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 2022 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 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose three teams, while AP and USBWA also list honorable mention selections.

The Consensus 2022 College Basketball All-American team was 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 SN 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 the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed Academic All-Americans.

2022 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 Ochai Agbaji G Senior Kansas Kofi Cockburn C Junior Illinois Johnny Davis G/F Sophomore Wisconsin Keegan Murray F Sophomore Iowa Oscar Tshiebwe F Junior Kentucky

+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Paolo Banchero F Freshman Duke Chet Holmgren F Freshman Gonzaga Jaden Ivey G Sophomore Purdue Bennedict Mathurin G Sophomore Arizona Jabari Smith F Freshman Auburn Drew Timme F Junior Gonzaga

Individual All-America teams

By player PlayerSchoolAPUSBWANABCSNCPNotes Ochai Agbaji Kansas NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player, Big 12 Player of the Year Kofi Cockburn Illinois Johnny Davis Wisconsin Jerry West Award, Lute Olson Award, Big Ten Player of the Year Oscar Tshiebwe Kentucky Naismith Player of the Year, Wooden Award, AP Player of the Year, NABC Player of the Year, Oscar Robertson Trophy, Sporting News Player of the Year, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, Pete Newell Big Man Award, SEC Player of the Year Keegan Murray Iowa Karl Malone Award Jaden Ivey Purdue Bennedict Mathurin Arizona Pac-12 Player of the Year Jabari Smith Auburn Wayman Tisdale Award, NABC Freshman of the Year Drew Timme Gonzaga WCC Player of the Year Paolo Banchero Duke Chet Holmgren Gonzaga James Akinjo Baylor Collin Gillespie Villanova Bob Cousy Award, Big East Player of the Year E. J. Liddell Ohio State Walker Kessler Auburn NABC Defensive Player of the Year, Naismith Defensive Player of the Year JD Notae Arkansas Johnny Juzang UCLA

By team All-America Team First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated Press Ochai Agbaji Kansas Chet Holmgren Gonzaga James Akinjo Baylor Kofi Cockburn Illinois Jaden Ivey Purdue Paolo Banchero Duke Johnny Davis Wisconsin Bennedict Mathurin Arizona Collin Gillespie Villanova Keegan Murray Iowa Jabari Smith Auburn Walker Kessler Auburn Oscar Tshiebwe Kentucky Drew Timme Gonzaga E. J. Liddell Ohio State JD Notae Arkansas USBWA Ochai Agbaji Kansas Paolo Banchero Duke James Akinjo Baylor Kofi Cockburn Illinois Jaden Ivey Purdue Collin Gillespie Villanova Johnny Davis Wisconsin Bennedict Mathurin Arizona Chet Holmgren Gonzaga Keegan Murray Iowa Jabari Smith Auburn Walker Kessler Auburn Oscar Tshiebwe Kentucky Drew Timme Gonzaga E. J. Liddell Ohio State NABC Ochai Agbaji Kansas Paolo Banchero Duke James Akinjo Baylor Kofi Cockburn Illinois Bennedict Mathurin Arizona Collin Gillespie Villanova Johnny Davis Wisconsin Keegan Murray Iowa Chet Holmgren Gonzaga Jaden Ivey Purdue Jabari Smith Auburn Johnny Juzang UCLA Oscar Tshiebwe Kentucky Drew Timme Gonzaga E. J. Liddell Ohio State Sporting News Ochai Agbaji Kansas Chet Holmgren Gonzaga James Akinjo Baylor Kofi Cockburn Illinois Jaden Ivey Purdue Paolo Banchero Duke Johnny Davis Wisconsin Bennedict Mathurin Arizona Collin Gillespie Villanova Keegan Murray Iowa Jabari Smith Auburn E. J. Liddell Ohio State Oscar Tshiebwe Kentucky Drew Timme Gonzaga JD Notae Arkansas AP Honorable Mention:

Max Abmas, Oral Roberts Armando Bacot, North Carolina Tari Eason, LSU Zach Edey, Purdue Ron Harper Jr., Rutgers Johnny Juzang, UCLA David Roddy, Colorado State Alondes Williams, Wake Forest

USBWA Honorable Mention:

Armando Bacot, North Carolina Johnny Juzang, UCLA JD Notae, Arkansas David Roddy, Colorado State Alondes Williams, Wake Forest

Academic All-Americans The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced its 15-member 2021 Academic All-America team on March 15, 2022, divided into first, second and third teams, with Ben Vander Plas of Ohio chosen as men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.

+ First Team Player School Class GPA and major Ben Vander Plas Ohio GS 3.96/3.79, Management Jimmy Boeheim Syracuse GS 3.78/4.00, Education Tanner Groves Oklahoma GS 3.89/4.80, Organizational Leadership Hunter Schofield Dixie State Sr. 3.94, Exercise Science JT Shumate Toledo Sr. 3.85, Middle Childhood Education + Second Team Player School Class GPA and major Antoine Davis Detroit Mercy Jr. 3.39, Communications Matt Dentlinger South Dakota State GS 3.99/4.00, Engineering AJ Green Northern Iowa Sr. 3.67, Movement, Exercise Science & Sport Psychology Gibson Jimerson Saint Louis Jr. 3.90, International Business Kahliel Spear Robert Morris Sr. 3.92, Economics + Third Team Player School Class GPA and major Josh Bannan Montana So. 3.91, Business Economics Justin Bean Utah State GS 3.34/3.33, Kinesiology & Nutrition Science Rocky Kreuser North Dakota State GS 3.62/4.00, University Studies (UG) / Health, Nutrition & Exercise Science Chris Ledlum Harvard Jr. 3.47, Management (UG) / MBA (G) Luke Smith Belmont GS 3.67/3.92, Business Administration (UG) / MBA (G)

Senior All-Americans The 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, called Senior All-Americans, were announced on February 10, 2022. The first and second teams were announced on April 1, with Jacob Gilyard of Richmond named as the recipient.

First team Player PositionSchool Jacob Gilyard Guard Richmond Evan Battey Forward Colorado Brad Davison Guard Wisconsin Sasha Stefanovic Guard Purdue Lucas Williamson Guard Loyola Chicago

Second team Player PositionSchool Trent Frazier Guard Illinois Tanner Groves Forward-center Oklahoma Gavin Kensmil Forward Stephen F. Austin Kameron McGusty Guard Miami (Florida) Alex Morales Guard Wagner

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