The consensus 1979 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams.NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137 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.
1979 Consensus All-America team
+ Consensus First Team Player Position Class Team Larry Bird F Senior Indiana State Mike Gminski C Junior Duke David Greenwood F Senior UCLA Magic Johnson G Sophomore Michigan State Sidney Moncrief G Senior Arkansas
+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Bill Cartwright C Senior San Francisco Calvin Natt C Senior Northeast Louisiana Mike O'Koren F Junior North Carolina Jim Paxson G/F Senior Dayton Jim Spanarkel G Senior Duke Kelly Tripucka F Sophomore Notre Dame Sly Williams F Junior Rhode Island
Individual All-America teams
All-America Team First team Second team Third team Fourth TeamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated PressAP All-America Teams Larry Bird Indiana State Mike Gminski Duke Joe Barry Carroll Purdue No fourth team Bill Cartwright San Francisco Vinnie Johnson Baylor Roy Hamilton UCLA David Greenwood UCLA Reggie King Alabama Greg Kelser Michigan State Magic Johnson Michigan State Ronnie Lester Iowa Kelly Tripucka Notre Dame Sidney Moncrief Arkansas Calvin Natt Northeast Louisiana Sly Williams Rhode Island USBWA Larry Bird Indiana State Calvin Natt Northeast Louisiana No third or fourth teams Bill Cartwright San Francisco Mike O'Koren North Carolina Mike Gminski Duke Jim Paxson Dayton Magic Johnson Michigan State Kelly Tripucka Notre Dame Sidney Moncrief Arkansas Sly Williams Rhode Island NABC Larry Bird Indiana State Bill Cartwright San Francisco Joe Barry Carroll Purdue Danny Ainge Brigham Young Mike Gminski Duke Reggie King Alabama Darrell Griffith Louisville James Bailey Rutgers David Greenwood UCLA Mike O'Koren North Carolina Ronnie Lester Iowa Calvin Natt Northeast Louisiana Magic Johnson Michigan State Jim Spanarkel Duke Kyle Macy Kentucky Bernard Toone Marquette Sidney Moncrief Arkansas Kelly Tripucka Notre Dame Jim Paxson Dayton Mike Woodson Indiana UPI2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans p.208 Larry Bird Indiana State Bill Cartwright San Francisco James Bailey Rutgers No fourth team Mike Gminski Duke Darrell Griffith Louisville Gene Banks Duke David Greenwood UCLA Sidney Moncrief Arkansas Ronnie Lester Iowa Magic Johnson Michigan State Mike O'Koren North Carolina Kelvin Ransey Ohio State Jim Spanarkel Duke Kelly Tripucka Notre Dame Sly Williams Rhode Island
AP Honorable Mention:
Mark Aguirre, DePaul James Bailey, Rutgers Gene Banks, Duke Kim Belton, Stanford Rolando Blackman, Kansas State Roosevelt Bouie, Syracuse Brad Branson, SMU Michael Brooks, La Salle Matt Brown, Army Lawrence Butler, Idaho State Terence Carney, Pacific Sam Clancy, Pittsburgh Elbert Darden, Rice Larry Demic, Arizona Joe DeSantis, Fairfield Sammy Drummer, Georgia Tech Terry Duerod, Detroit Nikos Galis, Seton Hall Larry Gibson, Maryland Kim Goetz, San Diego State Michael Gray, Nevada Al Green, LSU Darrell Griffith, Louisville Brad Holland, UCLA Cheese Johnson, Wichita State Reggie Johnson, Tennessee Steve Johnson, Oregon State Albert King, Maryland Wayne Kreklow, Drake Jim Krivacs, Texas Jeff Lamp, Virginia Emmett Lewis, Colorado Kyle Macy, Kentucky Ollie Matson, Pepperdine John McCullough, Oklahoma Keith McDonald, Utah State Mike Niles, Cal State Fullerton Mike O'Koren, North Carolina Jim Paxson, Dayton Ron Perry, Holy Cross Tony Price, Penn Rick Raivio, Portland Kelvin Ransey, Ohio State Ricky Reed, Temple Cliff Robinson, USC Jeff Ruland, Iona DeWayne Scales, LSU Craig Shelton, Georgetown Jim Spanarkel, Duke John Stroud, Ole Miss Londale Theus, Santa Clara Bernard Toone, Marquette Darnell Valentine, Kansas Ronnie Valentine, Old Dominion Ren Watson, VCU Hawkeye Whitney, NC State Herb Williams, Ohio State Rudy Woods, Texas A&M
Academic All-Americans On March 21, 1979, CoSIDA announced the 1979 Academic All-America team. The following is the 1978–79 Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team as selected by CoSIDA:
+ Academic All-America Team Player School Class Mike Gminski Duke Junior Greg Kelser Michigan State Senior Jim Krivacs Texas Senior Kyle Macy Kentucky Senior Jim Paxson Dayton Senior Ron Perry Holy Cross Junior Jim Spanarkel Duke Senior Kelly Tripucka Notre Dame Sophomore Darnell Valentine Kansas Sophomore Kiki Vandeweghe UCLA Junior
See also 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
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