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team is an honorary sports team composed of the best

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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 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that include All-American selections from the

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(AP), the

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(USBWA), the ''

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'' (TSN), and the

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(NABC) for the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose at least a first and second 5-man team. The NABC, TSN and AP choose third teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections. The Consensus 2012 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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(NCAA). Since

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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. 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 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award are described as Senior All-Americans. Other All-American lists include those determined by

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. The scholar-athletes selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed

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2012 Consensus All-America team

The following players are recognized as the 2012 Consensus All-Americans: :PG –

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:SF –

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:C – Center

Individual All-America teams

By player

By team

AP Honorable Mention: *Harrison Barnes, North Carolina * Will Barton, Memphis * Julian Boyd,

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* Ryan Broekhoff, Valparaiso * De'Mon Brooks, Davidson *

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* Deonte Burton,

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, S.C.-Upstate * Paul Crosby, Mississippi Valley State *

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, Saint Mary's *

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* Matt Dickey, UNC Asheville * Jamaal Franklin,

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* Jorge Gutierrez,

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* John Henson, North Carolina * Robbie Hummel,

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* Pierre Jackson, Baylor * Darius Johnson-Odom, Marquette * Perry Jones III, Baylor *Kris Joseph, Syracuse * Jeremy Lamb,

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* CJ McCollum, Lehigh * Dominique Morrison,

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* Mike Moser,

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* Andrew Nicholson, St. Bonaventure * Kyle O'Quinn, Norfolk State * Darryl Partin,

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* Ryan Pearson,

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, Duke * Patrick Richard, McNeese State *Austin Rivers, Duke *

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*Mike Scott, Virginia * John Shurna, Northwestern * Jordan Taylor,

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, Syracuse * Casper Ware, Long Beach State * Mitchell Watt, Buffalo *

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, Iowa State * Isaiah Wilkerson,

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* Nate Wolters, South Dakota State *

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Academic All-Americans

On February 23, 2012, CoSIDA and

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announced the 2012 Academic All-America team, with Tyler Zeller headlining the University Division as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. The following is the 2011–12 ''Capital One'' Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:

Senior All-Americans

The ten finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award are called Senior All-Americans. The 10 honorees are as follows:

Notes

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NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans