1977 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans explained
The consensus 1977 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.
1977 Consensus All-America team
Individual All-America teams
All-America Team |
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First team | Second team | Third team | Fourth Team | Fifth Team |
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Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School |
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Associated Press[2] | | | | | | | No fourth or fifth teams |
| | | | | Wake Forest |
| | | | | Michigan |
| | | Marquette | | Clemson |
| | | | | Portland State |
USBWA[3] | Otis Birdsong | Houston | | | No third, fourth or fifth teams |
Phil Ford | North Carolina | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest |
Rickey Green | Michigan | Ernie Grunfeld | Tennessee |
Phil Hubbard | Michigan | Marques Johnson | UCLA |
Mychal Thompson | Minnesota | Bernard King | Tennessee |
NABC[4] | Kent Benson | Indiana | Bo Ellis | Marquette | Greg Ballard | Oregon | | Wake Forest | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest |
Otis Birdsong | Houston | Ernie Grunfeld | Tennessee | | | | | | Connecticut |
Phil Ford | North Carolina | Phil Hubbard | Michigan | | San Francisco | | | Jeff Jonas | Utah |
Rickey Green | Michigan | Bernard King | Tennessee | Bill Cartwright | San Francisco | | | | UNC Charlotte |
Marques Johnson | UCLA | Mychal Thompson | Minnesota | | | | Kentucky | | Oral Roberts |
| | | | Butch Lee | Marquette | | | Tree Rollins | Clemson |
UPI[5] | Kent Benson | Indiana | Bill Cartwright | San Francisco | Larry Bird | Indiana State | No fourth or fifth teams |
Otis Birdsong | Houston | Phil Ford | North Carolina | Kenny Carr | NC State |
Rickey Green | Michigan | Ernie Grunfeld | Tennessee | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest |
Marques Johnson | UCLA | Butch Lee | Marquette | Cedric Maxwell | UNC Charlotte |
Bernard King | Tennessee | Mychal Thompson | Minnesota | Freeman Williams | Portland State |
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AP Honorable Mention:[6]
- Greg Ballard, Oregon
- Larry Bird, Indiana State
- Winford Boynes, San Francisco
- Skip Brown, Wake Forest
- Kenny Carr, NC State
- Wesley Cox, Louisville
- Brad Davis, Maryland
- Walter Davis, North Carolina
- Marvin Delph, Arkansas
- T. R. Dunn, Alabama
- Bob Elliott, Arizona
- Mike Evans, Kansas State
- Jack Givens, Kentucky
- Mike Glenn, Southern Illinois
- Steve Grant, Manhattan
- David Greenwood, UCLA
- Tony Hanson, Connecticut
- James Hardy, San Francisco
- Joe Hassett, Providence
- Don Henderson, Arkansas State
- Matt Hicks, Northern Illinois
- John Irving, Hofstra
- Eddie Johnson, Auburn
- Jeff Jonas, Utah
- Reggie King, Alabama
- Tom LaGarde, North Carolina
- Rich Laurel, Hofstra
- Cedric Maxwell, UNC Charlotte
- Glenn Mosley, Seton Hall
- Calvin Natt, Northeast Louisiana
- Eddie Owens, UNLV
- Bruce Parkinson, Purdue
- Ron Perry, Holy Cross
- Anthony Roberts, Oral Roberts
- Rick Robey, Kentucky
- Steve Sheppard, Maryland
- Andrew Toney, Southwestern Louisiana
- Wilson Washington, Old Dominion
- Glen Williams, St. John's
- Ray Williams, Minnesota
- 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: USBWA Men's All-Americans . https://web.archive.org/web/20090827033832/http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/awards/allamerica/1970-79.html . 2009-08-27 . live . 2009-03-18 .
- Web site: NABC Division I All-America Teams . NABC . April 10, 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200305044731/https://nabc.prestosports.com/awards/all_america/division_I/1970 . March 5, 2020.
- http://www.ncaapublications.com/Uploads/PDF/m_basketball_finesta2ccdb4e-d86f-4abf-a138-5bb24fd77472.pdf 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans
- Web site: All-America Honors to Michigan's Green. January 14, 2013. Toledo Blade.