An
All-American
The All-America designation is an annual honor bestowed on outstanding athletes in the United States who are considered to be among the best athletes in their respective sport. Individuals receiving this distinction are typically added to an Al ...
team is an
honorary sports team composed of the best
amateur
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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
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.
Walter Camp
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selected the
first All-America team in the early days of
American football
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in 1889. The 2021 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that include All-American selections from the
Associated Press
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Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are dist ...
(AP), the
United States Basketball Writers Association
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Scholarships
The U ...
(USBWA), ''
Sporting News
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'' (SN), and the
National Association of Basketball Coaches
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(NABC) for the
2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 25, 2020, and concluded on March 14, 2021. The 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament culminated the season and began on March 18 and concluded on April 5.
Season ...
. All selectors choose three teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections.
The Consensus 2021 College Basketball All-American team will be determined by aggregating the results of the four major All-American teams as determined by the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA). Since
United Press International
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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
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,
Fox Sports
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,
Yahoo! Sports
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and many others. The scholar-athletes selected by
College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed
Academic All-American
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s.
2021 Consensus All-America team
:PG –
Point guard
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:SG –
Shooting guard
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:PF –
Power forward
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:SF –
Small forward
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:C –
Center
Individual All-America teams
By player
By team
AP Honorable Mention:
*
Max Abmas,
Oral Roberts
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Joël Ayayi, Gonzaga
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Alex Barcello,
BYU
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Scottie Barnes,
Florida State
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* Charles Bassey, Western Kentucky
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James Bouknight,
UConn
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Justin Champagnie,
Pittsburgh
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Derek Culver,
West Virginia
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*
Antoine Davis,
Detroit Mercy
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Kendric Davis,
SMU
*
David Duke
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,
Providence
* Collin Gillespie, Villanova
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RaiQuan Gray, Florida State
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Sam Hauser,
Virginia
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Jay Huff, Virginia
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Nah'Shon Hyland,
VCU
* Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana
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Andrew Jones,
Texas
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*
Carlik Jones,
Louisville
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E. J. Liddell
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,
Ohio State
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Isaiah Livers, Michigan
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Sandro Mamukelashvili
Alexander "Sandro" Mamukelashvili ( ka, ალექსანდრე "სანდრო" მამუკელაშვილი; born 23 May 1999) is a Georgian-American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the Nation ...
,
Seton Hall
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JaQuori McLaughlin
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,
UC Santa Barbara
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Tre Mann,
Florida
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Remy Martin,
Arizona State
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Miles McBride, West Virginia
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Mac McClung,
Texas Tech
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*
Matt Mitchell,
San Diego State
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*
Moses Moody,
Arkansas
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*
Scotty Pippen Jr.,
Vanderbilt
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Neemias Queta,
Utah State
*
Austin Reaves,
Oklahoma
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* Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Villanova
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Jaden Shackelford, Alabama
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Terry Taylor,
Austin Peay
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MaCio Teague, Baylor
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Cameron Thomas,
LSU
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*
Franz Wagner, Michigan
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Trevion Williams,
Purdue
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*
McKinley Wright IV,
Colorado
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*
Moses Wright,
Georgia Tech
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Marcus Zegarowski
Marcus Zegarowski (born August 3, 1998) is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. He played college basketball for the Creighton Bluejays.
High school career
Zegarowski attended Hamilton-Wenham, where as a freshman he av ...
,
Creighton
Academic All-Americans
The
College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced its 15-member 2021
Academic All-America team on May 28, 2021, divided into first, second and third teams, with
Corey Kispert of
Gonzaga chosen as
men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.
Senior All-Americans
The 10 finalists for the
Senior CLASS Award, called Senior All-Americans, were announced on February 22, 2021. Luka Garza of Iowa was named the recipient on April 2, with the first and second teams also being announced at that time.
First team
Second team
References
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All-Americans
The All-America designation is an annual honor bestowed on outstanding athletes in the United States who are considered to be among the best athletes in their respective sport. Individuals receiving this distinction are typically added to an Al ...
NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans