Buddy Hield Named NABC Third-Team All-American

Oklahoma junior Buddy Hield was named a third-team All-American by the National Association of Basketball Coaches on Monday.

Monday, March 30th 2015, 4:51 pm

By: News 9


Adding to what has already been a season full of accomplishment and recognition, Oklahoma junior Buddy Hield was named a third-team All-American by the National Association of Basketball Coaches on Monday. Hield becomes the 21st player in OU history to earn All-America honors and the first since Blake Griffin was the consensus national player of the year in 2009.

The first player in the 19-year history of the Big 12 to be named league player of the year and to the academic all-conference first team while also leading the league in scoring, Hield averaged 17.4 points a game this season and added 5.4 rebounds a contest, most among Big 12 guards. He also led the league with his 93 3-pointers (fourth most in OU single-season history) and ranked sixth in free throw percentage (.823) and ninth in 3-point field goal percentage (.359).

The 6-4, 212-pounder from Freeport, Bahamas, scored in double figures in 32-of-35 games on the year, including in 28 of the final 29, in helping the Sooners to a 24-11 record and second-place Big 12 tie (12-6 league mark).

In the first game of the year, Hield set a school record and tied the Big 12 standard for most 3-point attempts without a miss by going 7-for-7 against Southeastern Louisiana. He went on to make at least three 3-pointers in a game 19 times on the year and led OU in scoring in 20 games on the season.

One of 15 finalists for the Wooden Award (national player of the year) and one of five finalists for the inaugural Jerry West Award (shooting guard of the year), Hield already ranks fifth in OU history with his 202 career 3-pointers and 15th with his 1,366 points. His 183 treys over the last two seasons represent a two-year school record.

Joining Hield on the NABC All-America Third Team were Justin Anderson (Virginia), Stanley Johnson (Arizona), Georges Niang (Iowa State) and Kevin Pangos (Gonzaga).

First-team All-America members were Willie Cauley-Stein (Kentucky), Jerian Grant (Notre Dame), Frank Kaminsky (Wisconsin), Jahlil Okafor (Duke) and D'Angelo Russell (Ohio State).

Named to the NABC second-team All-America squad were Malcolm Brogdon (Virginia), Karl-Anthony Towns (Kentucky), Seth Tuttle (Northern Iowa), Kyle Wiltjer (Gonzaga) and Delon Wright (Utah).

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