Sasser was named to the Associated Press All-America First Team after leading a Coogs squad to the American Athletic Conference regular-season championship and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
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The honor was announced Tuesday as the Coogs players boarded buses bound for a plane that would take them to Birmingham, Alabama, where they begin March Madness play on Thursday.
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In an encouraging sign for UH's prospects of a deep run and a potential Final Four berth in Houston, Sasser, who went down with a non-contact groin injury during the AAC tournament, was seen walking to the bus, signaling that he's at least traveling with the team and giving a shot at playing this weekend.
Sasser's honor marks the first time in 39 years that the Cougars men's hoops program earned a first-team All-America selection since Hakeem Olajuwon during the "Phi Slama Jama" era.
The senior guard posted 20 points in a game 12 times during the season, averaging a team-high 17 points a game.
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The awards weren't done there. The National Association of Basketball Coaches, or NABC, named Sasser and teammates Jarace Walker and Jamal Shead to an All-District team.
Sasser and Walker earned first-team honors while Shead was a second-teamer for District 24, which generally includes teams from the AAC. Not to be outdone, Kelvin Sampson was named the NABC district's coach of the year.
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