The consensus 1978 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams.[1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
| 1978 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
|---|---|
Members of the 1978 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Larry Bird, Phil Ford, Butch Lee and David Greenwood (not pictured: Mychal Thompson). | |
| Awarded for | 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season |
1978 Consensus All-America team
edit| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Bird | F | Junior | Indiana State |
| Phil Ford | G | Senior | North Carolina |
| David Greenwood | F | Junior | UCLA |
| Butch Lee | G | Senior | Marquette |
| Mychal Thompson | F/C | Senior | Minnesota |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Brewer | G | Senior | Arkansas |
| Jack Givens | G/F | Senior | Kentucky |
| Rod Griffin | G | Senior | Wake Forest |
| Rick Robey | F/C | Senior | Kentucky |
| Freeman Williams | G | Senior | Portland State |
Individual All-America teams
edit| All-America Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | |||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | ||
| Associated Press[2] | Larry Bird | Indiana State | Ron Brewer | Arkansas | Mike Evans | Kansas State | |
| Phil Ford | North Carolina | Dave Corzine | DePaul | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest | ||
| David Greenwood | UCLA | Jack Givens | Kentucky | Magic Johnson | Michigan State | ||
| Butch Lee | Marquette | Reggie King | Alabama | Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | ||
| Mychal Thompson | Minnesota | Freeman Williams | Portland State | Rick Robey | Kentucky | ||
| USBWA[3][4] | Ron Brewer | Arkansas | Larry Bird | Indiana State | No third team | ||
| Michael Cooper | New Mexico | Jack Givens | Kentucky | ||||
| Phil Ford | North Carolina | David Greenwood | UCLA | ||||
| Butch Lee | Marquette | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest | ||||
| Freeman Williams | Portland State | Mychal Thompson | Minnesota | ||||
| NABC[5] | Larry Bird | Indiana State | Dave Corzine | DePaul | James Bailey | Rutgers | |
| Phil Ford | North Carolina | Jack Givens | Kentucky | Winford Boynes | San Francisco | ||
| David Greenwood | UCLA | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest | Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | ||
| Butch Lee | Marquette | Magic Johnson | Michigan State | Mike O'Koren | North Carolina | ||
| Rick Robey | Kentucky | Freeman Williams | Portland State | Jerome Whitehead | Marquette | ||
| UPI[4] | Larry Bird | Indiana State | James Bailey | Rutgers | Dave Corzine | DePaul | |
| Phil Ford | North Carolina | Jack Givens | Kentucky | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest | ||
| David Greenwood | UCLA | Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | Magic Johnson | Michigan State | ||
| Butch Lee | Marquette | Rick Robey | Kentucky | Kyle Macy | Kentucky | ||
| Mychal Thompson | Minnesota | Freeman Williams | Portland State | Roger Phegley | Bradley | ||
AP Honorable Mention:[6]
- Clyde Austin, NC State
- James Bailey, Rutgers
- Gene Banks, Duke
- Ron Baxter, Texas
- Roosevelt Bouie, Syracuse
- Winford Boynes, San Francisco
- James Bradley, Memphis State
- Michael Brooks, La Salle
- Marty Byrnes, Syracuse
- Bruce Campbell, Providence
- Ron Carter, VMI
- Bill Cartwright, San Francisco
- Pat Cummings, Cincinnati
- Harry Davis, Florida State
- Marvin Delph, Arkansas
- Sherman Dillard, James Madison
- Sammy Drummer, Georgia Tech
- John Duren, Georgetown
- John Gerdy, Davidson
- Mike Gminski, Duke
- Steve Grant, Manhattan
- Darrell Griffith, Louisville
- James Hardy, San Francisco
- Keith Herron, Villanova
- Marc Iavaroni, Virginia
- Derrick Jackson, Georgetown
- Frank Johnson, Wake Forest
- George Johnson, St. John's
- Lynbert Johnson, Wichita State
- Marvin Johnson, New Mexico
- Jeff Judkins, Utah
- Jim Krivacs, Texas
- Jeff Lamp, Virginia
- Billy Lewis, Illinois State
- John Long, Detroit
- John Lowenhaupt, William & Mary
- Oliver Mack, East Carolina
- Kyle Macy, Kentucky
- Lew Massey, Charlotte
- Robert Miller, Cincinnati
- Mike Mitchell, Auburn
- Johnny Moore, Texas
- Jonathan Moore, Furman
- Lowes Moore, West Virginia
- Calvin Natt, Northeast Louisiana
- Mike O'Koren, North Carolina
- Ron Perry, Holy Cross
- Roger Phegley, Bradley
- Mike Phillips, Kentucky
- Micheal Ray Richardson, Montana
- Mike Russell, Texas Tech
- Frankie Sanders, Southern
- Greg Sanders, St. Bonaventure
- Mike Santos, Utah State
- Purvis Short, Jackson State
- Arthur Snipe, South Carolina State
- Jim Spanarkel, Duke
- Henry Taylor, Texas–Pan American
- Reggie Theus, UNLV
- Andrew Toney, Southwestern Louisiana
- Raymond Townsend, UCLA
- Greg Tynes, Seton Hall
- Dean Uthoff, Iowa State
- Darnell Valentine, Kansas
- Ren Watson, VCU
- Jerome Whitehead, Marquette
- Hawkeye Whitney, NC State
- Duck Williams, Notre Dame
- Ken Williams, North Texas
- Rick Wilson, Louisville
- Gary Winton, Army
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137
- ^ AP All-America Teams
- ^ "Lobo's Cooper picked to writer' All-American team". Tucson Citizen. March 7, 1978. p. 2E. Retrieved August 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Johnson, Gary K. (October 2005). "NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 198–199. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
- ^ "NABC Division I All-America Teams". National Association of Basketball Coaches. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
- ^ "Lee, Ford picked". Lincoln Journal. AP. March 2, 1978. p. 22. Retrieved July 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
