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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 15, 1995                   TAG: 9503150049
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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PAC-10, ACC DOMINATE AP ALL-AMERICA TEAM

Two seniors from the Pacific-10 Conference - Ed O'Bannon of UCLA and Damon Stoudamire of Arizona - and two sophomores from the ACC - Joe Smith of Maryland and Jerry Stackhouse of North Carolina - joined Shawn Respert of Michigan State on The Associated Press' All-America team Tuesday.

Virginia forward Junior Burrough, who averaged 16.6 points and 8.1 rebounds per game, was an honorable mention All-American.

Smith, a 6-foot-10 center, received the most votes. He was named on all but four first-team ballots from the 66-member national panel that selects the weekly poll. He finished with 313 points in the 5-3-1 voting, two more than O'Bannon.

The ACC player of the year, Smith averaged 20.8 points and 10.4 rebounds as the Terrapins finished in a four-way tie for first place in the conference and earned a third seed in the NCAA Tournament.

O'Bannon, who was the Pac-10's co-player of the year with Stoudamire, averaged 20.7 points and 8.2 rebounds for the league champion Bruins, the No.1 team in the last regular-season poll and a No.1 seed in the tournament. The 6-8 forward, who was named to 60 first-team ballots, shot 54 percent from the field, including 47 percent from 3-point range. He matched Reggie Miller's school mark with seven 3-pointers in a game.

Respert, the Big Ten player of the year, received 58 first-team votes and 309 points. He is on pace to become the first Michigan State player to average more than 20 points per game for three straight seasons since Mike Robinson did it from 1972-74. Respert, a 6-3 guard, averaged 25.5 points and shot the same from 3-point range (48 percent) as he did from the field.

The Spartans were runners-up to Purdue in the Big Ten and are a No.3 seed in the tournament.

Stoudamire, who was cleared Tuesday to play for the fifth-seeded Wildcats in the NCAA Tournament after allegations of NCAA violations kept him out of the regular-season finale, led the Pac-10 in scoring (23.0) and assists (7.4). The 5-10 1/2 point guard dramatically improved his shooting over his first three seasons, making 48 percent from the field and 46 percent from 3-point range.

The first player in Arizona history to score more than 40 points in a game twice, Stoudamire was named on 31 first-team ballots and received 241 points.

Stackhouse, a 6-6 forward, averaged 19.4 points and 8.3 rebounds for the Tar Heels, who held the No.1 spot longer than any other team this season and finished in the four-way tie for the ACC title.

Randolph Childress of Wake Forest, the MVP of the ACC tournament with a record-setting 107 points in three games, was five points behind Stackhouse in the voting and was joined on the second team by Corliss Williamson of Arkansas, Kerry Kittles of Villanova, Rasheed Wallace of North Carolina and Lou Roe of Massachusetts.

The third team consisted of Bryant Reeves of Oklahoma State, Tim Duncan of Wake Forest, Ray Allen of Connecticut, Kurt Thomas of Texas Christian and Lawrence Moten of Syracuse.

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