The consensus 1975 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.
| 1975 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
|---|---|
Members of the 1975 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Lucas, May, Thompson, Meyers (not pictured: Dantley). | |
| Awarded for | 1974–75 NCAA Division I men's basketball season |
1975 Consensus All-America team
edit| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Dantley | F | Sophomore | Notre Dame |
| John Lucas | G | Junior | Maryland |
| Scott May | F | Junior | Indiana |
| Dave Meyers | F | Senior | UCLA |
| David Thompson | G/F | Senior | North Carolina State |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luther Burden | G | Junior | Utah |
| Leon Douglas | F/C | Junior | Alabama |
| Kevin Grevey | G | Senior | Kentucky |
| Ron Lee | G | Junior | Oregon |
| Gus Williams | G | Senior | Southern California |
Individual All-America teams
edit| All-America Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | Fourth Team | Fifth Team | ||||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |
| Associated Press[2] | Luther Burden | Utah | Leon Douglas | Alabama | Lionel Hollins | Arizona State | No fourth or fifth teams | |||
| Adrian Dantley | Notre Dame | Kevin Grevey | Kentucky | Ron Lee | Oregon | |||||
| Scott May | Indiana | Rudy Hackett | Syracuse | Clyde Mayes | Furman | |||||
| Dave Meyers | UCLA | John Lucas | Maryland | Bob McCurdy | Richmond | |||||
| David Thompson | North Carolina State | Gus Williams | Southern California | Phil Sellers | Rutgers | |||||
| USBWA[3] | Adrian Dantley | Notre Dame | Junior Bridgeman | Louisville | No third, fourth or fifth teams | |||||
| Leon Douglas | Alabama | Luther Burden | Utah | |||||||
| Kevin Grevey | Kentucky | John Lucas | Maryland | |||||||
| Dave Meyers | UCLA | Scott May | Indiana | |||||||
| David Thompson | North Carolina State | Gus Williams | Southern California | |||||||
| NABC[4] | Adrian Dantley | Notre Dame | Luther Burden | Utah | Alvan Adams | Oklahoma | Kent Benson | Indiana | Charles Cleveland | Alabama |
| Ron Lee | Oregon | Leon Douglas | Alabama | Quinn Buckner | Indiana | Junior Bridgeman | Louisville | Ron Haigler | Penn | |
| John Lucas | Maryland | Kevin Grevey | Kentucky | Steve Green | Indiana | Bo Ellis | Marquette | Joe Meriweather | Southern Illinois | |
| Dave Meyers | UCLA | Scott May | Indiana | Lionel Hollins | Arizona State | Rich Kelley | Stanford | Frank Oleynick | Seattle | |
| David Thompson | North Carolina State | Gus Williams | Southern California | Bernard King | Tennessee | Clyde Mayes | Furman | Robert Parish | Centenary | |
| UPI[5] | Adrian Dantley | Notre Dame | Quinn Buckner | Indiana | Junior Bridgeman | Louisville | No fourth or fifth teams | |||
| John Lucas | Maryland | Luther Burden | Utah | Leon Douglas | Alabama | |||||
| Scott May | Indiana | Kevin Grevey | Kentucky | Steve Green | Indiana | |||||
| Dave Meyers | UCLA | Bernard King | Tennessee | Rich Kelley | Stanford | |||||
| David Thompson | North Carolina State | Ron Lee | Oregon | Gus Williams | Southern California | |||||
AP Honorable Mention:[6]
- Alvan Adams, Oklahoma
- Bill Andreas, Ohio State
- Kent Benson, Indiana
- Otis Birdsong, Houston
- Junior Bridgeman, Louisville
- Darryl Brown, Fordham
- Skip Brown, Wake Forest
- Joe Bryant, La Salle
- George Bucci, Manhattan
- Quinn Buckner, Indiana
- Charles Cleveland, Alabama
- Kevin Cluess, St. John's
- Bill Cook, Memphis State
- Wesley Cox, Louisville
- Brad Davis, Maryland
- Johnny Davis, Dayton
- Walter Davis, North Carolina
- Jacky Dorsey, Georgia
- Arnold Dugger, Oral Roberts
- Louis Dunbar, Houston
- Bo Ellis, Marquette
- Alex English, South Carolina
- Al Fleming, Arizona
- Jerry Fort, Nebraska
- Jeff Fosnes, Vanderbilt
- Terry Furlow, Michigan State
- John Garrett, Purdue
- Mike Glenn, Southern Illinois
- Ron Gottschalk, Vermont
- Steve Green, Indiana
- Ernie Grunfeld, Tennessee
- Ron Haigler, Penn
- Lindsay Hairston, Michigan State
- Glenn Hansen, LSU
- Tony Hanson, Connecticut
- Phil Hicks, Tulane
- Mo Howard, Maryland
- Hercle Ivy, Iowa State
- Jerry Jenkins, Mississippi State
- Eddie Johnson, Auburn
- Dahle Keehler, Wisconsin
- Rich Kelley, Stanford
- Bernard King, Tennessee
- Danny Knight, Kansas
- Mitch Kupchak, North Carolina
- Walter Luckett, Ohio
- Joe Meriweather, Southern Illinois
- John Murphy, UMass
- Frank Oleynick, Seattle
- Robert Parish, Centenary
- Chris Potter, Holy Cross
- John Ramsay, Seton Hall
- Bill Robinzine, DePaul
- Moe Rivers, NC State
- Rubén Rodríguez, Long Island
- Tree Rollins, Clemson
- Rick Schmidt, Illinois
- Lonnie Shelton, Oregon State
- Ricky Sobers, UNLV
- Rick Suttle, Kansas
- Monte Towe, NC State
- Mel Utley, St. John's
- Kerry Walker, Boston University
- Lloyd Walton, Marquette
- Bob Warren, Maine
- Richard Washington, UCLA
- Chuckie Williams, Kansas State
- Skip Wise, Clemson
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-03-26. 2009-05-04.
- ^ "NCAA College Basketball AP All-America Teams | Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
- ^ "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
- ^ "AP All-America Team". The Daily Oklahoman. March 14, 1975. p. 98. Retrieved July 4, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
