INDIANAPOLIS, IN - The NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Committee has announced the teams for the inaugural NCAA Division II/National Association of Basketball Coach (NABC) Men’s All-Star Game. The all-star game will be held at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Friday, March 24 at 7 p.m. (ET).

The 20 participants in the All-Star game were chosen from a pool of 265 teams in Division II. The All-Star team will also attend a brunch before the championship game and a presentation during halftime of the championship game.

Representing Bryant will be senior guard John Williams (Springfield, Mass.).  Williams (right) helped lead Bryant to its third-straight NCAA tournament appearance and was named co-Player of the Year in the Northeast-10 Conference with 20.3 ppg.  As a junior, Williams set an NCAA tournament record for three-pointers in leading the Bulldogs to the NCAA Championship game in 2005 in Grand Forks, ND.

Named to the 2006 NCAA Division II/NABC East All-Star Team are:
(Name, School, Postion, Height. Weight)
Walt Baxley, Mars Hill, G-F, 6-3, 180
Terrance Bradley, Wheeling Jesuit, G, 6-2, 205
Jasper Johnson, Delta St., C, 6-7, 256
Jeremy Mayweather, GS&SU, F, 6-6, 188
Stacey Moragne, Mass.-Lowell, F, 6-4, 216
Jeremy Richardson, Delta St., F, 6-6, 185
Tayron Thomas, Philadelphia U., G, 6-2, 190
Daren Tielsch, Edinboro, F, 6-8, 240
Jamaal Wagner, Adelphi, F, 6-4
John Williams, Bryant, G, 6-0, 165

Named to the 2006 NCAA Division II/NABC West All-Star Team are:
Grant Dykstra, Western Wash., F, 6-4, 185
Matt Hammer, Northern St., G/F, 6-3, 200
Michael Hicks, Central Mo. St., G, 6-4, 200
Vince Inglima, Sonoma St., G, 6-5, 205
Sheldon Pace, Southwest Baptist, G, 6-1, 200
Dustin Pfeifer, Findlay, G, 5-9, 160
Frans Steyn, Southwest Baptist, C, 7-2, 290
Sullivan Sykes, St. Joseph’s (Ind.), G/F, 6-4, 205
Chris Thompson, Southern Ind., F, 6-6, 220
Turner Trofholz, South Dakota, C, 6-8, 235