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. Caspar Whitney selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889. The 1986 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 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), and United Press International (UPI) for the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors chose at least a first and second 5-man team. The AP and UPI chose third teams, while NABC selected a fourth team as well; AP also lists honorable mention selections.

The Consensus 1986 College Basketball All-American team is determined by aggregating the results of the four major All-American teams.NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137 To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the different All-American teams.

1986 Consensus All-America team

+ Consensus First Team Player Position Class Team Steve Alford G Junior Indiana Walter Berry F Junior St. John's Len Bias F Senior Maryland Johnny Dawkins G Senior Duke Kenny Walker F Senior Kentucky

+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Dell Curry G Senior Virginia Tech Brad Daugherty C Senior North Carolina Ron Harper G/F Senior Miami (OH) Danny Manning F Sophomore Kansas David Robinson C Junior Navy Scott Skiles G Senior Michigan State

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team First team Second team Third team Fourth TeamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated PressAP All-America Teams Steve Alford Indiana Dell Curry Virginia Tech William Bedford Memphis State No fourth team Walter Berry St. John's Brad Daugherty North Carolina Mark Price Georgia Tech Len Bias Maryland Ron Harper Miami (OH) David Robinson Navy Johnny Dawkins Duke Danny Manning Kansas Roy Tarpley Michigan Kenny Walker Kentucky Scott Skiles Michigan State Dwayne Washington Syracuse USBWA Walter Berry St. John's Dell Curry Virginia Tech No third or fourth teams Len Bias Maryland Ron Harper Miami (OH) Brad Daugherty North Carolina Danny Manning Kansas Johnny Dawkins Duke David Robinson Navy Kenny Walker Kentucky Scott Skiles Michigan State NABCAll-America - Division I (1980's) Steve Alford Indiana Brad Daugherty North Carolina Dell Curry Virginia Tech Mark Alarie Duke Walter Berry St. John's Ron Harper Miami (OH) Chuck Person Auburn William Bedford Memphis State Len Bias Maryland Danny Manning Kansas John Salley Georgia Tech Steve Mitchell Alabama-Birmingham Johnny Dawkins Duke Mark Price Georgia Tech Roy Tarpley Michigan Scott Skiles Michigan State Kenny Walker Kentucky David Robinson Navy Dwayne Washington Syracuse Kenny Smith North Carolina UPI2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans p.208 Walter Berry St. John's Steve Alford Indiana Mark Alarie Duke No fourth team Len Bias Maryland Brad Daugherty North Carolina Dell Curry Virginia Tech Johnny Dawkins Duke Ron Harper Miami (OH) Reggie Miller UCLA Scott Skiles Michigan State Danny Manning Kansas Mark Price Georgia Tech Kenny Walker Kentucky Dwayne Washington Syracuse David Robinson Navy

AP Honorable Mention:

Rafael Addison, Syracuse Mark Alarie, Duke Wendell Alexis, Syracuse Cadillac Anderson, Houston Terrance Bailey, Wagner Freddie Banks, UNLV Ken Barlow, Notre Dame Jerome Batiste, McNeese State Kenny Battle, Northern Illinois Dale Blaney, West Virginia Muggsy Bogues, Wake Forest Johnny Brown, New Mexico John Brownlee, Texas Jeff Chatman, BYU Derrick Chievous, Missouri Dave Colbert, Dayton Norris Coleman, Kansas State Fennis Dembo, Wyoming Bruce Douglas, Illinois Greg Dreiling, Kansas Dave Feitl, UTEP, Paul Fortier, Washington Alvin Franklin, Houston Kenny Gattison, Old Dominion Tony George, Fairfield Gary Grant, Michigan Greg Grant, Utah State Jeff Grayer, Iowa State Steve Hale, North Carolina Hersey Hawkins, Bradley David Henderson, Duke Carven Holcombe, TCU Dave Hoppen, Nebraska Jeff Hornacek, Iowa State Kevin Houston, Army Mark Jackson, St. John's Michael Jackson, Georgetown Buck Johnson, Alabama Darryl Johnson, Michigan State Kevin Johnson, California Anthony Jones, UNLV Nicky Jones, VCU Earl Kelley, Connecticut Ron Kellogg, Kansas Darryl Kennedy, Oklahoma Steve Kerr, Arizona Larry Krystkowiak, Montana Byron Larkin, Xavier Kevin Lewis, SMU Reggie Lewis, Northeastern Troy Lewis, Purdue Carl Lott, TCU Don Marbury, Texas A&M Dan Majerle, Central Michigan Maurice Martin, St. Joseph's Jim McCaffrey, Holy Cross Tim McCalister, Oklahoma Andre McCloud, Seton Hall Roger McCready, Boston College Forrest McKenzie, Loyola Marymount Reggie Miller, UCLA Jerome Mincy, UAB Steve Mitchell, UAB Todd Mitchell, Purdue Keith Morrison, Washington State Ken Norman, Illinois José Ortiz, Oregon State Dan Palombizio, Ball State Chuck Person, Auburn Dwayne Polee, Pepperdine Olden Polynice, Virginia Harold Pressley, Villanova Dwayne Randall, Nevada David Rivers, Notre Dame John Salley, Georgia Tech Brad Sellers, Ohio State Charles Smith, Pittsburgh Juden Smith, UTEP Keith Smith, Loyola Marymount Kenny Smith, North Carolina Otis Smith, Jacksonville Rich Strong, Colorado State Jerry Stroman, Utah Rick Suder, Duquesne Robert Tatum, Ohio Billy Thompson, Louisville Andre Turner, Memphis State Milt Wagner, Louisville Chris Washburn, NC State Anthony Watson, San Diego State Chris Welp, Washington Tony White, Tennessee John Williams, LSU Reggie Williams, Georgetown David Wingate, Georgetown

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