of the 72-member national media panel that selects the weekly Top 25.

Oden, the 7-footer who helped Ohio State to its first No. 1 ranking in 45 years, was joined on the team by seniors Alando Tucker of Wisconsin and Acie Law IV of Texas A&M and junior Arron Afflalo of UCLA. The voting was conducted before the NCAA Tournament.

Since freshmen became eligible to play in 1972, the only ones selected to the first team had been Wayman Tisdale of Oklahoma in 1983 and Chris Jackson of LSU in 1989.

Durant averaged 25.6 points and 11.3 rebounds, but it was his all-around game and penchant for big shots in the clutch that had people ranking him as one of the best freshmen ever.

Oden missed the first seven games as he recovered from offseason surgery on his right wrist, and when he returned to the Buckeyes, he averaged 15.5 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.5 blocks while shooting 61.4 percent from the field. His Buckeyes face Georgetown on Saturday in the Final Four.

Both played in college in large part because of the new rule that prohibits the NBA from drafting players until they turn 19 and are out of high school for one year.

Durant's 72 first-team votes gave him 360 points. Tucker received 64 first-team votes and 344 points, followed by Law (59, 320 points), Afflalo (52, 304), and Oden (34, 263).

The second team consists of seniors Nick Fazekas of Nevada and Jared Dudley of Boston College, juniors Chris Lofton of Tennessee and Joakim Noah of Florida and sophomore Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina.

The third team has seniors Aaron Brooks of Oregon, Al Thornton of Florida State and Aaron Gray of Pittsburgh and juniors Jeff Green of Georgetown and Al Horford of Florida.

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ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS

Statistics through March 11

FIRST TEAM

Kevin Durant, Texas, 6-9, 225, freshman, Suitland, Md., 25.6 ppg, 11.3 rpg, 42.1 3-pt fg pct, 81.0 ft pct, 1.9 steals, 1.9 blocks (72 first-place votes, 360 points)

Alando Tucker, Wisconsin, 6-6, 205, senior, Lockport, Ill., 19.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 2.0 apg (64, 344)

Acie Law IV, Texas A&M, 6-3, 195, senior, Dallas, 17.9 ppg, 5.3 apg, 51.3 fg pct, 44.9 3-pt fg pct (59, 320)

Arron Afflalo, UCLA, 6-5, 215, junior, Compton, Calif., 16.7 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 1.9 apg (52, 304)

Greg Oden, Ohio State, 7-0, 280, freshman, Indianapolis, 15.5 ppg, 9.7 rpg, 61.4 fg pct, 3.5 blocks (34, 263)

SECOND TEAM

Nick Fazekas, Nevada, 6-11, 240, senior, Arvada, Colo., 20.5 ppg, 11.2 rpg, 58.1 fg pct, 45.8 3-pt fg pct, 84.7 ft pct (33, 252)

Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina, 6-9, 245, sopho more, Poplar Bluff, Mo., 18.1 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 52.5 fg pct (20, 213)

Chris Lofton, Tennessee, 6-2, 200, junior, Maysville, Ky., 20.6 ppg, 41.7 3-pt fg pct, 80.1 ft pct (5, 174)

Jared Dudley, Boston College, 6-7, 225, senior, San Diego, 19.0 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 3.0 apg, 56.2 fg pct, 45.8 3-pt fg pct, 38.6 minutes (3, 140)

Joakim Noah, Florida, 6-11, 230, junior, New York, 12.1 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 61.0 fg pct, 1.8 blocks (3, 100)

THIRD TEAM

Jeff Green, Georgetown, 6-9, 235, junior, Hyattsville, Md., 14.3 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 3.3 apg (1, 99)

Al Horford, Florida, 6-10, 245, junior, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, 13.2 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 60.8 fg pct, 1.9 blocks (2, 88)

Aaron Brooks, Oregon, 6-0, 160, senior, Seattle, 17.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 4.4 apg, 40.7 3-pt fg pct, 82.9 ft pct (2, 83)

Al Thornton, Florida State, 6-8, 220, senior, Perry, Ga., 20.1 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 52.8 fg pct, 44.7 3-pt fg pct, 81.7 ft pct (3, 61)

Aaron Gray, Pittsburgh, 7-0, 270, senior, Emmaus, Pa., 14.1 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 56.3 fg pct, 1.7 blocks, (2, 53)

HONORABLE MENTION

Morris Almond, Rice; D.J. Augustin, Texas; Jahsha Bluntt, Delaware State; Mario Boggan, Oklahoma State; Corey Brewer, Florida; Derrick Byars, Vanderbilt; Jaycee Carroll, Utah State; Darren Collison, UCLA; Mike Conley Jr., Ohio State; Chris Daniels, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Glen Davis, LSU; Sean Denison, Santa Clara; Chris Douglas-Roberts, Memphis; Zabian Dowdell, Virginia Tech; A.J. Graves, Butler; Caleb Green, Oral Roberts; Taurean Green, Florida; Adam Haluska, Iowa; Roy Hibbert, Georgetown; Kyle Hines, UNC Greensboro. Ibrahim Jaaber, Pennsylvania; Jarrius Jackson, Texas Tech; Dominic James, Marquette; Trey Johnson, Jackson State; Jared Jordan, Marist; Stephane Lasme, Massachusetts; Bo McCalebb, New Orleans; Javier Mojica, Central Connecticut State; Drew Neitzel, Michigan State; Demetris Nichols, Syracuse. Aaron Nixon, Long Beach State; David Patten, Weber State; Courtney Pigram, East Tennessee State; Derek Raivio, Gonzaga; Drake Reed, Austin Peay; Arizona Reid, High Point; Brandon Rush, Kansas; Keith Simmons, Holy Cross; Sean Singletary, Virginia; Loren Stokes, Hofstra. Rodney Stuckey, Eastern Washington; Curtis Sumpter, Villanova; Jamaal Tatum, Southern Illinois; Romeo Travis, Akron; Jamar Wilson, Albany, N.Y.; DaShaun Wood, Wright State; Julian Wright, Kansas; Keena Young, BYU.

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