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. The 2012 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 2011–12 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.
The Consensus 2012 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.
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.
2012 Consensus All-America team The following players are recognized as the 2012 Consensus All-Americans: PG – Point guard SG – Shooting guard PF – Power forward SF – Small forward C – Center
+ Consensus First Team Player Position Class Team Anthony Davis C Freshman Kentucky Draymond Green F Senior Michigan State Doug McDermott F Sophomore Creighton Thomas Robinson F Junior Kansas Jared Sullinger F Sophomore Ohio State
+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Isaiah Canaan G Junior Murray State Marcus Denmon G Senior Missouri Kevin Jones F Senior West Virginia Michael Kidd-Gilchrist F Freshman Kentucky Tyler Zeller C Senior North Carolina
Individual All-America teams
By player Player School AP USBWA NABC TSN CPNotes KentuckyNational Player of the Year (Associated Press, Naismith, Robertson, Rupp, Sporting News, Wooden), Defensive Player of the Year (Driesell & NABC), Freshman of the Year (USBWA), NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player, Pete Newell Big Man Award Michigan StateNational Player of the Year (NABC) KansasNational Player of the Year (ESPN.com) Ohio State Creighton Lute Olson Award Murray State Missouri North CarolinaAcademic All-American of the Year West Virginia Kentucky Marquette North Carolina Vanderbilt Syracuse Weber State Kansas North Carolina Bob Cousy Award Duke Virginia
By team All-America Team First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated Press Anthony Davis Kentucky Isaiah Canaan Murray State John Jenkins Vanderbilt Draymond Green Michigan State Jae Crowder Marquette Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Kentucky Doug McDermott Creighton Marcus Denmon Missouri Damian Lillard Weber State Thomas Robinson Kansas Kevin Jones West Virginia Kendall Marshall North Carolina Jared Sullinger Ohio State Tyler Zeller North Carolina Tyshawn Taylor Kansas USBWA Anthony Davis Kentucky Isaiah Canaan Murray State No third team Draymond Green Michigan State Marcus Denmon Missouri Doug McDermott Creighton Kevin Jones West Virginia Thomas Robinson Kansas Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Kentucky Jared Sullinger Ohio State Tyler Zeller North Carolina NABC Anthony Davis Kentucky Harrison Barnes North Carolina Isaiah Canaan Murray State Draymond Green Michigan State Marcus Denmon Missouri Jae Crowder Marquette Doug McDermott Creighton Kevin Jones West Virginia Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Kentucky Thomas Robinson Kansas Kris Joseph Syracuse Damian Lillard Weber State Jared Sullinger Ohio State Tyler Zeller North Carolina Austin Rivers Duke Sporting News Isaiah Canaan Murray State Jae Crowder Marquette Harrison Barnes North Carolina Anthony Davis Kentucky Marcus Denmon Missouri John Jenkins Vanderbilt Draymond Green Michigan State Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Kentucky Kevin Jones West Virginia Thomas Robinson Kansas Doug McDermott Creighton Mike Scott Virginia Jared Sullinger Ohio State Tyler Zeller North Carolina Tyshawn Taylor Kansas
AP Honorable Mention:
Harrison Barnes, North Carolina Will Barton, Memphis Julian Boyd, LIU Brooklyn Ryan Broekhoff, Valparaiso De'Mon Brooks, Davidson Trey Burke, Michigan Deonte Burton, Nevada Torrey Craig, S.C.-Upstate Paul Crosby, Mississippi Valley State Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's LaRon Dendy, Middle Tennessee Matt Dickey, UNC Asheville Jamaal Franklin, San Diego State Jorge Gutierrez, California John Henson, North Carolina Robbie Hummel, Purdue Pierre Jackson, Baylor Darius Johnson-Odom, Marquette Perry Jones III, Baylor Kris Joseph, Syracuse Jeremy Lamb, Connecticut Scott Machado, Iona CJ McCollum, Lehigh Dominique Morrison, Oral Roberts Mike Moser, UNLV Andrew Nicholson, St. Bonaventure Kyle O'Quinn, Norfolk State Darryl Partin, Boston University Ryan Pearson, George Mason Mason Plumlee, Duke Patrick Richard, McNeese State Austin Rivers, Duke Zack Rosen, Pennsylvania Mike Scott, Virginia John Shurna, Northwestern Jordan Taylor, Wisconsin Dion Waiters, Syracuse Casper Ware, Long Beach State Mitchell Watt, Buffalo Royce White, Iowa State Isaiah Wilkerson, NJIT Nate Wolters, South Dakota State Cody Zeller, Indiana
Academic All-Americans On February 23, 2012, CoSIDA and Capital One announced the 2012 Academic All-America team, with Tyler Zeller headlining the University Division as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. The following is the 2011–12 Capital One Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:
+ First Team Player School Class GPA and major Aaron Craft Ohio State Sophomore 3.89 Exercise Science/Pre-Med Matthew Dellavedova Saint Mary's Junior 3.61 Psychology Brad Loesing Wofford Senior 3.90 Business Administration Mason Plumlee Duke Junior 3.44 Psychology/Cultural Anthropology Tyler Zeller North Carolina Senior 3.62 Business Administration + Second Team Player School Class GPA and major Logan Aronhalt Albany Junior 3.78 Human Biology Brian Conklin Saint Louis Grad. Student 3.54 Business Administration Drew Crawford Northwestern Junior 3.40 Economics Ronald Nored Butler Senior 3.64 Early, Middle Childhood Education Scott Saunders Belmont Senior 3.84 Finance & Marketing + Third Team Player School Class GPA and major J. P. Kuhlman Davidson Junior 3.80 Religion Zack Novak Michigan Senior 3.51 Business Brian Stafford Denver Senior 3.70 Finance Matthew Sullivan Brown Junior 4.00 Economics Chris Wroblewski Cornell Senior 3.66 App. Economics & Management
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 William Buford Ohio State Ashton Gibbs Pitt Draymond Green Michigan State Mick Hedgepeth Belmont Robbie Hummel Purdue Quinn McDowell William & Mary Ronald Nored Butler Zack Novak Michigan Zack Rosen Penn Tyler Zeller North Carolina
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