Duncan unanimous All-American selection

[lamphier@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Marc Lamphier)]

Excerpted from CNN: http://www.cnn.com/SPORTS/9703/10/all.american.ap/index.html

                     Unanimous: Duncan first repeater since Shaq

                     March 10, 1997                       
                     Web posted at: 8:15 p.m. EST

                     Tim Duncan of Wake Forest was a unanimous
                     selection Monday for the All-America team and
                     became the first repeat choice since Shaquille
                     O'Neal of LSU five years ago.

                     Duncan, the 6-foot-10 senior center from Wake
                     Forest, was named on all 68 ballots by the
                     national media panel and received 340 points, four
                     more than Keith Van Horn of Utah, who missed being
                     a unanimous choice by two votes.

                     The other first-team selections were Ron Mercer of
                     Kentucky, Raef LaFrentz of Kansas and Danny
                     Fortson of Cincinnati.

                     Van Horn and Fortson were both second-team
                     selections last season.

                     Duncan was the only one of four underclassmen on
                     last year's All-America team who opted to return
                     to school. Marcus Camby of Massachusetts, Allen
                     Iverson of Georgetown and Ray Allen of Connecticut
                     all declared for the NBA draft. The other
                     first-team member was senior Kerry Kittles of
                     Villanova.

                      Duncan led the Demon Deacons to a
                      23-6 record and a Top 10 ranking
                     all season while averaging 20.9 points and 14.3
                     rebounds. He shot 61 percent from the field and
                     blocked 94 shots in earning his second straight
                     Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year
                     selection. Duncan, a third-team choice as a
                     sophomore, needs 10 rebounds for a career total of
                     1,538 -- making him college basketball's most
                     prolific rebounder over the last 25 years.