2008 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The Consensus 2008 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The Sporting News and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

2008 Consensus All-America team

The following players were consensus All-Americans.[1]

Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
D. J. Augustin G Sophomore Texas
Michael Beasley F Freshman Kansas State
Chris Douglas-Roberts G-F Junior Memphis
Tyler Hansbrough C Junior North Carolina
Kevin Love C Freshman UCLA


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Stephen Curry G Sophomore Davidson
Shan Foster G-F Senior Vanderbilt
Luke Harangody F Sophomore Notre Dame
Roy Hibbert C Senior Georgetown
Chris Lofton G Senior Tennessee
D. J. White F-C Senior Indiana

Individual All-America teams
All-America Team
First team Second team Third team
PlayerSchool PlayerSchool PlayerSchool
Associated Press[2] D. J. AugustinTexasStephen CurryDavidsonDarren CollisonUCLA
Michael BeasleyKansas StateShan FosterVanderbiltEric GordonIndiana
Chris Douglas-RobertsMemphisLuke HarangodyNotre DameChris LoftonTennessee
Tyler HansbroughNorth CarolinaRoy HibbertGeorgetownBrook LopezStanford
Kevin LoveUCLAD. J. WhiteIndianaDerrick RoseMemphis
USBWA[3] D. J. AugustinTexasShan FosterVanderbiltNo third team
Michael BeasleyKansas StateLuke HarangodyNotre Dame
Chris Douglas-RobertsMemphisChris LoftonTennessee
Tyler HansbroughNorth CarolinaA. J. PriceConnecticut
Kevin LoveUCLAD. J. WhiteIndiana
NABC[4] D. J. AugustinTexasEric GordonIndianaShan FosterVanderbilt
Michael BeasleyKansas StateRoy HibbertGeorgetownBrook LopezStanford
Chris Douglas-RobertsMemphisChris LoftonTennesseeDeMarcus NelsonDuke
Tyler HansbroughNorth CarolinaKevin LoveUCLADerrick RoseMemphis
Luke HarangodyNotre DameD. J. WhiteIndianaBrandon RushKansas
Sporting News[5] D. J. AugustinTexasRyan AndersonCaliforniaNo third team
Michael BeasleyKansas StateStephen CurryDavidson
Chris Douglas-RobertsMemphisShan FosterVanderbilt
Tyler HansbroughNorth CarolinaLuke HarangodyNotre Dame
Kevin LoveUCLAD. J. WhiteIndiana

AP Honorable Mention:[6]

Academic All-Americans

On February 26, 2008, CoSIDA and ESPN The Magazine announced the 2009 Academic All-American team with Adam Emmenecker headlining the University Division as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.[7]

2007–08 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men’s Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:

First Team
Player School Class GPA/Major
D. J. Augustin Texas Sophomore 3.64/ Education
Adam Emmenecker Drake Senior 3.97/ Business and Finance
Justin Hare Belmont Senior 3.87/ Exercise Science, Pre-Med
Jack Leasure Coastal Carolina Senior 3.82/ History
Brett Winkelman North Dakota State Junior 3.84/ Industrial engineering & Management
Second Team
Player School Class GPA/Major
A. J. Graves Butler Senior 3.35/ Actuarial Science
Bryan Mullins Southern Illinois Junior 4.00/ Finance
Drew Neitzel Michigan State Senior 3.27/ Interdisciplinary Studies
Joe Reitz Western Michigan Senior 3.72/ Finance
Michael Schachtner Wisconsin-Green Bay Junior 3.81/ Psychology
Third Team
Player School Class GPA/Major
Ryan Bright Sam Houston State Senior 3.59/ Political science
Matt Nelson Boise State Senior 3.52/ Business
Greg Paulus Duke Junior 3.30/ Political Science
Alex Ruoff West Virginia Junior 3.79/ History
Drew Streicher Butler Graduate 3.95/ Chemistry, MBA

References
  1. "2009-10 NCAA Men's Basketball Records: Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  2. Hansbrough, Beasley named AP All-Americans unanimously
  3. USBWA Names 2007-08 All-Americans
  4. "Lofton, Foster Make NABC All-America Team". Archived from the original on 2009-02-13. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
  5. "Hansbrough wins SN's player of the year". Archived from the original on 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
  6. "2008 AP All-America teams". CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  7. "Drake's Emmenecker & Washington's (Mo.) Ruths Head 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Men's Basketball Team" (PDF). CoSIDA. February 26, 2008. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
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