1964 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans explained

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The consensus 1964 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 Associated Press, the USBWA, the United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

1964 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Gary BraddsFSeniorOhio State
Bill BradleyFJuniorPrinceton
Walt HazzardGSeniorUCLA
Cotton NashFSeniorKentucky
Dave StallworthFJuniorWichita

Consensus Second Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Ron BonhamFSeniorCincinnati
Mel CountsCSeniorOregon State
Fred HetzelFJuniorDavidson
Jeff MullinsGSeniorDuke
Cazzie RussellFSophomoreMichigan

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
First teamSecond teamThird team
Player SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School
Associated Press[2] Texas Western
Michigan
Bowling Green
NYU
Creighton
USBWA[3] Gary Bradds Ohio State No second or third teams (10-man first team)
Bill Bradley Princeton
Mel Counts Oregon State
North Carolina
Walt Hazzard UCLA
Oklahoma City
Jeff Mullins Duke
Cotton Nash Kentucky
Cazzie Russell Michigan
Dave Stallworth Wichita
NABC[4] Gary Bradds Ohio State Jim Barnes Texas Western Ron Bonham Cincinnati
Bill Bradley Princeton Mel Counts Oregon State Bill Buntin Michigan
Walt Hazzard UCLA Jeff Mullins Duke Utah State
Cotton Nash Kentucky Cazzie Russell Michigan Fred Hetzel Davidson
Dave Stallworth Wichita Paul Silas Creighton Barry Kramer NYU
UPIGary Bradds Ohio State Ron Bonham Cincinnati Jim Barnes Texas Western
Bill Bradley Princeton Mel Counts Oregon State Bill Buntin Michigan
Walt Hazzard UCLA Fred Hetzel Davidson Villanova
Cotton Nash Kentucky Jeff Mullins Duke Howard Komives Bowling Green
Dave Stallworth Wichita Cazzie Russell Michigan Paul Silas Creighton

AP Honorable Mention:[5]

Academic All-Americans

Academic All-American teams were announced on March 25, 1964.[6]

First Team
PlayerSchoolClass
Art BeckerArizona StateSenior
Jay BuckleyDukeSenior
Paul SilasCreightonSenior
Dick Van ArsdaleIndianaJunior
Gary WattsUtah StateSenior
Second Team
PlayerSchoolClass
Jim CaldwellGeorgia TechJunior
Larry ConleyKentuckySophomore
Gary HassmanOklahoma StateJunior
Bill RobinetteTexas A&MJunior
Mike SillimanArmySophomore
Third Team
PlayerSchoolClass
Gene ElmoreSMUJunior
Rich FalkNorthwesternSenior
Brian GeneralovichPittsburghSenior
Max MossKansas StateJunior
Dave SchellhasePurdueSophomore

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2009/Award.pdf NCAA Record Book - Award Winners
  2. Web site: NCAA Men's Basketball Finest, page 189-90. 2015-03-29.
  3. Web site: USBWA Men's All-Americans . https://web.archive.org/web/20081007020734/http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/awards/allamerica/1957-69.html . 2008-10-07 . live . 2009-04-30 .
  4. http://nabc.cstv.com/nabc_awards/nabc_awards-all-america-div1-60s.html All-America - Division I (1960's)
  5. News: AP Names All-America College Basketball Team. Danville Register & Bee. March 4, 1964. 2B. Associated Press. Newspapers.com. August 31, 2020.
  6. News: Watts evans honor as top student. The Salt Lake Tribune. March 25, 1964. 19. Newspapers.com. July 3, 2020.