<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">ALL-AMERICA TEAMS In a year with so many high-level performers, I decided to go with three six-player teams incorporating an "ideal" sixth man on each squad. And I still left off some very good players. Outstanding production, consistency, team success ? as well as being a game-changer ? were my criteria. First team Andrew Bogut, sophomore center, Utah Sean May, junior forward/center, North Carolina Hakim Warrick, senior forward, Syracuse Chris Paul, sophomore guard, Wake Forest J.J Redick, junior guard, Duke Sixth man: Eddie Basden, senior forward, Charlotte Second team Wayne Simien, senior forward, Kansas Channing Frye, senior center, Arizona Shelden Williams, junior forward, Duke Raymond Felton, junior guard, North Carolina Francisco Garcia, junior forward, Louisville Sixth man: Kennedy Winston, junior forward, Alabama Third team Taylor Coppenrath, senior forward, Vermont Craig Smith, junior forward, Boston College Joey Graham, senior forward, Oklahoma State Adam Morrison, sophomore forward, Gonzaga John Lucas, senior guard, Oklahoma State Sixth man: Dee Brown, junior guard, Illinois PLAYER OF THE YEAR Andrew Bogut, Utah. Sean May has closed the gap, though. COACHES OF THE YEAR I can't choose just one because so many coaches did a terrific job considering the demands of the position. Coaches in new places always face unique challenges in their first seasons. But Mark Fox of Nevada, Billy Gillespie of Texas A&M, Trent Johnson of Stanford, Chris Lowery of Southern Illinois and Thad Matta of Ohio State all distinguished themselves. Other coaches who stood out to me were Jim Calhoun of Connecticut, Mike Davis of Indiana, Mark Few of Gonzaga, Mike Krzyzewski of Duke, Kelvin Sampson of Oklahoma, Tubby Smith of Kentucky, Bruce Weber of Illinois and Roy Williams of North Carolina. TOP FRESHMEN Daniel Gibson, guard, Texas Rajon Rondo, guard, Kentucky Martin Zeno, guard, Texas Tech Jordan Farmar, guard, UCLA Robert Vaden, guard/forward, Indiana D.J. White, forward, Indiana Marvin Williams, forward, North Carolina Glen Davis, forward, LSU Rudy Gay, forward, Connecticut Juan Palacios, forward, Louisville FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Marvin Williams, North Carolina. </div> Source
