March 12, 2007
Texas A&M senior Acie Law IV has been named as a first-team All-American by the United States Basketball Writers Association and The Sporting News.
Last week, Law was named first-team All-America by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), ESPN.com and SI.com.
Law is averaging 17.9 points and 5.3 assists this season, leading the Aggies to a 25-6 record and a top-10 national ranking. No. 3-seeded A&M begins NCAA Tournament play on Thursday against Penn in Lexington, Ky.
The Sporting News, NABC and USBWA teams are three of the four teams used by the NCAA to determine consensus All-America status. The other is by the Associated Press, will be announced later this month.
2006-07 USBWA MEN'S ALL-AMERICA TEAM
First Team
Kevin Durant, Texas
Nick Fazekas, Nevada
Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
Acie Law IV, Texas A&M
Alando Tucker, Wisconsin
Second Team
Arron Afflalo, UCLA
Jared Dudley, Boston College
Jeff Green, Georgetown
Joakim Noah, Florida
Greg Oden, Ohio State
SPORTING NEWS ALL-AMERICANS
FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM
F - Kevin Durant (Texas) F - Jared Dudley (BC)
F - Alando Tucker (Wisconsin) C - Nick Fazekas (Nevada)
C - Tyler Hansbrough (UNC) C - Greg Oden (Ohio State)
G - Arron Afflalo (UCLA) G - Chris Lofton (Tennessee)
G - Acie Law (Texas A&M) G - Aaron Brooks (Oregon)
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