By JIM O'CONNELL
AP Basketball Writer

Luke Harangody should get used to being on top of lists.

The senior forward from Notre Dame was the leading vote-getter
Monday on The Associated Press' preseason All-America team, and
if he has the type of season he usually does, he will become the
leader for his school and conference in scoring and rebounding.

The 6-foot-8 Harangody received 57 votes from the 65-member
national media panel and was followed in the balloting by Kansas
teammates Cole Aldrich and Sherron Collins. They are the sixth
set of teammates selected for the preseason team, which began in
1986-87, and the second from Kansas, joining Raef LaFrentz and
Paul Pierce in 1997-98.

Aldrich, a 6-11 junior who recorded a triple-double in the NCAA
tournament, received 49 votes, 10 more than Collins, a senior
point guard.

Junior forwards Patrick Patterson of Kentucky, who had 35 votes,
and Kyle Singler of Duke, who had 30, rounded out the team
announced Monday.

Harangody averaged 23.3 points and 11.8 rebounds last season,
the only player to rank in the top 10 nationally in both
categories. He was a preseason All-American in 2008-09 and was
selected to the second team after the season.

He enters this season with 1,823 points - 738 away from Austin
Carr as Notre Dame's career leader. He needs 370 rebounds to
pass Tom Hawkins as the Fighting Irish's career rebound leader,
and averaging 20.6 points and 9.0 rebounds this season would
make him the Big East's career leader in both categories,
passing Syracuse's Lawrence Moten and Derrick Coleman,
respectively.

Harangody decided to return to Notre Dame for his senior season
after exploring his options for entering the NBA draft.

"It was a good experience for Luke to go through the process he
did last summer," Notre Dame coach Mike Brey said. "He's even
more confident at moving around to different spots on the floor.
We're going to have him open up in transition much like he did
at the end of last season and run him off a screen for 15- and
18-foot jump shots.

"He'll be our main threat in the low post because that is his
bread and butter, but we're going to have him step out along the
perimeter which should add another dimension to his game."

Aldrich's stock rose all last season and it culminated with the
first official triple-double in Kansas history when he had 13
points, 20 rebounds and 10 blocks in a second-round NCAA win
over Dayton.

He averaged 14.9 points and 11.1 rebounds, joining national
player of the year Blake Griffin of Oklahoma as the only players
in the Big 12 to average a double-double last season.

Collins didn't become a full-time starter until last season when
he averaged 18.9 points and 5.0 assists in earning third-team
All-American honors. He and Aldrich are the stars of a deep
Kansas team picked No. 1 in the preseason Top 25.

"I do think we return the best guard in the country and the best
big man in the country," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "I think
if you're going to start a team, why not have an anchor and why
not have a guard?"

Aldrich and Cole are the first teammates chosen to the preseason
team since J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams of Duke in 2005-06.

The 6-9 Patterson averaged 17.9 points and 9.3 rebounds for the
Wildcats last season and he's expected to be more of an inside
presence this season with the addition of freshman point guard
John Wall to new coach John Calipari's offense.

Singler averaged 16.5 points and 7.7 rebounds last season for
the Blue Devils but his role should change to more of a
perimeter one this season.