Antonio Reeves named Third Team All-American by Sporting News
One down, three more to go for #AllAmericanAntonio.
On Tuesday morning, The Sporting News released its All-American teams for the 2023-24 men’s college basketball season. Kentucky’s fifth-year senior guard Antonio Reeves was tabbed to the publication’s Third Team. The former Illinois State transfer becomes the 13th All-American under head coach John Calipari during his tenure in Lexington.
The Sporting News is one of the four “major” NCAA-recognized All-America teams that the NCAA uses for its consensus All-America teams. The other three are the Associated Press, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Through 31 regular-season games (all starts), Reeves averaged 20.2 points and 4.3 rebounds per game on shooting splits of 50.7 percent overall, 44 percent from deep, and 88 percent from the line — all career highs. He’s on pace to become just the second-ever player under Calipari to average at least 20 points per game in a single season (Jamal Murray; 2015-16).
Reeves currently has 1,115 career points across his two seasons after Kentucky. He’s only two points away from surpassing Oscar Tshiebwe for second all-time in terms of points scored during a two-season span at UK. Depending on how far Kentucky goes in the postseason, it’s possible that Reeves moves into first place and breaks Bill Spivey’s two-season record of 1,213 points.
Below is Reeves’ list of accomplishments (so far) this season.
- Sporting News Third-Team All-America
- Jerry West Award Top 5
- All-SEC First Team (coaches)
- John R. Wooden Award finalist
- Naismith Player of the Year midseason watch list
- Oscar Robertson Trophy late season watch list
- College Hoops Today All-America Third Team
- ESPN All-America Third Team
- Dick Vitale National Player of the Week (Jan. 22 and March 11)
- Bluegrass Sports Commission MVP of Kentucky-Louisville Game (Dec. 21)
The Sporting News 2023-24 All-Americans
First Team
- Sr. G Dalton Knecht (Tennessee)
- Sr. G RJ Davis (North Carolina)
- Sr. C Zach Edey (Purdue)
- Sr. G Triston Newton (UConn)
- Sr. G Jamal Shead (Houston)
Second Team
- Sr. C Hunter Dickinson (Kansas)
- Jr. F DaRon Holmes (Dayton)
- Sr. G Tyler Kolek (Marquette)
- Sr. F Jaedon Lee (San Diego State)
- Sr. G Mark Sears (Alabama)
Third Team
- Sr. G Antonio Reeves (Kentucky)
- Sr. F Baylor Scheierman (Creighton)
- So. F Kyle Filipowski (Duke)
- Sr. F Johni Broome (Auburn)
- Sr. G Kaleb Love (Arizona)
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