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. Caspar Whitney selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889. The 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that includes 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) drawn from the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose at least a first and second 5-man team. The NABC, AP and TSN choose third teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections.
The Consensus 2009 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. 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. According to this system, DeJuan Blair, Stephen Curry, Blake Griffin, Tyler Hansbrough and James Harden were first team selections and Sherron Collins, Luke Harangody, Ty Lawson, Jodie Meeks, Jeff Teague and Hasheem Thabeet were second team selections.
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 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award are described as Senior All-Americans. Other All-American lists include those determined by Fox Sports, and Yahoo! Sports. The scholar-athletes selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed Academic All-Americans.
2009 Consensus All-America team PG – Point guard SG – Shooting guard PF – Power forward SF – Small forward C – Center
The following players were consensus All-Americans.
+ Consensus First Team Player Position Class Team DeJuan Blair C Sophomore Pittsburgh Stephen Curry PG Junior Davidson Blake Griffin PF Sophomore Oklahoma Tyler Hansbrough C Senior North Carolina James Harden SG Sophomore Arizona State
+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Sherron Collins PG Junior Kansas Luke Harangody PF Junior Notre Dame Ty Lawson PG Junior North Carolina Jodie Meeks SG Junior Kentucky Jeff Teague PG Sophomore Wake Forest Hasheem Thabeet C Junior Connecticut
Individual All-America teams The table below details the selections for four major 2009 college basketball All-American teams. The number corresponding to the team designation (i.e., whether a player was a first team, second team, etc. selection) appears in the table. The following columns are included in the table:
Player – The name of the All-American School – Collegiate affiliation AP – Associated Press All-American Team USBWA – United States Basketball Writers Association All-American Team NABC – National Association of Basketball Coaches All-American Team TSN – Sporting News All-American Team CP – Points in the consensus scoring system
By player Player School AP USBWA NABC TSN CPNotes DavidsonNCAA scoring leader OklahomaNational Player of the Year (AP, Athlon, FOX, NABC, Naismith, Rupp, TSN, SI, USBWA-Robertson, Wooden), NBA First overall draft, NCAA rebounding leader North CarolinaCollege Basketball Athlete of the Decade (Sporting News, Sports Illustrated), Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Pittsburgh ConnecticutNABC Defensive Player of the Year Kentucky Kansas Notre Dame North CarolinaBob Cousy Award Wake Forest Marquette Florida State Duke Louisville Pittsburgh UCLAFrances Pomeroy Naismith Award
By team All-America Team First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated Press DeJuan Blair Pittsburgh Luke Harangody Notre Dame Sherron Collins Kansas Stephen Curry Davidson Ty Lawson North Carolina Toney Douglas Florida State Blake Griffin Oklahoma Jerel McNeal Marquette Gerald Henderson Duke Tyler Hansbrough North Carolina Jodie Meeks Kentucky Terrence Williams Louisville James Harden Arizona State Hasheem Thabeet Connecticut Sam Young Pittsburgh USBWA DeJuan Blair Pittsburgh Sherron Collins Kansas No third team Stephen Curry Davidson Luke Harangody Notre Dame Blake Griffin Oklahoma Jodie Meeks Kentucky Tyler Hansbrough North Carolina Jeff Teague Wake Forest James Harden Arizona State Hasheem Thabeet Connecticut NABC Stephen Curry Davidson DeJuan Blair Pittsburgh Darren Collison UCLA Blake Griffin Oklahoma Sherron Collins Kansas Luke Harangody Notre Dame Tyler Hansbrough North Carolina Ty Lawson North Carolina Gerald Henderson Duke James Harden Arizona State Jodie Meeks Kentucky Jerel McNeal Marquette Hasheem Thabeet Connecticut Jeff Teague Wake Forest Terrence Williams Louisville Sporting News DeJuan Blair Pittsburgh Ty Lawson North Carolina Sherron Collins Kansas Stephen Curry Davidson Jodie Meeks Kentucky Toney Douglas Florida State Blake Griffin Oklahoma Jerel McNeal Marquette Luke Harangody Notre Dame Tyler Hansbrough North Carolina Jeff Teague Wake Forest Jordan Hill Arizona James Harden Arizona State Hasheem Thabeet Connecticut Sam Young Pittsburgh
AP Honorable Mention:
Jeff Adrien, Connecticut Josh Akognon, Cal State Fullerton Cole Aldrich, Kansas Alex Barnett, Dartmouth Marqus Blakely, Vermont Craig Brackins, Iowa State Michael Bramos, Miami (OH) Jon Brockman, Washington Brandon Brooks, Alabama State John Bryant, Santa Clara Chase Budinger, Arizona DeMarre Carroll, Missouri Jeremy Chappell, Robert Morris Dionte Christmas, Temple Earl Clark, Louisville Darren Collison, UCLA Dante Cunningham, Villanova Devan Downey, South Carolina Tyreke Evans, Memphis Levance Fields, Pittsburgh Jonny Flynn, Syracuse Kenny Hasbrouck, Siena Jordan Hill, Arizona Matt Howard, Butler Lester Hudson, Tennessee-Martin Matt Kingsley, Stephen F. Austin Kalin Lucas, Michigan State Eric Maynor, VCU Kellen McCoy, Weber State Tywain McKee, Coppin State Orlando Mendez-Valdez, Western Kentucky Derrick Mercer, American Luke Nevill, Utah Ahmad Nivins, Saint Joseph's Artsiom Parakhouski, Radford A. J. Price, Connecticut Alex Renfroe, Belmont Tyrese Rice, Boston College Kyle Singler, Duke Jermaine Taylor, Central Florida Jeff Teague, Wake Forest Marcus Thornton, LSU Evan Turner, Ohio State Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State Gary Wilkinson, Utah State Booker Woodfox, Creighton Ben Woodside, North Dakota State
Academic All-Americans On February 25, 2009, CoSIDA and ESPN The Magazine announced the 2009 Academic All-American team with Brett Winkelman headlining the University Division as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.
2008–09 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:
+ First Team Player School Class GPA/Major Brett Winkelman North Dakota State Senior 3.88/ Industrial engineering & Management Jason Holsinger Evansville Senior 3.89/ Economics Aaron Linn Gardner-Webb Senior 4.00/ Finance Bryan Mullins Southern Illinois Senior 4.00/ Finance Alex Ruoff West Virginia Senior 3.79/ History + Second Team Player School Class GPA/Major Jimmy Baron Rhode Island Senior 3.42/ Communications Matt Howard Butler Sophomore 3.72/ Finance Yves Mekongo Mbala La Salle Junior 3.82/ International Science, Business & Technology Michael Schachtner Wisconsin-Green Bay Senior 3.81/ Psychology Ryan Schneider Marist Senior 3.72/ Communications/Sports Communication + Third Team Player School Class GPA/Major Patrick Foley Columbia Junior 3.81/ Political science David Kool Western Michigan Junior 3.38/ Physical education Kevin Lisch Saint Louis Graduate 3.48/ Business administration (MBA) Greg Paulus Duke Senior 3.35/ Political Science Andy Wicke Belmont Senior 3.74/ Environmental studies
Wooden All-Americans The ten finalists (and ties) for the John R. Wooden Award are called Wooden All-Americans. The 11 honorees are as follows: Player School DeJuan Blair Pittsburgh Stephen Curry Davidson Blake Griffin Oklahoma Tyler Hansbrough North Carolina Luke Harangody Notre Dame James Harden Arizona State Gerald Henderson, Jr. Duke Ty Lawson North Carolina Hasheem Thabeet Connecticut Terrence Williams Louisville Sam Young Pittsburgh
Senior All-Americans The ten finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award are called Senior All-Americans. The 10 honorees are as follows: Player School A.J. Abrams Texas Jimmy Baron Rhode Island Dionte Christmas Temple Tyler Hansbrough North Carolina Lester Hudson Tennessee-Martin Curtis Jerrells Baylor Jerel McNeal Marquette Andy Wicke Belmont Terrence Williams Louisville Sam Young Pittsburgh
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