An
All-American
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 ...
team is an
honorary sports team composed of the best
amateur
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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
athletes
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", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in
U.S.
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team
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sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national
media
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.
Walter Camp
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selected the
first All-America team in the early days of
American football
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in 1889. The 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that include All-American selections from the
Associated Press
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(AP), the
United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), the ''
Sporting News
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'' (TSN), and the
National Association of Basketball Coaches
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(NABC) for the
2013–14 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 2014 College Basketball All-American team is determined by aggregating the results of the four major All-American teams as determined by the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA). Since
United Press International
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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
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
Fox Sports
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, and
Yahoo! Sports
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. The scholar-athletes selected by
College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed
Academic All-American
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s.
2014 Consensus All-America team
:PG –
Point guard
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A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position and is usually the shortest player ...
:SG –
Shooting guard
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:PF –
Power forward
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:SF –
Small forward
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:C –
Center
Individual All-America teams
By team
AP Honorable Mention:
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Karvel Anderson
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,
Robert Morris
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Cameron Ayers,
Bucknell
*
Cameron Bairstow,
New Mexico
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Billy Baron
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High school
Baron born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, attended and played high school basketball at Bishop Hendricken Hig ...
,
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Jerrelle Benimon,
Towson
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Davion Berry,
Weber State
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Taylor Braun,
North Dakota State
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De'Mon Brooks,
Davidson
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John Brown,
High Point
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Bryce Cotton,
Providence
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Joel Embiid
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, Kansas
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Tyler Ennis, Syracuse
* Aaron Gordon, Arizona
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Langston Hall,
Mercer
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Gary Harris,
Michigan State
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Tyler Haws,
BYU
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R. J. Hunter,
Georgia State
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Jordair Jett,
Saint Louis
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Shawn Jones,
Middle Tennessee
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* DeAndre Kane, Iowa State
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J. J. Mann,
Belmont
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Javon McCrea,
Buffalo
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Daniel Mullings,
New Mexico State
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Aaric Murray,
Texas Southern
* Marcus Paige, North Carolina
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Jacob Parker,
Stephen F. Austin
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Lamar Patterson,
Pittsburgh
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Adreian Payne, Michigan State
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Casey Prather, Florida
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Wesley Saunders,
Harvard
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* Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State
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Juwan Staten
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,
West Virginia
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Keifer Sykes
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,
Green Bay
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Xavier Thames,
San Diego State
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* Fred VanVleet, Wichita State
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Jameel Warney,
Stony Brook
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Alan Williams,
UC Santa Barbara
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Pendarvis Williams,
Norfolk State
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Patric Young, Florida
Academic All-Americans
On February 20, 2014,
CoSIDA and ''
Capital One
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'' announced the 2014
Academic All-America
The Academic All-America program is a student-athlete recognition program. The program selects an honorary sports team composed of the most outstanding student-athletes of a specific season for positions in various sports—who in turn are give ...
team, with
Aaron Craft headlining the University Division as the
men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. The following is the 2013–14 ''Capital One'' Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:
Senior All-Americans
The ten finalists for the
Senior CLASS Award are called Senior All-Americans. The 10 honorees are as follows:
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2014 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 ...
NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans