Thomas Robinson, Anthony Davis, Jared Sullinger, Draymond Green and Doug McDermott have been named to the 11-12 AP All-America First Team.

Robinson was a unanimous selection, the first player to receive that distinction since Blake Griffin in 2009.

"It's a blessing to be named even in the same category as Blake Griffin," Robinson said. "For that to happen, I'm glad all the hard work is paying off.

On the Second Team are Isaiah Canaan of Murray State, Marcus Denmon of Missouri, Tyler Zeller of North Carolina, Jae Crowder of Marquette and Kevin Jones of West Virginia.

Gary Harris has been named the 11-12 Indiana Basketball Player of the Year.

Harris, a 6-foot-5, 180-pound senior shooting guard, averaged 25.4 points, 7.6 rebounds, 4.2 steals and 3.7 assists per game this past season, leading Hamilton Southeastern (22-3) to the Class 4A sectional final.

Harris has maintained a 3.55 GPA in the classroom.

Harris will attend Michigan State this fall.

Draymond Green struggled to cope with the fame and attention that comes with being considered for national awards.

“When you hear about those things, I'm not really the type that's about individual awards, but those are great accomplishments,” Green said. “When you hear about those things, of course you want them to happen.

"I'm sitting there thinking what can possibly happen, what can possibly go wrong. It was really stopping me from being me, being the happy person that I am around my teammates, just always having a smile on my face.”

Green admitted he “wasn’t himself” and sought out the counsel of Tom Izzo.

“Behind closed doors I still have my times where, ‘Hey, what do I need to do?’ Because I'm not perfect,” Green said. “I still have a lot of things I can get better on. And I have a mastermind as a coach. I can always get some advice.”

Magic Johnson called Michigan State coach Tom Izzo last week and Draymond Green happened to be sitting in the office.

“I said, ‘Draymond's here, why don't you talk to him?’” Izzo said.

Johnson led Michigan State to the national championship in 1979.

“He was talking about, ‘It’s one-and-done time,’ and rallying the troops and told me some things to better myself individually but also to better the team,” Green said. “What to say, some things to say to the guards, also talking to Derrick Nix and Adreian Payne on how they have to hold the fort down in order for us to make a run.

“So just those type of things, the things that a guy who’s been through it all, who has won championships, know what it takes to get there, and just sharing his experience with us. That’s what the family is all about -- helping each other out.”

Green recorded a triple-double in the Spartans’ 89-67 victory over Long Island University on Friday, joining Johnson and Oscar Robertson as the only players in tournament history to have more than one triple-double in tournament play.

Michigan State defeated Ohio State by a final score of 68-64 to win the 2012 Big Ten Tournament.

Draymond Green was named Tournament MVP and joined on the All-Tournament Team by teammate Brandon Wood, Ohio State's Jared Sullinger and Deshaun Thomas, and Minnesota's Andre Hollins.

Kentucky, Syracuse, North Carolina, and Michigan State earned No. 1 seeds for the 2012 NCAA tournament.

The Wildcats claimed the No. 1 overall seed after suffering only two losses on the season and will open the tournament against the winner of a first-round game between Mississippi Valley State and Western Kentucky.

The Orange. leading the East region, will play No. 16 UNC Asheville.

In the West, the Spartans will open against No. 16 LIU.

The Tar Heels will play the winner of a first-round game between 16 seeds Lamar and Vermont.

The tournament starts Tuesday, with the Final Four scheduled to be held in Houston, starting April 2.

Tyus Jones, a 6-foot-1 sophomore point guard who is a top-10 prospect in the class of 2014, is considering signing with Michigan State and Duke, with Minnesota in third place.

Jones recently made an unofficial visit to Michigan State.

Duke is believed to be willing to bypass the signing of any other point guards if Jones will commit.

Michigan State's Draymond Green has been named Big Ten Player of the Year by both the Coaches and Media.

Joining Green on the All-Big Ten First Team as voted by the Coaches are Purdue's Robbie Hummel, Ohio State's Jared Sullinger, Northwestern's John Shurna and Jordan Taylor of Wisconsin.

On the Second Team are William Buford and Deshaun Thomas of Ohio State, Michigan's Trey Burke, Tim Frazier of Ohio State and Indiana's Cody Zeller.

On the Third Team are Michigan State's Keith Appling, Michigan's Tim Hardaway, Jr., Brandon Paul of Illinois, Matt Gatens of Iowa and Northwestern's Drew Crawford.

Receiving Honorable Mention votes are Wisconsin's Jared Berggren and Ryan Evans, Christian Watford of Indiana, Meyers Leonard of Illinois, Lewis Jackson of Purdue and Aaron Craft of Ohio State.

Craft was also named Defensive Player of the Year.

Also on the All-Big Ten Defensive Team is Green, Frazier, Indiana's Victor Oladipo and Wisconsin's Josh Gasser.

Zeller was named Freshman of the Year by the Coaches, while Burke won the Media vote. Joining Zeller and Burke on the Freshman Team is Iowa's Aaron White, Branden Dawson of Michigan State and Dave Soblewski of Northwestern.

D.J. Byrd of Purdue was recognized as Sixth Man of the Year.

Draymond Green has scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in three of Michigan State’s past four games, solidifying his status a leading Big Ten Player of the Year candidate while garnering a few straw poll votes in the race for national honors. Green admits all of the increased attention was wearing on him.

"It wasn't necessarily that it was bothering my play. It was starting to bother me as a person," said Green, who who has averaged more than 19 points per game since scoring just five in a Jan. 31 loss at Illinois. "I wasn't me. I wasn't the fun guy to be around, just all excited. It was kind of weighing down on me because you're worried about so many things."

Green spoke with coach Tom Izzo earlier this week about how to handle the season's final stretch.

"Coach told me you just have to keep doing what you're doing," Green said. "That kind of relieved me. Because when you start to let all those things get to you, it can take the fun from it.

"I'm not going to lie and say it doesn't matter to me. It'd be an honor to win Big Ten Player of the Year. But, that's not my focus. My focus is to come out there and win games and win an outright Big Ten championship."