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 2016 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 2015–16 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 2016 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 USA Today, Fox Sports, Yahoo! Sports and many others. The scholar-athletes selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed Academic All-Americans.
2016 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 Malcolm Brogdon SG Senior Virginia Buddy Hield SG Senior Oklahoma Brice Johnson PF Senior North Carolina Ben Simmons F Freshman Louisiana State Tyler Ulis PG Sophomore Kentucky Denzel Valentine SG Senior Michigan State
+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Kris Dunn PG Junior Providence Perry Ellis PF Senior Kansas Georges Niang PF/SF Senior Iowa State Jakob Pöltl C Sophomore Utah Jarrod Uthoff PF Senior Iowa
Individual All-America teams
By player PlayerSchoolAPUSBWANABCTSNCPNotes Virginia NABC Defensive Player of the Year Oklahoma Sporting News Player of the Year Michigan State NABC Player of the Year North Carolina Louisiana State USBWA National Freshman of the Year Kentucky Utah Providence Iowa State Iowa Kansas Duke Indiana Oakland Oregon Villanova Kentucky
By team All-America Team First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated Press Malcolm Brogdon Virginia Kris Dunn Providence Grayson Allen Duke Buddy Hield Oklahoma Perry Ellis Kansas Kay Felder Oakland Brice Johnson North Carolina Georges Niang Iowa State Yogi Ferrell Indiana Tyler Ulis Kentucky Jakob Pöltl Utah Jamal Murray Kentucky Denzel Valentine Michigan State Ben Simmons Louisiana State Jarrod Uthoff Iowa USBWA Malcolm Brogdon Virginia Kris Dunn Providence No third team Buddy Hield Oklahoma Georges Niang Iowa State Brice Johnson North Carolina Jakob Pöltl Utah Ben Simmons Louisiana State Tyler Ulis Kentucky Denzel Valentine Michigan State Jarrod Uthoff Iowa NABC Malcolm Brogdon Virginia Kris Dunn Providence Grayson Allen Duke Buddy Hield Oklahoma Perry Ellis Kansas Kay Felder Oakland Brice Johnson North Carolina Georges Niang Iowa State Yogi Ferrell Indiana Ben Simmons Louisiana State Jakob Pöltl Utah Josh Hart Villanova Denzel Valentine Michigan State Tyler Ulis Kentucky Jarrod Uthoff Iowa Sporting News Malcolm Brogdon Virginia Grayson Allen Duke Dillon Brooks Oregon Buddy Hield Oklahoma Kris Dunn Providence Perry Ellis Kansas Jakob Pöltl Utah Yogi Ferrell Indiana Kay Felder Oakland Tyler Ulis Kentucky Ben Simmons Louisiana State Brice Johnson North Carolina Denzel Valentine Michigan State Jarrod Uthoff Iowa Georges Niang Iowa State AP Honorable Mention:
Josh Adams, Wyoming Ryan Anderson, Arizona Cat Barber, NC State DeAndre' Bembry, Saint Joseph's Ben Bentil, Providence Trevon Bluiett, Xavier Joel Bolomboy, Weber State Evan Bradds, Belmont Dillon Brooks, Oregon Cane Broome, Sacred Heart John Brown, High Point Antonio Campbell, Ohio Kyle Collinsworth, BYU Stephen Croone, Furman James Daniel III, Howard Juan'ya Green, Hofstra Derrick Griffin, Texas Southern Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech A. J. Hammons, Purdue Marvelle Harris, Fresno State Josh Hart, Villanova Danuel House, Texas A&M Brandon Ingram, Duke Stefan Janković, Hawaii Tim Kempton Jr., Lehigh Max Landis, IPFW Shawn Long, Louisiana–Lafayette Dallas Moore, North Florida Nic Moore, SMU Gary Payton II, Oregon State Alec Peters, Valparaiso Justin Robinson, Monmouth Domantas Sabonis, Gonzaga Justin Sears, Yale Pascal Siakam, New Mexico State Melo Trimble, Maryland Fred VanVleet, Wichita State Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin Jameel Warney, Stony Brook Isaiah Whitehead, Seton Hall Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga
Academic All-Americans On March 3, 2016, CoSIDA and Capital One announced the 2016 Academic All-America team, with Jarrod Uthoff headlining the University Division as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. The following is the 2015–16 Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:
+ First Team Player School Class GPA and major Canyon Barry (2) Charleston Jr. 4.00 Physics / computer science Joshua Braun Grand Canyon Sr. 3.83 Business management Shavon Shields (1) Nebraska Sr. 3.72 Biological Sciences Marcus Paige (2, *) North Carolina Sr. 3.43 Media & journalism / history Jarrod Uthoff Iowa Gr. 3.42 Economics (UG) / leisure studies (G) + Second Team Player School Class GPA and major Grayson Allen Duke So. 3.39 Psychology Craig Bradshaw (3) Belmont Sr. 3.47 Public relations Mike Gesell (3) Iowa Gr. 3.94 Finance (UG) / leisure studies (G) Alex Poythress Kentucky Sr. 3.52 Business & mktg. (UG) / sport leadership (G) Domantas Sabonis Gonzaga So. 3.46 Sport management + Third Team Player School Class GPA and major Kale Abrahamson Drake Gr. 3.91 Psychology (UG) / MBA Evan Bradds Belmont Jr. 3.53 Finance Derrick Henry Citadel Gr. 3.71 Business administration A. J. Jacobson North Dakota State So. 3.99 Zoology / pre-dentistry Paul Miller North Dakota State So. 3.82 Accounting
(1) = 2014–15 CoSIDA Academic All-America Division I first team (2) = 2014–15 CoSIDA Academic All-America Division I second team (3) = 2014–15 CoSIDA Academic All-America Division I third team (*) = 2013–14 CoSIDA Academic All-America Division I second team
Senior All-Americans The ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award are called Senior All-Americans. The 10 honorees are as follows: Player PositionSchool Ryan ArcidiaconoGuardVillanova Malcolm BrogdonGuardVirginia Perry EllisForwardKansas Buddy HieldGuardOklahoma Georges NiangForwardIowa State Marcus PaigeGuardNorth Carolina Justin SearsForwardYale Denzel ValentineGuardMichigan State Fred VanVleetPoint GuardWichita State Kyle WiltjerForwardGonzaga
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