Oden named NABC All-American – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/7/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 7, 2007
COLUMBUS, Ohio-Greg Oden, a freshman center from Indianapolis on the Ohio State men’s basketball team, was selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Second Team All-America squad Wednesday.
Fifteen student-athletes make up three NABC All-America teams from across the country. The teams were voted upon by the NABC membership.
The honor adds to several Oden has earned this week. He was selected by the Big Ten coaches and media to the 2007 First Team All-Big Ten squad Tuesday. Oden made the league’s all-freshman team, was the conference freshman of the year and was the league’s defensive player of the year.
The United States Basketball Writers Association also picked Oden and high school teammate Mike Conley Jr. to the All-District V team this week.
Oden becomes the first All-America selection at Ohio State since point guard Scoonie Penn was an NABC second team All-America in 2000.
Oden helped the Buckeyes to a 27-3 overall record and an outright Big Ten title with a 15-1 regular season record in league play. He averaged a team-leading 15.3 points and 9.3 rebounds.
Ohio State opens 2007 Big Ten Tournament play at noon (ET) Friday as the No. 1 seed in the annual league event. The Buckeyes will play the winner from a Thursday matchup with No. 8 seed Michigan and No. 9 Minnesota.
2007 NABC DIVISION I ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
| First Team | |||||
| Kevin Durant | University of Texas | 6-9 | Fr. | F | Suitland, Md. |
| Alando Tucker | University of Wisconsin | 6-6 | Sr. | F | Lockport, Ill. |
| Acie Law IV | Texas A&M University | 6-3 | Sr. | G | Dallas |
| Aaron Afflalo | UCLA | 6-5 | Jr. | G | Compton, Calif. |
| Tyler Hansbrough | North Carolina | 6-9 | So. | F | Poplar Bluff, Mo. |
| Second Team | |||||
| Nick Fazekas | Nevada – Reno | 6-11 | Sr. | F | Arvada, Col. |
| GREG ODEN | OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY | 7-0 | FR. | C | INDIANAPOLIS |
| Joakim Noah | University of Florida | 6-11 | Jr. | F/C | New York, N.Y. |
| Jared Dudley | Boston College | 6-7 | Sr. | F | San Diego, Calif. |
| Al Horford | University of Florida | 6-10 | Jr. | F/C | Puerto Plata, D.R. |
| Third Team | |||||
| Aaron Gray | University of Pittsburgh | 7-0 | Sr. | C | Emmaus, Pa. |
| Jeff Green | Georgetown University | 6-9 | Jr. | F | Hyattsville, Md. |
| Sean Singletary | University of Virginia | 6-0 | Jr. | G | Philadelphia |
| Chris Lofton | University of Tennessee | 6-2 | Jr. | G | Maysville, Ky. |
| Julian Wright | University of Kansas | 6-8 | So. | F | Chicago Heights. Ill. |
