DURHAM – Duke freshman Paolo Banchero has been named to the Associated Press All-America Third Team, the AP announced Tuesday.
Banchero is the 75th All-America selection (50th AP) in Duke program history and the 52nd under head coach Mike Krzyzewski. Coach K has had at least one All-American in 33 of his 42 seasons at Duke, including 14 of the last 15.
The ACC Freshman of the Year and first-team All-ACC pick, Banchero leads all power conference true freshmen in field goal percentage (.474) while ranking second in scoring (17.