2022 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 2022 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 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose three teams, while AP and USBWA also list honorable mention selections.

2022 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Members of the 2022 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Cockburn, Davis, Tshiebwe, Murray; (not pictured: Agbaji).
Awarded for2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
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The Consensus 2022 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 SN 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 the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed Academic All-Americans.

2022 Consensus All-America team edit

PGPoint guard
SGShooting guard
PFPower forward
SFSmall forward
CCenter
Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Ochai Agbaji G Senior Kansas
Kofi Cockburn C Junior Illinois
Johnny Davis G/F Sophomore Wisconsin
Keegan Murray F Sophomore Iowa
Oscar Tshiebwe F Junior Kentucky


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Paolo Banchero F Freshman Duke
Chet Holmgren F Freshman Gonzaga
Jaden Ivey G Sophomore Purdue
Bennedict Mathurin G Sophomore Arizona
Jabari Smith F Freshman Auburn
Drew Timme F Junior Gonzaga

Individual All-America teams edit

By player edit

Player School AP USBWA NABC SN CP Notes
Ochai Agbaji Kansas
1
1
1
1
12
NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player, Big 12 Player of the Year
Kofi Cockburn Illinois
1
1
1
1
12
Johnny Davis Wisconsin
1
1
1
1
12
Jerry West Award, Lute Olson Award, Big Ten Player of the Year
Oscar Tshiebwe Kentucky
1
1
1
1
12
Naismith Player of the Year, Wooden Award, AP Player of the Year, NABC Player of the Year, Oscar Robertson Trophy, Sporting News Player of the Year, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, Pete Newell Big Man Award, SEC Player of the Year
Keegan Murray Iowa
1
1
2
1
11
Karl Malone Award
Jaden Ivey Purdue
2
2
1
2
9
Bennedict Mathurin Arizona
2
2
2
2
8
Pac-12 Player of the Year
Jabari Smith Auburn
2
2
2
2
8
Wayman Tisdale Award, NABC Freshman of the Year
Drew Timme Gonzaga
2
2
2
2
8
WCC Player of the Year
Paolo Banchero Duke
3
2
2
3
6
Chet Holmgren Gonzaga
2
3
3
2
6
James Akinjo Baylor
3
3
3
3
4
Collin Gillespie Villanova
3
3
3
3
4
Bob Cousy Award, Big East Player of the Year
E. J. Liddell Ohio State
3
3
3
3
4
Walker Kessler Auburn
3
3
2
NABC Defensive Player of the Year, Naismith Defensive Player of the Year
JD Notae Arkansas
3
3
2
Johnny Juzang UCLA
3
1

By team edit

All-America Team
First team Second team Third team
Player School Player School Player School
Associated Press[4] Ochai Agbaji Kansas Chet Holmgren Gonzaga James Akinjo Baylor
Kofi Cockburn Illinois Jaden Ivey Purdue Paolo Banchero Duke
Johnny Davis Wisconsin Bennedict Mathurin Arizona Collin Gillespie Villanova
Keegan Murray Iowa Jabari Smith Auburn Walker Kessler Auburn
Oscar Tshiebwe Kentucky Drew Timme Gonzaga E. J. Liddell Ohio State
JD Notae Arkansas
USBWA[5] Ochai Agbaji Kansas Paolo Banchero Duke James Akinjo Baylor
Kofi Cockburn Illinois Jaden Ivey Purdue Collin Gillespie Villanova
Johnny Davis Wisconsin Bennedict Mathurin Arizona Chet Holmgren Gonzaga
Keegan Murray Iowa Jabari Smith Auburn Walker Kessler Auburn
Oscar Tshiebwe Kentucky Drew Timme Gonzaga E. J. Liddell Ohio State
NABC[6] Ochai Agbaji Kansas Paolo Banchero Duke James Akinjo Baylor
Kofi Cockburn Illinois Bennedict Mathurin Arizona Collin Gillespie Villanova
Johnny Davis Wisconsin Keegan Murray Iowa Chet Holmgren Gonzaga
Jaden Ivey Purdue Jabari Smith Auburn Johnny Juzang UCLA
Oscar Tshiebwe Kentucky Drew Timme Gonzaga E. J. Liddell Ohio State
Sporting News[7]
Ochai Agbaji Kansas Chet Holmgren Gonzaga James Akinjo Baylor
Kofi Cockburn Illinois Jaden Ivey Purdue Paolo Banchero Duke
Johnny Davis Wisconsin Bennedict Mathurin Arizona Collin Gillespie Villanova
Keegan Murray Iowa Jabari Smith Auburn E. J. Liddell Ohio State
Oscar Tshiebwe Kentucky Drew Timme Gonzaga JD Notae Arkansas

AP Honorable Mention:[4]

USBWA Honorable Mention:[5]

  • Armando Bacot, North Carolina
  • Johnny Juzang, UCLA
  • JD Notae, Arkansas
  • David Roddy, Colorado State
  • Alondes Williams, Wake Forest

Academic All-Americans edit

The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced its 15-member 2021 Academic All-America team on March 15, 2022, divided into first, second and third teams, with Ben Vander Plas of Ohio chosen as men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.[8]

First Team
Player School Class GPA and major
Ben Vander Plas[a] Ohio GS 3.96/3.79, Management
Jimmy Boeheim[b] Syracuse GS 3.78/4.00, Education
Tanner Groves Oklahoma GS 3.89/4.80, Organizational Leadership
Hunter Schofield[a] Dixie State Sr. 3.94, Exercise Science
JT Shumate Toledo Sr. 3.85, Middle Childhood Education
Second Team
Player School Class GPA and major
Antoine Davis Detroit Mercy Jr. 3.39, Communications
Matt Dentlinger[c] South Dakota State GS 3.99/4.00, Engineering
AJ Green Northern Iowa Sr. 3.67, Movement, Exercise Science & Sport Psychology
Gibson Jimerson Saint Louis Jr. 3.90, International Business
Kahliel Spear Robert Morris Sr. 3.92, Economics
Third Team
Player School Class GPA and major
Josh Bannan Montana So. 3.91, Business Economics
Justin Bean Utah State GS 3.34/3.33, Kinesiology & Nutrition Science
Rocky Kreuser North Dakota State GS 3.62/4.00, University Studies (UG) / Health, Nutrition & Exercise Science
Chris Ledlum Harvard Jr. 3.47, Management (UG) / MBA (G)
Luke Smith[a] Belmont GS 3.67/3.92, Business Administration (UG) / MBA (G)
  1. ^ a b c Second team in 2020–21.
  2. ^ Second team in 2019–20.
  3. ^ Third team in 2020–21.

Senior All-Americans edit

The 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, called Senior All-Americans, were announced on February 10, 2022.[9] The first and second teams were announced on April 1, with Jacob Gilyard of Richmond named as the recipient.[10]

First team edit

Player Position School
Jacob Gilyard Guard Richmond
Evan Battey Forward Colorado
Brad Davison Guard Wisconsin
Sasha Stefanovic Guard Purdue
Lucas Williamson Guard Loyola Chicago

Second team edit

Player Position School
Trent Frazier Guard Illinois
Tanner Groves Forward-center Oklahoma
Gavin Kensmil Forward Stephen F. Austin
Kameron McGusty Guard Miami (Florida)
Alex Morales Guard Wagner

References edit

  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 Skretta, Dave (March 15, 2022). "Big Ten lands three players on AP All-America first team". Associated Press. Archived from the original on April 8, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "USBWA names 2021-22 men's All-America team". United States Basketball Writers Association. March 18, 2021. Archived from the original on April 4, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  6. ^ "NABC Names 2022 Division I All-America Teams". National Association of Basketball Coaches. March 18, 2021. Archived from the original on April 4, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  7. ^ DeCourcy, Mike (March 7, 2022). "Sporting News 2021-22 college basketball All-America team". Sporting News. Archived from the original on April 3, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  8. ^ "2021-22 Academic All-America® Men's Basketball Teams Announced For All NCAA and NAIA Divisions" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  9. ^ "Men's and Women's Basketball Finalists Announced for the 2021-22 Senior CLASS Award" (Press release). Premier Sports Management. February 10, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  10. ^ "Richmond's Jacob Gilyard Wins 2021–22 Senior CLASS Award® for Men's Basketball" (Press release). Premier Sports Management. April 1, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.