An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.[1] The 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that include All-American selections from the Associated Press (AP), the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), the Sporting News (TSN), and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) for the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose at least a first and second 5-man team. The NABC, TSN and AP choose third teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections.
The Consensus 2017 College Basketball All-American team is determined by aggregating the results of the four major All-American teams as determined by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since United Press International was replaced by TSN in 1997, the four major selectors have been the aforementioned ones. AP has been a selector since 1948, NABC since 1957 and USBWA since 1960.[2] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America 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]
Although the aforementioned lists are used to determine consensus honors, there are numerous other All-American lists. The ten finalists for the John Wooden Award are described as Wooden All-Americans. The ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award are described as Senior All-Americans. Other All-American lists include those determined by USA Today, Fox Sports, Yahoo! Sports and many others. The scholar-athletes selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed Academic All-Americans.
Individual All-America teams
By team
AP Honorable Mention:[8]
- Ian Baker, New Mexico State
- Trae Bell-Haynes, Vermont
- Evan Bradds, Belmont
- Gian Clavell, Colorado State
- T. J. Cline, Richmond
- Patrick Cole, North Carolina Central
- Mike Daum, South Dakota State
- Angel Delgado, Seton Hall
- Jawun Evans, Oklahoma State
- Nana Foulland, Bucknell
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- De'Aaron Fox, Kentucky
- Jerome Frink, LIU Brooklyn
- Kevin Hervey, Texas–Arlington
- Isaiah Johnson, Akron
- Keon Johnson, Winthrop
- Peter Jok, Iowa
- Przemek Karnowski, Gonzaga
- Marcus Keene, Central Michigan
- Jock Landale, Saint Mary's
- T. J. Leaf, UCLA
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- Paris Lee, Illinois State
- Zach Lofton, Texas Southern
- Donovan Mitchell, Louisville
- Dallas Moore, North Florida
- Monte Morris, Iowa State
- Luke Nelson, UC Irvine
- Semi Ojeleye, SMU
- Alec Peters, Valparaiso
- Justin Robinson, Monmouth
- Devin Sibley, Furman
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Academic All-Americans
On March 2, 2017, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced the 2017 Academic All-America team, with Canyon Barry (youngest son of Hall of Famer Rick Barry) headlining the NCAA Division I team as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.[9] The following is the 2016–17 Academic All-America Division I Men’s Basketball Team as selected by CoSIDA:
First Team
Player |
School |
Class |
GPA and major |
Canyon Barry[aa 1] |
Florida |
GS |
4.00 (U), physics; 4.00 (G), nuclear engineering |
Joshua Braun[aa 2] |
Grand Canyon |
GS |
3.83 (U), business; 4.00 (G), MBA |
A. J. Jacobson[aa 3] |
North Dakota State |
Jr. |
3.99, zoology (pre-dental) |
Alec Peters |
Valparaiso |
GS |
3.43 (U)/3.53 (G), sports administration |
Nigel Williams-Goss[aa 4] |
Gonzaga |
Jr. |
3.84, psychology |
Third Team
Player |
School |
Class |
GPA and major |
Steven Cook |
Princeton |
Sr. |
3.53. economics |
Jordan Howard |
Central Arkansas |
Jr. |
3.80, digital filmmaking |
Matt O'Leary |
IUPUI |
Sr. |
3.81, management |
Tyler Seibring |
Elon |
So. |
4.00, English, economics |
Steven Spieth |
Brown |
Sr. |
3.40, business |
- ↑ First-team selection in 2015–16 and second-team selection in 2014–15, both at Charleston
- ↑ First-team selection in 2015–16
- 1 2 Third-team selection in 2015–16
- ↑ Third-team selection in 2014–15 at Washington
Senior All-Americans
The ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award are called Senior All-Americans. The 10 honorees are as follows, divided into first and second teams with the winner highlighted in bold text:[10]
References
- ↑ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
- ↑ "Award Winners: Division I Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2013. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
- ↑ "2009–10 NCAA Statistics Policies (updated 9/2/2009)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. September 2, 2009. Archived from the original on May 21, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
- ↑ O'Connell, Jim (March 28, 2017). "Frank Mason of Kansas unanimous pick for AP All-America team" (Press release). Associated Press. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ "USBWA Names Men's All-America Team, Oscar Robertson Trophy Finalists" (Press release). United States Basketball Writers Association. March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ "NABC Announces Division I All-America Team" (Press release). National Association of Basketball Coaches. March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ DeCourcy, Mike (March 6, 2017). "Sporting News college basketball All-Americans 2016-17". Sporting News. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ "Full AP men's All-America team breakdown". Associated Press. March 28, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ "University of Iowa's Ally Disterhoft of Iowa, Canyon Barry of Florida Highlight CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I Basketball Teams" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
- ↑ "Villanova's Josh Hart Wins 2016-17 Senior CLASS Award for Men's Basketball" (Press release). Premier Sports Management. March 31, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
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