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 2017 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 2016–17 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 2017 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, Yahoo! Sports and many others. The scholar-athletes selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed Academic All-Americans.
2017 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 Lonzo Ball PG Freshman UCLA Josh Hart SG Senior Villanova Justin Jackson SF Junior North Carolina Frank Mason III PG Senior Kansas Caleb Swanigan PF Sophomore Purdue
+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Dillon Brooks SF Junior Oregon Luke Kennard SG Sophomore Duke Malik Monk SG Freshman Kentucky Johnathan Motley PF Junior Baylor Nigel Williams-Goss PG Junior Gonzaga
Individual All-America teams
By player PlayerSchoolAPUSBWANABCTSNCPNotes UCLA USBWA National Freshman of the Year Villanova Senior CLASS Award, Julius Erving Award Kansas John R. Wooden Award, Naismith College Player of the Year, NABC Player of the Year, AP Player of the Year, Oscar Robertson Trophy, Bob Cousy Award Purdue Pete Newell Big Man Award North Carolina Gonzaga Oregon Duke Kentucky Jerry West Award Baylor Karl Malone Award Kansas Washington Wisconsin Arizona Notre Dame Oklahoma State Valparaiso
By team All-America Team First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated Press Lonzo Ball UCLA Dillon Brooks Oregon Bonzie Colson Notre Dame Josh Hart Villanova Luke Kennard Duke Markelle Fultz Washington Justin Jackson North Carolina Malik Monk Kentucky Ethan Happ Wisconsin Frank Mason III Kansas Johnathan Motley Baylor Josh Jackson Kansas Caleb Swanigan Purdue Nigel Williams-Goss Gonzaga Lauri Markkanen Arizona USBWA Lonzo Ball UCLA Dillon Brooks Oregon No third team Josh Hart Villanova Justin Jackson North Carolina Frank Mason III Kansas Luke Kennard Duke Caleb Swanigan Purdue Malik Monk Kentucky Nigel Williams-Goss Gonzaga Johnathan Motley Baylor NABC Lonzo Ball UCLA Dillon Brooks Oregon Markelle Fultz Washington Josh Hart Villanova Luke Kennard Duke Ethan Happ Wisconsin Justin Jackson North Carolina Malik Monk Kentucky Josh Jackson Kansas Frank Mason III Kansas Johnathan Motley Baylor Lauri Markkanen Arizona Caleb Swanigan Purdue Nigel Williams-Goss Gonzaga Alec Peters Valparaiso Sporting News Lonzo Ball UCLA Dillon Brooks Oregon Bonzie Colson Notre Dame Josh Hart Villanova Josh Jackson Kansas Jawun Evans Oklahoma State Justin Jackson North Carolina Luke Kennard Duke Markelle Fultz Washington Frank Mason III Kansas Malik Monk Kentucky Ethan Happ Wisconsin Caleb Swanigan Purdue Johnathan Motley Baylor Lauri Markkanen Arizona Nigel Williams-Goss Gonzaga AP Honorable Mention:
Ian Baker, New Mexico State Trae Bell-Haynes, Vermont Evan Bradds, Belmont Gian Clavell, Colorado State T. J. Cline, Richmond Patrick Cole, North Carolina Central Mike Daum, South Dakota State Angel Delgado, Seton Hall Jawun Evans, Oklahoma State Nana Foulland, Bucknell De'Aaron Fox, Kentucky Jerome Frink, LIU Brooklyn Kevin Hervey, Texas–Arlington Isaiah Johnson, Akron Keon Johnson, Winthrop Peter Jok, Iowa Przemek Karnowski, Gonzaga Marcus Keene, Central Michigan Jock Landale, Saint Mary's T. J. Leaf, UCLA Paris Lee, Illinois State Zach Lofton, Texas Southern Donovan Mitchell, Louisville Dallas Moore, North Florida Monte Morris, Iowa State Luke Nelson, UC Irvine Semi Ojeleye, SMU Alec Peters, Valparaiso Justin Robinson, Monmouth Devin Sibley, Furman Dennis Smith Jr., NC State Erik Thomas, New Orleans Sindarius Thornwell, South Carolina Melo Trimble, Maryland Spencer Weisz, Princeton Jacob Wiley, Eastern Washington JaCorey Williams, Middle Tennessee T. J. Williams, Northeastern
Academic All-Americans On March 2, 2017, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced the 2017 Academic All-America team, with Canyon Barry (youngest son of Hall of Famer Rick Barry) headlining the NCAA Division I team as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. The following is the 2016–17 Academic All-America Division I Men’s Basketball Team as selected by CoSIDA:
+ First Team Player School Class GPA and major Canyon Barry Florida GS 4.00 (U), physics; 4.00 (G), nuclear engineering Joshua Braun Grand Canyon GS 3.83 (U), business; 4.00 (G), MBA A. J. Jacobson North Dakota State Jr. 3.99, zoology (pre-dental) Alec Peters Valparaiso GS 3.43 (U)/3.53 (G), sports administration Nigel Williams-Goss Gonzaga Jr. 3.84, psychology + Second Team Player School Class GPA and major Evan Bradds Belmont Sr. 3.49, finance Luke Kornet Vanderbilt Sr. 3.71, engineering, computer science, math Eric Mika BYU So. 3.68, pre-management Semi Ojeleye SMU Jr. 3.65, psychology Caleb Swanigan Purdue So. 3.30, education + Third Team Player School Class GPA and major Steven Cook Princeton Sr. 3.53. economics Jordan Howard Central Arkansas Jr. 3.80, digital filmmaking Matt O'Leary IUPUI Sr. 3.81, management Tyler Seibring Elon So. 4.00, English, economics Steven Spieth Brown Sr. 3.40, business
Senior All-Americans The ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award are called Senior All-Americans. The 10 honorees are as follows, divided into first and second teams with the winner highlighted in bold text:
First team Player PositionSchool Josh Hart Guard Villanova Josh Hawkinson Forward Washington State Amile Jefferson Forward Duke Przemek Karnowski Center Gonzaga Frank Mason III Guard Kansas
Second team Player PositionSchool Jaron Blossomgame Forward Clemson Evan Bradds Forward Belmont Nigel Hayes Forward Wisconsin Peter Jok Guard Iowa Tim Kempton Jr. Center Lehigh
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