Hield Headlines USBWA All-America Team

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Hield Headlines USBWA All-America Team

Full article:
http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArt..._LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=210802989&KEY=

2015-16 USBWA MEN'S ALL-AMERICA TEAM

First Team
Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia (6-5, 215, Sr., Atlanta, Ga.)
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma (6-4, 214, Sr., Freeport, Bahamas)
Brice Johnson, North Carolina (6-10, 230, Sr., Orangeburg, S.C.)
Ben Simmons, LSU (6-10, 240, Fr., Melbourne, Australia)
Denzel Valentine, Michigan State (6-5, 220, Sr., Lansing, Mich.)

Second Team
Kris Dunn, Providence (6-4, 220, Jr., New London, Conn.)
Georges Niang, Iowa State (6-8, 230, Sr., Methuen, Mass.)
Jakob Poeltl, Utah (7-0, 248, So., Vienna, Austria)
Tyler Ulis, Kentucky (5-9, 160, So., Chicago, Ill.)
Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa (6-9, 221, Sr., Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

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The USBWA All-America teams are voted on by members of the USBWA, which is comprised of over 900 sportswriters and sports journalists who cover college basketball for newspapers, magazines and websites.

The USBWA will announce its Oscar Robertson Trophy winner as the national player of the year at the NCAA Men's Final Four in Houston at a press conference on Friday, April 1. The Oscar Robertson Trophy will officially be presented to the player of the year at the College Basketball Awards gala and dinner in Oklahoma City on Monday, April 11. The trophy is named after the legendary "Big O," a three-time national player of the year and All-American at the University of Cincinnati.

 

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Here is the USBWA press release:
http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2016/allamerica160314.html

EXCERPT:

The Oscar Robertson Trophy will officially be presented to the player of the year at the College Basketball Awards gala and dinner in Oklahoma City on Monday, April 11. The trophy is named after the legendary "Big O," a three-time national player of the year and All-American at the University of Cincinnati.

Other USBWA awards to be presented at the gala are the Henry Iba Award for coach of the year to Xavier's Chris Mack; the Integris Wayman Tisdale Award to the freshman of the year; and the Wayman Tisdale Humanitarian Award presented by Love's Truck Stops to former Missouri coach Norm Stewart.

Serving as the host for the gala is Access Sports, a non-profit, Oklahoma City-based organization involved in various charitable activities to help disadvantaged children in Oklahoma participate in sports.

The U.S. Basketball Writers Association was formed in 1956 at the urging of then-NCAA Executive Director Walter Byers. With some 900 members worldwide, it is one of the most influential organizations in college basketball. It has selected an All-America team since the 1956-57 season. For more information on the USBWA and its award programs, contact executive director Joe Mitch at 314-795-6821.

It is great that OKC hosts this college basketball event.