2014 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 2014 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 2013–14 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.

2014 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Members of the 2014 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Johnson, Napier, Smith and Parker (not pictured: McDermott).
Awarded for2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
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The Consensus 2014 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.[4] 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.

2014 Consensus All-America team

PGPoint guard
SGShooting guard
PFPower forward
SFSmall forward
CCenter
Consensus First Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Nick JohnsonPG/SGJuniorArizona
Doug McDermottSFSeniorCreighton
Shabazz NapierPGSeniorConnecticut
Jabari ParkerPFFreshmanDuke
Russ SmithPG/SGSeniorLouisville


Consensus Second Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Cleanthony EarlyFSeniorWichita State
C. J. FairSFSeniorSyracuse
Sean KilpatrickSGSeniorCincinnati
Nik StauskasSGSophomoreMichigan
T. J. WarrenSFSophomoreNC State
Andrew WigginsSFFreshmanKansas

Individual All-America teams

PlayerSchoolAPUSBWANABCTSNCPNotes
Doug McDermottCreighton
1
1
1
1
12
National Player of the Year (Naismith,[5] Wooden,[6] AP,[7] NABC,[8] TSN,[9] USBWA[10]), NCAA scoring leader, Lute Olson Award
Jabari ParkerDuke
1
1
1
1
12
Freshman of the Year (USBWA[11])
Nick JohnsonArizona
2
1
1
1
11
Shabazz NapierConnecticut
1
1
1
2
11
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player, Bob Cousy Award
Russ SmithLouisville
1
1
2
1
11
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
Sean KilpatrickCincinnati
1
2
2
1
10
Andrew WigginsKansas
2
2
2
2
8
Nik StauskasMichigan
2
1
2
7
Cleanthony EarlyWichita State
3
2
2
5
C. J. FairSyracuse
3
2
2
5
T. J. WarrenNC State
2
3
2
5
Melvin EjimIowa State
2
2
4
Scottie WilbekinFlorida
3
3
3
3
Kyle AndersonUCLA
3
3
2
Marcus PaigeNorth Carolina
2
2
Julius RandleKentucky
3
3
2
Fred VanVleetWichita State
3
3
2
Aaron GordonArizona
3
1
DeAndre KaneIowa State
3
1
Marcus SmartOklahoma State
3
1

By team

All-America Team
First teamSecond teamThird team
PlayerSchoolPlayerSchoolPlayerSchool
Associated Press[12]Sean KilpatrickCincinnatiMelvin EjimIowa StateKyle AndersonUCLA
Doug McDermottCreightonNick JohnsonArizonaCleanthony EarlyWichita State
Shabazz NapierConnecticutNik StauskasMichiganC. J. FairSyracuse
Jabari ParkerDukeT. J. WarrenNC StateJulius RandleKentucky
Russ SmithLouisvilleAndrew WigginsKansasScottie WilbekinFlorida
USBWA[13]Nick JohnsonArizonaCleanthony EarlyWichita StateNo third team
Doug McDermottCreightonMelvin EjimIowa State
Shabazz NapierConnecticutC. J. FairSyracuse
Jabari ParkerDukeSean KilpatrickCincinnati
Russ SmithLouisvilleAndrew WigginsKansas
NABC[14]Nick JohnsonArizonaCleanthony EarlyWichita StateJulius RandleKentucky
Doug McDermottCreightonC. J. FairSyracuseMarcus SmartOklahoma State
Shabazz NapierConnecticutSean KilpatrickCincinnatiFred VanVleetWichita State
Jabari ParkerDukeRuss SmithLouisvilleT. J. WarrenNC State
Nik StauskasMichiganAndrew WigginsKansasScottie WilbekinFlorida
Sporting News[15]Nick JohnsonArizonaShabazz NapierConnecticutKyle AndersonUCLA
Sean KilpatrickCincinnatiMarcus PaigeNorth CarolinaAaron GordonArizona
Doug McDermottCreightonNik StauskasMichiganDeAndre KaneIowa State
Jabari ParkerDukeT. J. WarrenNC StateFred VanVleetWichita State
Russ SmithLouisvilleAndrew WigginsKansasScottie WilbekinFlorida

AP Honorable Mention:

Academic All-Americans

On February 20, 2014, CoSIDA and Capital One announced the 2014 Academic All-America team, with Aaron Craft headlining the University Division as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.[16] The following is the 2013–14 Capital One Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:

First Team
PlayerSchoolClassGPA and major
Aaron CraftOhio StateSenior3.93 Nutrition/Pre-Med
Brayden CarlsonSouth Dakota StateSenior3.94 Economics
Drew CrawfordNorthwesternGraduate student3.31 Sports administration
Melvin EjimIowa StateSenior3.70 History
J. J. MannBelmontSenior3.51 Economics
Second Team
PlayerSchoolClassGPA and major
Jordan DykstraSouth Dakota StateSenior3.71 Biology, Pre-dentistry
Holton HunsakerUtah ValleySenior3.88 Accounting
Dennis OgbeTennessee TechSenior3.91 Electrical Engineering
Marcus PaigeNorth CarolinaSophomore3.39 Journalism & Mass Comm.
Kendrick PerryYoungstown StateSenior3.46 Criminal Justice
Third Team
PlayerSchoolClassGPA and major
Malte KramerPepperdineSenior4.00 Economics
Beau LevesqueSaint Mary'sGraduate student3.80 Master of Arts in Leadership
Matt TownsendYaleJunior4.00 Molecular & Cellular Bio.
Thomas van der MarsPortlandJunior3.95 Operations & Tech. Mgmt.
Patric YoungFloridaSenior3.37 Telecommunications

Senior All-Americans

The ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award are called Senior All-Americans. The 10 honorees are as follows:[17]

PlayerSchool
Aaron CraftOhio State
Jordan DykstraSouth Dakota State
Melvin EjimIowa State
Dwayne EvansSaint Louis
C. J. FairSyracuse
Tim FrazierPenn State
Doug McDermottCreighton
Shabazz NapierConnecticut
Russ SmithLouisville
Patric YoungFlorida

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