March 8, 2006

It's that time of season, where we honor the best of the best, the creme de la creme of college basketball. It is time to unveil the Dickie V. All-Rolls Royce team, the solid gold standard for the 2005-06 season. It has not been easy to put these teams together because there are so many talented players out there. Here it is, my five All-America teams:

FIRST TEAM
G-J.J. Redick, Duke
G-Randy Foye, Villanova
C-Shelden Williams, Duke
F-Adam Morrison, Gonzaga
F-Brandon Roy, Washington

SECOND TEAM
G-Dee Brown, Illinois
G-Ronnie Brewer, Arkansas
C-LaMarcus Aldridge, Texas
F-Craig Smith, Boston College
F-Rudy Gay, Connecticut

THIRD TEAM
G-Mardy Collins, Temple
G-Arron Afflalo, UCLA
C-Paul Davis, Michigan State
F-Nick Fazekas, Nevada
F-Mike Gansey, West Virginia

FOURTH TEAM
G-Jordan Farmar, UCLA
G-Chris Lofton, Tennessee
C-Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
F-Paul Millsap, Louisiana Tech
F-P.J. Tucker, TexasJ. Tucker

FIFTH TEAM
G-Daniel Gibson, Texas
G-Jarrius Jackson, Texas Tech
C-Terence Dials, Ohio State
F-Maurice Ager, Michigan State
F-Rodney Carney, Memphis

Dick Vitale coached the Pistons and the University of Detroit before broadcasting ESPN's first college basketball game in 1979. Send a question for Vitale for possible use on ESPNEWS.