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 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that will 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 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose three teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections.
The Consensus 2019 College Basketball All-American team was 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.
2019 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 RJ Barrett SG Freshman Duke Rui Hachimura SF/PF Junior Gonzaga Ja Morant PG Sophomore Murray State Grant Williams PF Junior Tennessee Zion Williamson SF/PF Freshman Duke
+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Jarrett Culver SG Sophomore Texas Tech Carsen Edwards PG/SG Junior Purdue Ethan Happ PF Senior Wisconsin Markus Howard PG Junior Marquette Cassius Winston PG Junior Michigan State
Individual All-America teams
By player PlayerSchoolAPUSBWANABCSNCPNotes RJ Barrett Duke Grant Williams Tennessee Zion Williamson Duke Wooden Award, Naismith Award, Oscar Robertson Trophy, AP Player of the Year, NABC Player of the Year, Sporting News Player of the Year, USBWA National Freshman of the Year Rui Hachimura Gonzaga Ja Morant Murray State Lute Olson Award, Bob Cousy Award Cassius Winston Michigan State Ethan Happ Wisconsin Pete Newell Big Man Award Markus Howard Marquette Jarrett Culver Texas Tech Carsen Edwards Purdue De'Andre Hunter Virginia NABC Defensive Player of the Year Dedric Lawson Kansas P. J. Washington Kentucky Kyle Guy Virginia Brandon Clarke Gonzaga Mike Daum South Dakota State Chris Clemons Campbell
By team All-America Team First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated Press RJ Barrett Duke Jarrett Culver Texas Tech Brandon Clarke Gonzaga Ja Morant Murray State Carsen Edwards Purdue Kyle Guy Virginia Grant Williams Tennessee Rui Hachimura Gonzaga De'Andre Hunter Virginia Zion Williamson Duke Ethan Happ Wisconsin Dedric Lawson Kansas Cassius Winston Michigan State Markus Howard Marquette P. J. Washington Kentucky USBWA RJ Barrett Duke Jarrett Culver Texas Tech Chris Clemons Campbell Rui Hachimura Gonzaga Carsen Edwards Purdue Mike Daum South Dakota State Ja Morant Murray State Ethan Happ Wisconsin De'Andre Hunter Virginia Grant Williams Tennessee Markus Howard Marquette Dedric Lawson Kansas Zion Williamson Duke Cassius Winston Michigan State P. J. Washington Kentucky NABC RJ Barrett Duke Carsen Edwards Purdue Jarrett Culver Texas Tech Rui Hachimura Gonzaga Ethan Happ Wisconsin Mike Daum South Dakota St. Ja Morant Murray State Markus Howard Marquette Kyle Guy Virginia Grant Williams Tennessee De'Andre Hunter Virginia Dedric Lawson Kansas Zion Williamson Duke Cassius Winston Michigan State P. J. Washington Kentucky Sporting News RJ Barrett Duke Jarrett Culver Texas Tech Brandon Clarke Gonzaga Rui Hachimura Gonzaga Ethan Happ Wisconsin Carsen Edwards Purdue Grant Williams Tennessee Markus Howard Marquette Kyle Guy Virginia Zion Williamson Duke Dedric Lawson Kansas De'Andre Hunter Virginia Cassius Winston Michigan State Ja Morant Murray State P. J. Washington Kentucky AP Honorable Mention:
Keith Braxton, Saint Francis (PA) Ignas Brazdeikis, Michigan Tookie Brown, Georgia Southern Chris Clemons, Campbell R. J. Cole, Howard Jeremy Combs, Texas Southern Jarron Cumberland, Cincinnati Mike Daum, South Dakota State Jordan Davis, Northern Colorado Cameron Delaney, Sam Houston State Lamine Diane, Cal State Northridge Daniel Gafford, Arkansas Rapolas Ivanauskas, Colgate Ty Jerome, Virginia Cameron Johnson, North Carolina Jón Axel Guðmundsson, Davidson Anthony Lamb, Vermont Fletcher Magee, Wofford Caleb Martin, Nevada C. J. Massinburg, Buffalo Garrison Mathews, Lipscomb Luke Maye, North Carolina Drew McDonald, Northern Kentucky Sam Merrill, Utah State Jaylen Nowell, Washington Miye Oni, Yale Shamorie Ponds, St. John's Myles Powell, Seton Hall Admiral Schofield, Tennessee Marial Shayok, Iowa State B. J. Stith, Old Dominion Matisse Thybulle, Washington Jake Toolson, Utah Valley Marques Townes, Loyola (IL) Tremont Waters, LSU Coby White, North Carolina Justin Wright-Foreman, Hofstra Cameron Young, Quinnipiac
Academic All-Americans On March 11, 2019, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced the 2019 Academic All-America team, with Joe Sherburne headlining the NCAA Division I team as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. The following is the 2018–19 Academic All-America Division I Men's Basketball Team as selected by CoSIDA: + First Team Player School Class GPA and major Joe Sherburne UMBC GS 4.00/4.00, Financial Economics (UG) / Data Science (G) Marcus Bartley Southern Illinois GS 4.00/4.00, Sport Administration (UG) / MBA (G) Seth Dugan Western Michigan Sr. 3.97, Finance Skylar Mays LSU Jr. 4.01, Kinesiology (Pre-Med) Tyler Seibring Elon Sr. 3.95, English / Economics + Second Team Player School Class GPA and major James Foye Dartmouth Jr. 3.96, Economics Zachary Hunsaker Brown Jr. 4.00, Economics / Portuguese Michael Jacobson Iowa State Sr. 3.80, Finance Luke Maye North Carolina Sr. 3.47, Business Administration Dylan Windler Belmont Sr. 3.74, Accounting + Third Team Player School Class GPA and major Amidou Bamba Coastal Carolina Jr. 3.97, Finance Sam Bittner Fresno State Sr. 3.90, Business Administration–Entrepreneurship Clayton Custer Loyola–Chicago GS 3.52/3.75, Finance (UG) / MBA (G) Brooks DeBisschop Northern Arizona Jr. 3.96, Finance Matt Pile Omaha So. 3.90, Medicinal Chemistry
Senior All-Americans The ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, called Senior All-Americans, were announced on February 8, 2019. 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 Luke Maye Forward North Carolina Clayton Custer Guard Loyola–Chicago Mike Daum Forward South Dakota State Ethan Happ Forward Wisconsin Reid Travis Forward Kentucky
Second team Player PositionSchool Jon Elmore Guard Marshall Drew McDonald Forward Northern Kentucky Josh Perkins Guard Gonzaga Dylan Windler Guard/Forward Belmont Justin Wright-Foreman Guard Hofstra
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