In each of the past four years, there is been at least one unanimous All-America pick. This year, it’s Kansas guard Frank Mason III. 

Mason was the only unanimous selection to the 2016-17 Associated Press All-America team, released Tuesday. He was joined on the first team by Josh Hart (Villanova), Lonzo Ball (UCLA), Caleb Swanigan (Purdue) and Justin Jackson (North Carolina). Kansas has produced handfuls of All-Americans through its history, but Mason is the first since Thomas Robinson in 2012. 

 

Mason averaged 20.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 5.1 assists while shooting 48.7 percent from 3-point range and has been the one consistent candidate in the Player of the Year discussion, joined at times by fellow first-teamers Hart, a preseason All-America selection, and Swanigan. 

 

Pac-12 freshmen Lauri Markkanen and Markelle Fultz get third-team nods here, while Kentucky point guard De’Aaron Fox, Iowa State’s Monte Morris and even South Carolina’s Sindarious Thornwell are noticeably absent.