Zach Edey, Trayce Jackson-Davis headline AP All-America team

Purdue's Zach Edey and Indiana's Trayce Jackson-Davis have given the Big Ten Conference a third straight year with multiple first-team Associated Press All-America picks in men's basketball, while Kansas has had a second straight first-teamer in Jalen Wilson.

The 7-foot-4, 305-pound Edey appeared on all 58 ballots as a first-team selection from AP Top 25 voters as the lone unanimous pick in results released Tuesday.

The selections of the Boilermakers' Edey and the Hoosiers' Jackson-Davis came a year after the Big Ten had three first-team picks. And it gave the league seven through the past three seasons; no other league has more than three.

The Big Ten has had at least one first-teamer for five straight years and eight of the past nine.

Houston's Marcus Sasser and Alabama's Brandon Miller joined Edey and Wilson on the first team in representing each of the NCAA tournament's No. 1 seeds.

Edey has commanded the national spotlight all year. The Big Ten Player of the Year ranks sixth nationally in scoring (22.3), second in rebounding (12.8) and first in double-doubles (26).

«Everybody goes: 'You go to him so much,'» Purdue coach Matt Painter said after the Big Ten tournament title win against Penn State. «If they call it by the rules, they're fouling him on every possession. So why shouldn't we get it to him and just try to get in that bonus early and steal points?

»Obviously, he can make tough post-ups and he can get at the rim, and he gets offensive rebounds when you take him away."

Jackson-Davis, a 6-9 fourth-year forward, is Indiana's first first-team selection since Victor Oladipo in 2013. He's averaging 20.8 points and 10.9 rebounds while taking a leap with his passing (4.1 assists, up from 1.9 last season).

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