Marquette senior guard Jerel McNeal joined exclusive company Monday when he was named an Associated Press Second Team All-America, the highest honor received by a Marquette player since Dwyane Wade was named to a consensus first team selection in 2003. McNeal averaged 19.8 points, 4.5 rebound, 3.9 assists and 2.1 steals per game in 2008-'09. He is Marquette's career leader in points (1,985) and steals (287).

"Just sitting here and thinking about it, and looking at the list of players it means a lot," McNeal said in a university press release. "It's an unbelievable accomplishment."

McNeal is joined on the second team by Connecticut's Hasheem Thabeet, North Carolina's Ty Lawson, Notre Dame's Luke Harangody and Kentucky's Jody Meeks. First team selections were Oklahoma's Blake Griffin, North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough, Pittsburgh's DeJuan Blair, Arizona State's James Harden and Stephen Curry of Davidson.