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An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.[1] The 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that include All-American selections from the Associated Press (AP), the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), the Sporting News (TSN), and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) for the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose at least a first and second 5-man team. The NABC, TSN and AP choose third teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections.
The Consensus 2012 College Basketball All-American team is determined by aggregating the results of the four major All-American teams as determined by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since United Press International was replaced by TSN in 1997, the four major selectors have been the aforementioned ones. AP has been a selector since 1948, NABC since 1957 and USBWA since 1960.[2] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.[3]
Although the aforementioned lists are used to determine consensus honors, there are numerous other All-American lists. The ten finalists for the John Wooden Award are described as Wooden All-Americans.[4] The ten finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award are described as Senior All-Americans.[5] Other All-American lists include those determined by Fox Sports, and Yahoo! Sports. The scholar-athletes selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed Academic All-Americans.
The following players are recognized as the 2012 Consensus All-Americans:
PG – Point guard
SG – Shooting guard
PF – Power forward
SF – Small forward
C – Center
| Player | Position | Class | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Davis | C | Freshman | Kentucky | |
| Draymond Green | F | Senior | Michigan State | |
| Doug McDermott | F | Sophomore | Creighton | |
| Thomas Robinson | F | Junior | Kansas | |
| Jared Sullinger | F-C | Sophomore | Ohio State |
| Player | Position | Class | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah Canaan | G | Junior | Murray State | |
| Marcus Denmon | G | Senior | Missouri | |
| Kevin Jones | F | Senior | West Virginia | |
| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | F | Freshman | Kentucky | |
| Tyler Zeller | C | Senior | North Carolina |
| Player | School | AP | USBWA | NABC | TSN | CP | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | National Player of the Year (Associated Press, Naismith, Robertson, Rupp, Sporting News, Wooden), Defensive Player of the Year (Driesell & NABC), Freshman of the Year (USBWA), NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player, Pete Newell Big Man Award | |||||||
| Michigan State | National Player of the Year (NABC) | |||||||
| Kansas | National Player of the Year (ESPN.com) | |||||||
| Ohio State | ||||||||
| Creighton | Lute Olson Award | |||||||
| Murray State | ||||||||
| Missouri | ||||||||
| North Carolina | Academic All-American of the Year | |||||||
| West Virginia | ||||||||
| Kentucky | ||||||||
| Marquette | ||||||||
| North Carolina | ||||||||
| Vanderbilt | ||||||||
| Syracuse | ||||||||
| Weber State | ||||||||
| Kansas | ||||||||
| North Carolina | Bob Cousy Award | |||||||
| Duke | ||||||||
| Virginia |
| All-America Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | ||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |
| Associated Press[6] | Vanderbilt | |||||
| Kentucky | ||||||
| Weber State | ||||||
| North Carolina | ||||||
| Kansas | ||||||
| USBWA[7] | Anthony Davis | Kentucky | Isaiah Canaan | Murray State | No third team | |
| Draymond Green | Michigan State | Marcus Denmon | Missouri | |||
| Doug McDermott | Creighton | Kevin Jones | West Virginia | |||
| Thomas Robinson | Kansas | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | Kentucky | |||
| Jared Sullinger | Ohio State | Tyler Zeller | North Carolina | |||
| NABC[8] | Anthony Davis | Kentucky | North Carolina | Isaiah Canaan | Murray State | |
| Draymond Green | Michigan State | Marcus Denmon | Missouri | Jae Crowder | Marquette | |
| Doug McDermott | Creighton | Kevin Jones | West Virginia | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | Kentucky | |
| Thomas Robinson | Kansas | Damian Lillard | Weber State | |||
| Jared Sullinger | Ohio State | Tyler Zeller | North Carolina | Duke | ||
| Sporting News[9] | Isaiah Canaan | Murray State | Jae Crowder | Marquette | Harrison Barnes | North Carolina |
| Anthony Davis | Kentucky | Marcus Denmon | Missouri | John Jenkins | Vanderbilt | |
| Draymond Green | Michigan State | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | Kentucky | Kevin Jones | West Virginia | |
| Thomas Robinson | Kansas | Doug McDermott | Creighton | Virginia | ||
| Jared Sullinger | Ohio State | Tyler Zeller | North Carolina | Tyshawn Taylor | Kansas | |
AP Honorable Mention:
On February 23, 2012, CoSIDA and Capital One announced the 2012 Academic All-America team, with Tyler Zeller headlining the University Division as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.[10] The following is the 2011–12 Capital One Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:
| Player | School | Class | GPA and major | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Craft | Ohio State | Sophomore | 3.89 Exercise Science/Pre-Med | |
| Matthew Dellavedova | Saint Mary's | Junior | 3.61 Psychology | |
| Brad Loesing | Wofford | Senior | 3.90 Business Administration | |
| Mason Plumlee | Duke | Junior | 3.44 Psychology/Cultural Anthropology | |
| Tyler Zeller | North Carolina | Senior | 3.62 Business Administration |
| Player | School | Class | GPA and major | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Aronhalt | Albany | Junior | 3.78 Human Biology | |
| Brian Conklin | Saint Louis | Grad. Student | 3.54 Business Administration | |
| Drew Crawford | Northwestern | Junior | 3.40 Economics | |
| Ronald Nored | Butler | Senior | 3.64 Early, Middle Childhood Education | |
| Scott Saunders | Belmont | Senior | 3.84 Finance & Marketing |
| Player | School | Class | GPA and major | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. P. Kuhlman | Davidson | Junior | 3.80 Religion | |
| Zack Novak | Michigan | Senior | 3.51 Business | |
| Brian Stafford | Denver | Senior | 3.70 Finance | |
| Matthew Sullivan | Brown | Junior | 4.00 Economics | |
| Chris Wroblewski | Cornell | Senior | 3.66 App. Economics & Management |
The ten finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award are called Senior All-Americans. The 10 honorees are as follows:[11]