Everybody’s All Americans

Beasley, Hansbrough named unanimous first-team picks

Kansas State's Michael Beasley, shown here attempting a shot in a loss at Kansas, was named a unanimous All-American by the Associated Press on Monday.

North Carolina’s Tyler Hansbrough and Kansas State’s Michael Beasley were unanimous selections to the Associated Press’ All-America team Monday.

For the first time, no senior was chosen.

Beasley and Kevin Love of UCLA made it two straight years there were two freshmen chosen.

Sophomore D.J. Augustin of Texas and junior Chris Douglas-Roberts of Memphis rounded out the selections, shutting out the seniors.

The AP started choosing All-America teams after the 1947-48 season, and for the next six decades there was at least one member of the senior class on every first team.

Until this group.

The voting was done before the NCAA Tournament.

“To be one of just two players in the country to receive such an honor is very humbling,” said Beasley, who led KSU to its first NCAA bid since 1996. “I have never been about individual accomplishments, but about helping my team win games. I wish we were still playing, but I am happy with the success we had this season.”

Notre Dame sophomore center Luke Harangody was sixth in the voting with 211 points, and he was joined on the second team by seniors Shan Foster of Vanderbilt, D.J. White of Indiana and Roy Hibbert of Georgetown, and college basketball’s newest star, Davidson sophomore guard Stephen Curry who led the Wildcats to the regional final by averaging 34.5 points in the NCAA Tournament.

The third team was senior Chris Lofton of Tennessee, junior Darren Collison of UCLA, sophomore Brook Lopez of Stanford and freshmen Derrick Rose of Memphis and Eric Gordon of Indiana.