from the Lexington Herald-Leader:

Kentucky freshmen John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins became the first UK teammates to make The Associated Press All-America first team since Ralph Beard and Alex Groza in 1949 and the first teammates to make the AP first team since J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams of Duke in 2006.

The Wildcats have not had a first-team AP All-America selection since Ron Mercer in 1997. Wall and Cousins became the 15th and 16th UK players to make first team since the AP began naming All-America teams in the 1940s.

Past Kentucky first-team All-America selections are Mercer (1997), Jamal Mashburn (1993), Kenny Walker (1986), Kyle Macy (1980), Dan Issel (1970), Louie Dampier (1966), Cotton Nash (1964), Johnny Cox (1959), Cliff Hagan (1954 and 1952), Bill Spivey (1951), Beard (1949 and 1948) and Groza (1949).

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