LSU Freshman Selected to All-American Team
Chris Jackson of Louisiana State Monday became only the second freshman ever named to the Associated Press college basketball All-American team, and Arizona senior Sean Elliott was the only repeat from last season’s team.
Joining Jackson and Elliott on the first team were seniors Danny Ferry of Duke, Stacey King of Oklahoma and Sherman Douglas of Syracuse.
“I’m shocked I’ve been able to do some of the things I’ve done,” Jackson said. “I thought my freshman year would be like anyone else would have--you know, that there would be some adjustment time to play college basketball.”
Voting was done by the same national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters that selects the weekly top 20 teams.
Wayman Tisdale of Oklahoma in 1983 was the only other freshman selected an All-American.
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