2018 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 2018 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 2017–18 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.

The 2018 consensus first team. Clockwise from top left: Ayton, Bagley, Young, Graham, Brunson.

The Consensus 2018 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. 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.

2018 Consensus All-America team

PGPoint guard
SGShooting guard
PFPower forward
SFSmall forward
CCenter
Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Deandre Ayton PF/C Freshman Arizona
Marvin Bagley III PF Freshman Duke
Jalen Brunson PG Junior Villanova
Devonte' Graham PG Senior Kansas
Trae Young PG Freshman Oklahoma


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Keita Bates-Diop SF Junior Ohio State
Trevon Bluiett SG Senior Xavier
Miles Bridges SF Sophomore Michigan State
Jevon Carter PG Senior West Virginia
Keenan Evans PG Senior Texas Tech
Jock Landale C Senior Saint Mary's

Individual All-America teams

By player

Player School AP USBWA NABC SN CP Notes
Deandre AytonArizona
1
1
1
1
12
Marvin Bagley IIIDuke
1
1
1
1
12
Jalen BrunsonVillanova
1
1
1
1
12
AP Player of the Year, Oscar Robertson Trophy, Sporting News Player of the Year
Devonte' GrahamKansas
1
1
1
1
12
Trae YoungOklahoma
1
1
1
1
12
USBWA National Freshman of the Year
Keita Bates-DiopOhio State
2
2
2
2
8
Trevon BluiettXavier
2
2
2
2
8
Miles BridgesMichigan State
2
2
2
2
8
Jock LandaleSaint Mary's
2
2
2
2
8
Jevon CarterWest Virginia
2
3
2
5
Academic All-American of the Year, Senior CLASS Award
Keenan EvansTexas Tech
3
2
3
3
5
Carsen EdwardsPurdue
3
2
3
4
Mikal BridgesVillanova
3
3
3
3
Kyle GuyVirginia
3
3
2
Luke MayeNorth Carolina
3
3
2
Joel Berry IINorth Carolina
3
1
Aaron HolidayUCLA
3
1

By team

All-America Team
First team Second team Third team
PlayerSchool PlayerSchool PlayerSchool
Associated Press[4] Deandre AytonArizonaKeita Bates-DiopOhio StateMikal BridgesVillanova
Marvin Bagley IIIDukeTrevon BluiettXavierCarsen EdwardsPurdue
Jalen BrunsonVillanovaMiles BridgesMichigan StateKeenan EvansTexas Tech
Devonte' GrahamKansasJevon CarterWest VirginiaKyle GuyVirginia
Trae YoungOklahomaJock LandaleSaint Mary'sLuke MayeNorth Carolina
USBWA[5] Deandre AytonArizonaKeita Bates-DiopOhio StateNo third team
Marvin Bagley IIIDukeTrevon BluiettXavier
Jalen BrunsonVillanovaMiles BridgesMichigan State
Devonte' GrahamKansasKeenan EvansTexas Tech
Trae YoungOklahomaJock LandaleSaint Mary's
NABC[6] Deandre AytonArizonaKeita Bates-DiopOhio StateJoel Berry IINorth Carolina
Marvin Bagley IIIDukeTrevon BluiettXavierMikal BridgesVillanova
Jalen BrunsonVillanovaMiles BridgesMichigan StateJevon CarterWest Virginia
Devonte' GrahamKansasCarsen EdwardsPurdueKeenan EvansTexas Tech
Trae YoungOklahomaJock LandaleSaint Mary'sKyle GuyVirginia
Sporting News[7]
Deandre AytonArizonaKeita Bates-DiopOhio StateMikal BridgesVillanova
Marvin Bagley IIIDukeTrevon BluiettXavierCarsen EdwardsPurdue
Jalen BrunsonVillanovaMiles BridgesMichigan StateKeenan EvansTexas Tech
Devonte' GrahamKansasJevon CarterWest VirginiaAaron HolidayUCLA
Trae YoungOklahomaJock LandaleSaint Mary'sLuke MayeNorth Carolina

AP Honorable Mention:[4]

Academic All-Americans

On March 12, 2018, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced the 2018 Academic All-America team, with Jevon Carter headlining the NCAA Division I team as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. The following is the 2017–18 Academic All-America Division I Men’s Basketball Team as selected by CoSIDA:[8]

First Team
Player School Class GPA and major
Jevon Carter West Virginia Sr. 3.51, Sport Management
Tyler Clement Creighton GS 4.00/4.00, Finance / Marketing
A. J. Jacobson[aa 1] North Dakota State GS 3.99 (U), Zoology; 4.00 (G), Master of Business Administration
Tyler Seibring[aa 2] Elon Jr. 3.95, English/Economics
Joe Sherburne UMBC Jr. 4.00, Financial Economics
Second Team
Player School Class GPA and major
Christian Adams Coastal Carolina Jr. 4.00, Economics & Finance
Jalen Brunson Villanova Jr. 3.34, Communications
Jordan Howard[aa 3] Central Arkansas Sr. 3.71, Digital Filmmaking
Luke Maye North Carolina Jr. 3.45, Business Administration
Skylar Mays LSU So. 4.01, Biological Sciences
Dylan Windler Belmont Jr. 3.84, Accounting
Third Team
Player School Class GPA and major
Marcus Bartley Southern Illinois Jr. 4.00, Sport Administration
Joshua Braun[aa 4] Grand Canyon GS 3.83/3.60, Master of Business Administration
Stone Gettings Cornell Jr. 3.81, Applied Economics & Management
Reed Timmer Drake Sr. 3.47, Pharmacy
Kevin Vannatta UNC Asheville Sr. 3.93, Accounting
  1. First-team selection in 2016–17 and third-team selection in 2015–16
  2. Third-team selection in 2015–16
  3. Second-team selection in 2016–17
  4. First-team selection in 2015-16 and 2016-17

Senior All-Americans

The ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award are called Senior All-Americans. The first and second teams, as well as the award winner, were announced during the lead-in to the Final Four.[9] The overall award winner is indicated in bold type.

First team

Player Position School
Jevon CarterGuardWest Virginia
Shawn AndersonGuardNavy
A. J. JacobsonSwingmanNorth Dakota State
Justin JohnsonForwardWestern Kentucky
Yante MatenForwardGeorgia

Second team

Player Position School
Vladimir BrodzianskyForwardTCU
Ángel DelgadoCenterSeton Hall
Rob GrayGuardHouston
Luke MorrisonForwardArmy
Johnathan WilliamsForwardGonzaga

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. 2013. 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. "3 freshmen headline AP All-America team for first time". Associated Press. March 27, 2018. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  5. "USBWA Names Men's All-America Team" (Press release). United States Basketball Writers Association. March 12, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  6. "NABC Announces Division I All-America Team" (Press release). National Association of Basketball Coaches. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  7. DeCourcy, Mike (March 5, 2018). "Sporting News 2017-18 college basketball All-Americans". Sporting News. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  8. "2017-18 Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Team Announced" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 12, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  9. "West Virginia's Jevon Carter Wins 2017-18 Senior CLASS Award for Men's Basketball" (Press release). Premier Sports Management. March 30, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
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