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Olympic Fan
03-28-2017, 01:22 PM
The front page notes that Luke Kennard made the Wooden All-America team, which is great.

But this morning, he also made the AP second-team All-American team.

That's important because the AP is the last of four teams used to determine consensus status.

Kennard also made second-team on the other three: NABC, the Sporting News and USBWA.

The official consensus teams won't be announced by the NCAA for a couple of days, but Luke is certain to be second-team consensus.

Congrats!

Troublemaker
03-28-2017, 01:45 PM
Good link to see all the All-American teams in one place: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans

Congrats to Luke!

Olympic Fan
03-29-2017, 01:16 PM
Just to confirm, the official consensus teams were announced Wednesday and, as expected, Kennard did make the second consensus team. Here's the release from Duke:

Kennard Earns Second-Team Consensus All-America Status
March 29, 2017

DURHAM, N.C. – With the four major college basketball All-America teams having been announced, Duke guard Luke Kennard has been recognized as a second-team consensus All-American following one of the nation’s breakout sophomore seasons.

The four teams used to determine consensus honors are the Associated Press, the NABC, the Sporting News and the USBWA. Kennard was a second-team honoree by each organization this season.

Duke has produced a consensus All-American in four of the last five years, and Kennard is the program’s sixth consensus All-American this decade. In his 37-year tenure, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski has mentored 19 players who have been named consensus All-Americans a combined 26 times.

Kennard led Duke in scoring with an average of 19.5 points per game while shooting .489 from the floor, .438 from outside the arc and .856 from the free throw line. His 722 total points on the year represent the 16th-best single-season total in program history, while his .438 three-point percentage ranks 10th on Duke’s single-season chart.

The Franklin, Ohio, native scored in double figures in 35 of Duke’s 37 games on the season, eclipsing the 20-point mark a team-high 19 times. He ranks second in the ACC in scoring and three-point field goal percentage, fourth in free throw percentage, seventh in three-pointers per game (2.38) and eighth in field goal percentage while averaging the third-most minutes per game (35.5) in the conference.

He has made at least one three-point field goal in 40 consecutive games, the second-longest streak in Duke history and the 10th-longest stretch in ACC history.

Kennard eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for his career on Feb. 25 at Miami, becoming just the 12th Duke player (and fifth under Coach K) to hit that milestone prior to the end of his second season. His 1,147 career points are the fourth-most in Duke history by a player in his first two seasons, trailing only Jason Williams (1,333), Art Heyman (1,237) and Johnny Dawkins (1,165).

For his career, Kennard owns averages of 15.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 31.2 minutes. He is a career .461 shooter from the floor and .383 from three-point range. Kennard’s .867 career free throw percentage is currently the second-best in Duke history (min. 200 FTs made).

He has scored at least 20 points in 35.6 percent (26-of-73) of his games in a Duke uniform.

Kennard was the only unanimous choice for first-team All-ACC honors this season and was also a first-team NABC All-District 2 member and an All-District III selection by the USBWA. He has been named a member of the John R. Wooden Award All-America Team and a final-five candidate for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award.

Kennard was named MVP of the ACC Tournament after averaging 20.0 points and 5.3 rebounds to help Duke become the first team in league history to win four games in as many days to claim the ACC championship.

2017 Consensus All-Americans
First Team
Lonzo Ball, UCLA
Josh Hart, Villanova
Justin Jackson, North Carolina
Frank Mason III, Kansas
Caleb Swanigan, Purdue

Second Team
Dillon Brooks, Oregon
Luke Kennard, Duke
Malik Monk, Kentucky
Johnathan Motley, Baylor
Nigel Williams-Goss, Gonzaga