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 2021 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), Sporting News (SN), and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) for the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose three teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections.
The Consensus 2021 College Basketball All-American team will be 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.
2021 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 Jared Butler PG Junior Baylor Cade Cunningham PG/SG Freshman Oklahoma State Ayo Dosunmu SG Junior Illinois Luka Garza C Senior Iowa Corey Kispert SF Senior Gonzaga
+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Kofi Cockburn C Sophomore Illinois Hunter Dickinson C Freshman Michigan Evan Mobley PF/C Freshman Southern California Jalen Suggs PG/SG Freshman Gonzaga Drew Timme PF Sophomore Gonzaga
Individual All-America teams
By player PlayerSchoolAPUSBWANABCSNCPNotes Jared Butler Baylor NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player Cade Cunningham Oklahoma State USBWA National Freshman of the Year, Sporting News Freshman of the Year, Big 12 Player of the Year Ayo Dosunmu Illinois Bob Cousy Award Luka Garza Iowa Naismith Player of the Year, Wooden Award, AP Player of the Year, Oscar Robertson Trophy, Sporting News Player of the Year, NABC Player of the Year, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, Pete Newell Big Man Award, Lute Olson Award, Senior CLASS Award, Big Ten Player of the Year Corey Kispert Gonzaga Julius Erving Award, WCC Player of the Year, Academic All-American of the Year Kofi Cockburn Illinois Hunter Dickinson Michigan Evan Mobley USC Pac-12 Player of the Year Jalen Suggs Gonzaga Drew Timme Gonzaga Karl Malone Award Quentin Grimes Houston AAC co-Player of the Year Trayce Jackson-Davis Indiana Davion Mitchell Baylor NABC Defensive Player of the Year, Lefty Driesell Award, Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Chris Duarte Oregon Jerry West Award Collin Gillespie Villanova Big East co-Player of the Year, Robert V. Geasey Trophy Herbert Jones Alabama SEC Player of the Year Jeremiah Robinson-Earl Villanova Big East co-Player of the Year Charles Bassey Western Kentucky C-USA Player of the Year Cameron Krutwig Loyola Chicago MVC Player of the Year
By team All-America Team First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated Press Jared Butler Baylor Kofi Cockburn Illinois Chris Duarte Oregon Cade Cunningham Oklahoma State Hunter Dickinson Michigan Quentin Grimes Houston Ayo Dosunmu Illinois Evan Mobley USC Herbert Jones Alabama Luka Garza Iowa Jalen Suggs Gonzaga Cameron Krutwig Loyola Chicago Corey Kispert Gonzaga Drew Timme Gonzaga Davion Mitchell Baylor USBWA Jared Butler Baylor Kofi Cockburn Illinois Charles Bassey Western Kentucky Cade Cunningham Oklahoma State Hunter Dickinson Michigan Chris Duarte Oregon Ayo Dosunmu Illinois Evan Mobley USC Collin Gillespie Villanova Luka Garza Iowa Jalen Suggs Gonzaga Quentin Grimes Houston Corey Kispert Gonzaga Drew Timme Gonzaga Trayce Jackson-Davis Indiana NABC Jared Butler Baylor Kofi Cockburn Illinois Collin Gillespie Villanova Cade Cunningham Oklahoma State Hunter Dickinson Michigan Quentin Grimes Houston Ayo Dosunmu Illinois Evan Mobley USC Trayce Jackson-Davis Indiana Luka Garza Iowa Jalen Suggs Gonzaga Davion Mitchell Baylor Corey Kispert Gonzaga Drew Timme Gonzaga Jeremiah Robinson-Earl Villanova Sporting News Jared Butler Baylor Kofi Cockburn Illinois Quentin Grimes Houston Cade Cunningham Oklahoma State Hunter Dickinson Michigan Trayce Jackson-Davis Indiana Ayo Dosunmu Illinois Evan Mobley USC Herbert Jones Alabama Luka Garza Iowa Jalen Suggs Gonzaga Davion Mitchell Baylor Corey Kispert Gonzaga Drew Timme Gonzaga Jeremiah Robinson-Earl Villanova
AP Honorable Mention:
Max Abmas, Oral Roberts Joël Ayayi, Gonzaga Alex Barcello, BYU Scottie Barnes, Florida State Charles Bassey, Western Kentucky James Bouknight, UConn Justin Champagnie, Pittsburgh Derek Culver, West Virginia Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy Kendric Davis, SMU David Duke, Providence Collin Gillespie, Villanova RaiQuan Gray, Florida State Sam Hauser, Virginia Jay Huff, Virginia Nah'Shon Hyland, VCU Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana Andrew Jones, Texas Carlik Jones, Louisville E. J. Liddell, Ohio State Isaiah Livers, Michigan Sandro Mamukelashvili, Seton Hall JaQuori McLaughlin, UC Santa Barbara Tre Mann, Florida Remy Martin, Arizona State Miles McBride, West Virginia Mac McClung, Texas Tech Matt Mitchell, San Diego State Moses Moody, Arkansas Scotty Pippen Jr., Vanderbilt Neemias Queta, Utah State Austin Reaves, Oklahoma Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Villanova Jaden Shackelford, Alabama Terry Taylor, Austin Peay MaCio Teague, Baylor Cameron Thomas, LSU Franz Wagner, Michigan Trevion Williams, Purdue McKinley Wright IV, Colorado Moses Wright, Georgia Tech Marcus Zegarowski, Creighton
Academic All-Americans The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced its 15-member 2021 Academic All-America team on May 28, 2021, divided into first, second and third teams, with Corey Kispert of Gonzaga chosen as men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.
+ First Team Player School Class GPA and major Corey Kispert Gonzaga GS 3.49/3.79, Business Administration Max Abmas Oral Roberts Sr. 3.69, Biomedical Chemistry Ian DuBose Wake Forest GS 3.84/3.80, Liberal Studies Matt Pile Omaha Sr. 3.95, Chemistry Franz Wagner Michigan So. 4.00, Organizational Studies + Second Team Player School Class GPA and major Charles Bassey Western Kentucky Jr. 3.57, Interdisciplinary Studies Oscar da Silva Stanford Sr. 3.49, Biology Cameron Krutwig Loyola Chicago Sr. 3.45, Entrepreneurship Hunter Schofield Dixie State Sr. 3.94, Exercise Science Ben Vander Plas Ohio GS 4.00/4.00, Sports Administration + Third Team Player School Class GPA and major Tareq Coburn Hofstra Sr. 3.74, Community Health Cam Davis Navy Sr. 3.46, Ocean Engineering Matt Dentlinger South Dakota State Sr. 4.00, Mechanical Engineering Brady Manek Oklahoma GS 3.63, Management (UG) / MBA (G) Jeremiah Robinson-Earl Villanova So. 3.56, Communication Luke Smith Belmont Sr. 3.65, Business Administration Kobe Webster Nebraska GS 3.75/3.75, Educational Administration
Senior All-Americans The 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, called Senior All-Americans, were announced on February 22, 2021. Luka Garza of Iowa was named the recipient on April 2, with the first and second teams also being announced at that time.
First team Player PositionSchool Luka Garza Center Iowa Manny Camper Guard Siena Ross Cummings Guard Mercer Marcus Garrett Guard Kansas Corey Kispert Forward Gonzaga
Second team Player PositionSchool Cam Davis Guard Navy Collin Gillespie Guard Villanova Cameron Krutwig Center Loyola Chicago Oscar da Silva Forward Stanford Justin Turner Guard Bowling Green
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