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.[1] The 2012 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 2011–12 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.
| 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
|---|---|
Members of the 2012 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Davis, Green, Sullinger and Robinson (not pictured: McDermott). | |
| Awarded for | 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season |
The Consensus 2012 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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4] The ten finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award are described as Senior All-Americans.[5] Other All-American lists include those determined by Fox Sports, and Yahoo! Sports. The scholar-athletes selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed Academic All-Americans.
2012 Consensus All-America team
editThe following players are recognized as the 2012 Consensus All-Americans:
- PG – Point guard
- SG – Shooting guard
- PF – Power forward
- SF – Small forward
- C – Center
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Davis | C | Freshman | Kentucky |
| Draymond Green | F | Senior | Michigan State |
| Doug McDermott | F | Sophomore | Creighton |
| Thomas Robinson | F | Junior | Kansas |
| Jared Sullinger | F-C | Sophomore | Ohio State |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah Canaan | G | Junior | Murray State |
| Marcus Denmon | G | Senior | Missouri |
| Kevin Jones | F | Senior | West Virginia |
| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | F | Freshman | Kentucky |
| Tyler Zeller | C | Senior | North Carolina |
Individual All-America teams
editBy player
editBy team
edit| All-America Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | ||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |
| Associated Press[6] | Anthony Davis | Kentucky | Isaiah Canaan | Murray State | John Jenkins | Vanderbilt |
| Draymond Green | Michigan State | Jae Crowder | Marquette | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | Kentucky | |
| Doug McDermott | Creighton | Marcus Denmon | Missouri | Damian Lillard | Weber State | |
| Thomas Robinson | Kansas | Kevin Jones | West Virginia | Kendall Marshall | North Carolina | |
| Jared Sullinger | Ohio State | Tyler Zeller | North Carolina | Tyshawn Taylor | Kansas | |
| USBWA[7] | Anthony Davis | Kentucky | Isaiah Canaan | Murray State | No third team | |
| Draymond Green | Michigan State | Marcus Denmon | Missouri | |||
| Doug McDermott | Creighton | Kevin Jones | West Virginia | |||
| Thomas Robinson | Kansas | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | Kentucky | |||
| Jared Sullinger | Ohio State | Tyler Zeller | North Carolina | |||
| NABC[8] | Anthony Davis | Kentucky | Harrison Barnes | North Carolina | Isaiah Canaan | Murray State |
| Draymond Green | Michigan State | Marcus Denmon | Missouri | Jae Crowder | Marquette | |
| Doug McDermott | Creighton | Kevin Jones | West Virginia | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | Kentucky | |
| Thomas Robinson | Kansas | Kris Joseph | Syracuse | Damian Lillard | Weber State | |
| Jared Sullinger | Ohio State | Tyler Zeller | North Carolina | Austin Rivers | Duke | |
| Sporting News[9] | Isaiah Canaan | Murray State | Jae Crowder | Marquette | Harrison Barnes | North Carolina |
| Anthony Davis | Kentucky | Marcus Denmon | Missouri | John Jenkins | Vanderbilt | |
| Draymond Green | Michigan State | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | Kentucky | Kevin Jones | West Virginia | |
| Thomas Robinson | Kansas | Doug McDermott | Creighton | Mike Scott | Virginia | |
| Jared Sullinger | Ohio State | Tyler Zeller | North Carolina | Tyshawn Taylor | Kansas | |
AP Honorable Mention:
- Harrison Barnes, North Carolina
- Will Barton, Memphis
- Julian Boyd, LIU Brooklyn
- Ryan Broekhoff, Valparaiso
- De'Mon Brooks, Davidson
- Trey Burke, Michigan
- Deonte Burton, Nevada
- Torrey Craig, S.C.-Upstate
- Paul Crosby, Mississippi Valley State
- Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's
- LaRon Dendy, Middle Tennessee
- Matt Dickey, UNC Asheville
- Jamaal Franklin, San Diego State
- Jorge Gutierrez, California
- John Henson, North Carolina
- Robbie Hummel, Purdue
- Pierre Jackson, Baylor
- Darius Johnson-Odom, Marquette
- Perry Jones III, Baylor
- Kris Joseph, Syracuse
- Jeremy Lamb, Connecticut
- Scott Machado, Iona
- CJ McCollum, Lehigh
- Dominique Morrison, Oral Roberts
- Mike Moser, UNLV
- Andrew Nicholson, St. Bonaventure
- Kyle O'Quinn, Norfolk State
- Darryl Partin, Boston University
- Ryan Pearson, George Mason
- Mason Plumlee, Duke
- Patrick Richard, McNeese State
- Austin Rivers, Duke
- Zack Rosen, Pennsylvania
- Mike Scott, Virginia
- John Shurna, Northwestern
- Jordan Taylor, Wisconsin
- Dion Waiters, Syracuse
- Casper Ware, Long Beach State
- Mitchell Watt, Buffalo
- Royce White, Iowa State
- Isaiah Wilkerson, NJIT
- Nate Wolters, South Dakota State
- Cody Zeller, Indiana
Academic All-Americans
editOn February 23, 2012, CoSIDA and Capital One announced the 2012 Academic All-America team, with Tyler Zeller headlining the University Division as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.[10] The following is the 2011–12 Capital One Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:
| Player | School | Class | GPA and major |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Craft | Ohio State | Sophomore | 3.89 Exercise Science/Pre-Med |
| Matthew Dellavedova | Saint Mary's | Junior | 3.61 Psychology |
| Brad Loesing | Wofford | Senior | 3.90 Business Administration |
| Mason Plumlee | Duke | Junior | 3.44 Psychology/Cultural Anthropology |
| Tyler Zeller | North Carolina | Senior | 3.62 Business Administration |
| Player | School | Class | GPA and major |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Aronhalt | Albany | Junior | 3.78 Human Biology |
| Brian Conklin | Saint Louis | Grad. Student | 3.54 Business Administration |
| Drew Crawford | Northwestern | Junior | 3.40 Economics |
| Ronald Nored | Butler | Senior | 3.64 Early, Middle Childhood Education |
| Scott Saunders | Belmont | Senior | 3.84 Finance & Marketing |
| Player | School | Class | GPA and major |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. P. Kuhlman | Davidson | Junior | 3.80 Religion |
| Zack Novak | Michigan | Senior | 3.51 Business |
| Brian Stafford | Denver | Senior | 3.70 Finance |
| Matthew Sullivan | Brown | Junior | 4.00 Economics |
| Chris Wroblewski | Cornell | Senior | 3.66 App. Economics & Management |
Senior All-Americans
editThe ten finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award are called Senior All-Americans. The 10 honorees are as follows:[11]
Notes
edit- ^ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
- ^ "Award Winners: Division I Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
- ^ "2009–10 NCAA Statistics Policies(updated 9/2/2009)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. September 2, 2009. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
- ^ "2010 Men's John R. Wooden Award All American Team Announced". John R. Wooden Award. Retrieved July 22, 2010.
- ^ ""Scheyer Named Finalist For Lowe's Senior CLASS Award," GoDuke.com, February 3, 2010, accessed February 8, 2010". Goduke.com. February 3, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
- ^ "2011-12 AP All-America Teams". Washington Examiner. March 26, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "USBWA NAMES 2011-12 ALL-AMERICANS". Sportswriters.net. March 12, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
- ^ "Rivers Named NABC Third Team All-America". GoDuke.com. March 19, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
- ^ "Anthony Davis named Sporting News' 2012 College Basketball Player of the Year". Sportingnews.com. March 6, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ^ "Tyler Zeller of UNC, Delaware's Elena Delle Donne top Capital One Academic All-America Division I basketball teams" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. February 23, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Men's and women's basketball finalists announced for 2011-12 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award". Seniorclassaward.com. January 25, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2012.