ESPN + article from two weeks ago does not have Kalkbrenner on even third team all-American- boo! If not second team, I think he is surely third team:
All-American Teams
First Team
Borzello
Johni Broome, Auburn
Kam Jones, Marquette
Cooper Flagg, Duke
Eric Dixon, Villanova
PJ Haggerty, Memphis
Medcalf
Johni Broome, Auburn
Cooper Flagg, Duke
Kam Jones, Marquette
Chaz Lanier, Tennessee
Eric Dixon, Villanova
Medcalf: I think we can both agree that any All-America first team that does not include Johni Broome, Cooper Flagg and Kam Jones is invalid. But I think there is more subjectivity beyond those names. In my opinion, Eric Dixon is the Joe Burrow of college basketball and that's why I have him over PJ Haggerty, who is obviously having an excellent season. Dixon doesn't get the respect he deserves despite carrying Villanova with ridiculous numbers that could help the Wildcats stumble into the postseason. We both agree on Chaz Lanier in that group, too.
Borzello: Agreed on the three locks. Broome, Flagg and Jones all need to be on the first team. The last two spots are up for debate, although Dixon leading the country in scoring and Villanova's uptick in form give him a strong case. I lean Haggerty slightly over Lanier after the Tennessee guard's past two games. Haggerty has been incredible for a top-15 Memphis team, though. Entering the weekend, he was averaging 22.2 points, 5.7 points, 3.3 assists on 50% field goal shooting and 44.7% 3-point shooting.
Medcalf: From there, it gets interesting.
Second Team
Borzello
Chaz Lanier, Tennessee
Braden Smith, Purdue
Mark Sears, Alabama
Walter Clayton Jr., Florida
Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
Medcalf
PJ Haggerty, Memphis
Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
Braden Smith, Purdue
Javon Small, West Virginia
Walter Clayton Jr., Florida
Medcalf: I'm curious to see if that effort at Florida hurts Lanier down the road because it's such a baffling moment for an incredible player and team. But I agree that thus far, he has been a reliable force in the toughest matchups for the Vols. My thought on Javon Small is that West Virginia -- which hasn't had Tucker DeVries for a chunk of the season due to injury -- is probably a .500 team without him. He had a double-double at Kansas, 26 points against a rising Georgetown squad, 31 in a win over Gonzaga and eight assists in his team's first matchup against Arizona.
Third Team
Borzello
Keshon Gilbert, Iowa State
Javon Small, West Virginia
Dylan Harper, Rutgers
Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois
Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee
Medcalf
Keshon Gilbert, Iowa State
Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois
Dylan Harper, Rutgers
Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee
Graham Ike, Gonzaga
Borzello: I love Small. I was baffled he didn't make the 25-man Wooden Award midseason watch list. He has been fantastic. I moved Gilbert down to the third team to make room for Mark Sears, who has been great the past six weeks, but I think Gilbert deserves some highlighting. For most of the season, he was the catalyst for a top-three Iowa State team and outplayed Kam Jones head-to-head.
For the final guy on my third team, I've been going back and forth for a week. I think Zeigler makes a great case, and he bounced back nicely from the loss to Florida. I think Ryan Nembhard is a name. You obviously have Ike. Josh Hubbard and Wade Taylor have arguments, although Taylor's injury hurts. Alex Karaban isn't far off. We'll get to Danny Wolf's case a little later. I weighted recent performances pretty heavily for that spot.
