The Associated Press' 1998-99 preseason All-America team,selected by a 72-member national media panel:

Player ............ School .... Pos

Richard Hamilton .. UConn ...... F

Mateen Cleaves .... Mich. St. .. G

Elton Brand ....... Duke ....... C

Lee Nailon ........ TCU ........ F

Andre Miller ...... Utah ....... G

Others receiving votes (in alphabetical order): Ed Cota, N. Carolina; Baron Davis, UCLA; Khalid El-Amin, Connecticut; Obinna Ekezie, Maryland; Evan Eschmeyer, Northwestern; Jumaine Jones, Georgia; Trajan Langdon, Duke; Arthur Lee, Stanford; Todd MacCullough, Washington; Mike Madsen, Stanford; BJ McKie, S. Carolina; Lamar Odom, Rhode Isl.; Scott Padgett, Kentucky; James Posey, Xavier; Laron Profit, Maryland; Omar Sneed, Memphis; Wally Szczerbiak, Miami, Ohio; Jason Terry, Arizona; Jamel Thomas, Providence; Kenny Thomas, N. Mexico; Tim Young, Stanford.

Pub Date: 11/10/98