NCAA's Sympathy Award for J.J. Redick and Adam Morrison?

J.J. Redick of Duke and Adam Morrison of Gonzaga spent all season locked in a bi-coastal scoring race.

Fittingly, they ended it as the only unanimous selections for The Associated Press' All-America men's basketball team.

Redick, the most prolific 3-point scorer in college history, was a repeat choice. He and Morrison were joined on the first team Monday by Redick's teammate Shelden Williams, Randy Foye of Villanova and Brandon Roy, Washington's first All-America in 53 years.

Redick and Morrison gave fans a ''Can you top this?'' scoring competition that ended with both receiving all 72 first-team votes from members of the national media panel that selects the weekly Top 25. The voting took place before the NCAA tournament.

Morrison, the only junior on an otherwise all-senior first team, won the scoring title with a 28.4 average, just ahead of Redick's 27.4. Morrison shot 43.7 percent from 3-point range, while Redick hit 42.1 percent from beyond the arc.

''It is a testament to the type of season each of us has had,'' Redick said. ''Adam is certainly a great player and it is an honor to be unanimous pick along with him.''

Morrison said being an All-America isn't ''something you think about receiving when you start your collegiate career, but to be associated with some of the great names of college basketball is an honor. I guess to be a unanimous pick with J.J. seems only fitting since the two of us have been followed so closely this year. He's a great player.''

Morrison is Gonzaga's second All-America, joining Dan Dickau in 2002.

This is the second time in three years there were two unanimous selections. In 2004, Jameer Nelson of Saint Joseph's and Emeka Okafor of Connecticut were unanimous.

Both J.J. Redick and Adam Morrison will be more than happy celebrating this achievement after having their respective teams eliminated rather abruptly from the NCAA March Madness Brackets.

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