Canada’s R.J. Barrett joins Duke teammate Zion Williamson on AP All-America team Globe_Sports
. They were joined by Tennessee’s Grant Williams, Michigan State’s Cassius Winston and Ja Morant of Murray State.Kentucky’s DeMarcus Cousins and John Wall were the only other freshman teammates to take first-team AP honours in 2010.
“He’s got the most incredible first step,” Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said. “That’s why he’s getting all those steals. He can take one dribble and cover more space than most human beings that I know can do. And so then he has the strength to finish at the end. So he’s not Superman, but he’s damn close.”
Williams was the SEC player of the year a season ago and may have been even better while winning the award this year. Morant was the most exciting player in college basketball not named Zion, lighting up highlight reels with emphatic dunks and no-look passes.The 6-3 point guard may have turned himself into an NBA lottery pick his sophomore season, leading the nation with 10 assists per game and averaging 24.6 points to become Murray State’s first first-team All-American.
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