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 2015 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 2014–15 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 2015 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 Senior CLASS Award are described as Senior All-Americans. Other All-American lists include those determined by USA Today, Fox Sports, and Yahoo! Sports. The scholar-athletes selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed Academic All-Americans.
2015 Consensus All-America team PG – Point guard SG – Shooting guard PF – Power forward SF – Small forward C – Center
+ Consensus First Team Player Position Class Team Willie Cauley-Stein PF Junior Kentucky Jerian Grant PG/SG Senior Notre Dame Frank Kaminsky C/PF Senior Wisconsin Jahlil Okafor C Freshman Duke D'Angelo Russell PG/SG Freshman Ohio State
+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Malcolm Brogdon SG Junior Virginia Bobby Portis PF Sophomore Arkansas Karl-Anthony Towns C Freshman Kentucky Seth Tuttle PF Senior Northern Iowa Kyle Wiltjer PF Junior Gonzaga Delon Wright SG/PG Senior Utah
Individual All-America teams PlayerSchoolAPUSBWANABCTSNCPNotes Kentucky Wisconsin Duke Ohio State Notre Dame Utah Northern Iowa Virginia Arkansas Kentucky Gonzaga Gonzaga Syracuse Duke Oklahoma Villanova Iowa State Maryland Virginia Arizona Oregon
By team All-America Team First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated Press Willie Cauley-Stein Kentucky Malcolm Brogdon Virginia Rakeem Christmas Syracuse Jerian Grant Notre Dame Bobby Portis Arkansas Buddy Hield Oklahoma Frank Kaminsky Wisconsin Karl-Anthony Towns Kentucky Georges Niang Iowa State Jahlil Okafor Duke Seth Tuttle Northern Iowa Kevin Pangos Gonzaga D'Angelo Russell Ohio State Delon Wright Utah Kyle Wiltjer Gonzaga USBWA Willie Cauley-Stein Kentucky Malcolm Brogdon Virginia No third team Jerian Grant Notre Dame Bobby Portis Arkansas Frank Kaminsky Wisconsin Seth Tuttle Northern Iowa Jahlil Okafor Duke Kyle Wiltjer Gonzaga D'Angelo Russell Ohio State Delon Wright Utah NABC Willie Cauley-Stein Kentucky Malcolm Brogdon Virginia Justin Anderson Virginia Jerian Grant Notre Dame Karl-Anthony Towns Kentucky Buddy Hield Oklahoma Frank Kaminsky Wisconsin Seth Tuttle Northern Iowa Stanley Johnson Arizona Jahil Okafor Duke Kyle Wiltjer Gonzaga Georges Niang Iowa State D'Angelo Russell Ohio State Delon Wright Utah Kevin Pangos Gonzaga Sporting News Willie Cauley-Stein Kentucky Quinn Cook Duke Rakeem Christmas Syracuse Frank Kaminsky Wisconsin Jerian Grant Notre Dame Kevin Pangos Gonzaga Jahlil Okafor Duke Darrun Hilliard Villanova Bobby Portis Arkansas D'Angelo Russell Ohio State Melo Trimble Maryland Karl-Anthony Towns Kentucky Delon Wright Utah Seth Tuttle Northern Iowa Joe Young Oregon AP Honorable Mention:
Lawrence Alexander, North Dakota State Justin Anderson, Virginia Ryan Arcidiacono, Villanova Ron Baker, Wichita State Jalen Cannon, St. Francis Brooklyn Karl Cochran, Wofford Kyle Collinsworth, BYU Quinn Cook, Duke Kris Dunn, Providence Perry Ellis, Kansas Rico Gathers, Baylor Madarious Gibbs, Texas Southern Anthony Gill, Virginia Kendall Gray, Delaware State Ty Greene, USC Upstate Olivier Hanlan, Boston College Montrezl Harrell, Louisville Martez Harrison, UMKC Tyler Harvey, Eastern Washington Corey Hawkins, UC Davis Tyler Haws, BYU LaDontae Henton, Providence Darrun Hilliard, Villanova R. J. Hunter, Georgia State Stanley Johnson, Arizona Tyus Jones, Duke Tyler Kalinoski, Davidson Tim Kempton Jr., Lehigh David Laury, Iona Damon Lynn, NJIT Derrick Marks, Boise State Jarell Martin, LSU T. J. McConnell, Arizona Mikh McKinney, Sacramento State Nic Moore, SMU Justin Moss, Buffalo Saah Nimley, Charleston Southern Cameron Payne, Murray State Chasson Randle, Stanford Justin Sears, Yale Speedy Smith, Louisiana Tech Keifer Sykes, Green Bay Marcus Thornton, William & Mary Melo Trimble, Maryland Fred VanVleet, Wichita State Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin Jameel Warney, Stony Brook Dez Wells, Maryland Joe Young, Oregon
Academic All-Americans On February 26, 2015, CoSIDA and Capital One announced the 2015 Academic All-America team, with Matt Townsend headlining the University Division as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. The following is the 2014–15 Capital One Academic All-America Men’s Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:
+ First Team Player School Class GPA and major Tyler Harvey Eastern Washington Jr. 3.60 Communication Studies Chasson Randle Stanford Sr. 3.35 African & African-American Studies Shavon Shields Nebraska Jr. 3.73 Biological Sciences Matt Townsend (3) Yale Sr. 3.98 Molecular, Cellular & Develop. Biology Thomas van der Mars (2) Portland Gr. 3.95 Operations & Technology + Second Team Player School Class GPA and major Alex Barlow Butler Sr. 3.75 Finance Canyon Barry Charleston So. 4.00 Physics Wayne Blackshear Louisville Sr. 3.40 Communication Marcus Paige (2) North Carolina Jr. 3.39 Journalism / History Levi Randolph Alabama Gr. 3.45 Masters of Marketing + Third Team Player School Class GPA and major Craig Bradshaw Belmont Jr. 3.51 Public Relations Johnny Dee San Diego Sr. 3.49 Business Administration Mike Gesell Iowa Jr. 3.93 Finance Jordan Gregory Montana Sr. 3.69 Psychology John Kopriva George Washington Sr. 3.93 Chemistry Nigel Williams-Goss Washington So. 3.74 Pre-social Science
Senior All-Americans The ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award are called Senior All-Americans. The 10 honorees are as follows: Player PositionSchool Alex BarlowGuardButler Reece ChamberlainGuardBelmont D'Angelo HarrisonGuardSt. John's Tyler HawsGuardBrigham Young Frank KaminskyForwardWisconsin D. J. NewbillGuardPenn State Kevin PangosGuardGonzaga Chasson RandleGuardStanford Matt Stainbrook Center Xavier Juwan StatenGuardWest Virginia
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