2020 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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 2020 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 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose three teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections.

2020 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Members of the 2020 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Garza, Powell, Toppin and Pritchard (not pictured: Howard).
Awarded for2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
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The Consensus 2020 College Basketball All-American team was 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.

2020 Consensus All-America team

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PGPoint guard
SGShooting guard
PFPower forward
SFSmall forward
CCenter
Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Luka Garza C Junior Iowa
Markus Howard PG Senior Marquette
Myles Powell PG/SG Senior Seton Hall
Payton Pritchard PG Senior Oregon
Obi Toppin PF Sophomore Dayton


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Udoka Azubuike C Senior Kansas
Vernon Carey Jr. PF Freshman Duke
Devon Dotson PG Sophomore Kansas
Malachi Flynn PG/SG Junior San Diego State
Cassius Winston PG Senior Michigan State

Individual All-America teams

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By player

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Player School AP USBWA NABC SN CP Notes
Luka Garza Iowa
1
1
1
1
12
Sporting News Player of the Year, Pete Newell Big Man Award, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award
Markus Howard Marquette
1
1
1
1
12
Senior CLASS Award
Obi Toppin Dayton
1
1
1
1
12
John R. Wooden Award, AP Player of the Year, Oscar Robertson Trophy, NABC Player of the Year, Naismith Player of the Year, Karl Malone Award
Myles Powell Seton Hall
1
1
2
1
11
Jerry West Award
Payton Pritchard Oregon
1
2
1
1
11
Lute Olson Award, Bob Cousy Award
Udoka Azubuike Kansas
2
1
1
2
10
NABC Defensive Player of the Year
Devon Dotson Kansas
2
2
2
2
8
Malachi Flynn San Diego State
2
2
2
2
8
Cassius Winston Michigan State
2
2
2
2
8
Vernon Carey Jr. Duke
2
2
3
2
7
USBWA Freshman of the Year, NABC Freshman of the Year
Filip Petrušev Gonzaga
3
3
2
3
5
Jared Butler Baylor
3
3
3
3
4
Jordan Nwora Louisville
3
3
3
3
4
Jalen Smith Maryland
3
3
3
3
4
Tre Jones Duke
3
3
3
3
Daniel Oturu Minnesota
3
1

By team

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All-America Team
First team Second team Third team
Player School Player School Player School
Associated Press[4] Luka Garza Iowa Udoka Azubuike Kansas Jared Butler Baylor
Markus Howard Marquette Vernon Carey Jr. Duke Tre Jones Duke
Myles Powell Seton Hall Devon Dotson Kansas Jordan Nwora Louisville
Payton Pritchard Oregon Malachi Flynn San Diego State Filip Petrušev Gonzaga
Obi Toppin Dayton Cassius Winston Michigan State Jalen Smith Maryland
USBWA[5] Udoka Azubuike Kansas Vernon Carey Jr. Duke Jared Butler Baylor
Luka Garza Iowa Devon Dotson Kansas Tre Jones Duke
Markus Howard Marquette Malachi Flynn San Diego State Jordan Nwora Louisville
Myles Powell Seton Hall Payton Pritchard Oregon Filip Petrušev Gonzaga
Obi Toppin Dayton Cassius Winston Michigan State Jalen Smith Maryland
NABC[6] Udoka Azubuike Kansas Devon Dotson Kansas Jared Butler Baylor
Luka Garza Iowa Malachi Flynn San Diego State Vernon Carey Jr. Duke
Markus Howard Marquette Filip Petrušev Gonzaga Tre Jones Duke
Payton Pritchard Oregon Myles Powell Seton Hall Jordan Nwora Louisville
Obi Toppin Dayton Cassius Winston Michigan State Jalen Smith Maryland
Sporting News[7]
Luka Garza Iowa Udoka Azubuike Kansas Jared Butler Baylor
Markus Howard Marquette Vernon Carey Jr. Duke Jordan Nwora Louisville
Myles Powell Seton Hall Devon Dotson Kansas Daniel Oturu Minnesota
Payton Pritchard Oregon Malachi Flynn San Diego State Filip Petrušev Gonzaga
Obi Toppin Dayton Cassius Winston Michigan State Jalen Smith Maryland

AP Honorable Mention:[4]

Academic All-Americans

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The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced its 15-member 2020 Academic All-America team on March 9, 2020, divided into first, second and third teams with Skylar Mays of LSU chosen as men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.[8]

First Team
Player School Class GPA and major
Skylar Mays[a] LSU Sr. 3.93, Kinesiology/Human Movement
Brooks DeBisschop[b] Northern Arizona Sr. 3.97, Finance
Christian Lutete UMass Lowell GS 3.79/4.00, Economics (UG) / Peace & Conflict Studies (G)
Mason Peatling Eastern Washington GS 3.89/4.00, Finance (UG) / MBA (G)
Matt Pile[b] Omaha Jr. 3.93, Chemistry
Second Team
Player School Class GPA and major
Jimmy Boeheim Cornell Jr. 3.76, Applied Economics & Management
Đorđe Dimitrijević Mercer Sr. 3.87, Computer Science
James Foye[c] Dartmouth Sr. 3.97, Economics
Sam Merrill Utah State Sr. 3.39, Business Administration
Jordan Nwora Louisville Jr. 3.40, Exercise Science
Xavier Tillman Michigan State Jr. 3.63, Communication
Third Team
Player School Class GPA and major
Amidou Bamba[d] Charlotte GS 3.98/4.00, Finance (UG) / MBA (G)
Trent Forrest Florida State GS 3.43, Sport Management (UG & G)
T. J. Haws BYU Sr. 3.46, Finance
Davide Moretti Texas Tech Jr. 3.68, Human Science
  1. ^ First-team selection in 2018–19 and second-team in 2017–18.
  2. ^ a b Third-team selection in 2018–19.
  3. ^ Second-team selection in 2018–19.
  4. ^ Third-team selection in 2018–19 at Central Connecticut.

Senior All-Americans

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The 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, called Senior All-Americans, were announced on February 5, 2020.[9] On March 31, Markus Howard was announced as the recipient, with the first and second teams also announced at that time.[10]

First team

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Player Position School
Markus Howard Guard Marquette
Udoka Azubuike Center Kansas
Sam Merrill Guard Utah State
Myles Powell Guard Seton Hall
Cassius Winston Guard Michigan State

Second team

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Player Position School
Yoeli Childs Forward BYU
James Foye Guard Dartmouth
Nathan Knight Center William & Mary
Skylar Mays Guard LSU
Lamar Stevens Forward Penn State

References

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  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. ^ a b "Unanimous first-teamer Obi Toppin leads 2019-20 college basketball AP All-American team". NCAA.com. Associated Press. March 20, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  5. ^ "USBWA names 2019-20 men's All-America team". United States Basketball Writers Association. March 23, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  6. ^ "NABC Announces Division I All-America Teams". National Association of Basketball Coaches. March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  7. ^ DeCourcy, Mike (March 11, 2020). "Sporting News' 2019-20 college basketball All-Americans". Sporting News. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  8. ^ "2019-20 Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Teams Announced" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  9. ^ "Men's and Women's Basketball Finalists Announced for the 2019-20 Senior CLASS Award" (Press release). Premier Sports Management. February 5, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  10. ^ "Marquette's Markus Howard Wins 2019-2020 Senior CLASS Award for Men's Basketball" (Press release). Premier Sports Management. March 31, 2020. Retrieved April 2, 2020.