UNC forward Brice Johnson has been named first-team All-American by Sports Illustrated.

Johnson is joined on the first team by fellow seniors Buddy Hield from Oklahoma and Michigan State’s Denzel Valentine.

A pair of sophomores rounds out the squad with Utah’s Jakob Poeltl and Kentucky guard Tyler Ulis.

Johnson was named first-team All-America by USA Today and to the third team by Sporting News, one of the four publications where a first or second team nomination would get his jersey in the Dean E. Smith Center rafters.

Johnson averaged 16.8 points and 10.8 rebounds per game while accumulating 19 double-doubles on the season.

Johnson and the Tar Heels take on Pittsburgh at noon on Thursday in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals.

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