That the in the headline should be italicized, but sometimes you just gotta accept the limitations of how the blog is handled.
Anyway, the NBCSports.com All-America team is live. But you should see for yourself by clicking here. It’s a slideshow format this season, which means that instead of focusing on all the text I wrote, you can see who got slotted where. I mean, who doesn’t love a good slideshow, anyway?
OK. Fine. I’ll also list the players below. But you don’t know what you’re missing with the slideshow!
FIRST TEAM
Sherron Collins, Kansas
Willie Warren, Oklahoma
Evan Turner, Ohio State
Patrick Patterson, Kentucky
Cole Aldrich, Kansas
SECOND TEAM
John Wall, Kentucky
Kalin Lucas, Michigan State
Kyle Singler, Duke
Craig Brackins, Iowa State
Luke Harangody, Notre Dame
THIRD TEAM
Greivis Vasquez, Maryland
James Anderson, Oklahoma State
Gordon Hayward, Butler
Ed Davis, North Carolina
Greg Monroe, Georgetown
FOURTH TEAM
Jerome Randle, Cal
Manny Harris, Michigan
Da’Sean Butler, West Virginia
Trevor Booker, Clemson
Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State
FIFTH TEAM
A.J. Slaughter, Western Kentucky
Robbie Hummel, Purdue
Lazar Hayward, Marquette
Chris Wright, Dayton
Al-Farouq Aminu, Wake Forest
For those keeping track, that's five from the ACC, four from the Big East, five from the Big 12, four from the Big Ten, one from the Pac-10, three from the SEC, and three from mid-major schools.
Several players could've gone up or down and having three from the Big 12 did give me some pause. Ultimately, I think it's fair, though I highly doubt that's how it'll be at the end of the season. Nobody's that good.
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