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No AP All-America first teamer was a McDonald's All-American

Jim Halley, USA TODAY Sports
Creighton forward Doug McDermott put up 27 points, including a perfect 11-11 from the line, and 11 rebounds to lead the Bluejays to a 67-63 win over Cincinnati in the second round.
  • Greg McDermott%2C the second-leading scorer in Division I%2C was a repeat selection Monday
  • Trey Burke of Michigan and Otto Porter Jr. of Georgetown tied as the leading vote-getters for first team
  • Victor Oladipo of Indiana and Kelly Olynyk of Gonzaga were the other players selected

Doug McDermott made Creighton history last season when he was selected as the school's first player on the AP All-America team. Now he's done it again.

The 6-foot-8 junior forward, the second-leading scorer in Division I, was a repeat selection Monday, the 51st player to earn the honor in consecutive seasons.

"It's pretty crazy. I couldn't expect to have as good a year as I did," said McDermott, who averaged 23.1 points and 7.5 rebounds while shooting 56.1 percent from the field and 49.7 percent from 3-point range.

Trey Burke of Michigan and Otto Porter Jr. of Georgetown tied as the leading vote-getters for first team, while Victor Oladipo of Indiana and Kelly Olynyk of Gonzaga were the other players selected.

Interestingly, McDermott, Burke, Olynyk, Oladipo and and Otto Porter, Jr. were never prospective stars coming out of high school.

None of the AP All-American first-teamers were considered a can't-miss prospect or even a McDonald's All American or USA TODAY All-USA first-teamer. The best explanation for that? None of the first-team Associated Press All-Americans is a freshmen and many of the McDonald's All-Americans or All-USA first teamers don't hang around for more than a year in college.

Four members of the 2011 All-USA first team (Austin Rivers, Bradley Beal, Michael Gilchrist and Anthony Davis) are already drawing NBA paychecks. McDermott, the only repeat AP first-team All-American, was the No. 2 option on his high school team at Ames, Iowa, behind current Golden State Warrior forward Harrison Barnes.

Indiana Hoosiers guard Victor Oladipo has averaged 13.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game this season.

Burke and Porter both received 62 first-team votes and 319 points from the same 65-member national media panel that selects the weekly Top 25. Voting was on a 5-3-1 basis and was completed before the NCAA tournament.

Oladipo got 58 first-team votes and 306 points. McDermott had 44 first-team votes and 279 points, one more than Olynyk's total points. The Gonzaga junior got 47 first-team votes.

Burke, a 6-0 sophomore point guard, had an impressive individual season while running a team that at times had four freshmen on the court with him.

Burke averaged 19.2 points, 3.1 rebounds and 6.7 assists and shot 40.1 percent on 3-point attempts. He is Michigan's fifth All-America and first since Chris Webber in 1993.

Porter, a 6-8 sophomore, is a smooth, solid forward whose coach describes his efforts this way: "Otto was Otto."

What does show up on Porter's stat line is 16.3 points and 7.4 rebounds per game while shooting 42.7 percent from behind the 3-point line. He is Georgetown's sixth All-America and first since Allen Iverson in 1996.

Olynyk, a native of Canada, became an All-America with a junior season that saw the Bulldogs reach No. 1 for the first time in school history. The 7-footer averaged 17.5 points and 7.2 rebounds while shooting 65.2 percent from the field. He was recognized as much this for his long hair as his inside game.

Freshman guard Marcus Smart of Oklahoma State got 11 first-team votes and 190 points and was joined on the second team by senior Mason Plumlee of Duke, sophomores Cody Zeller of Indiana and Shane Larkin of Miami and freshman Ben McLemore of Kansas.

The third team was seniors Jeff Withey of Kansas, Erick Green of Virginia Tech and Nate Wolters of South Dakota State and juniors DeShaun Thomas of Ohio State and Russ Smith of Louisville.

McDermott, Burke, Zeller and Thomas were on the six-man preseason All-America team along with Isaiah Canaan of Murray State and C.J. McCollum of Lehigh.

Contributing: The Associated Press

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