1979 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
| 1979 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
|---|---|
Members of the 1979 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Larry Bird, Mike Gminski, Sidney Moncrief and David Greenwood (not pictured: Magic Johnson). | |
| Awarded for | 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season |
The consensus 1979 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.
1979 Consensus All-America team
[edit]| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Bird | F | Senior | Indiana State |
| Mike Gminski | C | Junior | Duke |
| David Greenwood | F | Senior | UCLA |
| Magic Johnson | G | Sophomore | Michigan State |
| Sidney Moncrief | G | Senior | Arkansas |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Cartwright | C | Senior | San Francisco |
| Calvin Natt | C | Senior | Northeast Louisiana |
| Mike O'Koren | F | Junior | North Carolina |
| Jim Paxson | G/F | Senior | Dayton |
| Jim Spanarkel | G | Senior | Duke |
| Kelly Tripucka | F | Sophomore | Notre Dame |
| Sly Williams | F | Junior | Rhode Island |
Individual All-America teams
[edit]| All-America Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | Fourth Team | ||||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | ||
| Associated Press[2] | Larry Bird | Indiana State | Mike Gminski | Duke | Joe Barry Carroll | Purdue | No fourth team | ||
| Bill Cartwright | San Francisco | Vinnie Johnson | Baylor | Roy Hamilton | UCLA | ||||
| David Greenwood | UCLA | Reggie King | Alabama | Greg Kelser | Michigan State | ||||
| Magic Johnson | Michigan State | Ronnie Lester | Iowa | Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | ||||
| Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | Calvin Natt | Northeast Louisiana | Sly Williams | Rhode Island | ||||
| USBWA[3] | Larry Bird | Indiana State | Calvin Natt | Northeast Louisiana | No third or fourth teams | ||||
| Bill Cartwright | San Francisco | Mike O'Koren | North Carolina | ||||||
| Mike Gminski | Duke | Jim Paxson | Dayton | ||||||
| Magic Johnson | Michigan State | Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | ||||||
| Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | Sly Williams | Rhode Island | ||||||
| NABC[4] | Larry Bird | Indiana State | Bill Cartwright | San Francisco | Joe Barry Carroll | Purdue | Danny Ainge | Brigham Young | |
| Mike Gminski | Duke | Reggie King | Alabama | Darrell Griffith | Louisville | James Bailey | Rutgers | ||
| David Greenwood | UCLA | Mike O'Koren | North Carolina | Ronnie Lester | Iowa | Calvin Natt | Northeast Louisiana | ||
| Magic Johnson | Michigan State | Jim Spanarkel | Duke | Kyle Macy | Kentucky | Bernard Toone | Marquette | ||
| Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | Jim Paxson | Dayton | Mike Woodson | Indiana | ||
| UPI[5] | Larry Bird | Indiana State | Bill Cartwright | San Francisco | James Bailey | Rutgers | No fourth team | ||
| Mike Gminski | Duke | Darrell Griffith | Louisville | Gene Banks | Duke | ||||
| David Greenwood | UCLA | Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | Ronnie Lester | Iowa | ||||
| Magic Johnson | Michigan State | Mike O'Koren | North Carolina | Kelvin Ransey | Ohio State | ||||
| Jim Spanarkel | Duke | Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | Sly Williams | Rhode Island | ||||
AP Honorable Mention:[6]
- Mark Aguirre, DePaul
- James Bailey, Rutgers
- Gene Banks, Duke
- Kim Belton, Stanford
- Rolando Blackman, Kansas State
- Roosevelt Bouie, Syracuse
- Brad Branson, SMU
- Michael Brooks, La Salle
- Matt Brown, Army
- Lawrence Butler, Idaho State
- Terence Carney, Pacific
- Sam Clancy, Pittsburgh
- Elbert Darden, Rice
- Larry Demic, Arizona
- Joe DeSantis, Fairfield
- Sammy Drummer, Georgia Tech
- Terry Duerod, Detroit
- Nikos Galis, Seton Hall
- Larry Gibson, Maryland
- Kim Goetz, San Diego State
- Michael Gray, Nevada
- Al Green, LSU
- Darrell Griffith, Louisville
- Brad Holland, UCLA
- Cheese Johnson, Wichita State
- Reggie Johnson, Tennessee
- Steve Johnson, Oregon State
- Albert King, Maryland
- Wayne Kreklow, Drake
- Jim Krivacs, Texas
- Jeff Lamp, Virginia
- Emmett Lewis, Colorado
- Kyle Macy, Kentucky
- Ollie Matson, Pepperdine
- John McCullough, Oklahoma
- Keith McDonald, Utah State
- Mike Niles, Cal State Fullerton
- Mike O'Koren, North Carolina
- Jim Paxson, Dayton
- Ron Perry, Holy Cross
- Tony Price, Penn
- Rick Raivio, Portland
- Kelvin Ransey, Ohio State
- Ricky Reed, Temple
- Cliff Robinson, USC
- Jeff Ruland, Iona
- DeWayne Scales, LSU
- Craig Shelton, Georgetown
- Jim Spanarkel, Duke
- John Stroud, Ole Miss
- Londale Theus, Santa Clara
- Bernard Toone, Marquette
- Darnell Valentine, Kansas
- Ronnie Valentine, Old Dominion
- Ren Watson, VCU
- Hawkeye Whitney, NC State
- Herb Williams, Ohio State
- Rudy Woods, Texas A&M
Academic All-Americans
[edit]On March 21, 1979, CoSIDA announced the 1979 Academic All-America team.[7] The following is the 1978–79 Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team as selected by CoSIDA:
| Player | School | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Gminski | Duke | Junior |
| Greg Kelser | Michigan State | Senior |
| Jim Krivacs | Texas | Senior |
| Kyle Macy | Kentucky | Senior |
| Jim Paxson | Dayton | Senior |
| Ron Perry | Holy Cross | Junior |
| Jim Spanarkel | Duke | Senior |
| Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | Sophomore |
| Darnell Valentine | Kansas | Sophomore |
| Kiki Vandeweghe | UCLA | Junior |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137
- ^ AP All-America Teams
- ^ "USBWA Men's All-Americans". Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
- ^ "NABC Division I All-America History". National Association of Basketball Coaches. December 17, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ^ 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
- ^ "AP All-America basketball team". The Post-Crescent. March 1, 1979. p. 28. Retrieved June 30, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gminski, Spanarkel on all-academic team". Wilmington Morning Star. March 22, 1979. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
