The consensus 1977 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams.NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-03-18. 2009-05-04. 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.
1977 Consensus All-America team
+ Consensus First Team Player Position Class Team Kent Benson C Senior Indiana Otis Birdsong G Senior Houston Phil Ford G Junior North Carolina Rickey Green G Senior Michigan Marques Johnson F Senior UCLA Bernard King F Junior Tennessee
+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Greg Ballard F Senior Oregon Bill Cartwright C Sophomore San Francisco Rod Griffin G Junior Wake Forest Ernie Grunfeld F Senior Tennessee Phil Hubbard F Senior Michigan Butch Lee G Junior Marquette Mychal Thompson F/C Junior Minnesota
Individual All-America teams
All-America Team First team Second team Third team Fourth Team Fifth TeamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated PressAP All-America Teams Kent Benson Indiana Otis Birdsong Houston Bo Ellis Marquette No fourth or fifth teams Phil Ford North Carolina Bill Cartwright San Francisco Rod Griffin Wake Forest Rickey Green Michigan Ernie Grunfeld Tennessee Phil Hubbard Michigan Marques Johnson UCLA Butch Lee Marquette Tree Rollins Clemson Bernard King Tennessee Mychal Thompson Minnesota Freeman Williams Portland State USBWA Otis Birdsong Houston Greg Ballard Oregon No third, fourth or fifth teams Phil Ford North Carolina Rod Griffin Wake Forest Rickey Green Michigan Ernie Grunfeld Tennessee Phil Hubbard Michigan Marques Johnson UCLA Mychal Thompson Minnesota Bernard King Tennessee NABC Kent Benson Indiana Bo Ellis Marquette Greg Ballard Oregon Skip Brown Wake Forest Rod Griffin Wake Forest Otis Birdsong Houston Ernie Grunfeld Tennessee Larry Bird Indiana State Kenny Carr NC State Tony Hanson Connecticut Phil Ford North Carolina Phil Hubbard Michigan Winford Boynes San Francisco Bob Elliott Arizona Jeff Jonas Utah Rickey Green Michigan Bernard King Tennessee Bill Cartwright San Francisco Jack Givens Kentucky Cedric Maxwell UNC Charlotte Marques Johnson UCLA Mychal Thompson Minnesota Joe Hassett Providence Rick Robey Kentucky Anthony Roberts Oral Roberts Butch Lee Marquette Tree Rollins Clemson UPI2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans p.208 Kent Benson Indiana Bill Cartwright San Francisco Larry Bird Indiana State No fourth or fifth teams Otis Birdsong Houston Phil Ford North Carolina Kenny Carr NC State Rickey Green Michigan Ernie Grunfeld Tennessee Rod Griffin Wake Forest Marques Johnson UCLA Butch Lee Marquette Cedric Maxwell UNC Charlotte Bernard King Tennessee Mychal Thompson Minnesota Freeman Williams Portland State
AP Honorable Mention:
Greg Ballard, Oregon Larry Bird, Indiana State Winford Boynes, San Francisco Skip Brown, Wake Forest Kenny Carr, NC State Wesley Cox, Louisville Brad Davis, Maryland Walter Davis, North Carolina Marvin Delph, Arkansas T. R. Dunn, Alabama Bob Elliott, Arizona Mike Evans, Kansas State Jack Givens, Kentucky Mike Glenn, Southern Illinois Steve Grant, Manhattan David Greenwood, UCLA Tony Hanson, Connecticut James Hardy, San Francisco Joe Hassett, Providence Don Henderson, Arkansas State Matt Hicks, Northern Illinois John Irving, Hofstra Eddie Johnson, Auburn Jeff Jonas, Utah Reggie King, Alabama Tom LaGarde, North Carolina Rich Laurel, Hofstra Cedric Maxwell, UNC Charlotte Glenn Mosley, Seton Hall Calvin Natt, Northeast Louisiana Eddie Owens, UNLV Bruce Parkinson, Purdue Ron Perry, Holy Cross Anthony Roberts, Oral Roberts Rick Robey, Kentucky Steve Sheppard, Maryland Andrew Toney, Southwestern Louisiana Wilson Washington, Old Dominion Glen Williams, St. John's Ray Williams, Minnesota Gary Winton, Army
See also 1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
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