Seniors dominated The Associated Press All-America team for the first time in five years.
Jimmer Fredette of BYU, Nolan Smith of Duke and JaJuan Johnson of Purdue, all seniors, were joined on the team Monday by junior Kemba Walker of Connecticut and freshman Jared Sullinger of Ohio State.
It is the most seniors since four made the 2006 team.
Fredette led the nation in scoring at 28.5 points per game while shooting 40.4 percent from 3-point range, a number more impressive because of the shots he lets fly from well behind the line.
He received all but one vote from the 65-member national media panel that selects the weekly top 25.
Georgia Tech hires Dayton coach
ATLANTA — Georgia Tech hired Dayton coach Brian Gregory to rebuild its beleaguered basketball program, which fell on hard times after reaching the national championship game in 2004.
Gregory coached at Dayton for eight seasons, posting a record of 172-94. He replaces Paul Hewitt, who was fired after his fourth losing season in six years.
Footnotes.
Cuonzo Martin said he did his homework on the possible NCAA punishment Tennessee faces for recruiting violations before accepting the job as the Volunteers’ men’s basketball coach.
• Michigan coach John Beilein said Darius Morris was asking the NBA’s undergraduate advisory committee to project where the guard would be selected if he entered the draft.
• Kent State confirmed that coach Geno Ford has left the program to accept the job as Bradley’s new coach. Assistant Rob Senderoff was named interim head coach.
• UCLA forward Tyler Honeycutt (12.8 points, 7.2 rebounds) is leaving school to enter the NBA draft.
• Doug McDermott scored 21 points and Creighton beat Oregon 84-76 in Omaha in Game 1 of the College Basketball Invitational championship three-game series.
The Associated Press
