PHILADELPHIA — If the NCAA, the national governing body of college sports, is being accused of a failure to notice how the sport of women's basketball is being treated shabbily at the very moment all aspects of the sport should be celebrated, that's a failure of leadership.
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These are the 2020-21 AP Women's All-America Teams
First Team
Paige Bueckers, UConn
5-11, freshman, Hopkins, Minn., 19.7 ppg, 53.9 fg pct, 6.1 apg, 2.29 steals (28 of 30 first-place votes, 146 points)
Dana Evans, Louisville
5-6, senior, Gary, Ind., 20 ppg, 43.2 fg pct, 4.2 apg, (25, 140)
Aliyah Boston, South Carolina
6-5, sophomore, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, 13.69 ppg, 11.7 rpg, 50.2 fg pct, 1.6 apg, 2.9 blocks (21, 127)
Rhyne Howard, Kentucky
6-2, junior, Cleveland, Tenn., 20.7 ppg, 44.8 fg pct, 3.5 apg, 2.32 steals (16, 117)
NaLyssa Smith, Baylor
6-2, junior, Converse, Texas, 18.1 ppg, 54.3 fg pct (16, 114)
Second Team
Elissa Cunane, NC State
6-5, junior, Summerfield, N.C., 16.8 ppg, 57.0 fg pct (13, 107)
Naz Hillmon, Michigan
6-2, junior, Cleveland, Ohio, 25.1 ppg, 63.7 fg pct (11, 97)
Aari McDonald, Arizona
5-7, senior, Fresno, Calif., 19.3 ppg, 38.9 fg pct, 4.5 apg, 2.71 steals (8, 96)
Caitlin Clark, Iowa
6-0, freshman, West Des Moines, Iowa, 26.7 ppg, 47.0 fg pct, 7.2 apg (3, 70)
Charli Collier, Texas
6-5, junior, Mont Belvieu, Texas, 20.1 ppg, 51.3 fg pct, 1.2 blocks (3, 58)
Third Team
Natasha Mack, Oklahoma State
6-4, senior, Lufkin, Texas, 19.8 ppg, 12.3 rpg, 53.1 fg pct, 4.1 blocks, 2.04 steals (0, 53)
Ashley Owusu, Maryland
6-0, sophomore, Woodbridge, Va., 18.3 ppg, 48.5 fg pct, 5.8 apg (0, 44)
Michaela Onyenwere, UCLA
5-11, senior, Aurora, Colo., 18.7 ppg, 41.8 fg pct (0, 42)
Kiana Williams, Stanford
5-8, senior, San Antonio, Texas, 14.3 ppg, 42 fg pct (2, 31)
Chelsea Dungee, Arkansas
5-11, senior, Sapulpa, Okla., 22.2 ppg, 42.7 fg pct, (1, 26)
Honorable Mention:
Kierstan Bell, Florida Gulf Coast
Katie Benzan (pictured), Maryland
Jakia Brown-Turner, NC State
Rennia Davis, Tennessee
Kysre Gondrezick, West Virginia
Arella Guirantes, Rutgers
Lauren Gustin, BYU
Mackenzie Holmes, Indiana
Cece Hooks, Ohio
Ashley Joens, Iowa State
Haley Jones, Stanford
N'dea Jones, Texas AM
Olivia Nelson-Ododa, UConn
Aisha Shepherd, Virginia Tech
Jill Townsend, Gonzaga
Christyn Williams, UConn
Aaliyah Wilson, Texas A&M
Jen Wirth, Gonzaga
