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. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889. The 2010 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 Sporting News (TSN), and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) for the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose at least a first and second 5-man team. The NABC and AP choose third teams, and TSN chooses third, fourth and fifth teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections.
The Consensus 2010 College Basketball All-American team is determined by aggregating the results of the four major All-American teams as determined by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since United Press International was replaced by TSN in 1997, the four major selectors have been the aforementioned ones. AP has been a selector since 1948, NABC since 1957 and USBWA since 1960. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team. According to this system, Sherron Collins, Wesley Johnson, Scottie Reynolds, Evan Turner and John Wall were first team selections and Cole Aldrich, James Anderson, DeMarcus Cousins, Luke Harangody, Jon Scheyer and Greivis Vasquez were second team selections.
Although the aforementioned lists are used to determine consensus honors, there are numerous other All-American lists. The ten finalists for the John Wooden Award are described as Wooden All-Americans. The ten finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award are described as Senior All-Americans. Other All-American lists include those determined by Fox Sports, and Yahoo! Sports. The scholar-athletes selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed Academic All-Americans.
2010 Consensus All-America team The following players are recognized as the 2010 Consensus All-Americans (including six second team members due to a tie).
PG – Point guard SG – Shooting guard PF – Power forward SF – Small forward C – Center
+ Consensus First Team Player Position Class Team Sherron Collins PG Senior Kansas Wesley Johnson SF Junior Syracuse Scottie Reynolds PG Senior Villanova Evan Turner SF/SG Junior Ohio State John Wall PG Freshman Kentucky
+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Cole Aldrich C Junior Kansas James Anderson SG Sophomore Oklahoma State DeMarcus Cousins C Freshman Kentucky Luke Harangody PF Senior Notre Dame Jon Scheyer PG Senior Duke Greivis Vasquez PG Senior Maryland
Individual All-America teams The table below details the selections for four major 2010 college basketball All-American teams. The number corresponding to the team designation (i.e., whether a player was a first team, second team, etc. selection) appears in the table. The following columns are included in the table:
Player – The name of the All-American School – Collegiate affiliation AP – Associated Press All-American Team USBWA – United States Basketball Writers Association All-American Team NABC – National Association of Basketball Coaches All-American Team TSN – Sporting News All-American Team CP - Points in the consensus scoring system Notes – Collegiate highlights
By player Player School AP USBWA NABC TSN CPNotes Villanova Ohio StateNational Player of the Year (AP, FOX, NABC, Naismith, TSN, USBWA-Robertson, Wooden) KentuckyNational Player of the Year (Rupp), Freshman of the Year (USBWA), NBA First overall draft Syracuse KansasFrances Pomeroy Naismith Award, Lute Olson Award Kentucky Oklahoma State Duke MarylandBob Cousy Award Kansas Men's Basketball Academic All-American of the Year Notre Dame West VirginiaLowe's Senior CLASS Award Texas Brigham Young New Mexico Purdue Georgetown Pete Newell Big Man Award Xavier Kansas State Gonzaga Baylor Virginia Tech South Carolina California Georgetown Marquette Wisconsin Syracuse DukeNCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player
By team All-America Team First team Second team Third team Fourth team Fifth teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated Press DeMarcus Cousins Kentucky James Anderson Oklahoma State Cole Aldrich Kansas No fourth or fifth teams Wesley Johnson Syracuse Da'Sean Butler West Virginia Luke Harangody Notre Dame Scottie Reynolds Villanova Sherron Collins Kansas Darington Hobson New Mexico Evan Turner Ohio State Jon Scheyer Duke Damion James Texas John Wall Kentucky Greivis Vasquez Maryland Greg Monroe Georgetown USBWA Sherron Collins Kansas Cole Aldrich Kansas No third, fourth or fifth teams Wesley Johnson Syracuse James Anderson Oklahoma State Scottie Reynolds Villanova DeMarcus Cousins Kentucky Evan Turner Ohio State Luke Harangody Notre Dame John Wall Kentucky Jon Scheyer Duke NABC Sherron Collins Kansas Cole Aldrich Kansas James Anderson Oklahoma State No fourth or fifth teams Wesley Johnson Syracuse DeMarcus Cousins Kentucky Da'Sean Butler West Virginia Scottie Reynolds Villanova Robbie Hummel Purdue Jimmer Fredette Brigham Young Evan Turner Ohio State Jon Scheyer Duke Luke Harangody Notre Dame John Wall Kentucky Greivis Vasquez Maryland Greg Monroe Georgetown Sporting News James Anderson Oklahoma State Sherron Collins Kansas Jordan Crawford Xavier Matt Bouldin Gonzaga Austin Freeman Georgetown Scottie Reynolds Villanova DeMarcus Cousins Kentucky Jimmer Fredette Brigham Young Tweety Carter Baylor Lazar Hayward Marquette Evan Turner Ohio State Damion James Texas Luke Harangody Notre Dame Malcolm Delaney Virginia Tech Trevon Hughes Wisconsin Greivis Vasquez Maryland Wesley Johnson Syracuse Darington Hobson New Mexico Devan Downey South Carolina Andy Rautins Syracuse John Wall Kentucky Jon Scheyer Duke Jacob Pullen Kansas State Jerome Randle California Kyle Singler Duke
AP Honorable Mention:
Al-Farouq Aminu, Wake Forest Kevin Anderson, Richmond Luke Babbitt, Nevada Keith Benson, Oakland Matt Bouldin, Gonzaga Randy Culpepper, UTEP Noah Dahlman, Wofford Malcolm Delaney, Virginia Tech Devan Downey, South Carolina Muhammad El-Amin, Stony Brook Kenneth Faried, Morehead State Alex Franklin, Siena Jimmer Fredette, Brigham Young Marquez Haynes, Texas-Arlington Gordon Hayward, Butler Lazar Hayward, Marquette Adnan Hodžić, Lipscomb Reggie Holmes, Morgan State Robbie Hummel, Purdue Charles Jenkins, Hofstra Garrison Johnson, Jackson State Orlando Johnson, UC Santa Barbara Tyren Johnson, Louisiana-Lafayette Dominique Jones, South Florida Adam Koch, Northern Iowa David Kool, Western Michigan Damian Lillard, Weber State Kalin Lucas, Michigan State CJ McCollum, Lehigh E’Twaun Moore, Purdue Artsiom Parakhouski, Radford Patrick Patterson, Kentucky Quincy Pondexter, Washington Jacob Pullen, Kansas State Jerome Randle, California Andy Rautins, Syracuse Justin Rutty, Quinnipiac Omar Samhan, Saint Mary's Kyle Singler, Duke Ekpe Udoh, Baylor Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State Hassan Whiteside, Marshall Ryan Wittman, Cornell
Academic All-Americans
On February 22, 2010, CoSIDA and ESPN The Magazine announced the 2010 Academic All-America team, with Cole Aldrich headlining the University Division as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. The following is the 2009–10 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:
+ First Team Player School Class GPA and major Cole Aldrich Kansas Junior 3.32 Communication studies Tim Abromaitis Notre Dame Junior 3.72 Finance Patrick Foley Columbia Senior 3.87 History Matt Howard Butler Junior 3.77 Finance Yves Mekongo La Salle Senior 3.81 Int. Science, Business & Tech. + Second Team Player School Class GPA and major Luke Babbitt Nevada Sophomore 3.51 Pre-business Administration Marc Larson Bowling Green Senior 3.97 Engineering Technology Román Martínez New Mexico Senior 3.48 Business Admin./Marketing E'Twaun Moore Purdue Junior 3.30 Org. Leadership & Supervision Nick Schneiders South Carolina Upstate Sophomore 3.71 Graphic Design + Third Team Player School Class GPA and major Devon Beitzel Northern Colorado Junior 3.72 Finance & Accounting Graham Hatch Wichita State Junior 3.73 Chemistry Gordon Hayward Butler Sophomore 3.31 Computer Engineering Matthew Mullery Brown Senior 3.31 Modern American History Jake Robinson Western Carolina Senior 3.40 Finance
Wooden All-Americans The ten finalists (and ties) for the John R. Wooden Award are called Wooden All-Americans. The 10 honorees are as follows: Player School James Anderson Oklahoma State Da'Sean Butler West Virginia Sherron Collins Kansas DeMarcus Cousins Kentucky Wesley Johnson Syracuse Scottie Reynolds Villanova Jon Scheyer Duke Evan Turner Ohio State Greivis Vasquez Maryland John Wall Kentucky
Senior All-Americans The ten finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award are called Senior All-Americans. The 10 honorees are as follows: Player School Matt Bouldin Gonzaga Da'Sean Butler West Virginia Marquis Hall Lehigh Luke Harangody Notre Dame Damion James Texas Adam Koch Northern Iowa Chris Kramer Purdue Raymar Morgan Michigan State Jon Scheyer Duke Josh Young Drake
References
External links All-American teams from Fox Sports and Yahoo! Sports