PROVIDENCE, RI – The American Athletic Conference announced its men’s basketball all-conference and all-rookie teams in advance of the 2017 Frontier Communications American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship, which runs March 9-12 in Hartford, Conn..
The All-Conference First Team includes three players from the state of Texas, as SMU’s Semi Ojeleye joins the duo of Damyean Dotson and Rob Gray from Houston.
Memphis’ Dedric Lawson and UConn guard Jalen Adams round out the team. All five players are first team selections for the first times in their respective careers.
After not appearing in a competitive game for nearly two full years, Ojeleye helped lead No.