The consensus 1963 College Basketball All-American team as determined by aggregating the results of five major All-American teams.NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. 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, the National Association of Basketball Coaches, and the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA). 1963 was the last year that the NEA was used to determine consensus All-American teams.
1963 Consensus All-America team
+ Consensus First Team Player Position Class Team Ron Bonham F Junior Cincinnati Jerry Harkness G Senior Loyola (IL) Art Heyman F Senior Duke Barry Kramer G/F Junior NYU Tom Thacker G Senior Cincinnati
+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Gary Bradds F Junior Ohio State Bill Green F Senior Colorado State Cotton Nash F Junior Kentucky Rod Thorn G/F Senior West Virginia Nate Thurmond C Senior Bowling Green
Individual All-America teams
All-America Team First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated PressAP All-America Teams Ron Bonham Cincinnati Bill Bradley Princeton Bill Green Colorado State Gary Bradds Ohio State Walt Hazzard UCLA Eddie Miles Seattle Jerry Harkness Loyola (IL) Cotton Nash Kentucky Jimmy Rayl Indiana Art Heyman Duke Tom Thacker Cincinnati Nick Werkman Seton Hall Barry Kramer NYU Rod Thorn West Virginia Tony Yates Cincinnati USBWA Ron Bonham Cincinnati No second or third teams (10-man first team) Ken Charlton Colorado Bill Green Colorado State Jerry Harkness Loyola (IL) Walt Hazzard UCLA Art Heyman Duke Barry Kramer NYU Cotton Nash Kentucky Tom Thacker Cincinnati Rod Thorn West Virginia NABCAll-America - Division I (1960's) Ron Bonham Cincinnati Mel Counts Oregon State Gary Bradds Ohio State Bill Green Colorado State Walt Hazzard UCLA Bill Bradley Princeton Jerry Harkness Loyola (IL) Cotton Nash Kentucky Joe Caldwell Arizona State Art Heyman Duke Rod Thorn West Virginia Barry Kramer NYU Tom Thacker Cincinnati Nick Werkman Seton Hall Tony Yates Cincinnati UPI2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI and NEA) p.208 Ron Bonham Cincinnati Bill Bradley Princeton Bill Green Colorado State Gary Bradds Ohio State Barry Kramer NYU Walt Hazzard UCLA Jerry Harkness Loyola (IL) Cotton Nash Kentucky Eddie Miles Seattle Art Heyman Duke Rod Thorn West Virginia Dave Stallworth Wichita State Tom Thacker Cincinnati Nate Thurmond Bowling Green Nick Werkman Seton Hall NEA Bill Green Colorado State Ron Bonham Cincinnati No third team Art Heyman Duke Bill Bradley Princeton Barry Kramer NYU Jerry Harkness Loyola (IL) Tom Thacker Cincinnati Cotton Nash Kentucky Nate Thurmond Bowling Green Eddie Miles Seattle AP Honorable Mention:
Terry Baker, Oregon State Rick Barry, Miami (Florida) Bill Buntin, Michigan Joe Caldwell, Arizona State Ken Charlton, Colorado Mel Counts, Oregon State Billy Cunningham, North Carolina Tom Dose, Stanford Dave Downey, Illinois Vinnie Ernst, Providence Mel Garland, Purdue Ira Harge, New Mexico Lyle Harger, Houston Mack Herndon, Bradley Fred Hetzel, Davidson Layton Johns, Auburn Gus Johnson, Idaho Jim Kerwin, Tulane Don Kessinger, Ole Miss Jeff Mullins, Duke Willie Murrell, Kansas State Flynn Robinson, Wyoming Paul Silas, Creighton Dave Stallworth, Wichita State Red Stroud, Mississippi State Nate Thurmond, Bowling Green George Wilson, Cincinnati
Academic All-Americans Academic All-American teams were selected for the first time in 1963.
+ First Team Player School Class Art Becker Arizona State Junior Ken Charlton Colorado Senior Raymond Flynn Providence Senior Rod Thorn West Virginia Senior Gerry Ward Boston College Senior + Second Team Player School Class Terry Baker Oregon State Senior Jay Buckley Duke Junior Don Clemetson Stanford Senior Brian Generalovich Pittsburgh Junior Joe Dan Gold Mississippi State Senior
See also 1962–63 NCAA University Division men's basketball season
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