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 2022 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), Sporting News (SN), and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) for the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose three teams, while AP and USBWA also list honorable mention selections.
2022 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
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Awarded for | 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season |
The Consensus 2022 College Basketball All-American team was 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 SN 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 the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed Academic All-Americans.
2022 Consensus All-America team
edit- PG – Point guard
- SG – Shooting guard
- PF – Power forward
- SF – Small forward
- C – Center
Player | Position | Class | Team |
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Ochai Agbaji | G | Senior | Kansas |
Kofi Cockburn | C | Junior | Illinois |
Johnny Davis | G/F | Sophomore | Wisconsin |
Keegan Murray | F | Sophomore | Iowa |
Oscar Tshiebwe | F | Junior | Kentucky |
Player | Position | Class | Team |
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Paolo Banchero | F | Freshman | Duke |
Chet Holmgren | F | Freshman | Gonzaga |
Jaden Ivey | G | Sophomore | Purdue |
Bennedict Mathurin | G | Sophomore | Arizona |
Jabari Smith | F | Freshman | Auburn |
Drew Timme | F | Junior | Gonzaga |
Individual All-America teams
editBy player
editBy team
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First team | Second team | Third team | ||||
Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |
Associated Press[4] | Ochai Agbaji | Kansas | Chet Holmgren | Gonzaga | James Akinjo | Baylor |
Kofi Cockburn | Illinois | Jaden Ivey | Purdue | Paolo Banchero | Duke | |
Johnny Davis | Wisconsin | Bennedict Mathurin | Arizona | Collin Gillespie | Villanova | |
Keegan Murray | Iowa | Jabari Smith | Auburn | Walker Kessler | Auburn | |
Oscar Tshiebwe | Kentucky | Drew Timme | Gonzaga | E. J. Liddell | Ohio State | |
JD Notae | Arkansas | |||||
USBWA[5] | Ochai Agbaji | Kansas | Paolo Banchero | Duke | James Akinjo | Baylor |
Kofi Cockburn | Illinois | Jaden Ivey | Purdue | Collin Gillespie | Villanova | |
Johnny Davis | Wisconsin | Bennedict Mathurin | Arizona | Chet Holmgren | Gonzaga | |
Keegan Murray | Iowa | Jabari Smith | Auburn | Walker Kessler | Auburn | |
Oscar Tshiebwe | Kentucky | Drew Timme | Gonzaga | E. J. Liddell | Ohio State | |
NABC[6] | Ochai Agbaji | Kansas | Paolo Banchero | Duke | James Akinjo | Baylor |
Kofi Cockburn | Illinois | Bennedict Mathurin | Arizona | Collin Gillespie | Villanova | |
Johnny Davis | Wisconsin | Keegan Murray | Iowa | Chet Holmgren | Gonzaga | |
Jaden Ivey | Purdue | Jabari Smith | Auburn | Johnny Juzang | UCLA | |
Oscar Tshiebwe | Kentucky | Drew Timme | Gonzaga | E. J. Liddell | Ohio State | |
Sporting News[7] | ||||||
Ochai Agbaji | Kansas | Chet Holmgren | Gonzaga | James Akinjo | Baylor | |
Kofi Cockburn | Illinois | Jaden Ivey | Purdue | Paolo Banchero | Duke | |
Johnny Davis | Wisconsin | Bennedict Mathurin | Arizona | Collin Gillespie | Villanova | |
Keegan Murray | Iowa | Jabari Smith | Auburn | E. J. Liddell | Ohio State | |
Oscar Tshiebwe | Kentucky | Drew Timme | Gonzaga | JD Notae | Arkansas |
AP Honorable Mention:[4]
- Max Abmas, Oral Roberts
- Armando Bacot, North Carolina
- Tari Eason, LSU
- Zach Edey, Purdue
- Ron Harper Jr., Rutgers
- Johnny Juzang, UCLA
- David Roddy, Colorado State
- Alondes Williams, Wake Forest
USBWA Honorable Mention:[5]
- Armando Bacot, North Carolina
- Johnny Juzang, UCLA
- JD Notae, Arkansas
- David Roddy, Colorado State
- Alondes Williams, Wake Forest
Academic All-Americans
editThe College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced its 15-member 2021 Academic All-America team on March 15, 2022, divided into first, second and third teams, with Ben Vander Plas of Ohio chosen as men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.[8]
Player | School | Class | GPA and major |
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Ben Vander Plas[a] | Ohio | GS | 3.96/3.79, Management |
Jimmy Boeheim[b] | Syracuse | GS | 3.78/4.00, Education |
Tanner Groves | Oklahoma | GS | 3.89/4.80, Organizational Leadership |
Hunter Schofield[a] | Dixie State | Sr. | 3.94, Exercise Science |
JT Shumate | Toledo | Sr. | 3.85, Middle Childhood Education |
Player | School | Class | GPA and major |
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Antoine Davis | Detroit Mercy | Jr. | 3.39, Communications |
Matt Dentlinger[c] | South Dakota State | GS | 3.99/4.00, Engineering |
AJ Green | Northern Iowa | Sr. | 3.67, Movement, Exercise Science & Sport Psychology |
Gibson Jimerson | Saint Louis | Jr. | 3.90, International Business |
Kahliel Spear | Robert Morris | Sr. | 3.92, Economics |
Player | School | Class | GPA and major |
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Josh Bannan | Montana | So. | 3.91, Business Economics |
Justin Bean | Utah State | GS | 3.34/3.33, Kinesiology & Nutrition Science |
Rocky Kreuser | North Dakota State | GS | 3.62/4.00, University Studies (UG) / Health, Nutrition & Exercise Science |
Chris Ledlum | Harvard | Jr. | 3.47, Management (UG) / MBA (G) |
Luke Smith[a] | Belmont | GS | 3.67/3.92, Business Administration (UG) / MBA (G) |
Senior All-Americans
editThe 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, called Senior All-Americans, were announced on February 10, 2022.[9] The first and second teams were announced on April 1, with Jacob Gilyard of Richmond named as the recipient.[10]
First team
editPlayer | Position | School |
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Jacob Gilyard | Guard | Richmond |
Evan Battey | Forward | Colorado |
Brad Davison | Guard | Wisconsin |
Sasha Stefanovic | Guard | Purdue |
Lucas Williamson | Guard | Loyola Chicago |
Second team
editPlayer | Position | School |
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Trent Frazier | Guard | Illinois |
Tanner Groves | Forward-center | Oklahoma |
Gavin Kensmil | Forward | Stephen F. Austin |
Kameron McGusty | Guard | Miami (Florida) |
Alex Morales | Guard | Wagner |
References
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Skretta, Dave (March 15, 2022). "Big Ten lands three players on AP All-America first team". Associated Press. Archived from the original on April 8, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ a b "USBWA names 2021-22 men's All-America team". United States Basketball Writers Association. March 18, 2021. Archived from the original on April 4, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
- ^ "NABC Names 2022 Division I All-America Teams". National Association of Basketball Coaches. March 18, 2021. Archived from the original on April 4, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
- ^ DeCourcy, Mike (March 7, 2022). "Sporting News 2021-22 college basketball All-America team". Sporting News. Archived from the original on April 3, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
- ^ "2021-22 Academic All-America® Men's Basketball Teams Announced For All NCAA and NAIA Divisions" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ "Men's and Women's Basketball Finalists Announced for the 2021-22 Senior CLASS Award" (Press release). Premier Sports Management. February 10, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ "Richmond's Jacob Gilyard Wins 2021–22 Senior CLASS Award® for Men's Basketball" (Press release). Premier Sports Management. April 1, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.