Saturday, April 2, 2011

Kemba an NABC First Teamer

Kemba Walker was named a first team All-American by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). This makes him a consensus All-American, as he also earned the honors from USBWA, Sporting News, AP and the Los Angeles Athletic Club.

Here are the NABC All-America teams:

G Kemba Walker – Connecticut
G Nolan Smith – Duke
G Jimmer Fredette – BYU
F/C Jajuan Johnson – Purdue
C Jared Sullinger – Ohio State

Second Team All-Americans
G Ben Hansbrough – Notre Dame
F Kyle Singler – Duke
F Marcus Morris – Kansas
F Derrick Williams – Arizona
F Jordan Hamilton – Texas

Derrick Williams second team? East Coast media bias!

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Monday, August 2, 2010

Walker is Select Again

Kemba Walker is one of 10 members of the USA Basketball Select Team that has accepted an invitation to participate on another men's select team that will train against the 2010 USA men's world championship team in New York from Aug. 9-13.

Walker joins Purdue's JaJuan Johnson, Wisconsin's Jon Leuer, Butler's Shelvin Mack, Duke's Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith, Florida State's Chris Singleton, Georgia's Howard Thompkins, Illinois' Mike Tisdale and Dayton's Chris Wright. They will be coached by Jay Wright, who also coached the select team that recently trained against Team USA out in Las Vegas.

The 10 returning members of the USA Select Team will gather in New York on Aug. 9, and train against the USA World Championship Team finalists on Aug. 10 (1-3 p.m. at John Jay College); Aug. 11 (1-3 p.m. at John Jay College); Aug. 12 (time and site TBD); and Aug. 13 (11 a.m-12:30 p.m. at the New York Knicks practice facility, Tarrytown, N.Y.).

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