Blue Ribbon's Preseason All-America teams

Alabama's Mark Sears, Duke's Cooper Flagg earn special recognition

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Mark Sears • 6-1 GR, Alabama

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

Cooper Flagg • 6-9 FR, Duke

2024-25 BLUE RIBBON ALL-AMERICANS

FIRST TEAM

Hunter Dickinson • 7-1 GR, Kansas

Alex Karaban • 6-8 R-JR, Connecticut

RJ Davis • 6-0 GR, North Carolina

Caleb Love • 6-4 GR, Arizona

Mark Sears • 6-1 GR, Alabama

SECOND TEAM

Johni Broome • 7-0 SR, Auburn

Cooper Flagg • 6-9 FR, Duke

Wade Taylor IV • 6-0 SR, Texas A&M

Zakai Zeigler • 5-9 SR, Tennessee

Braden Smith • 6-0 JR, Purdue

THIRD TEAM

Ryan Kalkbrenner • 7-1 GR, Creighton

Graham Ike • 6-9, R-SR, Gonzaga

Robbie Avila • 6-10 JR, Saint Louis

J’Wan Roberts • 6-7 GR, Houston

Tamin Lipsey • 6-1 JR, Iowa State

FOURTH TEAM

Oumar Ballo • 7-0 R-SR, Indiana

Great Osobor • 6-8 SR, Washington

Yaxel Lendeborg • 6-9 SR, UAB

Hunter Sallis • 6-5 SR, Wake Forest

LJ Cryer • 6-1 GR, Houston

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