The NCAA Men's Basketball All-American teams are teams made up of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball players voted the best in the country by a variety of organizations.

History All-America teams in college basketball were first named by both College Humor magazine and the Christy Walsh Syndicate in 1929. In 1932, the Converse shoe company began publishing All-America teams in their yearly "Converse Basketball Yearbook," and continued doing so until they ceased publication of the yearbook in 1983. The Helms Athletic Foundation, created in 1936, retroactively named All-America teams for years 1905–35, and also continued naming teams until 1983. The Associated Press began naming its team selections in 1948.

Consensus teams While an increasing number of media outlets select All-America teams, the NCAA recognizes consensus All-America teams back to 1905. These teams have drawn from two to six major media sources over the years, and are intended to reflect the opinions of most college basketball experts. Today the four outlets used to select consensus teams are the Associated Press, the National Association of Basketball Coaches, the United States Basketball Writers Association and Sporting News magazine. Since 1984, the NCAA has applied a standardized point system to those teams designated as "major" All-American teams to determine consensus 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.

Teams used to determine consensus selections Through the years, the following media outlets have been recognized and have been used to determine consensus teams. From 1905 to 1928, the Helms Athletic Foundation All-America teams are considered the "official" teams of those years by the NCAA. Granting Institution Years Helms Athletic Foundation 1929–1948 College Humor 1929–1933; 1936 Christy Walsh Syndicate 1929–1930 Converse Yearbook 1932–1948 The Literary Digest 1934 Madison Square Garden 1937 Omaha World 1937–1942 Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) 1938; 1953–1963 Collyer's News Bureau 1939 Pic 1942–1944 Sporting News 1943–1946; 1960–1962; 1998–present Argosy 1945 True 1946–1947 Associated Press (AP) 1948–present United Press International (UPI) 1949–1996 Look 1949–1962 Collier's 1949–1956 International News Service 1950–1958 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) 1957–present National Collegiate Association Bureau 1961 United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) 1963–present

Leaders by school The top ten schools with the most consensus first-team All-Americans are listed below, ranked by total number of selections. For a complete list, please see the NCAA records. School Selections Players Most recentyear Most recent player Kansas 32 25 2023 Purdue 30 20 2026 North Carolina 28 19 2024 Kentucky 27 22 2022 Duke 26 23 2026 Penn 24 14 1953 Notre Dame 23 14 2015 Wisconsin 22 19 2022 UCLA 21 15 2017 Columbia 19 13 1957

Academic All-Americans

In 1963, the first Academic All-American basketball team was named. The first team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), consisted of: Rod Thorn of West Virginia, Ken Charlton of Colorado, Gerry Ward of Boston College, Art Becker of Arizona State and Ray Flynn of Providence. CoSIDA has named Academic All-America teams continuously each year since. For a complete list of first-team Academic All-Americans, please see the official NCAA records.

School Selections Players UCLA 17 10 Kansas 15 11 Indiana 13 9 Duke 13 8 Notre Dame 13 8 North Carolina 11 9 Kentucky 9 8 Gonzaga 8 7 BYU 8 4 Purdue 7 5

Through 2020

Preseason All-Americans In 1986, the Associated Press named the first preseason All-America team for the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Navy's David Robinson was the leading vote-getter that year. He was joined on the team by Steve Alford of Indiana, Danny Manning of Kansas, Kenny Smith of North Carolina and Pervis Ellison of Louisville. In 2011, Harrison Barnes of North Carolina became the first freshman voted a preseason All-American by the AP.Preseason All-Americans announced, accessed March 22, 2011

See also NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans – NCAA Division I women's basketball equivalent AAU Men's Basketball All-Americans – similar honor presented to men's basketball players in the Amateur Athletic Union between 1920–21 and 1967–68

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