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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

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", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in

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sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national

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selected the first All-America team in the early days of

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in 1889. The 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that include All-American selections from the

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'' (TSN), and the

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(NABC) for the

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. All selectors choose at least a first and second 5-man team. The NABC and AP choose third teams, and TSN chooses third, fourth and fifth teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections. The Consensus 2010 College Basketball All-American team is determined by aggregating the results of the four major All-American teams as determined by the

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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. 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. According to this system,

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and

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were first team selections and

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and Greivis Vasquez were second team selections. Although the aforementioned lists are used to determine consensus honors, there are numerous other All-American lists. The ten finalists for the

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are described as Wooden All-Americans. The ten finalists for the

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are described as Senior All-Americans. Other All-American lists include those determined by

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(CoSIDA) are termed

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2010 Consensus All-America team

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:PF –

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Individual All-America teams

The table below details the selections for four major 2010 college basketball All-American teams. The number corresponding to the team designation (i.e., whether a player was a first team, second team, etc. selection) appears in the table. The following columns are included in the table: :Player – The name of the All-American :School – Collegiate affiliation :AP – Associated Press All-American Team :USBWA – United States Basketball Writers Association All-American Team :NABC – National Association of Basketball Coaches All-American Team :TSN – ''Sporting News'' All-American Team :CP - Points in the consensus scoring system :Notes – Collegiate highlights

By player

By team

AP Honorable Mention: *

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*Matt Bouldin, Gonzaga *

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, Wofford *Malcolm Delaney, Virginia Tech *Devan Downey, South Carolina * Muhammad El-Amin, Stony Brook *

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*Jimmer Fredette, Brigham Young *

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*Lazar Hayward, Marquette *

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, Lipscomb *

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, Morgan State *Robbie Hummel, Purdue * Charles Jenkins,

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* Tyren Johnson,

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Academic All-Americans

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team, with

headlining the University Division as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. The following is the 2009–10 ''ESPN The Magazine'' Academic All-America Men’s Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:

Wooden All-Americans

The ten finalists (and ties) for the

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are called Wooden All-Americans. The 10 honorees are as follows:

Senior All-Americans

The ten finalists for the

are called Senior All-Americans. The 10 honorees are as follows:

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