| Awarded For: | 1947–48 NCAA men's basketball season |
| Previous: | 1947 |
| Main: | All-Americans |
| Next: | 1949 |
The consensus 1948 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of three major All-American teams.[1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the Helms Athletic Foundation, and Converse.
| Player | Position | Class | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Beard | G | Junior | Kentucky | |
| Ed Macauley | F | Junior | Saint Louis | |
| Jim McIntyre | C | Junior | Minnesota | |
| Kevin O'Shea | G | Sophomore | Notre Dame | |
| Murray Wier | G | Senior | Iowa |
| Player | Position | Class | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Dickey | F | Sophomore | NC State | |
| Arnie Ferrin | F | Senior | Utah | |
| Alex Groza | C | Junior | Kentucky | |
| Hal Haskins | F/G | Sophomore | Hamline | |
| George Kaftan | F | Senior | Holy Cross | |
| Duane Klueh | G | Junior | Indiana State | |
| Tony Lavelli | F | Junior | Yale | |
| Jack Nichols | C | Senior | Washington | |
| Andy Wolfe | G/F | Senior | California |
| All-America Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | Fourth team | |||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |
| Associated Press[2] | Columbia | |||||||
| Holy Cross | DePaul | |||||||
| Kentucky | Baylor | |||||||
| NYU | ||||||||
| Colgate | ||||||||
| Helms[3] | Ralph Beard | Kentucky | A. L. Bennett | Oklahoma A&M | No fourth team | |||
| Dick Dickey | NC State | Walt Budko | Columbia | |||||
| Arnie Ferrin | Utah | Montana | ||||||
| Alex Groza | Kentucky | Oklahoma | ||||||
| Tony Lavelli | Yale | George Kaftan | Holy Cross | Hamline | ||||
| Ed Macauley | Saint Louis | Jim McIntyre | Minnesota | Saint Mary's | ||||
| Texas | ||||||||
| Kevin O'Shea | Notre Dame | Ed Mikan | DePaul | |||||
| Murray Wier | Iowa | Jackie Robinson | Baylor | Dolph Schayes | NYU | |||
| Marshall | ||||||||
| Converse | Ralph Beard | Kentucky | Dick Dickey | NC State | Dwight Eddleman | Illinois | No fourth team | |
| Alex Groza | Kentucky | Tony Lavelli | Yale | Utah | ||||
| Hal Haskins | Hamline | Ed Macauley | Saint Louis | Kentucky | ||||
| George Kaftan | Holy Cross | Murray Wier | Iowa | |||||
| Kevin O'Shea | Notre Dame | Western Kentucky | Andy Wolfe | California | ||||