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1983 Consensus All-America team

Individual All-America teams

AP Honorable Mention: * Michael Adams,

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* Billy Allen,

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* Paul Anderson, Dartmouth *

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, Auburn * Thurl Bailey, NC State * Joe Binion, North Carolina A&T * Charlie Bradley,

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* Adrian Branch,

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* Randy Breuer,

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* Darrell Browder, TCU * Michael Brown, Penn * Darren Burnett, Columbia * Steve Burtt, Iona *

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* Tony Campbell, Ohio State *

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* Terry Catledge, South Alabama * Roosevelt Chapman,

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* Carlos Clark, Ole Miss * Matt Clark,

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* Ben Coleman, Maryland * Leroy Combs, Oklahoma State * Tony Costner, Saint Joseph's * Phil Cox, Vanderbilt * Jeff Cross,

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* Russell Cross,

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* Pete DeBisschop, Fairfield * John Devereaux,

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* Tim Dillon,

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* Robin Dixon,

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* Calvin Duncan, VCU * Devin Durrant, BYU * Vern Fleming,

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* Rod Foster, UCLA * John Garris, Boston College * Michael Gerren, South Alabama * Franklin Giles, South Carolina St. * Billy Goodwin, St. John's * Greg Goorjian,

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* Stewart Granger, Villanova * Greg Grant, Utah State * Butch Graves,

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* A.C. Green, Oregon State * Glen Green, Murray State *Sidney Green, UNLV * Steve Harriel,

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* Steve Harris,

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* Marvin Haynes, South Carolina St. * Carl Henry,

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* Jacque Hill,

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* Roy Hinson,

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* Dave Hoppen,

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* Alfredrick Hughes, Loyola (IL) * Jay Humphries,

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* Mike Jackson,

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* Joe Jakubick, Akron * David Jenkins,

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*Dwight Jones,

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* Greg Jones,

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* Keith Jones,

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* Mark Jones, St. Bonaventure * Brian Kellerman,

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* Earl Kelley,

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* Harry Kelly, Texas Southern *Ted Kitchel, Indiana * Rick Lamb, Illinois State * Mike Lang,

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* David Little, Oklahoma * Sidney Lowe, NC State * Kenneth Lyons, North Texas State *Jeff Malone, Mississippi State * Pace Mannion,

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* Ray McCallum, Ball State * Rodney McCray,

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* Xavier McDaniel, Wichita State * Chris McNealy, San Jose State * Larry Micheaux, Houston *Chris Mullin, St. John's * Jay Murphy, Boston College * Mark Nickens, American * Akeem Olajuwon, Houston * Horace Owens,

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* Ernest Patterson, New Mexico St. *John Paxson, Notre Dame * Bernard Perry,

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* Mark Petteway,

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* Orlando Phillips, Pepperdine * Ed Pinckney, Villanova * Derrick Pope,

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* Blair Rasmussen,

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* Leo Rautins, Syracuse * Glenn Rivers, Marquette * Craig Robinson, Princeton * Dan Ruland,

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* David Russell, St. John's * Erich Santifer, Syracuse *

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, Arizona State * Brad Sellers,

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* Rick Simmons,

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* Charlie Sitton, Oregon State * Jarvis Smith, Bethune-Cookman * Steve Smith, Marist * Barry Stevens, Iowa State * Greg Stokes,

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*Jon Sundvold, Missouri * Dane Suttle, Pepperdine * Peter Thibeaux, Saint Mary's * Paul Thompson, Tulane * Otis Thorpe, Providence * Eric Turner,

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* Melvin Turpin,

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* Clyde Vaughan,

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* Sam Vincent, Michigan State * Byron Walker, UTEP * Graylin Warner, Southwestern Louisiana * Tony Webster,

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* Mark West, Old Dominion * Mitchell Wiggins,

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* Paul Williams, Arizona State * Ronnie Williams,

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* Othell Wilson, Virginia *Randy Wittman, Indiana * Leon Wood, Cal State Fullerton * Carlos Yates,

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* Danny Young, Wake Forest * Michael Young, Houston

Academic All-Americans

On March 7, 1983 CoSIDA announced the 1983 Academic All-America team.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:1983 Ncaa Men's Basketball All-Americans NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

All-Americans The All-America designation is an annual honor bestowed on outstanding athletes in the United States who are considered to be among the best athletes in their respective sport. Individuals receiving this distinction are typically added to an Al ...