Michigan State's Draymond Green earns another All-America nod, this time from U.S. Basketball Writers Association

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Big Ten tournament final: Michigan State 68, Ohio State 64View full sizeAP PhotoMichigan State's Draymond Green, right, celebrates after Michigan State defeated Ohio State 68-64 in Sunday in the Big Ten tournament championship game.

EAST LANSING — Draymond Green's storied senior season at Michigan State looks like it might be on a postseason awards track unlike any Spartan since Mateen Cleaves.

Green, already a

Sporting News first-team All-American

, was selected Monday to the

U.S. Basketball Writers Association All-America first team

.

Green, the Big Ten's Player of the Year, is joined by Ohio State's Jared Sullinger, Kentucky's Anthony Davis, Creighton's Doug McDermott and Kansas' Thomas Robinson.

Green is the first Spartan recognized as a USBWA All-American since Jason Richardson in 2001, and the first first-teamer since Cleaves a year earlier.

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