The Associated Press on Monday launched its 2023-24 AP preseason All-America males’s basketball group led as soon as once more via a skilled bunch of giant males on the again finish in their school careers. The group incorporated only one unanimous variety this 12 months in reigning AP Player of the Year Zach Edey of Purdue however options a number of different outstanding bigs from blueblood faculties led via Hunter Dickinson of Kansas, Armando Bacot of North Carolina and Kyle Filipowski of Duke. Marquette’s Tyler Kolek — the one participant indexed shorter than 6-foot-11 — earned reputation as the one guard at the preseason All-America group.
Kolek’s inclusion and the popularity of 4 different bigs persisted a development at the preseason AP All-America group in school basketball after a equivalent outcome closing 12 months when handiest Houston guard Marcus Sasser broke thru amongst 4 different bigs. The group additionally as soon as once more highlights the formative years (or lack thereof) some of the best stars within the game, with 4 seniors at the group and the one non-senior, Kyle Filipowski, a second-year participant. It marks the second one time in as a few years that the AP All-America group does no longer come with a freshman, which prior to now didn’t occur in 9 consecutive seasons prior.
Another theme of notice: Four of the 5 gamers at the AP’s preseason All-America group are outstanding items of groups that had been just lately named within the best 5 of the preseason AP Top 25 ballot. Those gamers constitute the No. 1 (Kansas), No. 2 (Duke), No. 3 (Purdue) and No. 5 (Marquette) groups within the scores. No. 19 North Carolina, closing 12 months’s preseason No. 1, may be represented. CBS Sports launched its preseason All-America groups with the similar 5 gamers at the first group closing week.
2023-24 preseason AP All-America group
The Associated Press’ 2023-24 preseason All-America males’s basketball group, with college, votes from a 60-member nationwide media panel, top, weight, magnificence and key 2022-23 statistics:
| Player (votes) | Ht, Wt | Class | Key stats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Edey, Purdue (60) | 7-4, 300 | SR | 22.3 ppg, 12.9 rpg, 2.1 blocks, 60.7 fg pct, 1.5 apg |
| Tyler Kolek, Marquette (53) | 6-3, 195 | SR | 12.9 ppg, 7.5 apg, 1.8 steals, 47.1 fg pct |
| Hunter Dickinson, Kansas (41) | 7-2, 260 | SR | 18.5 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 1.8 blocks, 56.0 fg pct |
| Kyle Filipowski, Duke (33) | 7-0, 248 | SO | 15.1 ppg, 8.9 rpg, 16 double-doubles, 1.31 steals, 44.1 fg pct |
| Armando Bacot, UNC (32) | 6-11, 240 | GR | 15.9 ppg, 10.4 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1.4 apg, 55.4 fg pct |
Others receiving votes: Wade Taylor IV, Texas A&M, 13; Max Abmas, Texas, 13; Boo Buie, Northwestern, 12; Tyson Walker, Michigan State, 7; Johni Broome, Auburn, 7; Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton, 5; Terrence Shannon Jr., Illinois, 5; Boogie Ellis, Southern Cal, 3; Justin Moore, Villanova, 3; Tyrese Proctor, Duke, 3; DaRon Holmes II, Dayton, 2; Tristan de Silva, Colorado, 1; Tolu Smith, Mississippi State, 1; Dillon Jones, Weber State, 1; Jahmir Young, Maryland, 1; Ryan Nembhard, Gonzaga, 1; Tucker DeVries, Drake, 1.Â