Wright Selected to NABC Division I All-Star Game
Crimson co-captain Keith Wright earned All-Ivy League second-team honors this season (Gil Talbot).
NEW ORLEANS, La. -- Harvard forward Keith Wright was one of 20 seniors from across the country chosen to play in the upcoming National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) 2012 Reese's Division I All-Star Game.
Wright, a two-time co-captain of the Crimson, will take part in the All-Star Game, which will be played as part of the NCAA Final Four weekend. The game will be held Friday, March 30 at 5:35 EST at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
The game, which will be broadcast Saturday, March 31 at 1 p.m. EST on TruTV, will feature 20 of the nation's most outstanding seniors from Division I, as selected by the NABC.
Wright, a native of Suffolk, Va., earned NABC All-District honors in each of the last two seasons and garnered All-Ivy League second-team accolades after being named the Ancient Eight Player of the Year in 2011. As a senior, he led Crimson to its second straight Ivy League title, as well as Harvard's first NCAA tournament appearance since 1946.
Wright led Harvard with 8.1 rebounds per game and stood second on the squad with 10.4 points per contest. He made 58.6 percent of his field-goal attempts from the floor and recorded five double-doubles, while scoring in double figures in 17 games.
Wright concluded his career 16th in school history with 1,178 points, fifth with 743 rebounds and first with 149 career blocks.
WEST ALL-STAR TEAM
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. College/Hometown
2 Casper Ware G 5-10 175 Long Beach State, Cerritos, CA
4 Jorge Gutierrez G 6-3 195 California/Chihuahua, Mexico
10 Dominique Morrison F 6-6 210 Oral Roberts/Kansas City, MO
12 Devoe Joseph G 6-4 180 Oregon/Toronto, Ontario
14 Bradford Burgess G/F 6-6 225 VCU/Midlothian, GA
20 Wendell McKines F 6-6 230 New Mexico State/Oakland, CA
22 Storm Warren F 6-7 230 LSU/Monroe, LA
24 Chace Stanback G/F 6-8 215 UNLV/Los Angeles, CA
30 Robert Sacre C 7-0 260 Gonzaga/North Vancouver, BC
32 Ricardo Ratliffe F 6-8 240 Missouri/Hampton, VA
EAST ALL-STAR TEAM
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. College/Hometown
1 Scott Machado G 6-1 180 Iona/Queens, NY
11 Juan Fernandez G 6-4 195 Temple/Rio Tercero, Argentina
13 Ramone Moore G 6-4 190 Temple/Philadelphia, PA
15 Kevin Murphy G 6-7 185 Tennessee Tech/Atlanta, GA
21 Jae Crowder F 6-6 235 Marquette/Villa Rica, GA
23 John Shurna F 6-9 215 Northwestern/Glen Ellyn, IL
25 Keith Wright F 6-8 240 Harvard/Suffolk, VA
31 Garrett Stutz C 7-0 255 Wichita State/Kansas City, MO
33 Henry Sims C 6-10 245 Georgetown/Baltimore, MD
35 Mitchell Watt F 6-10 225 Buffalo/Goodyear, AZ
