Butler guard Mike Green earns Honorable-Mention All-America recognition from Associated Press
April 1, 2008
New York, N.Y. -- Butler University senior guard Mike Green has been named to the Honorable Mention Associated Press men's basketball team.
The AP award is the latest in a string of accolades for the Philadelphia native, who was named the Horizon League Player of the Year last month and is a finalist for several national honors including the Bob Cousy Award as the top collegiate point guard.
Green is one of only eight players in the nation to lead his team in scoring (14.6 points per game, seventh-best in the Horizon League), rebounding (eighth in the circuit at 6.5 per contest) and assists (a League-best 5.06 per outing). The six-foot-one Green also was the only player to finish among the League's top ten performers in all three categories. In addition, he ranked sixth with 1.29 steals per game.
Green led the Bulldogs to a record-setting campaign in 2007-08 as Butler became the first school in Horizon League history to reach the 30-win plateau, finishing 30-4 overall after a second-round appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Butler, which also became the highest-ranked team in League history when it reached No. 8 in both the AP and ESPN/USA Today national polls in February, won the League's regular-season title with a 16-2 loop record, and added the Horizon League Championship crown with a 70-55 victory over Cleveland State University in the tournament championship game. Green was named the Championship's Most Valuable Player after matching his career-highs with 24 points and 13 rebounds in the title game.
The Philadelphia native scored 20 or more points six times this winter, including another 24-point, 13-rebound effort at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Feb. 12 and back-to-back 23-point games versus Virginia Tech and Texas Tech in November to lead Butler to the championship of the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout last November. He was the only unanimous selection to the First-Team All-Horizon League quintet.
The senior guard also set a Butler single-season record with 172 assists this season, closing his two-year Butler career with 996 points and 316 assists. He was the Horizon League Newcomer of the Year and a Second-Team All-League honoree in 2006-07 as Butler finished 29-7 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 for the second time in five years.
Michael Beasley of Kansas State and Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina were unanimous picks to the AP's First-Team All-America team, joining Texas guard D.J. Augustin, UCLA's Kevin Love and Chris Douglas-Roberts of Memphis on the top honor squad.
Davidson guard Stephen Curry headlines the Second Team, along with Notre Dame's Luke Harangody, Vanderbilt's Shan Foster, D.J. White of Indiana, and Georgetown's Roy Hibbert. The Third Team includes Memphis' Derrick Rose, Tennessee's Chris Lofton, UCLA's Darren Collison, Stanford's Brook Lopez and Indiana's Eric Gordon.
###2007-08 Associated Press All-America Men's Basketball Teams
First TeamMichael Beasley, Kansas State (Fr.)Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina (Jr.)D.J. Augustin, Texas (So.)Kevin Love, UCLA (Fr.)Chris Douglas-Roberts, Memphis (Jr.)
Second TeamLuke Harangody, Notre Dame (So.)Shan Foster, Vanderbilt (Sr.)D.J. White, Indiana (Sr.)Stephen Curry, Davidson (So.)Roy Hibbert, Georgetown (Sr.)
Third TeamNameSchoolYr.Derrick Rose, Memphis (Fr.)Chris Lofton, Tennessee (Sr.)Darren Collison, UCLA (Jr.)Brook Lopez, Stanford (So.)Eric Gordon, Indiana (Fr.)
Honorable Mention:Joe Alexander, West Virginia; Josh Alexander, Stephen F. Austin; Ryan Anderson, California; Darrell Arthur, Kansas; Jerryd Bayless, Arizona; Marqus Blakely, Vermont; Jon Brockman, Washington; Chase Budinger, Arizona; Jaycee Carroll, Utah State; Mario Chalmers, Kansas.
Lee Cummard, BYU; Scott Cutley, Cal State-Fullerton; Louis Dale, Cornell; Jeremiah Dominguez, Portland State; Wayne Ellington, North Carolina ; Adam Emmenecker, Drake; Al Fisher, Kent State; Gary Forbes, Massachusetts; J.R. Giddens, New Mexico; Jamont Gordon, Mississippi State.
Mike Green, Butler; James Harden, Arizona State; Alex Harris, UC Santa Barbara; Andrew Hayles, Alabama State; Richard Hendrix, Alabama; George Hill, IUPUI; Lester Hudson, Tennessee-Martin; Ty Lawson, North Carolina; Courtney Lee, Western Kentucky; Tony Lee, Robert Morris.
Eric Maynor, Virginia Commonwealth; O.J. Mayo, Southern California; Drew Neitzel, Michigan State; DeMarcus Nelson, Duke; David Padgett, Louisville; Jeremy Pargo, Gonzaga; A.J. Price, Connecticut; Arizona Reid, High Point; Tyrese Rice, Boston College; Brandon Rush, Kansas.
Thomas Sanders, Gardner-Webb; Sean Singletary, Virginia; Jamar Smith, Morgan State; Tyler Smith, Tennessee; Greg Sprink, Navy; Jason Thompson, Rider; Sam Young, Pittsburgh.
