March 28, 2018 SAN ANTONIO, Tex - The Associated Press announced its All-Americans in advance of this week's NCAA Final Four here and a pair of Villanova Wildcats were front and center.
Junior guard Jalen Brunson (Lincolnshire, Ill.) is a first team choice, becoming the second Wildcats player in as many seasons to be so honored. Josh Hart was a first team choice in 2017 . Brunson averages 19.2 ppg.
Redshirt junior wing Mikal Bridges is a third team Associated Press All-American. The product of Malvern, Pa., averages 17.6 ppg.
Brunson and Bridges have helped the Wildcats reach the school's sixth NCAA Final Four and are two of the three Wildcats to ever play in two NCAA Final Fours for Villanova. Phil Booth will become the other when Villanova squares off against Kansas at 8:49 p.m. eastern time on Saturday night at the Alamodome.
The full list of Associated Press All-Americans is below:
First Team
Jalen Brunson, Villanova, 6-3, 190, junior, Lincolnshire, Ill.
Deandre Ayton, Arizona, 7-1, 250, freshman, Nassau, Bahamas.
Trae Young, Oklahoma, 6-2, 180, freshman, Norman, Okla.
Marvin Bagley III, Duke, 6-11, 234, freshman, Phoenix.
Devonte' Graham, Kansas, 6-2, 185, senior, Raleigh, N.C.
Second Team
Keita Bates-Diop, Ohio State, 6-7, 235, junior, Normal, Ill.
Trevon Bluiett, Xavier, 6-6, 198, senior, Indianapolis.
Jock Landale, Saint Mary's, 6-11, 255, senior, East Malvern, Australia.
Miles Bridges, Michigan State, 6-7, 225, sophomore, Flint, Mich.
Jevon Carter, West Virginia, 6-2, 205, senior, Maywood, Ill.
Third Team
Keenan Evans, Texas Tech, 6-3, 190, senior, Richardson, Texas.
Carsen Edwards, Purdue, 6-1, 200, sophomore, Atascocita, Texas.
Mikal Bridges, Villanova, 6-7, 210, junior, Malvern, Pa.
Luke Maye, North Carolina, 6-8, 240, junior, Huntersville, N.C.
Kyle Guy, Virginia, 6-2, 175, sophomore, Indianapolis
Honorable Mention (alphabetical order)
Jaylen Adams, St. Bonaventure; Peyton Aldridge, Davidson; Grayson Allen, Duke; Mo Bamba, Texas; Trae Bell-Haynes, Vermont; Joel Berry II, North Carolina; Bogdan Bliznyuk, Eastern Washington; Desonta Bradford, ETSU; Tony Carr, Penn State; Gary Clark, Cincinnati; Xavier Cooks, Winthrop; Jermaine Crumpton, Canisius; Clayton Custer, Loyola of Chicago; Mike Daum, South Dakota State; Angel Delgado, Seton Hall; Kahlil Dukes, Niagara; Tre'Shaun Fletcher, Toledo; Marcus Foster, Creighton; Brandon Goodwin, Florida Gulf Coast; Isaac Haas, Purdue; Aaron Holiday, UCLA; Jordan Howard, Central Arkansas; Jemerrio Jones, New Mexico State; Nick King, Middle Tennessee; Kevin Knox, Kentucky; Fletcher Magee, Wofford; Caleb Martin, Nevada; Kelan Martin, Butler; Yante Maten, Georgia; Martaveous McKnight, Arkansas-Pine Bluff; Kendrick Nunn, Oakland; Shamorie Ponds, St. John's; Jerome Robinson, Boston College; Junior Robinson, Mount St. Mary's; Collin Sexton, Alabama; Landry Shamet, Wichita State; T.J. Shorts II, UC Davis; D'Marcus Simonds, Georgia State; Jonathan Stark, Murray State; Brandon Tabb, Bethune-Cookman; Zach Thomas, Bucknell; Seth Towns, Harvard; Allonzo Trier, Arizona; Grant Williams, Tennessee; Johnathan Williams, Gonzaga; Justin Wright-Foreman, Hofstra.