2017 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 2017 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 2016–17 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.

2017 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The 2017 consensus first team. Clockwise from top left: Ball, Hart, Jackson, Swanigan, Mason.
Awarded for2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

The Consensus 2017 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.

2017 Consensus All-America team
PG – Point guard
SG – Shooting guard
PF – Power forward
SF – Small forward
C – Center
Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Lonzo Ball PG Freshman UCLA
Josh Hart SG Senior Villanova
Justin Jackson SF Junior North Carolina
Frank Mason III PG Senior Kansas
Caleb Swanigan PF Sophomore Purdue


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Dillon Brooks SF Junior Oregon
Luke Kennard SG Sophomore Duke
Malik Monk SG Freshman Kentucky
Johnathan Motley PF Junior Baylor
Nigel Williams-Goss PG Junior Gonzaga

Individual All-America teams

By player
Player School AP USBWA NABC TSN CP Notes
Lonzo BallUCLA
1
1
1
1
12
USBWA National Freshman of the Year
Josh HartVillanova
1
1
1
1
12
Senior CLASS Award, Julius Erving Award
Frank Mason IIIKansas
1
1
1
1
12
John R. Wooden Award, Naismith College Player of the Year, NABC Player of the Year, AP Player of the Year, Oscar Robertson Trophy, Bob Cousy Award
Caleb SwaniganPurdue
1
1
1
1
12
Pete Newell Big Man Award
Justin JacksonNorth Carolina
1
2
1
1
11
Nigel Williams-GossGonzaga
2
1
2
2
9
Dillon BrooksOregon
2
2
2
2
8
Luke KennardDuke
2
2
2
2
8
Malik MonkKentucky
2
2
2
2
8
Jerry West Award
Johnathan MotleyBaylor
2
2
2
2
8
Karl Malone Award
Josh JacksonKansas
3
3
2
4
Markelle FultzWashington
3
3
3
3
Ethan HappWisconsin
3
3
3
3
Lauri MarkkanenArizona
3
3
3
3
Bonzie ColsonNotre Dame
3
3
2
Jawun EvansOklahoma State
3
1
Alec PetersValparaiso
3
1

By team
All-America Team
First team Second team Third team
PlayerSchool PlayerSchool PlayerSchool
Associated Press[4] Lonzo BallUCLADillon BrooksOregonBonzie ColsonNotre Dame
Josh HartVillanovaLuke KennardDukeMarkelle FultzWashington
Justin JacksonNorth CarolinaMalik MonkKentuckyEthan HappWisconsin
Frank Mason IIIKansasJohnathan MotleyBaylorJosh JacksonKansas
Caleb SwaniganPurdueNigel Williams-GossGonzagaLauri MarkkanenArizona
USBWA[5] Lonzo BallUCLADillon BrooksOregonNo third team
Josh HartVillanovaJustin JacksonNorth Carolina
Frank Mason IIIKansasLuke KennardDuke
Caleb SwaniganPurdueMalik MonkKentucky
Nigel Williams-GossGonzagaJohnathan MotleyBaylor
NABC[6] Lonzo BallUCLADillon BrooksOregonMarkelle FultzWashington
Josh HartVillanovaLuke KennardDukeEthan HappWisconsin
Justin JacksonNorth CarolinaMalik MonkKentuckyJosh JacksonKansas
Frank Mason IIIKansasJohnathan MotleyBaylorLauri MarkkanenArizona
Caleb SwaniganPurdueNigel Williams-GossGonzagaAlec PetersValparaiso
Sporting News[7] Lonzo BallUCLADillon BrooksOregonBonzie ColsonNotre Dame
Josh HartVillanovaJosh JacksonKansasJawun EvansOklahoma State
Justin JacksonNorth CarolinaLuke KennardDukeMarkelle FultzWashington
Frank Mason IIIKansasMalik MonkKentuckyEthan HappWisconsin
Caleb SwaniganPurdueJohnathan MotleyBaylorLauri MarkkanenArizona
Nigel Williams-GossGonzaga

AP Honorable Mention:[8]

Academic All-Americans

On March 2, 2017, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced the 2017 Academic All-America team, with Canyon Barry (youngest son of Hall of Famer Rick Barry) headlining the NCAA Division I team as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.[9] The following is the 2016–17 Academic All-America Division I Men’s Basketball Team as selected by CoSIDA:

First Team
Player School Class GPA and major
Canyon Barry[aa 1] Florida GS 4.00 (U), physics; 4.00 (G), nuclear engineering
Joshua Braun[aa 2] Grand Canyon GS 3.83 (U), business; 4.00 (G), MBA
A. J. Jacobson[aa 3] North Dakota State Jr. 3.99, zoology (pre-dental)
Alec Peters Valparaiso GS 3.43 (U)/3.53 (G), sports administration
Nigel Williams-Goss[aa 4] Gonzaga Jr. 3.84, psychology
Second Team
Player School Class GPA and major
Evan Bradds[aa 3] Belmont Sr. 3.49, finance
Luke Kornet Vanderbilt Sr. 3.71, engineering, computer science, math
Eric Mika BYU So. 3.68, pre-management
Semi Ojeleye SMU Jr. 3.65, psychology
Caleb Swanigan Purdue So. 3.30, education
Third Team
Player School Class GPA and major
Steven Cook Princeton Sr. 3.53. economics
Jordan Howard Central Arkansas Jr. 3.80, digital filmmaking
Matt O'Leary IUPUI Sr. 3.81, management
Tyler Seibring Elon So. 4.00, English, economics
Steven Spieth Brown Sr. 3.40, business
  1. First-team selection in 2015–16 and second-team selection in 2014–15, both at Charleston
  2. First-team selection in 2015–16
  3. Third-team selection in 2015–16
  4. Third-team selection in 2014–15 at Washington

Senior All-Americans

The ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award are called Senior All-Americans. The 10 honorees are as follows, divided into first and second teams with the winner highlighted in bold text:[10]

First team
Player Position School
Josh HartGuardVillanova
Josh HawkinsonForwardWashington State
Amile JeffersonForwardDuke
Przemek KarnowskiCenterGonzaga
Frank Mason IIIGuardKansas

Second team
Player Position School
Jaron BlossomgameForwardClemson
Evan BraddsForwardBelmont
Nigel HayesForwardWisconsin
Peter JokGuardIowa
Tim Kempton Jr.CenterLehigh

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. O'Connell, Jim (March 28, 2017). "Frank Mason of Kansas unanimous pick for AP All-America team" (Press release). Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  5. "USBWA Names Men's All-America Team, Oscar Robertson Trophy Finalists" (Press release). United States Basketball Writers Association. March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  6. "NABC Announces Division I All-America Team" (Press release). National Association of Basketball Coaches. March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  7. DeCourcy, Mike (March 6, 2017). "Sporting News college basketball All-Americans 2016-17". Sporting News. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  8. "Full AP men's All-America team breakdown". Associated Press. March 28, 2017. Archived from the original on March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  9. "University of Iowa's Ally Disterhoft of Iowa, Canyon Barry of Florida Highlight CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I Basketball Teams" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  10. "Villanova's Josh Hart Wins 2016-17 Senior CLASS Award for Men's Basketball" (Press release). Premier Sports Management. March 31, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
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