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 2018 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 2017–18 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 2018 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 the first team and the next five plus ties are the 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.
2018 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 Deandre Ayton PF/C Freshman Arizona Marvin Bagley III PF Freshman Duke Jalen Brunson PG Junior Villanova Devonte' Graham PG Senior Kansas Trae Young PG Freshman Oklahoma
+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class TeamKeita Bates-DiopSFJuniorOhio StateTrevon BluiettSGSeniorXavierMiles BridgesSFSophomoreMichigan StateJevon CarterPGSeniorWest VirginiaKeenan EvansPGSeniorTexas TechJock LandaleCSeniorSaint Mary's
Individual All-America teams
By player PlayerSchoolAPUSBWANABCSNCPNotes Deandre Ayton Arizona Marvin Bagley III Duke Jalen Brunson Villanova AP Player of the Year, Oscar Robertson Trophy, Sporting News Player of the Year Devonte' Graham Kansas Trae Young Oklahoma USBWA National Freshman of the Year Keita Bates-Diop Ohio State Trevon Bluiett Xavier Miles Bridges Michigan State Jock Landale Saint Mary's Jevon Carter West Virginia Academic All-American of the Year, Senior CLASS Award Keenan Evans Texas Tech Carsen Edwards Purdue Mikal Bridges Villanova Kyle Guy Virginia Luke Maye North Carolina Joel Berry II North Carolina Aaron Holiday UCLA
By team All-America Team First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated PressDeandre Ayton Arizona Keita Bates-Diop Ohio State Mikal Bridges VillanovaMarvin Bagley III Duke Trevon Bluiett Xavier Carsen Edwards PurdueJalen Brunson Villanova Miles Bridges Michigan State Keenan Evans Texas TechDevonte' Graham Kansas Jevon Carter West Virginia Kyle Guy VirginiaTrae Young Oklahoma Jock Landale Saint Mary's Luke Maye North Carolina USBWA Deandre Ayton Arizona Keita Bates-Diop Ohio State No third team Marvin Bagley III Duke Trevon Bluiett Xavier Jalen Brunson Villanova Miles Bridges Michigan State Devonte' Graham Kansas Keenan Evans Texas Tech Trae Young Oklahoma Jock Landale Saint Mary's NABC Deandre Ayton Arizona Keita Bates-Diop Ohio State Joel Berry II North Carolina Marvin Bagley III Duke Trevon Bluiett Xavier Mikal Bridges Villanova Jalen Brunson Villanova Miles Bridges Michigan State Jevon Carter West Virginia Devonte' Graham Kansas Carsen Edwards Purdue Keenan Evans Texas Tech Trae Young Oklahoma Jock Landale Saint Mary's Kyle Guy Virginia Sporting News Deandre Ayton Arizona Keita Bates-Diop Ohio State Mikal Bridges Villanova Marvin Bagley III Duke Trevon Bluiett Xavier Carsen Edwards Purdue Jalen Brunson Villanova Miles Bridges Michigan State Keenan Evans Texas Tech Devonte' Graham Kansas Jevon Carter West Virginia Aaron Holiday UCLA Trae Young Oklahoma Jock Landale Saint Mary's Luke Maye North Carolina AP Honorable Mention:
Jaylen Adams, St. Bonaventure Peyton Aldridge, Davidson Grayson Allen, Duke Mo Bamba, Texas Trae Bell-Haynes, Vermont Joel Berry II, North Carolina Bogdan Bliznyuk, Eastern Washington Desonta Bradford, East Tennessee St. Tony Carr, Penn State Gary Clark, Cincinnati Xavier Cooks, Winthrop Jermaine Crumpton, Canisius Clayton Custer, Loyola (Illinois) Mike Daum, South Dakota State Ángel Delgado, Seton Hall Kahlil Dukes, Niagara Tre'Shaun Fletcher, Toledo Marcus Foster, Creighton Brandon Goodwin, Florida Gulf Coast Isaac Haas, Purdue Aaron Holiday, UCLA Jordan Howard, Central Arkansas Jemerrio Jones, New Mexico State Nick King, Middle Tennessee Kevin Knox II, Kentucky Fletcher Magee, Wofford Caleb Martin, Nevada Kelan Martin, Butler Yante Maten, Georgia Martaveous McKnight, Arkansas–Pine Bluff Kendrick Nunn, Oakland Shamorie Ponds, St. John's Jerome Robinson, Boston College Junior Robinson, Mount St. Mary's Collin Sexton, Alabama Landry Shamet, Wichita State T. J. Shorts, UC Davis D'Marcus Simonds, Georgia State Jonathan Stark, Murray State Brandon Tabb, Bethune–Cookman Zach Thomas, Bucknell Seth Towns, Harvard Allonzo Trier, Arizona Grant Williams, Tennessee Johnathan Williams, Gonzaga Justin Wright-Foreman, Hofstra
Academic All-Americans On March 12, 2018, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced the 2018 Academic All-America team, with Jevon Carter headlining the NCAA Division I team as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. The following is the 2017–18 Academic All-America Division I Men's Basketball Team as selected by CoSIDA: + First Team Player School Class GPA and major Jevon Carter West Virginia Sr. 3.51, Sport Management Tyler Clement Creighton GS 4.00/4.00, Finance / Marketing A. J. Jacobson North Dakota State GS 3.99 (U), Zoology; 4.00 (G), Master of Business Administration Tyler Seibring Elon Jr. 3.95, English/Economics Joe Sherburne UMBC Jr. 4.00, Financial Economics + Second Team Player School Class GPA and major Christian Adams Coastal Carolina Jr. 4.00, Economics & Finance Jalen Brunson Villanova Jr. 3.34, Communications Jordan Howard Central Arkansas Sr. 3.71, Digital Filmmaking Luke Maye North Carolina Jr. 3.45, Business Administration Skylar Mays LSU So. 4.01, Biological Sciences Dylan Windler Belmont Jr. 3.84, Accounting + Third Team Player School Class GPA and major Marcus Bartley Southern Illinois Jr. 4.00, Sport Administration Joshua Braun Grand Canyon GS 3.83/3.60, Master of Business Administration Stone Gettings Cornell Jr. 3.81, Applied Economics & Management Reed Timmer Drake Sr. 3.47, Pharmacy Kevin Vannatta UNC Asheville Sr. 3.93, Accounting
Senior All-Americans The ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award are called Senior All-Americans. The first and second teams, as well as the award winner, were announced during the lead-in to the Final Four. The overall award winner is indicated in bold type.
First team Player PositionSchool Jevon Carter Guard West Virginia Shawn Anderson Guard Navy A. J. Jacobson Swingman North Dakota State Justin Johnson Forward Western Kentucky Yante Maten Forward Georgia
Second team Player PositionSchool Vladimir Brodziansky Forward TCU Ángel Delgado Center Seton Hall Rob Gray Guard Houston Luke Morrison Forward Army Johnathan Williams Forward Gonzaga
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