1981 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The Consensus 1981 NCAA Men's 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.
| 1981 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season |
1981 Consensus All-America team
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Aguirre | F | Junior | DePaul |
| Danny Ainge | G | Senior | Brigham Young |
| Steve Johnson | C | Senior | Oregon State |
| Ralph Sampson | C | Sophomore | Virginia |
| Isiah Thomas | G | Sophomore | Indiana |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Bowie | C | Sophomore | Kentucky |
| Jeff Lamp | F | Senior | Virginia |
| Rudy Macklin | F | Senior | Louisiana State |
| Kelly Tripucka | F | Senior | Notre Dame |
| Danny Vranes | F | Senior | Utah |
| Al Wood | F | Senior | North Carolina |
Individual All-America teams
| All-America Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | |||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | ||
| Associated Press[2] | Mark Aguirre | DePaul | Eric Floyd | Georgetown | Sam Bowie | Kentucky | |
| Danny Ainge | Brigham Young | Steve Johnson | Oregon State | Jeff Lamp | Virginia | ||
| Kevin Magee | UC Irvine | Darnell Valentine | Kansas | Lewis Lloyd | Drake | ||
| Ralph Sampson | Virginia | Danny Vranes | Utah | Jay Vincent | Michigan State | ||
| Isiah Thomas | Indiana | Al Wood | North Carolina | Rob Williams | Houston | ||
| USBWA[3] | Mark Aguirre | DePaul | Danny Ainge | Brigham Young | No third team | ||
| Steve Johnson | Oregon State | Sam Bowie | Kentucky | ||||
| Rudy Macklin | Louisiana State | Jeff Lamp | Virginia | ||||
| Ralph Sampson | Virginia | Isiah Thomas | Indiana | ||||
| Al Wood | North Carolina | Danny Vranes | Utah | ||||
| NABC[4] | Mark Aguirre | DePaul | Sam Bowie | Kentucky | Gene Banks | Duke | |
| Danny Ainge | Brigham Young | Rudy Macklin | Louisiana State | Rolando Blackman | Kansas State | ||
| Steve Johnson | Oregon State | Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | Albert King | Maryland | ||
| Ralph Sampson | Virginia | Danny Vranes | Utah | Jeff Lamp | Virginia | ||
| Isiah Thomas | Indiana | Al Wood | North Carolina | Lewis Lloyd | Drake | ||
| UPI[5] | Mark Aguirre | DePaul | Rod Foster | UCLA | Ray Blume | Oregon State | |
| Danny Ainge | Brigham Young | Steve Johnson | Oregon State | Sam Bowie | Kentucky | ||
| Ralph Sampson | Virginia | Albert King | Maryland | Clyde Bradshaw | DePaul | ||
| Isiah Thomas | Indiana | Jeff Lamp | Virginia | Lewis Lloyd | Drake | ||
| Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | Rudy Macklin | Louisiana State | Danny Vranes | Utah | ||
AP Honorable Mention:[6]
- John Bagley, Boston College
- Gene Banks, Duke
- Earl Belcher, St. Bonaventure
- Curtis Berry, Missouri
- Rolando Blackman, Kansas State
- Ray Blume, Oregon State
- Kevin Boyle, Iowa
- Clyde Bradshaw, DePaul
- Darrell Browder, TCU
- David Burns, Saint Louis
- Antoine Carr, Wichita State
- Howard Carter, LSU
- Tom Chambers, Utah
- Jamie Ciampaglio, Wagner
- Sam Clancy, Pittsburgh
- Riley Clarida, Long Island
- Matt Clark, Oklahoma
- Darius Clemons, Loyola (IL)
- Bob Convey, Saint Francis (PA)
- Ron Cornelius, Pacific
- Quintin Dailey, San Francisco
- Ron Davis, Arizona
- Mickey Dillard, Florida State
- Ronnie Dixon, Duquesne
- Mike Evelti, Vermont
- Mike Ferrara, Colgate
- Rod Foster, UCLA
- Ricky Frazier, Missouri
- Zam Fredrick, South Carolina
- Bob Fronk, Washington
- Ken Green, Texas–Pan American
- Andra Griffin, Washington
- Pete Harris, Northeastern
- Scott Hastings, Arkansas
- Len Hatzenbeller, Drexel
- Rod Higgins, Fresno State
- Angelo Hill, Washington State
- Jo Jo Hunter, Colorado
- Eddie Johnson, Illinois
- Frank Johnson, Wake Forest
- Harry Kelly, Texas Southern
- Albert King, Maryland
- Larry Lawrence, Dartmouth
- Cliff Levingston, Wichita State
- Alton Lister, Arizona State
- Durand Macklin, LSU
- Jeff Malone, Mississippi State
- Greg Manning, Maryland
- Ethan Martin, LSU
- David Maxwell, Fordham
- Ronnie McAdoo, Old Dominion
- Jim McCloskey, Loyola Marymount
- Mike McGee, Michigan
- Mark McNamara, California
- Larry Nance, Clemson
- Mike Olliver, Lamar
- Michael Perry, Richmond
- Eddie Phillips, Alabama
- Ricky Pierce, Rice
- John Pinone, Villanova
- Mark Radford, Oregon State
- David Russell, St. John's
- Mike Sanders, UCLA
- Danny Schayes, Syracuse
- Byron Scott, Arizona State
- Tom Seaman, Holy Cross
- Jose Slaughter, Portland
- Andre Smth, Nebraska
- Derek Smith, Louisville
- Dale Solomon, Virginia Tech
- Gary Springer, Iona
- Mike Strayhorn, William & Mary
- Terry Teagle, Baylor
- Linton Townes, James Madison
- Corny Thompson, Connecticut
- LaSalle Thompson, Texas
- Kelly Tripucka, Notre Dame
- Kelvin Troy, Rutgers
- Elston Turner, Ole Miss
- David Vann, Saint Mary's
- Ken Webb, Fairleigh Dickinson
- Buck Williams, Maryland
- Sam Williams, Arizona State
- Sid Williams, San Jose State
- Dominique Wilkins, Georgia
- Jim Wright, Rhode Island
References
- NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137
- AP All-America Teams
- "USBWA Men's All-Americans". Archived from the original on April 21, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2009.
- All-America - Division I (1980's) Archived March 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- "2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2005. pp. 200–201. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2009.
- "AP All-America List". San Bernardino County Sun. March 10, 1981. p. 28. Retrieved April 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.