1981 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The Consensus 1981 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams.^[1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

1981 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
Mark Aguirre	F	Junior	DePaul
Danny Ainge	G	Senior	Brigham Young
Steve Johnson	C	Senior	Oregon State
Ralph Sampson	C	Sophomore	Virginia
Isiah Thomas	G	Sophomore	Indiana

Consensus Second Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
Sam Bowie	C	Sophomore	Kentucky
Jeff Lamp	F	Senior	Virginia
Rudy Macklin	F	Senior	Louisiana State
Kelly Tripucka	F	Senior	Notre Dame
Danny Vranes	F	Senior	Utah
Al Wood	F	Senior	North Carolina

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
	First team		Second team		Third team
	Player	School	Player	School	Player	School
Associated Press [2]	Mark Aguirre	DePaul	Eric Floyd	Georgetown	Sam Bowie	Kentucky
	Danny Ainge	Brigham Young	Steve Johnson	Oregon State	Jeff Lamp	Virginia
	Kevin Magee	UC Irvine	Darnell Valentine	Kansas	Lewis Lloyd	Drake
	Ralph Sampson	Virginia	Danny Vranes	Utah	Jay Vincent	Michigan State
	Isiah Thomas	Indiana	Al Wood	North Carolina	Rob Williams	Houston
USBWA[3]	Mark Aguirre	DePaul	Danny Ainge	Brigham Young	No third team
	Steve Johnson	Oregon State	Sam Bowie	Kentucky
	Rudy Macklin	Louisiana State	Jeff Lamp	Virginia
	Ralph Sampson	Virginia	Isiah Thomas	Indiana
	Al Wood	North Carolina	Danny Vranes	Utah
NABC[4]	Mark Aguirre	DePaul	Sam Bowie	Kentucky	Gene Banks	Duke
	Danny Ainge	Brigham Young	Rudy Macklin	Louisiana State	Rolando Blackman	Kansas State
	Steve Johnson	Oregon State	Kelly Tripucka	Notre Dame	Albert King	Maryland
	Ralph Sampson	Virginia	Danny Vranes	Utah	Jeff Lamp	Virginia
	Isiah Thomas	Indiana	Al Wood	North Carolina	Lewis Lloyd	Drake
UPI[5]	Mark Aguirre	DePaul	Rod Foster	UCLA	Ray Blume	Oregon State
	Danny Ainge	Brigham Young	Steve Johnson	Oregon State	Sam Bowie	Kentucky
	Ralph Sampson	Virginia	Albert King	Maryland	Clyde Bradshaw	DePaul
	Isiah Thomas	Indiana	Jeff Lamp	Virginia	Lewis Lloyd	Drake
	Kelly Tripucka	Notre Dame	Rudy Macklin	Louisiana State	Danny Vranes	Utah

AP Honorable Mention:^[6]

John Bagley, Boston College Gene Banks, Duke Earl Belcher, St. Bonaventure Curtis Berry, Missouri Rolando Blackman, Kansas State Ray Blume, Oregon State Kevin Boyle, Iowa Clyde Bradshaw, DePaul Darrell Browder, TCU David Burns, Saint Louis Antoine Carr, Wichita State Howard Carter, LSU Tom Chambers, Utah Jamie Ciampaglio, Wagner Sam Clancy, Pittsburgh Riley Clarida, Long Island Matt Clark, Oklahoma Barius Clemons, Loyola (IL) Bob Convey, Saint Francis (PA) Ron Cornelius, Pacific Quintin Dailey, San Francisco Ron Davis, Arizona

Mickey Dillard, Florida State Ronnie Dixon, Duquesne Mike Evelti, Vermont Mike Ferrara, Colgate Rod Foster, UCLA Ricky Frazier, Missouri Zam Fredrick, South Carolina Bob Fronk, Washington Kenneth Green, Texas–Pan American Andra Griffin, Washington Pete Harris, Northeastern Scott Hastings, Arkansas Len Hatzenbeller, Drexel Rod Higgins, Fresno State Angelo Hill, Washington State Jo Jo Hunter, Colorado Eddie Johnson, Illinois Frank Johnson, Wake Forest Harry Kelly, Texas Southern Albert King, Maryland Larry Lawrence, Dartmouth Cliff Levingston, Wichita State

Alton Lister, Arizona State Durand Macklin, LSU Jeff Malone, Mississippi State Greg Manning, Maryland Ethan Martin, LSU David Maxwell, Fordham Ronnie McAdoo, Old Dominion Jim McCloskey, Loyola Marymount Mike McGee, Michigan Mark McNamara, California Larry Nance, Clemson Mike Olliver, Lamar Michael Perry, Richmond Eddie Phillips, Alabama Ricky Pierce, Rice John Pinone, Villanova Mark Radford, Oregon State David Russell, St. John's Mike Sanders, UCLA Danny Schayes, Syracuse Byron Scott, Arizona State

Tom Seaman, Holy Cross Jose Slaughter, Portland Andre Smth, Nebraska Derek Smith, Louisville Dale Solomon, Virginia Tech Gary Springer, Iona Mike Strayhorn, William & Mary Terry Teagle, Baylor Linton Townes, James Madison Corny Thompson, Connecticut LaSalle Thompson, Texas Kelly Tripucka, Notre Dame Kelvin Troy, Rutgers Elston Turner, Ole Miss David Vann, Saint Mary's Ken Webb, Fairleigh Dickinson Buck Williams, Maryland Sam Williams, Arizona State Sid Williams, San Jose State Dominique Wilkins, Georgia Jim Wright, Rhode Island

References

1. NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137
2. AP All-America Teams
3. USBWA Men's All-Americans
4. All-America - Division I (1980's) Archived March 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
5. "2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2005. pp. 200–201. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2009.
6. "AP All-America List". San Bernardino County Sun. March 10, 1981. p. 28. Retrieved April 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.