NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The NCAA Men's Basketball All-American teams are teams made up of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball players voted the best in the country by a variety of organizations.
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]
Teams used to determine consensus selections
Through the years, the following media outlets have been recognized and have been used to determine consensus teams. From 1905 to 1928, 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 magazine | 1929–1933; 1936 |
| Christy Walsh Syndicate | 1929–1930 |
| Converse Yearbook | 1932–1948 |
| Literary Digest magazine | 1934 |
| Madison Square Garden | 1937 |
| Omaha World | 1937–1942 |
| Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) | 1938; 1953–1963 |
| Collyer's News Bureau | 1942–1944 |
| Pic magazine | 1939 |
| Sporting News | 1943–1946; 1960–1962; 1998–present |
| Argosy magazine | 1945 |
| True magazine | 1946–1947 |
| Associated Press (AP) | 1948–present |
| United Press International (UPI) | 1949–1996 |
| Look magazine | 1949–1962 |
| Collier's magazine | 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 |
Team leaders
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 the official NCAA records.
| School | Selections | Players | Most Recent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 28 | 21 | 2012 (Thomas Robinson) |
| North Carolina | 26 | 17 | 2016 (Brice Johnson) |
| Kentucky | 26 | 20 | 2016 (Tyler Ulis) |
| Purdue | 25 | 17 | 2011 (JaJuan Johnson) |
| Penn | 24 | 14 | 1953 (Ernie Beck) |
| Notre Dame | 23 | 14 | 2015 (Jerian Grant) |
| Duke | 21 | 18 | 2015 (Jahlil Okafor) |
| Wisconsin | 21 | 18 | 2015 (Frank Kaminsky) |
| UCLA | 20 | 14 | 2008 (Kevin Love) |
| Columbia | 19 | 13 | 1957 (Chet Forte) |
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.[5] 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.[6] In 2011, Harrison Barnes of North Carolina became the first freshman voted a preseason All-American by the AP.[7]
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
- 1 2 Men's Basketball All-Americans
- ↑ "Official NCAA Consensus All-Americans" (PDF). Retrieved April 1, 2012.
- ↑ "2009–10 NCAA Statistics Policies(updated 9/2/2009)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. September 2, 2009. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
- ↑ NCAA Men's Basketball Finest (PDF). NCAA Publications. August 16, 2016. pp. 174–76, 211. ISSN 1521-2955.
- ↑ AP (March 27, 1963). "Pick Academic all-America". Schenectady Gazette. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
- ↑ AP (November 20, 1986). "Midhipman Robinson tops preseason all-americans". Rome News-Tribune. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
- ↑ Preseason All-Americans announced, accessed March 22, 2011