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

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

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in 1889. The 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that include All-American selections from the

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(NABC) for the 2014–15 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 2015 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 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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2015 Consensus All-America team

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Individual All-America teams

By team

AP Honorable Mention: * Lawrence Alexander, North Dakota State *Justin Anderson, Virginia * Ryan Arcidiacono, Villanova * Ron Baker,

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, St. Francis Brooklyn * Karl Cochran, Wofford * Kyle Collinsworth, BYU *Quinn Cook, Duke * Kris Dunn, Providence * Perry Ellis,

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* Rico Gathers, Baylor * Madarious Gibbs, Texas Southern * Anthony Gill, Virginia * Kendall Gray, Delaware State * Ty Greene, USC Upstate *

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* Montrezl Harrell,

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* Martez Harrison, UMKC * Tyler Harvey,

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* Corey Hawkins,

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* Tyler Haws, BYU * LaDontae Henton, Providence *Darrun Hilliard, Villanova * R. J. Hunter, Georgia State *Stanley Johnson, Arizona *

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, Duke * Tyler Kalinoski, Davidson * Tim Kempton Jr., Lehigh * David Laury,

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* Damon Lynn,

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* T. J. McConnell, Arizona * Mikh McKinney, Sacramento State * Nic Moore, SMU * Saah Nimley, Charleston Southern * Cameron Payne, Murray State * Chasson Randle,

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* Justin Sears,

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* Speedy Smith,

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, Green Bay * Marcus Thornton, William & Mary *Melo Trimble, Maryland * Fred VanVleet, Wichita State * Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin * Jameel Warney, Stony Brook *

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, Maryland *Joe Young, Oregon

Academic All-Americans

On February 26, 2015, CoSIDA and ''

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team, with Matt Townsend headlining the University Division as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. The following is the 2014–15 ''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

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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