AP All-American Teams, and Honorable Mentions - Zero Michigan Players
3 freshmen headline AP All-America team for first time
61 total players, including 46 honorable mentions. Clayton Custer of Loyola of Chicago is an honorable mention player.
First Team
Jalen Brunson, Villanova
Deandre Ayton, Arizona
Trae Young, Oklahoma
Marvin Bagley III, Duke
Devonte’ Graham, Kansas
Second Team
Keita Bates-Diop, Ohio State
Trevon Bluiett, Xavier
Jock Landale, Saint Mary’s
Miles Bridges, Michigan State
Jevon Carter, West Virginia
Third Team
Keenan Evans, Texas Tech
Carsen Edwards, Purdue
Mikal Bridges, Villanova,
Luke Maye, North Carolina
Kyle Guy, Virginia
Honorable Mention (alphabetical order)
Jaylen Adams, St. Bonaventure
Peyton Aldridge, Davidson
Grayson Allen, Duke
Mo Bamba, Texas
Trae Bell-Haynes, Vermont
Joel Berry II, North Carolina
Bogdan Bliznyuk, Eastern Washington
Desonta Bradford, ETSU
Tony Carr, Penn State
Gary Clark, Cincinnati
Xavier Cooks, Winthrop
Jermaine Crumpton, Canisius
Clayton Custer, Loyola of Chicago
Mike Daum, South Dakota State
Angel Delgado, Seton Hall
Kahlil Dukes, Niagara
Tre’Shaun Fletcher, Toledo
Marcus Foster, Creighton
Brandon Goodwin, Florida Gulf Coast
Isaac Haas, Purdue
Aaron Holiday, UCLA
Jordan Howard, Central Arkansas
Jemerrio Jones, New Mexico State
Nick King, Middle Tennessee
Kevin Knox, Kentucky
Fletcher Magee, Wofford
Caleb Martin, Nevada
Kelan Martin, Butler
Yante Maten, Georgia
Martaveous McKnight, Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Kendrick Nunn, Oakland
Shamorie Ponds, St. John’s
Jerome Robinson, Boston College
Junior Robinson, Mount St. Mary’s
Collin Sexton, Alabama
Landry Shamet, Wichita State
T.J. Shorts II, UC Davis
D’Marcus Simonds, Georgia State
Jonathan Stark, Murray State
Brandon Tabb, Bethune-Cookman
Zach Thomas, Bucknell
Seth Towns, Harvard
Allonzo Trier, Arizona
Grant Williams, Tennessee
Johnathan Williams, Gonzaga
Justin Wright-Foreman, Hofstra
...but not a single Michigan player on that list. It seems like most of all tourney teams were represented.
John Bielien
Not only do we not have a single player on that list, nobody that we played in order to become West bracket champs was represented either.
FSU Ent? Rob Grey maybe?
March 27th, 2018 at 11:56 PM ^
Get to warm up with an Honorable Mention opponent. See if we can hang.
I would settle for being the best team at the end of the year.
People base these things on stats.
MAAR: 12.8 PPG, 3.3 APG, 3.9 RPG
Mo: 14.3 PPG, 6.9 RPG
Are those All-American type stats? I love those guys, but this team spreads the wealth so much that no one puts up stand-out numbers. Almost no one factors in things like defense into All-American discussions unless you have a crazy number of steals or blocks.
As mentioned above, Clayton Custer, just as an example, was an honorable mention. He plays for Loyola of Chicago, out of the Missouri Valley conference.
His stats?
13.2 PPG, 4.2 APG, 2.2 RPG
He also missed 5 games this year.
the MVC player of the year.
That, my friends, is a gift from the AP. As if we needed a little more motivation!
Yeah, pretty lame to have a list of more than 60 players with someone omitted that's a possible first rounder.
Hopefully it motivates the whole team.
Mo is highly unlikely to be a first rounder. Besides, that isn't really relevant. No single player on the team had an All-American level season, and that's OK.
So Clayton Custer of loyola has 13.2 ppg, 2.2 rpg, and 4.2 apg and Mo doesn't make an appearance at 14.3 ppg, 6.9 rpg, and. 8 apg?
Just saying that he's an obvious talent that deserved an honorable mention.
Custer was his conference's player of the year, and conference players of the year are automatically All-Americans. That isn't an apples-to-apples comparison. Mo had a solid season, but solid season isn't All-American worthy. Mo isn't as much in the top 10 in his own conference in any major statistical category, and he doesn't supplement that lack of statistical dominance with great defense. If obvious talent was a criterion, future top 10 pick and criminally underused Jaren Jackson would qualify.
As an aside, Grayson Allen also has no business on the list.
That's good info, thanks.
And I was surprised not to see jjj on there.
But is there a good argument that miles bridges belongs on the second team if you look at only stats instead of hype?
I think Bridges in many respects is the opposite of Mo in that his impact on the game is far smaller than his stats would indicate. You watch him play, and you never get the impression you're watching one of the 10 best players in college. Mo, while not having great stats, creates a ton of space on offense just because opposing big men have to respect him as a shooter.
Really? Mo isn't a first rounder at the moment ? What about Matthews?
I ask because I'm wondering if we should expect them returning next season.
Matthews will likely test the waters, but will almost certainly come back. Mo is not a 1st rounder on any draft boards. He will have the chance to play in Europe or a 2nd round pick, his situation is very unclear. I would not be shocked if he wants to come to Michigan for 1 more year - not counting on it, but would not be shocked.
NBAdraft.net has him pegged as a late 1st round pick as of March 22nd. Now that could go in either direction based on this weekend and how many ppl leave or go back to school.
March 27th, 2018 at 10:39 PM ^
Yes, please.
Probably is the second half of the second round. I’m not sure there’s too much he can do to help his draft stock at this point, so whether he wants to come out this year or next is up to him. In either case I think he’ll wind up in Europe for a couple of seasons before signing an NBA deal.
The best argument for staying in school one more year to improve draft status is the 2019 draft class looks very shallow, so that could push his draft status a little higher than it otherwise might be. But right now his defense is unplayable at the NBA level, so I think teams would like to stash him somewhere to keep working on that if drafted.
Matthews I’d definitely expect back for next season, although if we win the title he might at least dip his toe in the water. If he improves his handle and from the line, he could definitely be a 1st-rounder. His NBA game reminds me of a poor man’s Jaylen Brown.
The best thing about this team is they don't have any true NBA talent - they just play really well as a team. It could hardly be in more contrast to the last Final Four team with five future first round picks and one second rounder who would have been in the first round if he left after his Freshman season.
I doubt anyone on this team will ever play serious minutes in the NBA. Mo is at best a role player on a mediocre team. Matthews can't shoot. Simpson's game won't translate. Teske might develop into a role player.
My only hope for any breakout success in the NBA is MAAR if he spend a year or two in the G League proving himself. Hard to imagine why he gets no love from scounts or all star lists when he is obviously our best all around player and the secret to our success.
I think there is still room for improvement and consistency, next year.
All-American teams should reward the season / performance and stay away from draft prospecting or talent evaluation. DJ Wilson was not named to any All-American teams last year and that was A-OK with me
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This isn't terribly surprising, nor is it really unwarranted. The story all along is that the team has been greater than the sum of its parts.
Wagner seems as qualified as anyone on the "Honorable Mention" list.
I surmise he ain't 'Murican enough.
I think it's fair; while we have a number of guys killing it over the last 10 games, no one stood out over the course of the year.
And good. As those above have noted, The Team Cubed.
Not surprising -- only a few players from the BIG on the top 3 teams and there was not even a Wolverine on the all BIG First team
We’ll just win our next two games in the fashion to which we have become accustomed :)
Coach B is putting the boys back together for another run in 2018-19 right? Sir Charles and Conrad Mo, sans MAAR, Senior leadership at its Best.
Just win the game!!! Come on Saturday!!
Somebody send this to Z, ASAP...
He already is motivated from being left off the West Regional team...this is just more fuel to the fire.
That was a raw deal - man that guy turned it around this year - love Z
Use it for motivation and go blue!
notice any Loyola players either.
didn't notice Clayton Cluster
Hon. Mention
Nobody from Houston, Florida State, or Texas A&M is on the list. No Rob Gray? No Tyler Davis? OK, whatever.
I have a hard time putting much stock in this. Seems that the guys on the top teams are as much hype as actual performance. Stats certainly didn't get some lesser known kids very far.
Perfect example, Kelan Martin from Butler scored 21.2 PPG, had 6.3 RPG and 2.0 APG all while playing a very solid schedule in the Big East. When feeling it, the kid truly is unguardeable, unlike the cute little player from A & M. He got only honorable mention. I'm sure there are many other examples out there.
Fear not my Blue loving friends....an appearance in the Final 4 against an 11 seed will reward Mo and the boys just fine.
Edwards, Bridges and Jiop or whatever his name is( not scrolling back up on my iPhone at work) were owned by M. Can’t wait to see Brunson or Graham get owened as well I’m the title game. Going to be fricking great!!! Go Blue!!!!
In a very strange way, a team that plays like a team the way Michigan does probably struggles to make lists like this since individuals usually aren't putting up prolific numbers by themselves (well, in isolated performances, they definitely do), and sadly that seems to be the sort of thing these are based on - the numbers and averages. It still sucks to see no Michigan players here though.
Overrated. Wins are what matter most and Michigan has not lost a game for a while.
said "It's Deja Vu all over again" and everybody know Michael Jackson and Michael Jordan didn't make their high skool All-American team neither.....
GO BLUE!
I knew this list was garbage when I saw Trae Young on the first team and Miles Bridges on the second team. Nothing more than a popularity contest that rewards preceding reputation.
Greater than the sum of the parts
I’ll take no All-Americans and a big fat national championship trophy anytime.
Let them keep doubting and underrating this team. It only gives them more fuel.