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Mar 18, 2010 8:58:30 AM

Led by Cole Aldrich of top-ranked Kansas and Maya Moore of undefeated Connecticut, 14 members of the 2009-10 CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men's and Women's Basketball teams lead their respective squads into the Division I championship tournaments that start today. These Academic All-America teams are selected annually by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

Six members of the men's Academic All-America team are competing in the Division I men's championship, while eight members of the women's Academic All-America team will play for the Division I women's crown.

Aldrich, a 6-11 junior center who was chosen as the Academic All-American of the Year in the men's university division, has guided Kansas to a 32-2 record and the Big 12 Conference championship. Seeded first in the Midwest Region, the Jayhawks open NCAA tournament play tonight against Lehigh University. A communication studies major with a 3.32 grade-point average, Aldrich is a two-year starter for the Jayhawks. A two-time selection as a first-team all-Big 12 Conference honoree, he has been named as the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year twice.

Moore, Connecticut's junior forward who was chosen as the Academic All-American of the Year in the women's university division, has helped the top-ranked Huskies post a 33-0 record and win the Big East Conference title. The Huskies, who will take an NCAA record 72-game winning streak into the NCAA tournament, are the No. 1 seed in the East Region and will play Southern University in Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday.

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