- NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
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The NCAA Men's Basketball All-American teams are honorary teams made up of those NCAA basketball players voted the best in the country by a variety of organizations.
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History
College basketball All-American teams were first named by both College Humor magazine and the Christy Walsh Syndicate in 1929. In 1932, the Converse shoe company began publishing All-American teams in their yearly "Converse Basketball Yearbook," and continued doing so until they ceased publication of the yearbook in 1983. The Helms Athletic Foundation, created in 1936, retroactively named All-American teams for years 1905–35, and also continued naming teams until 1983.[1] The Associated Press began naming its team selections in 1948.[1]
Consensus teams
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 teams used to select consensus teams are: the Associated Press, The National Association of Basketball Coaches, the United States Basketball Writers Association and Sporting News magazine. 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]
Team Leaders
The top ten schools with the most consensus first team All-Americans are listed below. For a complete list, please see the official NCAA records.
School Selections Players Most Recent Kansas 27 20 2010 (Sherron Collins) Purdue 25 17 2011 (JaJuan Johnson) North Carolina 25 16 2009 (Tyler Hansbrough) Penn 24 14 1953 (Ernie Beck) Kentucky 23 18 2010 (John Wall) Notre Dame 22 13 2001 (Troy Murphy) Wisconsin 20 17 2007 (Alando Tucker) UCLA 20 14 2008 (Kevin Love) Columbia 19 13 1957 (Chet Forte) Duke 18 15 2011 (Nolan Smith) Academic All-Americans
In 1963, the first Academic All-American basketball team was named. The first team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), consisted of: Rod Thorn of West Virginia, Ken Charlton of Colorado, Gerry Ward of Boston College, Art Becker of Arizona State and Ray Flynn of Providence.[4] CoSIDA has named Academic All-America teams continuously each year since.
Preseason All-Americans
In 1986, the Associated Press named the first preseason All-America team for the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Navy's David Robinson was the leading vote-getter that year. He was joined on the team by Steve Alford of Indiana, Danny Manning of Kansas, Kenny Smith of North Carolina and Pervis Ellison of Louisville.[5] In 2011, Harrison Barnes of North Carolina became the first freshman voted a preseason All-American by the AP.[6]
See also
- All-America
- College basketball
- AAU Men's Basketball All-Americans – similar honor presented to men's basketball players in the Amateur Athletic Union between 1920–21 and 1967–68
References
- ^ a b Men's Basketball All-Americans
- ^ "Official NCAA Consensus All-Americans". http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/Awards.pdf. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
- ^ "2009–10 NCAA Statistics Policies(updated 9/2/2009)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. September 2, 2009. http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/ncaahome?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/ncaa/ncaa/sports+and+championship/general+information/stats/statistics+policies. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
- ^ AP (March 27, 1963). "Pick Academic all-America". Schenectady Gazette. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ut8qAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TokFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3484,3879688&dq=academic+all-america&hl=en. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
- ^ AP (November 20, 1986). "Midhipman Robinson tops preseason all-americans". Rome News-Tribune. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P3wxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SDYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5670,3823953&dq=david-robinson+preseason+all-america&hl=en. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
- ^ Preseason All-Americans announced, accessed March 22, 2011
NCAA Division I Men's Basketball All-Americans Helms
Foundation1900s1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 19091910s1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 19191920sConsensus 1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2010 • 2011Men's college basketball awards (United States) National players of the year Naismith Trophy • Wooden Award
Adolph Rupp Trophy • AP Player of the Year • Helms Foundation Player of the Year (defunct) • NABC Player of the Year • Oscar Robertson Trophy • Sporting News Player of the Year • UPI Player of the Year (defunct)Individual awards Academic All-America of the Year • All-Americans (by year) • Bob Cousy Award (Point Guard) • Chip Hilton Award (Player Character) • Haggerty Award (NYC area) • Lefty Driesell Award (Top Defender) • Lowe's Senior CLASS Award • Lou Henson Award (Mid-Major Player of the Year) • Lute Olson Award (Top Non-Freshman) • Pete Newell Big Man Award • NABC Defensive Player of the Year • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (6'0" or shorter) • NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player • Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Big 5 Player of the Year) • USBWA National Freshman of the YearConference players of the year America East • American South • A-10 • ACC • A-Sun • Big 12 • Big East • Big Eight • Big Sky • Big South • Big Ten • Big West • CAA • Conference USA • East Coast • Great Midwest • Great West • Horizon • Ivy • MAAC • Metro • MAC • MEAC • MVC • Mountain West • NEC • OVC • Pac-12 • Patriot • SEC • SoCon • Southland • Summit • Sun Belt • SWAC • WCC • WACHead coach awards Naismith Coach of the Year
Adolph Rupp Cup • AP Coach of the Year • Ben Jobe Award (Top Minority Coach) • Henry Iba Award • Hugh Durham Award (Mid-Major Coach of the Year) • Jim Phelan Award (Major Conference Coach of the Year) • NABC Coach of the Year • Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (Moral Character) • UPI Coach of the Year (defunct) • Clair Bee Award (Coaching Character) • Legends of Coaching (Lifetime)Conference coaches of the year ACC • Big 12 • CAADivision awards Halls of fame See also: Women's college basketball awards Categories:- NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
- Awards established in 1905
- History of college basketball in the United States
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