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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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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 2017 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

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. 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 2017 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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and many others. The scholar-athletes selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed

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2017 Consensus All-America team

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Individual All-America teams

By player

By team

AP Honorable Mention: * Ian Baker,

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, Belmont *

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* T. J. Cline,

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* Patrick Cole, North Carolina Central *

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*Jawun Evans, Oklahoma State *

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, Bucknell *

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, Kentucky *

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, Texas–Arlington * Isaiah Johnson,

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* Keon Johnson, Winthrop *

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, Gonzaga *

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, Saint Mary's *

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, UCLA *

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* Zach Lofton,

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* Monte Morris,

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* Luke Nelson,

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, SMU *Alec Peters, Valparaiso * Justin Robinson,

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* Devin Sibley, Furman * Dennis Smith Jr.,

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* Erik Thomas,

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* T. J. Williams, Northeastern

Academic All-Americans

On March 2, 2017, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced the 2017

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 Canyon Barry (youngest son of

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) headlining the NCAA Division I team as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. The following is the 2016–17 Academic All-America Division I Men’s Basketball Team as selected by CoSIDA:

Senior All-Americans

The ten finalists for the

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are called Senior All-Americans. The 10 honorees are as follows, divided into first and second teams with the winner highlighted in bold text:

First team

Second team

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