| Awarded For: | 1944–45 NCAA men's basketball season |
| Previous: | 1944 |
| Main: | All-Americans |
| Next: | 1946 |
The consensus 1945 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams.[1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Helms Athletic Foundation, Converse, The Sporting News, and Argosy Magazine.
| Player | Position | Class | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnie Ferrin | F | Sophomore | Utah | |
| Wyndol Gray | F | Junior | Bowling Green | |
| Billy Hassett | G | Junior | Notre Dame | |
| Bill Henry | C | Senior | Rice | |
| Walt Kirk | G/F | Junior | Illinois | |
| Bob Kurland | C | Junior | Oklahoma A&M | |
| George Mikan | C | Junior | DePaul |
| Player | Position | Class | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howie Dallmar | F | Junior | Pennsylvania | |
| Don Grate | G | Senior | Ohio State | |
| Dale Hall | F | Senior | Army | |
| Vince Hanson | C | Sophomore | Washington State | |
| Dick Ives | F | Sophomore | Iowa | |
| Max Morris | F | Senior | Northwestern | |
| Herb Wilkinson | G | Sophomore | Iowa |
| All-America Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | ||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |
| Helms[2] | No third team | |||||
| Valparaiso | ||||||
| Utah | ||||||
| Notre Dame | ||||||
| Temple | ||||||
| Purdue | ||||||
| North Carolina | ||||||
| Bowling Green | ||||||
| UCLA | ||||||
| Ohio State | ||||||
| Converse | Arnie Ferrin | Utah | Howie Dallmar | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | |
| Bowling Green | Billy Hassett | Notre Dame | Ohio State | |||
| Walt Kirk | Illinois | Bill Henry | Rice | Dale Hall | Army | |
| Bob Kurland | Oklahoma A&M | Iowa | Vince Hanson | Washington State | ||
| George Mikan | DePaul | Arnie Risen | Ohio State | Max Morris | Northwestern | |
| Argosy Magazine | Don Grate | Ohio State | Ernie Calverley | Rhode Island | St. John's | |
| Billy Hassett | Notre Dame | Bob Dille | Valparaiso | Dale Hall | Army | |
| Dick Ives | Iowa | Arnie Ferrin | Utah | St. John's | ||
| Bob Kurland | Oklahoma A&M | Bill Henry | Rice | Max Morris | Northwestern | |
| George Mikan | DePaul | Walt Kirk | Illinois | Herb Wilkinson | Iowa | |
| Sporting News | Howie Dallmar | Pennsylvania | Bob Dille | Valparaiso | Dale Hall | Army |
| Arnie Ferrin | Utah | Vince Hanson | Washington State | Bill Henry | Rice | |
| Wyndol Gray | Bowling Green | Billy Hassett | Notre Dame | Bill Kotsores | St. John's | |
| Bob Kurland | Oklahoma A&M | Max Morris | Northwestern | |||
| George Mikan | DePaul | Herb Wilkinson | Iowa | Rensselaer | ||