Markkanen was named a third-team all-American by the Associated Press on March 28, one of a record four Pac-12 players who made one of the AP’s three five-man teams.
UCLA guard Lonzo Ball was named to the first team along with Kansas’ Frank Mason, Villanova’s Josh Hart, Purdue’s Caleb Swanigan and North Carolina’s Justin Jackson.
Oregon’s Dillon Brooks made the second team, along with Gonzaga’s Nigel Williams-Goss, Baylor’s Johnathan Motley, Duke’s Luke Kennard and Kentucky’s Malik Monk of Kentucky.
Joining Markkanen and Washington’s Markelle Fultz on the third team were Kansas’ Josh Jackson, Notre Dame’s Bonzie Colson and Wisconsin’s Ethan Happ.
Bruce Pascoe
Reporter
