Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 16, 1994 TAG: 9403160093
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Purdue's Glenn Robinson, the nation's leading scorer, was a unanimous selection Tuesday to The Associated Press All-America basketball team.
California's Jason Kidd was named on all but one ballot.
They were joined on the first team by Donyell Marshall of Connecticut and Grant Hill of Duke, both three votes shy of unanimous, and Clifford Rozier of Louisville.
Robinson was the first unanimous selection since Duke's Christian Laettner in 1992. The 6-foot-8 junior forward averaged 30.3 points and 10.1 rebounds and shot 49 percent from the field, including 36 percent from 3-point range.
"This is a very deserving honor for Glenn because of all the players I ever coached, he's the best," Purdue coach Gene Keady said. "This guy can do it all and he's a great person besides."
Robinson, who led the Boilermakers to the Big Ten title, is Purdue's first first-team All-American since Joe Barry Carroll in 1980.
"He's a great team player and he plays for his teammates and he proved that by staying here this season," Keady said, referring to the opportunity Robinson had to jump to the NBA after earning second-team All-America honors last season. "He's been fun to coach and he did a pretty good job handling all that pressure he had."
Kidd's selection gave California a first-team All-American for the first time since Darrell Imhoff in 1960, which also was the last time the Bears reached the Final Four.
Kidd was selected to the first team by 64 of the 65 voters on a national media panel and finished with 323 points, two behind Robinson.
The 6-4 sophomore guard, considered an outstanding defender, led the nation in assists at 9.1 per game but the other numbers showed his all-around game: 16.8 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.1 steals. He and third-team selection Lamond Murray combined to lead an injury-depleted Cal squad to a second-place tie in the Pac-10.
Marshall, who had 319 points, is the first Husky to be voted to the first team. The 6-9 junior forward led Connecticut to its highest ranking ever (No. 2) and the Big East regular-season championship. He averaged 25.8 points and 8.9 rebounds, and was chosen the league's player of the year and defensive player of the year.
Hill, a third-teamer last year and the national defensive player of the year, is the third straight first-team selection from Duke, two short of the record set by UCLA from 1971-75. The 6-8 swingman was the only senior on the first team after getting 317 points, and it was his veteran leadership that allowed the Blue Devils to win the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title.
He averaged 17.3 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.1 assists, and did everything the team needed, from directing the offense to taking over the game at both ends of the floor.
Rozier got 26 first-team votes and 198 points to become Louisville's first first-teamer since Darrell Griffith in 1980. Rozier averaged 19.1 points and 11.2 rebounds.
by CNB