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
Darius 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

References

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

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