Kansas senior guard Frank Mason on Tuesday was selected 2016-17 first-team All-America by The Associated Press, and, in the process, became the school’s 22nd consensus first-team All-American.
Villanova’s Josh Hart, UCLA’s Lonzo Ball, Purdue’s Caleb Swanigan and North Carolina’s Justin Jackson joined the 5-foot-11 Petersburg, Va., native Mason on the first team.
Mason was the only unanimous selection, receiving all first-team votes from the same 65-member media panel that selects the weekly AP Top 25.
“I could say that before the season started that would be a dream for Frank,” KU coach Bill Self said Tuesday of Mason earning consensus and unanimous All-America status after also making the Sporting News, National Association of Basketball Coaches and U.