The consensus 1973 College 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.
| 1973 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
|---|---|
Members of the 1973 consensus first team. Clockwise from top left: Collins, Lamar, Ratleff, Wilkes, Walton, Thompson (not pictured: DiGregorio). | |
| Awarded for | 1972–73 NCAA University Division men's basketball season |
1973 Consensus All-America team
edit| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Collins | G | Senior | Illinois State |
| Ernie DiGregorio | G | Senior | Providence |
| Dwight Lamar | G | Senior | Southwestern Louisiana |
| Ed Ratleff | F | Senior | Long Beach State |
| David Thompson | G/F | Sophomore | North Carolina State |
| Bill Walton | C | Junior | UCLA |
| Keith Wilkes | G/F | Junior | UCLA |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Brewer | F/C | Senior | Minnesota |
| Tom Burleson | C | Junior | North Carolina State |
| Larry Finch | G | Senior | Memphis State |
| Kevin Joyce | G | Senior | South Carolina |
| Tom McMillen | F | Junior | Maryland |
| Kermit Washington | C | Senior | American |
Individual All-America teams
edit| All-America Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | Fourth Team | ||||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | ||
| Associated Press[2] | Ernie DiGregorio | Providence | Jim Brewer | Minnesota | Mike Bantom | Saint Joseph's | No fourth team | ||
| Ed Ratleff | Long Beach State | Doug Collins | Illinois State | John Brown | Missouri | ||||
| David Thompson | NC State | Kevin Joyce | South Carolina | Rich Fuqua | Oral Roberts | ||||
| Bill Walton | UCLA | Dwight Lamar | Southwestern Louisiana | Tom McMillen | Maryland | ||||
| Kermit Washington | American | Keith Wilkes | UCLA | Billy Schaeffer | St. John's | ||||
| USBWA[3] | Jim Brewer | Minnesota | Tom Burleson | NC State | No third or fourth teams | ||||
| Doug Collins | Illinois State | Ernie DiGregorio | Providence | ||||||
| Larry Finch | Memphis State | Dwight Lamar | Southwestern Louisiana | ||||||
| Ed Ratleff | Long Beach State | David Thompson | NC State | ||||||
| Bill Walton | UCLA | Keith Wilkes | UCLA | ||||||
| NABC[4] | Doug Collins | Illinois State | Jim Brewer | Minnesota | John Brown | Missouri | Mike Bantom | St. Joseph's | |
| Ed Ratleff | Long Beach State | Ernie DiGregorio | Providence | Tom Burleson | NC State | Marvin Barnes | Providence | ||
| David Thompson | NC State | Kevin Joyce | South Carolina | Allan Hornyak | Ohio State | Ron Behagen | Minnesota | ||
| Bill Walton | UCLA | Dwight Lamar | Southwestern Louisiana | Barry Parkhill | Virginia | Krešimir Ćosić | Brigham Young | ||
| Keith Wilkes | UCLA | Tom McMillen | Maryland | Billy Schaeffer | St. John's | Kermit Washington | American | ||
| UPI[5] | Doug Collins | Illinois State | Jim Brewer | Minnesota | Marvin Barnes | Providence | No fourth team | ||
| Dwight Lamar | Southwestern Louisiana | Ernie DiGregorio | Providence | Ron Behagen | Minnesota | ||||
| Ed Ratleff | Long Beach State | Kevin Joyce | South Carolina | Tom Burleson | NC State | ||||
| David Thompson | NC State | Tom McMillen | Maryland | Allan Hornyak | Ohio State | ||||
| Bill Walton | UCLA | Keith Wilkes | UCLA | Billy Schaeffer | St. John's | ||||
AP Honorable Mention:[6]
- Alvan Adams, Oklahoma
- Bird Averitt, Pepperdine
- Marvin Barnes, Providence
- Ron Behagen, Minnesota
- Willie Biles, Tulsa
- Tom Burleson, NC State
- Jim Bradley, Northern Illinois
- Allan Bristow, Virginia Tech
- Krešimir Ćosić, BYU
- Steve Downing, Indiana
- Dennis DuVal, Syracuse
- Roy Ebron, Southwestern Louisiana
- Ozzie Edwards, Oklahoma City
- Larry Farmer, UCLA
- Larry Finch, Memphis State
- Elton Hayes, Lamar
- Larry Hollyfield, UCLA
- Allan Hornyak, Ohio State
- Wendell Hudson, Alabama
- Tom Ingelsby, Villanova
- Dwight Jones, Houston
- George Karl, North Carolina
- Larry Kenon, Memphis State
- Tom Kozelko, Toledo
- Kevin Kunnert, Iowa
- Raymond Lewis, Los Angeles State
- Patrick McFarland, Saint Joseph's
- Allie McGuire, Marquette
- Larry McNeill, Marquette
- Barry Parkhill, Virginia
- Marvin Rich, Oklahoma City
- Mike Robinson, Michigan State
- Don Smith, Dayton
- Phil Smith, San Francisco
- Aron Stewart, Richmond
- Martin Terry, Arkansas
- David Vaughn, Oral Roberts
- Nick Weatherspoon, Illinois
- Fly Williams, Austin Peay
- John Williamson, New Mexico State
- Henry Wilmore, Michigan
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-03-26. 2009-05-04.
- ^ AP All-America Teams
- ^ "USBWA Men's All-Americans". Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
- ^ "NABC Division I All-America Teams". NABC. Archived from the original on March 5, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^ 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
- ^ "Walton, Wilkes Head Up AP All-America". Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune. March 20, 1973. p. 18. Retrieved July 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
