| Awarded For: | 1916–17 NCAA men's basketball season |
| Previous: | 1916 |
| Main: | All-Americans |
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The 1917 College Basketball All-American team was chosen retroactively by the Helms Athletic Foundation.[1] The player highlighted in gold was chosen as the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year retroactively in 1944.
| Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Clyde Alwood | Illinois | |
| Cyril Haas | Princeton | |
| George Hjelte | California | |
| Orson Kinney | Yale | |
| Harold Olsen | Wisconsin | |
| F. I. Reynolds | Kansas State | |
| Francis Stadsvold | Minnesota | |
| Charles Taft | Yale | |
| Ray Woods | Illinois | |
| Harry Young | Washington and Lee |