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Green Named AP Honorable Mention All-American
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The 2005 Mid-Continent Conference Player of the Year averaged a team-leading 19.4 points and 9.3 rebounds per game while leading Scott Sutton's Golden Eagles to the school's first outright conference title since 1984, and its first trip to the post-season since 1997. ORU finished the season with a 25-8 overall record, the most wins by the school at the NCAA Division I level since the 1972 squad won a school-record 26 games.
A 6-7, 240-pound sophomore forward from Tulsa, Green notched a league-leading 16 double-doubles this season, including a 23-point, 16-rebound effort in an 85-72 loss at ACC foe Maryland in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) on March 16. He also tallied 26 points and 10 rebounds in an 81-63 win over Georgetown, added 22 points and 10 boards against UAB, tied his career scoring high with 33 points in an 86-76 win at Southwest Missouri State, and contributed a 26-point, 19-rebound effort at league rival UMKC.
Green was joined on the AP honorable mention team by the likes of UConn's Josh Boone, Vermont's Taylor Coppenrath, Marquette's Travis Diener, Boston College's Jared Dudley, Arizona's Channing Frye, Louisville's Francisco Garcia, Kentucky's Chuck Hayes, Georgia Tech's Jarrett Jack, Oklahoma State's John Lucas III, North Carolina's Rashad McCants, Mississippi State's Lawrence Roberts, and Gonzaga's Ronny Turiaf, among others.
Green is the first ORU player to earn AP All-America honors of any kind since Mark Acres in 1985. Other former ORU players who have been honored as AP All-Americans for their efforts include: Sam Potter (1984, Second Team), Gary "Cat" Johnson (1982, Second Team); Jeff Acres (1981, Honorable Mention); Anthony Roberts (1977, Second Team); and Richard Fuqua (1972 & 1973, Third Team).
