| Awarded For: | 1953–54 NCAA men's basketball season |
| Previous: | 1953 |
| Main: | All-Americans |
| Next: | 1955 |
The consensus 1954 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of six major All-American teams.[1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, Look Magazine, The United Press International, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), Collier's Magazine and the International News Service.
| Player | Position | Class | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Gola | F | Junior | La Salle | |
| Cliff Hagan | F | Senior | Kentucky | |
| Bob Pettit | C | Senior | Louisiana State | |
| Don Schlundt | C | Junior | Indiana | |
| Frank Selvy | G | Senior | Furman |
| Player | Position | Class | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Leonard | G | Senior | Indiana | |
| Tom Marshall | F | Senior | Western Kentucky | |
| Bob Mattick | C | Senior | Oklahoma A&M | |
| Frank Ramsey | G/F | Senior | Kentucky | |
| Dick Ricketts | F/C | Junior | Duquesne |
| All-America Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | ||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |
| Associated Press[2] | Wake Forest | |||||
| Indiana | Illinois | |||||
| Oklahoma A&M | ||||||
| Kentucky | Holy Cross | |||||
| Oklahoma City | ||||||
| UPI | Tom Gola | La Salle | Bevo Francis | Rio Grande | Ohio State | |
| Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Bob Leonard | Indiana | Johnny Kerr | Illinois | |
| Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | Tom Marshall | Western Kentucky | Bob Mattick | Oklahoma A&M | |
| Don Schlundt | Indiana | Frank Ramsey | Kentucky | Togo Palazzi | Holy Cross | |
| Frank Selvy | Furman | Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | Arnold Short | Oklahoma City | |
| Look Magazine[3] | Tom Gola | La Salle | Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Fordham | |
| Bob Leonard | Indiana | Tom Marshall | Western Kentucky | Johnny Kerr | Illinois | |
| Bob Mattick | Oklahoma A&M | Don Schlundt | Indiana | California | ||
| Frank Ramsey | Kentucky | Frank Selvy | Furman | Togo Palazzi | Holy Cross | |
| Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | Arnold Short | Oklahoma City | Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | |
| NEA | Tom Gola | La Salle | Duquesne | No third team | ||
| Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Bob Mattick | Oklahoma A&M | |||
| Bob Leonard | Indiana | Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | |||
| Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | Don Schlundt | Indiana | |||
| Frank Selvy | Furman | Arnold Short | Oklahoma City | |||
| International News Service | Tom Gola | La Salle | Bob Leonard | Indiana | No third team | |
| Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Tom Marshall | Western Kentucky | |||
| Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | Frank Ramsey | Kentucky | |||
| Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | Notre Dame | ||||
| Frank Selvy | Furman | Don Schlundt | Indiana | |||
| Collier's | Tom Gola | La Salle | Bob Leonard | Indiana | No third team | |
| Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Bob Mattick | Oklahoma A&M | |||
| Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | Togo Palazzi | Holy Cross | |||
| Don Schlundt | Indiana | Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | |||
| Frank Selvy | Furman | Arnold Short | Oklahoma City | |||