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Singler named preseason All-American

By Ken Tysiac
ktysiac@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009
Preseason All America Basketball

FILE -- This is a March 19, 2009, file photo showing Duke's Kyle Singler (12) shooting over Binghamton's Chretien Lukusa, right, during the first half of a first-round men's NCAA college basketball tournament game in Greensboro, N.C. Notre Dame forward Luke Harangody and Kansas teammates Cole Aldrich and Sherron Collins are the leading vote-getters on The Associated Press' preseason All-America team. They are joined by Patrick Patterson of Kentucky and Kyle Singler of Duke on the team selected by a national media panel. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)

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  • AP Preseason All-America Team

    The Associated Press' 2009-10 preseason All-America team, with school, height, year and votes from a 65-member national media panel (key 2008-09 statistics in parentheses):

    Luke Harangody, Notre Dame, 6-8, senior, 57 votes (23.3 ppg, 11.8 rpg)

    Cole Aldrich, Kansas, 6-11, junior, 49 (14.9 ppg, 11.1 rpg)

    Sherron Collins, Kansas, 5-11, senior, 39 (18.9 ppg, 5.0 apg)

    Patrick Patterson, Kentucky, 6-9, junior, 35 (17.9 ppg, 9.3 rpg)

    Kyle Singler, Duke, 6-8, junior, 30 (16.5 ppg, 7.7 rpg)

    Others receiving votes (alphabetical): Al-Farouq Aminu, Wake Forest; Craig Brackins, Iowa State; Da'Sean Butler, West Virginia; Patrick Christopher, California; Ed Davis, North Carolina; Devan Downey, South Carolina; Devin Ebanks, West Virginia; Derrick Favors, Georgia Tech; Manny Harris, Michigan; Robbie Hummel, Purdue; Damion James, Texas; Kalin Lucas, Michigan State; Greg Monroe, Georgetown; Scottie Reynolds, Villanova; Tyler Smith, Tennessee; Isaiah Thomas, Washington; Evan Turner, Ohio State; Greivis Vasquez, Maryland; John Wall, Kentucky; Willie Warren, Oklahoma.


Duke junior forward Kyle Singler was the only ACC player named to The Associated Press' preseason All-America men's basketball team Monday.

Singler, who also was voted the preseason ACC Player of the Year by the media, averaged 16.5 points and 7.7 rebounds as a sophomore last season.

He received 30 votes from the 65-member national media panel to become the final member of the team. Notre Dame forward Luke Harangody was the top vote getter with 57.

Kansas teammates Cole Aldrich and Sherron Collins also made the team along with Patrick Patterson of Kentucky.

Singler has 1,060 career points and last season became the sixth Duke player to surpass the 1,000-point mark as a sophomore. He also earned ACC All-Tournament team honors after helping Duke capture its first tournament championship since 2006.

Elsewhere

KENTUCKY: Former Wildcats coach Billy Gillispie pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol. He entered the plea in Anderson County (Ky.) and received the maximum fine for a first-time offense. He was ordered to pay fines and court costs of a little more than $1,000, his license was suspended for 30 days and he has to complete an Alcohol Drivers Education Program. Gillispie was fired this year after a rocky two-year tenure with the Wildcats.

MINNESOTA: Junior forward Trevor Mbakwe will not be allowed to play for the 25th-ranked Gophers until his pending court case on a felony aggravated battery charge is cleared up. Athletics director Joel Maturi announced his decision on Mbakwe, who faces a December trial for an alleged attack on a woman in Miami in April.

Exhibition

No. 4 KENTUCKY 74, CAMPBELLSVILLE 38: Darnell Dodson scored 19 points and Perry Stevenson and DeMarcus Cousins added 11 each as host Kentucky beat Campbellsville.

Kentucky freshman guard John Wall, who sat out the game as part of an NCAA suspension for accepting illegal benefits from his former AAU coach, watched from the bench in a gray sweat suit.

Wall, a former Raleigh Word of God star, will make his debut on Friday when the Wildcats play Clarion in another exhibition.

Campbellsville, an NAIA school in southern Kentucky, shot 12 percent from the field in the first half as Kentucky built a 36-11 lead.

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