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Associated Press
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USBWA
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2001 Consensus All-America team
Individual All-America teams
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Gilbert Arenas
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Cory Bradford
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Illinois State
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Torrey Butler
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Coastal Carolina
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Casey Calvary
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Jarron Collins
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Melvin Ely
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Fresno State
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George Mason
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Reggie Evans
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Jason Gardner
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Kenny Gregory
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Kansas
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Eddie Griffin
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Seton Hall
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Trenton Hassell
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Austin Peay
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Cal State Northridge
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Arkansas
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Ohio State
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Jason Kapono
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UCLA
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Sean Lampley
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California
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College of Charleston
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Demond Mallet
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McNeese State
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Chris Marcus
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Western Kentucky
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Southern Utah
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Terence Morris
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Brett Nelson
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Rashad Phillips
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Detroit
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Hofstra
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Kareem Rush
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Missouri
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Preston Shumpert
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Syracuse
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Niagara
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Tim Szatko
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David Webber
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Central Michigan
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Mekeli Wesley
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Brigham Young
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Rodney White
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Charlotte
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Tarvis Williams
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Hampton
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Loren Woods
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All-Americans
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