2021 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

2021 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Members of the 2021 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Butler, Cunningham, Garza, Dosunmu (not pictured: Kispert).
Awarded for2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
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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 2021 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), Sporting News (SN), and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) for the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose three teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections.

The Consensus 2021 College Basketball All-American team will be 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. The ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award are described as Senior All-Americans. Other All-American lists include those determined by USA Today, Fox Sports, Yahoo! Sports and many others. The scholar-athletes selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed Academic All-Americans.

2021 Consensus All-America team

PG – Point guard
SG – Shooting guard
PF – Power forward
SF – Small forward
C – Center
Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Jared Butler PG Junior Baylor
Cade Cunningham PG/SG Freshman Oklahoma State
Ayo Dosunmu SG Junior Illinois
Luka Garza C Senior Iowa
Corey Kispert SF Senior Gonzaga


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Kofi Cockburn C Sophomore Illinois
Hunter Dickinson C Freshman Michigan
Evan Mobley PF/C Freshman Southern California
Jalen Suggs PG/SG Freshman Gonzaga
Drew Timme PF Sophomore Gonzaga

Individual All-America teams

By player

Player School AP USBWA NABC SN CP Notes
Jared Butler Baylor
1
1
1
1
12
 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player
Cade Cunningham Oklahoma State
1
1
1
1
12
 USBWA National Freshman of the Year, Sporting News Freshman of the Year, Big 12 Player of the Year
Ayo Dosunmu Illinois
1
1
1
1
12
 Bob Cousy Award
Luka Garza Iowa
1
1
1
1
12
 Naismith Player of the Year, Wooden Award, AP Player of the Year, Oscar Robertson Trophy, Sporting News Player of the Year, NABC Player of the Year, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, Pete Newell Big Man Award, Lute Olson Award, Senior CLASS Award, Big Ten Player of the Year
Corey Kispert Gonzaga
1
1
1
1
12
 Julius Erving Award, WCC Player of the Year, Academic All-American of the Year
Kofi Cockburn Illinois
2
2
2
2
8
Hunter Dickinson Michigan
2
2
2
2
8
Evan Mobley USC
2
2
2
2
8
 Pac-12 Player of the Year
Jalen Suggs Gonzaga
2
2
2
2
8
Drew Timme Gonzaga
2
2
2
2
8
 Karl Malone Award
Quentin Grimes Houston
3
3
3
3
4
 AAC co-Player of the Year
Trayce Jackson-Davis Indiana
3
3
3
3
Davion Mitchell Baylor
3
3
3
3
 NABC Defensive Player of the Year, Lefty Driesell Award, Naismith Defensive Player of the Year
Chris Duarte Oregon
3
3
2
 Jerry West Award
Collin Gillespie Villanova
3
3
2
 Big East co-Player of the Year, Robert V. Geasey Trophy
Herbert Jones Alabama
3
3
2
 SEC Player of the Year
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl Villanova
3
3
2
 Big East co-Player of the Year
Charles Bassey Western Kentucky
3
1
 C-USA Player of the Year
Cameron Krutwig Loyola Chicago
3
1
 MVC Player of the Year

By team

All-America Team
First team Second team Third team
Player School Player School Player School
Associated Press[4] Jared Butler Baylor Kofi Cockburn Illinois Chris Duarte Oregon
Cade Cunningham Oklahoma State Hunter Dickinson Michigan Quentin Grimes Houston
Ayo Dosunmu Illinois Evan Mobley USC Herbert Jones Alabama
Luka Garza Iowa Jalen Suggs Gonzaga Cameron Krutwig Loyola Chicago
Corey Kispert Gonzaga Drew Timme Gonzaga Davion Mitchell Baylor
USBWA[5] Jared Butler Baylor Kofi Cockburn Illinois Charles Bassey Western Kentucky
Cade Cunningham Oklahoma State Hunter Dickinson Michigan Chris Duarte Oregon
Ayo Dosunmu Illinois Evan Mobley USC Collin Gillespie Villanova
Luka Garza Iowa Jalen Suggs Gonzaga Quentin Grimes Houston
Corey Kispert Gonzaga Drew Timme Gonzaga Trayce Jackson-Davis Indiana
NABC[6] Jared Butler Baylor Kofi Cockburn Illinois Collin Gillespie Villanova
Cade Cunningham Oklahoma State Hunter Dickinson Michigan Quentin Grimes Houston
Ayo Dosunmu Illinois Evan Mobley USC Trayce Jackson-Davis Indiana
Luka Garza Iowa Jalen Suggs Gonzaga Davion Mitchell Baylor
Corey Kispert Gonzaga Drew Timme Gonzaga Jeremiah Robinson-Earl Villanova
Sporting News[7]
Jared Butler Baylor Kofi Cockburn Illinois Quentin Grimes Houston
Cade Cunningham Oklahoma State Hunter Dickinson Michigan Trayce Jackson-Davis Indiana
Ayo Dosunmu Illinois Evan Mobley USC Herbert Jones Alabama
Luka Garza Iowa Jalen Suggs Gonzaga Davion Mitchell Baylor
Corey Kispert Gonzaga Drew Timme Gonzaga Jeremiah Robinson-Earl Villanova

AP Honorable Mention:

Academic All-Americans

The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced its 15-member 2021 Academic All-America team on May 28, 2021, divided into first, second and third teams, with Corey Kispert of Gonzaga chosen as men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.[8]

First Team
Player School Class GPA and major
Corey Kispert Gonzaga GS 3.49/3.79, Business Administration
Max Abmas Oral Roberts Sr. 3.69, Biomedical Chemistry
Ian DuBose Wake Forest GS 3.84/3.80, Liberal Studies
Matt Pile[a] Omaha Sr. 3.95, Chemistry
Franz Wagner Michigan So. 4.00, Organizational Studies
Second Team
Player School Class GPA and major
Charles Bassey Western Kentucky Jr. 3.57, Interdisciplinary Studies
Oscar da Silva Stanford Sr. 3.49, Biology
Cameron Krutwig Loyola Chicago Sr. 3.45, Entrepreneurship
Hunter Schofield Dixie State Sr. 3.94, Exercise Science
Ben Vander Plas Ohio GS 4.00/4.00, Sports Administration
Third Team
Player School Class GPA and major
Tareq Coburn Hofstra Sr. 3.74, Community Health
Cam Davis Navy Sr. 3.46, Ocean Engineering
Matt Dentlinger South Dakota State Sr. 4.00, Mechanical Engineering
Brady Manek Oklahoma GS 3.63, Management (UG) / MBA (G)
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl Villanova So. 3.56, Communication
Luke Smith Belmont Sr. 3.65, Business Administration
Kobe Webster Nebraska GS 3.75/3.75, Educational Administration
  1. ^ Third team in 2018–19 and first team in 2019–20.

Senior All-Americans

The 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, called Senior All-Americans, were announced on February 22, 2021.[9] Luka Garza of Iowa was named the recipient on April 2, with the first and second teams also being announced at that time.[10]

First team

Player Position School
Luka Garza Center Iowa
Manny Camper Guard Siena
Ross Cummings Guard Mercer
Marcus Garrett Guard Kansas
Corey Kispert Forward Gonzaga

Second team

Player Position School
Cam Davis Guard Navy
Collin Gillespie Guard Villanova
Cameron Krutwig Center Loyola Chicago
Oscar da Silva Forward Stanford
Justin Turner Guard Bowling Green

References

  1. ^ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. ^ "Award Winners: Division I Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 28, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  3. ^ "2009–10 NCAA Statistics Policies (updated 9/2/2009)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. September 2, 2009. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  4. ^ "The Associated Press Men's All-America Teams". Associated Press. March 16, 2021. Archived from the original on March 17, 2021.
  5. ^ "USBWA names men's All-American team; Oscar Robertson Trophy finalists". United States Basketball Writers Association. March 17, 2021. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  6. ^ "2020-21 NABC Division I All-America Teams Announced". National Association of Basketball Coaches. March 18, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  7. ^ DeCourcy, Mike (March 9, 2021). "Sporting News' 2020-21 college basketball All-Americans". Sporting News. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  8. ^ "Corey Kispert of Gonzaga, Aliyah Boston of South Carolina Lead Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Men's & Women's Basketball Teams" (PDF) (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. May 28, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  9. ^ "Men's and Women's Basketball Finalists Announced for the 2020-21 Senior CLASS Award" (Press release). Premier Sports Management. February 22, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  10. ^ "Iowa's Luka Garza Wins 2020-21 Senior CLASS Award® for Men's Basketball" (Press release). Premier Sports Management. April 2, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.