The consensus 1961 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of seven 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, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), The Sporting News, and the National Collegiate Association Bureau (NCAB). 1961 was the only year where the National Collegiate Association Bureau teams were used in determining consensus teams.
1961 Consensus All-America team
+ Consensus First Team Player Position Class Team Terry Dischinger F Junior Purdue Roger Kaiser G Senior Georgia Tech Jerry Lucas F/C Junior Ohio State Tom Stith G/F Senior St. Bonaventure Chet Walker F Junior Bradley
+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Walt Bellamy C Senior Indiana Frank Burgess G Senior Gonzaga Tony Jackson G Senior St. John's Billy McGill C Junior Utah Larry Siegfried G Senior Ohio State
Individual All-America teams
All-America Team First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated PressAP All-America Teams Terry Dischinger Purdue Walt Bellamy Indiana John Havlicek Ohio State Roger Kaiser Georgia Tech Frank Burgess Gonzaga Art Heyman Duke Jerry Lucas Ohio State Tony Jackson St. John's York Larese North Carolina Tom Stith St. Bonaventure Billy McGill Utah John Rudometkin Southern California Chet Walker Bradley Doug Moe North Carolina Larry Siegfried Ohio State USBWA/Look Magazine Terry Dischinger Purdue No second or third teams (10-man first team) Roger Kaiser Georgia Tech Jerry Lucas Ohio State Billy McGill Utah Tom Meschery Saint Mary's Doug Moe North Carolina Gary Phillips Houston Larry Siegfried Ohio State Tom Stith St. Bonaventure Chet Walker Bradley NABCAll-America - Division I (1960's) Walt Bellamy Indiana Dave DeBusschere Detroit Frank Burgess Gonzaga Terry Dischinger Purdue Tony Jackson St. John's Wayne Hightower Kansas Jerry Lucas Ohio State Roger Kaiser Georgia Tech Doug Moe North Carolina Tom Stith St. Bonaventure York Larese North Carolina John Rudometkin Southern California Chet Walker Bradley Billy McGill Utah Larry Siegfried Ohio State UPI2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI, NEA, Sporting News & NACB) p.208 Terry Dischinger Purdue Walt Bellamy Indiana Frank Burgess Gonzaga Roger Kaiser Georgia Tech John Havlicek Ohio State Dave DeBusschere Detroit Jerry Lucas Ohio State Tony Jackson St. John's Art Heyman Duke Tom Stith St. Bonaventure Billy McGill Utah York Larese North Carolina Chet Walker Bradley John Rudometkin Southern California Larry Siegfried Ohio State NEA Walt Bellamy Indiana Frank Burgess Gonzaga York Larese North Carolina Terry Dischinger Purdue Dave DeBusschere Detroit Tom Meschery Saint Mary's Roger Kaiser Georgia Tech Tony Jackson St. John's Doug Moe North Carolina Jerry Lucas Ohio State Billy McGill Utah John Rudometkin Southern California Tom Stith St. Bonaventure Larry Siegfried Ohio State Chet Walker Bradley Sporting News Terry Dischinger Purdue Walt Bellamy Indiana No third team Roger Kaiser Georgia Tech Frank Burgess Gonzaga Jerry Lucas Ohio State York Larese North Carolina Larry Siegfried Ohio State Doug Moe North Carolina Tom Stith St. Bonaventure Chet Walker Bradley NCAB Terry Dischinger Purdue Walt Bellamy Indiana No third team Roger Kaiser Georgia Tech Frank Burgess Gonzaga Jerry Lucas Ohio State Tony Jackson St. John's Tom Stith St. Bonaventure Billy McGill Utah Chet Walker Bradley Larry Siegfried Ohio State AP Honorable Mention:
Bill Bridges, Kansas Carroll Broussard, Texas A&M Al Butler, Niagara Howie Carl, DePaul Len Chappell, Wake Forest Tom Chilton, East Tennessee St. Jeff Cohen, William & Mary Larry Comley, Kansas State Freddie Crawford, St. Bonaventure Dave DeBusschere, Detroit Bill Depp, Vanderbilt Bruce Drysdale, Temple Jack Egan, Saint Joseph's Johnny Egan, Providence Dave Fedor, Florida State Jack Foley, Holy Cross Jerry Graves, Mississippi State Bill Green, Colorado State Gus Guydon, Drake Jim Hadnot, Providence Ron Heller, Wichita State Charles Henke, Missouri Dick Hickox, Miami (FL) Wayne Hightower, Kansas Paul Hogue, Cincinnati Harold Hudgens, Texas Tech Don Kojis, Marquette Billy Ray Lickert, Kentucky Whitey Martin, St. Bonaventure Bill McClintock, California Lou Merchant, Florida Tom Meschery, Saint Mary's Del Ray Mounts, Texas Tech George Nattin, LSU Don Nelson, Iowa Mel Nowell, Ohio State Gary Phillips, Houston Cedric Price, Kansas State Chris Smith, Virginia Tech Rod Thorn, West Virginia John Tidwell, Michigan Jack Turner, Louisville Charlie Warren, Oregon Hank Whitney, Iowa State Bob Wiesenhahn, Cincinnati
See also 1960–61 NCAA University Division men's basketball season
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