The Consensus 1981 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of 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 following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
1981 Consensus All-America team
+ Consensus First 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
+ Consensus Second Team 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 teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated PressAP All-America Teams 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 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 NABCAll-America - Division I (1980's) 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 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:
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 Mike Carroll, Texas–Pan American 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 Smith, 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
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