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2021 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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 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.[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. 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


Individual All-America teams

By player

By team

AP Honorable Mention:

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.[8]

  1. ^ Third team in 2018–19 and first team in 2019–20.

Senior All-Americans

The 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, called Senior All-Americans, were announced on February 22, 2021.[9] Luka Garza of Iowa was named the recipient on April 2, with the first and second teams also being announced at that time.[10]

First team

Second team

References

  1. ^ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. ^ "Award Winners: Division I Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 28, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  3. ^ "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 February 20, 2014.
  4. ^ "The Associated Press Men's All-America Teams". Associated Press. March 16, 2021. Archived from the original on March 17, 2021.
  5. ^ "USBWA names men's All-American team; Oscar Robertson Trophy finalists". United States Basketball Writers Association. March 17, 2021. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  6. ^ "2020-21 NABC Division I All-America Teams Announced". National Association of Basketball Coaches. March 18, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  7. ^ DeCourcy, Mike (March 9, 2021). "Sporting News' 2020-21 college basketball All-Americans". Sporting News. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  8. ^ "Corey Kispert of Gonzaga, Aliyah Boston of South Carolina Lead Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Men's & Women's Basketball Teams" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. May 28, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  9. ^ "Men's and Women's Basketball Finalists Announced for the 2020-21 Senior CLASS Award" (Press release). Premier Sports Management. February 22, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  10. ^ "Iowa's Luka Garza Wins 2020-21 Senior CLASS Award® for Men's Basketball" (Press release). Premier Sports Management. April 2, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.