| Awarded For: | 1962–63 NCAA University Division men's basketball season |
| Previous: | 1962 |
| Main: | All-Americans |
| Next: | 1964 |
The consensus 1963 College Basketball All-American team as determined by aggregating the results of five 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 USBWA, The United Press International, the National Association of Basketball Coaches, and the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA). 1963 was the last year that the NEA was used to determine consensus All-American teams.
| Player | Position | Class | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Bonham | F | Junior | Cincinnati | |
| Jerry Harkness | G | Senior | Loyola (IL) | |
| Art Heyman | F | Senior | Duke | |
| Barry Kramer | G/F | Junior | NYU | |
| Tom Thacker | G | Senior | Cincinnati |
| Player | Position | Class | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Bradds | F | Junior | Ohio State | |
| Bill Green | F | Senior | Colorado State | |
| Cotton Nash | F | Junior | Kentucky | |
| Rod Thorn | G/F | Senior | West Virginia | |
| Nate Thurmond | C | Senior | Bowling Green |
| All-America Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | ||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |
| Associated Press[2] | Colorado State | |||||
| Seattle | ||||||
| Indiana | ||||||
| Cincinnati | Seton Hall | |||||
| Cincinnati | ||||||
| USBWA[3] | Ron Bonham | Cincinnati | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | |||
| Colorado | ||||||
| Bill Green | Colorado State | |||||
| Jerry Harkness | Loyola (IL) | |||||
| Walt Hazzard | UCLA | |||||
| Art Heyman | Duke | |||||
| Barry Kramer | NYU | |||||
| Cotton Nash | Kentucky | |||||
| Tom Thacker | Cincinnati | |||||
| Rod Thorn | West Virginia | |||||
| NABC[4] | Ron Bonham | Cincinnati | Gary Bradds | Ohio State | ||
| Bill Green | Colorado State | Walt Hazzard | UCLA | Bill Bradley | Princeton | |
| Jerry Harkness | Loyola (IL) | Cotton Nash | Kentucky | Arizona State | ||
| Art Heyman | Duke | Rod Thorn | West Virginia | Barry Kramer | NYU | |
| Tom Thacker | Cincinnati | Nick Werkman | Seton Hall | Tony Yates | Cincinnati | |
| UPI[5] | Ron Bonham | Cincinnati | Bill Bradley | Princeton | Bill Green | Colorado State |
| Gary Bradds | Ohio State | Barry Kramer | NYU | Walt Hazzard | UCLA | |
| Jerry Harkness | Loyola (IL) | Cotton Nash | Kentucky | Eddie Miles | Seattle | |
| Art Heyman | Duke | Rod Thorn | West Virginia | Wichita State | ||
| Tom Thacker | Cincinnati | Nick Werkman | Seton Hall | |||
| NEA | Bill Green | Colorado State | Ron Bonham | Cincinnati | No third team | |
| Art Heyman | Duke | Bill Bradley | Princeton | |||
| Barry Kramer | NYU | Jerry Harkness | Loyola (IL) | |||
| Tom Thacker | Cincinnati | Cotton Nash | Kentucky | |||
| Nate Thurmond | Bowling Green | Eddie Miles | Seattle | |||
Academic All-American teams were selected for the first time in 1963.[7] [8]
| Player | School | Class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Becker | Arizona State | Junior | |
| Ken Charlton | Colorado | Senior | |
| Raymond Flynn | Providence | Senior | |
| Rod Thorn | West Virginia | Senior | |
| Gerry Ward | Boston College | Senior |
| Player | School | Class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Baker | Oregon State | Senior | |
| Jay Buckley | Duke | Junior | |
| Don Clemetson | Stanford | Senior | |
| Brian Generalovich | Pittsburgh | Junior | |
| Joe Dan Gold | Mississippi State | Senior |