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 2014 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 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose at least a first and second 5-man team. The NABC, TSN and AP choose third teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections.
The Consensus 2014 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.
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 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.
2014 Consensus All-America team PG – Point guard SG – Shooting guard PF – Power forward SF – Small forward C – Center
+ Consensus First Team Player Position Class Team Nick Johnson PG/SG Junior Arizona Doug McDermott SF Senior Creighton Shabazz Napier PG Senior Connecticut Jabari Parker PF Freshman Duke Russ Smith PG/SG Senior Louisville
+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Cleanthony Early F Senior Wichita State C. J. Fair SF Senior Syracuse Sean Kilpatrick SG Senior Cincinnati Nik Stauskas SG Sophomore Michigan T. J. Warren SF Sophomore NC State Andrew Wiggins SF Freshman Kansas
Individual All-America teams Player School AP USBWA NABC TSN CPNotes Creighton National Player of the Year (Naismith, Wooden, AP, NABC, TSN, USBWA), NCAA scoring leader, Lute Olson Award Duke Freshman of the Year (USBWA) Arizona Connecticut NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player, Bob Cousy Award Louisville Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award Cincinnati Kansas Michigan Wichita State Syracuse NC State Iowa State Florida UCLA North Carolina Kentucky Wichita State Arizona Iowa State Oklahoma State
By team All-America Team First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated Press Sean Kilpatrick Cincinnati Melvin Ejim Iowa State Kyle Anderson UCLA Doug McDermott Creighton Nick Johnson Arizona Cleanthony Early Wichita State Shabazz Napier Connecticut Nik Stauskas Michigan C. J. Fair Syracuse Jabari Parker Duke T. J. Warren NC State Julius Randle Kentucky Russ Smith Louisville Andrew Wiggins Kansas Scottie Wilbekin Florida USBWA Nick Johnson Arizona Cleanthony Early Wichita State No third team Doug McDermott Creighton Melvin Ejim Iowa State Shabazz Napier Connecticut C. J. Fair Syracuse Jabari Parker Duke Sean Kilpatrick Cincinnati Russ Smith Louisville Andrew Wiggins Kansas NABC Nick Johnson Arizona Cleanthony Early Wichita State Julius Randle Kentucky Doug McDermott Creighton C. J. Fair Syracuse Marcus Smart Oklahoma State Shabazz Napier Connecticut Sean Kilpatrick Cincinnati Fred VanVleet Wichita State Jabari Parker Duke Russ Smith Louisville T. J. Warren NC State Nik Stauskas Michigan Andrew Wiggins Kansas Scottie Wilbekin Florida Sporting News Nick Johnson Arizona Shabazz Napier Connecticut Kyle Anderson UCLA Sean Kilpatrick Cincinnati Marcus Paige North Carolina Aaron Gordon Arizona Doug McDermott Creighton Nik Stauskas Michigan DeAndre Kane Iowa State Jabari Parker Duke T. J. Warren NC State Fred VanVleet Wichita State Russ Smith Louisville Andrew Wiggins Kansas Scottie Wilbekin Florida AP Honorable Mention:
Karvel Anderson, Robert Morris Cameron Ayers, Bucknell Cameron Bairstow, New Mexico Billy Baron, Canisius Jerrelle Benimon, Towson Davion Berry, Weber State Taylor Braun, North Dakota State De'Mon Brooks, Davidson John Brown, High Point Bryce Cotton, Providence Joel Embiid, Kansas Tyler Ennis, Syracuse Aaron Gordon, Arizona Langston Hall, Mercer Gary Harris, Michigan State Tyler Haws, BYU R. J. Hunter, Georgia State Jordair Jett, Saint Louis Shawn Jones, Middle Tennessee DeAndre Kane, Iowa State J. J. Mann, Belmont Javon McCrea, Buffalo Daniel Mullings, New Mexico State Aaric Murray, Texas Southern Marcus Paige, North Carolina Jacob Parker, Stephen F. Austin Lamar Patterson, Pittsburgh Adreian Payne, Michigan State Casey Prather, Florida Wesley Saunders, Harvard Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State Juwan Staten, West Virginia Keifer Sykes, Green Bay Xavier Thames, San Diego State Fred VanVleet, Wichita State Jameel Warney, Stony Brook Alan Williams, UC Santa Barbara Pendarvis Williams, Norfolk State Patric Young, Florida
Academic All-Americans On February 20, 2014, CoSIDA and Capital One announced the 2014 Academic All-America team, with Aaron Craft headlining the University Division as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. The following is the 2013–14 Capital One Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:
+ First Team Player School Class GPA and major Aaron Craft Ohio State Senior 3.93 Nutrition/Pre-Med Brayden Carlson South Dakota State Senior 3.94 Economics Drew Crawford Northwestern Graduate student 3.31 Sports administration Melvin Ejim Iowa State Senior 3.70 History J. J. Mann Belmont Senior 3.51 Economics + Second Team Player School Class GPA and major Jordan Dykstra South Dakota State Senior 3.71 Biology, Pre-dentistry Holton Hunsaker Utah Valley Senior 3.88 Accounting Dennis Ogbe Tennessee Tech Senior 3.91 Electrical Engineering Marcus Paige North Carolina Sophomore 3.39 Journalism & Mass Comm. Kendrick Perry Youngstown State Senior 3.46 Criminal Justice + Third Team Player School Class GPA and major Malte Kramer Pepperdine Senior 4.00 Economics Beau Levesque Saint Mary's Graduate student 3.80 Master of Arts in Leadership Matt Townsend Yale Junior 4.00 Molecular & Cellular Bio. Thomas van der Mars Portland Junior 3.95 Operations & Tech. Mgmt. Patric Young Florida Senior 3.37 Telecommunications
Senior All-Americans The ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award are called Senior All-Americans. The 10 honorees are as follows: Player School Aaron Craft Ohio State Jordan Dykstra South Dakota State Melvin Ejim Iowa State Dwayne Evans Saint Louis C. J. Fair Syracuse Tim Frazier Penn State Doug McDermott Creighton Shabazz Napier Connecticut Russ Smith Louisville Patric Young Florida
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