NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
TheNCAA Men's Basketball All-Americanteams are teams made up ofNational Collegiate Athletic Association(NCAA)basketballplayers voted the best in the country by a variety of organizations.
History[edit]
All-Americateams incollege basketballwere first named by bothCollege Humormagazine and the Christy Walsh Syndicate in 1929. In 1932, theConverseshoe company began publishing All-America teams in their yearly "Converse Basketball Yearbook," and continued doing so until they ceased publication of the yearbook in 1983. TheHelms Athletic Foundation,created in 1936, retroactively named All-America teams for years 1905–35, and also continued naming teams until 1983.[1]TheAssociated Pressbegan naming its team selections in 1948.[1]
Consensus teams[edit]
While an increasing number of media outlets select All-America teams, the NCAA recognizes consensus All-America teams back to 1905.[2]These teams have drawn from two to six major media sources over the years, and are intended to reflect the opinions of most college basketball experts. Today the four outlets used to select consensus teams are theAssociated Press,theNational Association of Basketball Coaches,theUnited States Basketball Writers AssociationandSporting Newsmagazine. Since 1984, the NCAA has applied a standardized point system to those teams designated as "major" All-American teams to determine consensus teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.[3]
Teams used to determine consensus selections[edit]
Through the years, the following media outlets have been recognized and have been used to determine consensus teams. From1905to1928,the Helms Athletic Foundation All-America teams are considered the "official" teams of those years by the NCAA.[4]
| Granting Institution | Years |
| Helms Athletic Foundation | 1929–1948 |
| College Humor | 1929–1933;1936 |
| Christy Walsh Syndicate | 1929–1930 |
| Converse Yearbook | 1932–1948 |
| The Literary Digest | 1934 |
| Madison Square Garden | 1937 |
| Omaha World | 1937–1942 |
| Newspaper Enterprise Association(NEA) | 1938;1953–1963 |
| Collyer's News Bureau | 1939 |
| Pic | 1942–1944 |
| Sporting News | 1943–1946;1960–1962;1998–present |
| Argosy | 1945 |
| True | 1946–1947 |
| Associated Press(AP) | 1948–present |
| United Press International(UPI) | 1949–1996 |
| Look | 1949–1962 |
| Collier's | 1949–1956 |
| International News Service | 1950–1958 |
| National Association of Basketball Coaches(NABC) | 1957–present |
| National Collegiate Association Bureau | 1961 |
| United States Basketball Writers Association(USBWA) | 1963–present |
Leaders by school[edit]
The top ten schools with the most consensus first-team All-Americans are listed below, ranked by total number of selections. For a complete list, please see theNCAA records.
| School | Selections | Players | Most recent year |
Most recent player |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 32 | 25 | 2023 | Jalen Wilson |
| North Carolina | 28 | 19 | 2024 | R. J. Davis |
| Purdue | 28 | 19 | 2024 | Zach Edey |
| Kentucky | 27 | 22 | 2022 | Oscar Tshiebwe |
| Duke | 24 | 21 | 2019 | RJ BarrettandZion Williamson |
| Penn | 24 | 14 | 1953 | Ernie Beck |
| Notre Dame | 23 | 14 | 2015 | Jerian Grant |
| Wisconsin | 22 | 19 | 2022 | Johnny Davis |
| UCLA | 21 | 15 | 2017 | Lonzo Ball |
| Columbia | 19 | 13 | 1957 | Chet Forte |
Academic All-Americans[edit]
In 1963, the firstAcademic All-Americanbasketball team was named. The first team, selected by theCollege Sports Information Directors of America(CoSIDA), consisted of:Rod ThornofWest Virginia,Ken CharltonofColorado,Gerry WardofBoston College,Art BeckerofArizona StateandRay FlynnofProvidence.[5]CoSIDA has named Academic All-America teams continuously each year since. For a complete list of first-team Academic All-Americans, please see theofficial NCAA records.
| School | Selections | Players |
|---|---|---|
| UCLA | 17 | 10 |
| Kansas | 15 | 11 |
| Indiana | 13 | 9 |
| Duke | 13 | 8 |
| Notre Dame | 13 | 8 |
| North Carolina | 11 | 9 |
| Kentucky | 9 | 8 |
| Gonzaga | 8 | 7 |
| BYU | 8 | 4 |
| Purdue | 7 | 5 |
Through 2020
Preseason All-Americans[edit]
In 1986, the Associated Press named the first preseason All-America team for the1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.Navy'sDavid Robinsonwas the leading vote-getter that year. He was joined on the team bySteve AlfordofIndiana,Danny ManningofKansas,Kenny SmithofNorth CarolinaandPervis EllisonofLouisville.[6]In 2011,Harrison Barnesof North Carolina became the first freshman voted a preseason All-American by the AP.[7]
See also[edit]
- NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans– NCAA Division I women's basketball equivalent
- AAU Men's Basketball All-Americans– similar honor presented to men's basketball players in theAmateur Athletic Unionbetween 1920–21 and 1967–68
References[edit]
- ^abMen's Basketball All-Americans
- ^"Official NCAA Consensus All-Americans"(PDF).RetrievedApril 1,2012.
- ^"2009–10 NCAA Statistics Policies(updated 9/2/2009)".National Collegiate Athletic Association.September 2, 2009. Archived fromthe originalon June 12, 2010.RetrievedSeptember 26,2010.
- ^"NCAA Men's Basketball Finest"(PDF).NCAA Men's Basketball's Finest.NCAA Publications: 174–176, 211. October 2005.ISSN1521-2955.
- ^AP (March 27, 1963)."Pick Academic all-America".Schenectady Gazette.RetrievedOctober 31,2010.
- ^AP (November 20, 1986)."Midhipman Robinson tops preseason all-americans".Rome News-Tribune.RetrievedOctober 31,2010.
- ^Preseason All-Americans announced,accessed March 22, 2011