PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The American Athletic Conference announced its men's basketball all-conference and all-freshman teams in advance of the 2019 Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Championship, March 14-17 at FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn.
The all-conference and all-freshman teams feature three unanimous selections. It is the second time The American has had three unanimous all-league and all-freshman performers as the conference hit both marks in 2015-16.
Houston, which won the outright American Athletic Conference regular-season title on Sunday, boasts one of those unanimous selections in senior guard Corey Davis, Jr. He ranked second in conference scoring with 17.6 points per game as helped the Cougars to their first outright title since 1984.
Cincinnati junior guard Jarron Cumberland, who was chosen to both the Naismith Player of the Year Midseason Team and the Lute Olson Award Midseason Watch list, earns his third career American accolade. He made the all-rookie team in 2017 and was the Sixth Man of the Year that same season.
The American's leading scorer rounds out the trio of unanimous first-teamers. Memphis senior Jeremiah Martin averaged 19.7 points per game and upped in scoring in conference games to 23.2 points. Martin also set the single-game conference records with 43 points and 15 field goals on Feb. 20, vs. Tulane.
The first team is rounded out by two senior guards who helped their teams to first-round byes in this week's tournament. Temple's Shizz Alston, Jr., tied for the league lead with 19.7 points per game, ranked third with 4.8 assists per game and led the conference with a .907 free throw percentage. UCF's B.J. Taylor led the Knights to multiple wins against top-25 teams for the first time in program history. He finished in the top-11 in the conference in points (15.7), assists (3.7), free throw percentage (.760), assist-to-turnover ratio (2.1) and minutes played (34.4).
/ FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Shizz Alston, Jr., Temple
Jarron Cumberland, Cincinnati *
Corey Davis, Jr., Houston *
Jeremiah Martin, Memphis *
B.J. Taylor, UCF
// SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Armoni Brooks, Houston
Aubrey Dawkins, UCF
Markis McDuffie, Wichita State
Jahmal McMurray, SMU
Quinton Rose, Temple
// THIRD TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Jalen Adams, UConn
David Collins, USF
Tacko Fall, UCF
DaQuan Jeffries, Tulsa
Laquincy Rideau, USF
// ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Dexter Dennis, Wichita State
Jayden Gardner, ECU *
Tyler Harris, Memphis
Nate Hinton, Houston *
Alexis Yetna, USF *
http://theamerican.org/news/2019/3/11/me...teams.aspx