Arizona and Kansas teammates top All-America list

Arizona's Michael Dickerson was on the third team.

Antawn Jamison of North Carolina was the top vote-getter on the team, which was announced yesterday.

Jamison, a junior forward, was one vote shy of being a unanimous selection of the national media panel, the same group that selects the Top 25 every week.

Bibby, the sophomore guard and Pacific 10 Conference player of the year, had 68 first-team votes and 346 points in the 5-3-1 point system.

Jamison, the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year and a second-team All-America last year, was voted to the first team on all but one of the 70 three-team ballots and had 348 points.

The Kansas teammates were third and fourth in the voting. LaFrentz, the Big 12 player of the year the last two seasons, had 65 first-team votes and 340 points, 39 more than Pierce, the junior forward who received 51 first-team votes.

Simon, the Final Four MVP last season as a junior, received 18 first-team votes and 162 points.

Bibby averaged 17.2 points, 5.9 assists and 2.4 steals for the defending champion Wildcats. He led the team with 67 three-pointers. Simon joined Damon Stoudamire and Sean Elliott as the only Arizona players to total 1,500 points and 400 assists. He averaged 17.3 points, second on the team to third-team All-America Michael Dickerson, and 4.5 assists.

"I am very pleased for three of our guys and what they've accomplished, not only this season but their entire careers," Arizona coach Lute Olson said. "These honors are a reflection of their individual play and a reflection on our program as a whole."

Sophomore Richard Hamilton of Connecticut, the Big East player of the year, led the second team and was joined by Ansu Sesay of Mississippi, Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State, Vince Carter of North Carolina and Pat Garrity of Notre Dame.

The third team was Lee Nailon of Texas Christian, Matt Harpring of Georgia Tech, Trajan Langdon of Duke, Dickerson and Bonzi Wells of Ball State.