2018 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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 2018 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 2017–18 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.

2018 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The 2018 consensus first team. Clockwise from top left: Ayton, Bagley, Young, Graham, Brunson.
Awarded for2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
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The Consensus 2018 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 the first team and the next five plus ties are the 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.

2018 Consensus All-America team

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PGPoint guard
SGShooting guard
PFPower forward
SFSmall forward
CCenter
Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Deandre Ayton PF/C Freshman Arizona
Marvin Bagley III PF Freshman Duke
Jalen Brunson PG Junior Villanova
Devonte' Graham PG Senior Kansas
Trae Young PG Freshman Oklahoma


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Keita Bates-Diop SF Junior Ohio State
Trevon Bluiett SG Senior Xavier
Miles Bridges SF Sophomore Michigan State
Jevon Carter PG Senior West Virginia
Keenan Evans PG Senior Texas Tech
Jock Landale C Senior Saint Mary's

Individual All-America teams

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By player

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Player School AP USBWA NABC SN CP Notes
Deandre Ayton Arizona
1
1
1
1
12
Marvin Bagley III Duke
1
1
1
1
12
Jalen Brunson Villanova
1
1
1
1
12
AP Player of the Year, Oscar Robertson Trophy, Sporting News Player of the Year
Devonte' Graham Kansas
1
1
1
1
12
Trae Young Oklahoma
1
1
1
1
12
USBWA National Freshman of the Year
Keita Bates-Diop Ohio State
2
2
2
2
8
Trevon Bluiett Xavier
2
2
2
2
8
Miles Bridges Michigan State
2
2
2
2
8
Jock Landale Saint Mary's
2
2
2
2
8
Jevon Carter West Virginia
2
3
2
5
Academic All-American of the Year, Senior CLASS Award
Keenan Evans Texas Tech
3
2
3
3
5
Carsen Edwards Purdue
3
2
3
4
Mikal Bridges Villanova
3
3
3
3
Kyle Guy Virginia
3
3
2
Luke Maye North Carolina
3
3
2
Joel Berry II North Carolina
3
1
Aaron Holiday UCLA
3
1

By team

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All-America Team
First team Second team Third team
Player School Player School Player School
Associated Press[4] Deandre Ayton Arizona Keita Bates-Diop Ohio State Mikal Bridges Villanova
Marvin Bagley III Duke Trevon Bluiett Xavier Carsen Edwards Purdue
Jalen Brunson Villanova Miles Bridges Michigan State Keenan Evans Texas Tech
Devonte' Graham Kansas Jevon Carter West Virginia Kyle Guy Virginia
Trae Young Oklahoma Jock Landale Saint Mary's Luke Maye North Carolina
USBWA[5] Deandre Ayton Arizona Keita Bates-Diop Ohio State No third team
Marvin Bagley III Duke Trevon Bluiett Xavier
Jalen Brunson Villanova Miles Bridges Michigan State
Devonte' Graham Kansas Keenan Evans Texas Tech
Trae Young Oklahoma Jock Landale Saint Mary's
NABC[6] Deandre Ayton Arizona Keita Bates-Diop Ohio State Joel Berry II North Carolina
Marvin Bagley III Duke Trevon Bluiett Xavier Mikal Bridges Villanova
Jalen Brunson Villanova Miles Bridges Michigan State Jevon Carter West Virginia
Devonte' Graham Kansas Carsen Edwards Purdue Keenan Evans Texas Tech
Trae Young Oklahoma Jock Landale Saint Mary's Kyle Guy Virginia
Sporting News[7]
Deandre Ayton Arizona Keita Bates-Diop Ohio State Mikal Bridges Villanova
Marvin Bagley III Duke Trevon Bluiett Xavier Carsen Edwards Purdue
Jalen Brunson Villanova Miles Bridges Michigan State Keenan Evans Texas Tech
Devonte' Graham Kansas Jevon Carter West Virginia Aaron Holiday UCLA
Trae Young Oklahoma Jock Landale Saint Mary's Luke Maye North Carolina

AP Honorable Mention:[4]

Academic All-Americans

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On March 12, 2018, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced the 2018 Academic All-America team, with Jevon Carter headlining the NCAA Division I team as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. The following is the 2017–18 Academic All-America Division I Men’s Basketball Team as selected by CoSIDA:[8]

First Team
Player School Class GPA and major
Jevon Carter West Virginia Sr. 3.51, Sport Management
Tyler Clement Creighton GS 4.00/4.00, Finance / Marketing
A. J. Jacobson[aa 1] North Dakota State GS 3.99 (U), Zoology; 4.00 (G), Master of Business Administration
Tyler Seibring[aa 2] Elon Jr. 3.95, English/Economics
Joe Sherburne UMBC Jr. 4.00, Financial Economics
Second Team
Player School Class GPA and major
Christian Adams Coastal Carolina Jr. 4.00, Economics & Finance
Jalen Brunson Villanova Jr. 3.34, Communications
Jordan Howard[aa 3] Central Arkansas Sr. 3.71, Digital Filmmaking
Luke Maye North Carolina Jr. 3.45, Business Administration
Skylar Mays LSU So. 4.01, Biological Sciences
Dylan Windler Belmont Jr. 3.84, Accounting
Third Team
Player School Class GPA and major
Marcus Bartley Southern Illinois Jr. 4.00, Sport Administration
Joshua Braun[aa 4] Grand Canyon GS 3.83/3.60, Master of Business Administration
Stone Gettings Cornell Jr. 3.81, Applied Economics & Management
Reed Timmer Drake Sr. 3.47, Pharmacy
Kevin Vannatta UNC Asheville Sr. 3.93, Accounting
  1. ^ First-team selection in 2016–17 and third-team selection in 2015–16
  2. ^ Third-team selection in 2015–16
  3. ^ Second-team selection in 2016–17
  4. ^ First-team selection in 2015-16 and 2016-17

Senior All-Americans

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The ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award are called Senior All-Americans. The first and second teams, as well as the award winner, were announced during the lead-in to the Final Four.[9] The overall award winner is indicated in bold type.

First team

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Player Position School
Jevon Carter Guard West Virginia
Shawn Anderson Guard Navy
A. J. Jacobson Swingman North Dakota State
Justin Johnson Forward Western Kentucky
Yante Maten Forward Georgia

Second team

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Player Position School
Vladimir Brodziansky Forward TCU
Ángel Delgado Center Seton Hall
Rob Gray Guard Houston
Luke Morrison Forward Army
Johnathan Williams Forward Gonzaga

References

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  1. ^ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. ^ "Award Winners: Division I Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 28, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  3. ^ "2009–10 NCAA Statistics Policies (updated 9/2/2009)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. September 2, 2009. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "3 freshmen headline AP All-America team for first time". Associated Press. March 27, 2018. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  5. ^ "USBWA Names Men's All-America Team" (Press release). United States Basketball Writers Association. March 12, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  6. ^ "NABC Announces Division I All-America Team" (Press release). National Association of Basketball Coaches. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  7. ^ DeCourcy, Mike (March 5, 2018). "Sporting News 2017-18 college basketball All-Americans". Sporting News. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  8. ^ "2017-18 Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Team Announced" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 12, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  9. ^ "West Virginia's Jevon Carter Wins 2017-18 Senior CLASS Award for Men's Basketball" (Press release). Premier Sports Management. March 30, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018.