The awards for RJ Davis are starting to pile up.
A day after the senior guard won the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year award, he earned some national recognition. On Tuesday, The Sporting News released their annual college basketball All-America Team for the 2023-24 season. And landing on the first team was Davis.
The guard was named a First Team All-American joining Dalton Knecht (Tennessee), Zach Edey (Purdue), Tristen Newton (UConn), and Jamal Shead (Houston) on the All-American team. Here is what Sporting News said about Davis’ impressive senior season:
After taking a bit to adjust to the new chemistry in place with the Tar Heels, Davis declared his prominence in the current season with a string of five consecutive games with more than 25 points, all against major opponents. It’s been clear from that stretch in December he would rank with this season’s best players, and scoring outbursts like his 36 points against Wake Forest, 25 against Miami and 24 that helped the Heels recover from a flimsy first half at Florida State affirmed that ascent. Davis is less of a primary playmaker now, but he still can handle that job when necessary. What the Heels need him to do is tear apart defenses with buckets, and he abides.
Davis was the only Tar Heel to make any one of the three teams by Sporting News this season. However, his former teammate Caleb Love made the Third Team in his first year with the Arizona Wildcats.
Davis is averaging 21.1 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game this season so far. North Carolina enters the ACC Tournament as the No. 1 seed and will look to carry the momentum the rest of the way.
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