1978 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans explained
The consensus 1978 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.
1978 Consensus All-America team
Individual All-America teams
| All-America Team |
|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team |
|---|
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School |
|---|
| Associated Press[2] | | | | | | Kansas State |
| | | | | Wake Forest |
| | | | | Michigan State |
| | | | | Arkansas |
| | | | | Kentucky |
| USBWA[3] | Ron Brewer | Arkansas | Larry Bird | Indiana State | No third team |
| | Jack Givens | Kentucky |
| Phil Ford | North Carolina | David Greenwood | UCLA |
| Butch Lee | Marquette | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest |
| Freeman Williams | Portland State | Mychal Thompson | Minnesota |
| NABC[4] | Larry Bird | Indiana State | Dave Corzine | DePaul | | Rutgers |
| Phil Ford | North Carolina | Jack Givens | Kentucky | | San Francisco |
| David Greenwood | UCLA | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest | Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas |
| Butch Lee | Marquette | Magic Johnson | Michigan State | | North Carolina |
| Rick Robey | Kentucky | Freeman Williams | Portland State | | Marquette |
| UPI[5] | Larry Bird | Indiana State | James Bailey | Rutgers | Dave Corzine | DePaul |
| Phil Ford | North Carolina | Jack Givens | Kentucky | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest |
| David Greenwood | UCLA | Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | Magic Johnson | Michigan State |
| Butch Lee | Marquette | Rick Robey | Kentucky | | Kentucky |
| Mychal Thompson | Minnesota | Freeman Williams | Portland State | | Bradley |
|
AP Honorable Mention:[6]
- Clyde Austin, NC State
- James Bailey, Rutgers
- Gene Banks, Duke
- Ron Baxter, Texas
- Roosevelt Bouie, Syracuse
- Winford Boynes, San Francisco
- James Bradley, Memphis State
- Michael Brooks, La Salle
- Marty Byrnes, Syracuse
- Bruce Campbell, Providence
- Ron Carter, VMI
- Bill Cartwright, San Francisco
- Pat Cummings, Cincinnati
- Harry Davis, Florida State
- Marvin Delph, Arkansas
- Sherman Dillard, James Madison
- Sammy Drummer, Georgia Tech
- John Duren, Georgetown
- John Gerdy, Davidson
- Mike Gminski, Duke
- Steve Grant, Manhattan
- Darrell Griffith, Louisville
- James Hardy, San Francisco
- Keith Herron, Villanova
- Marc Iavaroni, Virginia
- Derrick Jackson, Georgetown
- Frank Johnson, Wake Forest
- George Johnson, St. John's
- Lynbert Johnson, Wichita State
- Marvin Johnson, New Mexico
- Jeff Judkins, Utah
- Jim Krivacs, Texas
- Jeff Lamp, Virginia
- Billy Lewis, Illinois State
- John Long, Detroit
- John Lowenhaupt, William & Mary
- Oliver Mack, East Carolina
- Kyle Macy, Kentucky
- Lew Massey, Charlotte
- Robert Miller, Cincinnati
- Mike Mitchell, Auburn
- Johnny Moore, Texas
- Jonathan Moore, Furman
- Lowes Moore, West Virginia
- Calvin Natt, Northeast Louisiana
- Mike O'Koren, North Carolina
- Ron Perry, Holy Cross
- Roger Phegley, Bradley
- Mike Phillips, Kentucky
- Micheal Ray Richardson, Montana
- Mike Russell, Texas Tech
- Frankie Sanders, Southern
- Greg Sanders, St. Bonaventure
- Mike Santos, Utah State
- Purvis Short, Jackson State
- Arthur Snipe, South Carolina State
- Jim Spanarkel, Duke
- Henry Taylor, Texas–Pan American
- Reggie Theus, UNLV
- Andrew Toney, Southwestern Louisiana
- Raymond Townsend, UCLA
- Greg Tynes, Seton Hall
- Dean Uthoff, Iowa State
- Darnell Valentine, Kansas
- Ren Watson, VCU
- Jerome Whitehead, Marquette
- Hawkeye Whitney, NC State
- Duck Williams, Notre Dame
- Ken Williams, North Texas
- Rick Wilson, Louisville
- Gary Winton, Army
See also
Notes and References
- http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2009/Award.pdf NCAA Record Book - Award Winners
- https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_america.html AP All-America Teams
- Web site: Lobo's Cooper picked to writer' All-American team. March 7, 1978. Tucson Citizen. 2E. August 15, 2022. Newspapers.com.
- Web site: NABC Division I All-America Teams. National Association of Basketball Coaches. July 4, 2021.
- Web site: Gary K.. Johnson. NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans. 198–199. October 2005. National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 15, 2022.
- News: Lee, Ford picked. AP. Lincoln Journal. March 2, 1978. 22. Newspapers.com. July 4, 2021.
