1968 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Award
The 1968 consensus first team. Clockwise from top left: Alcindor, Hayes, Unseld, Miller, Maravich.
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The consensus 1968 College Basketball All-American team was determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams.[1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
1968 Consensus All-America team
Player | Position | Class | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Lew Alcindor | C | Junior | UCLA |
Elvin Hayes | F/C | Senior | Houston |
Pete Maravich | G/F | Sophomore | Louisiana State |
Larry Miller | F | Senior | North Carolina |
Wes Unseld | C | Senior | Louisville |
Player | Position | Class | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Lucius Allen | G | Junior | UCLA |
Bob Lanier | C | Sophomore | St. Bonaventure |
Don May | G/F | Senior | Dayton |
Calvin Murphy | G | Sophomore | Niagara |
Jo Jo White | G | Junior | Kansas |
Individual All-America teams
All-America Team | ||||||||
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First team | Second team | Third team | ||||||
Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |||
Associated Press[2] | Lew Alcindor | UCLA | Lucius Allen | UCLA | Mike Lewis | Duke | ||
Elvin Hayes | Houston | Bob Lanier | St. Bonaventure | Rick Mount | Purdue | |||
Pete Maravich | Louisiana State | Don May | Dayton | Mike Warren | UCLA | |||
Larry Miller | North Carolina | Calvin Murphy | Niagara | Jo Jo White | Kansas | |||
Wes Unseld | Louisville | Neal Walk | Florida | Sam Williams | Iowa | |||
USBWA[3] | Lew Alcindor | UCLA | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | |||||
Elvin Hayes | Houston | |||||||
Merv Jackson | Utah | |||||||
Bob Lanier | St. Bonaventure | |||||||
Pete Maravich | Louisiana State | |||||||
Larry Miller | North Carolina | |||||||
Calvin Murphy | Niagara | |||||||
Wes Unseld | Louisville | |||||||
Mike Warren | UCLA | |||||||
Jo Jo White | Kansas | |||||||
NABC[4] | Lew Alcindor | UCLA | Lucius Allen | UCLA | Merv Jackson | Utah | ||
Elvin Hayes | Houston | Bob Lanier | St. Bonaventure | Mike Lewis | Duke | |||
Pete Maravich | Louisiana State | Don May | Dayton | Rick Mount | Purdue | |||
Larry Miller | North Carolina | Calvin Murphy | Niagara | Don Smith | Iowa State | |||
Wes Unseld | Louisville | Jo Jo White | Kansas | Neal Walk | Florida | |||
UPI[5] | Lew Alcindor | UCLA | Lucius Allen | UCLA | Mike Lewis | Duke | ||
Elvin Hayes | Houston | Bob Lanier | St. Bonaventure | Jim McMillian | Columbia | |||
Pete Maravich | Louisiana State | Don May | Dayton | Neal Walk | Florida | |||
Calvin Murphy | Niagara | Larry Miller | North Carolina | Mike Warren | UCLA | |||
Wes Unseld | Louisville | Rick Mount | Purdue | Jo Jo White | Kansas |
AP Honorable Mention:[6]
- Joe Allen, Bradley
- Butch Beard, Louisville
- Tom Boerwinkle, Tennessee
- Mike Casey, Kentucky
- Don Chaney, Houston
- Russ Critchfield, California
- Tom Hagan, Vanderbilt
- Shaler Halimon, Utah State
- Bill Hewitt, Southern California
- Simmie Hill, West Texas
- Bill Hosket, Ohio State
- Harry Hollines, Denver
- Merv Jackson, Utah
- Bill Justus, Tennessee
- Willie McCarter, Drake
- Jim McKean, Washington State
- Jim McMillian, Columbia
- Ron Nelson, New Mexico
- Bob Portman, Creighton
- Charley Powell, Xavier (LA)
- Bill Schutsky, Army
- Lynn Shackelford, UCLA
- Don Smith, Iowa State
- George Thompson, Marquette
- Rich Travis, Oklahoma City
- Ron Williams, West Virginia
Academic All-Americans
On April 28, 1968, CoSIDA announced the 1968 Academic All-America team.[7] The following is the 1967–68 Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team as selected by CoSIDA:
Player | School | Class |
---|---|---|
Bob Arnzen | Notre Dame | Junior |
Dennis Awtrey | Santa Clara | Sophomore |
Terry Driscoll | Boston College | Junior |
Bill Hosket | Ohio State | Senior |
Bill Justus | Tennessee | Junior |
Rich Niemann | Saint Louis | Senior |
Cliff Parsons | Air Force | Junior |
Earl Seyfert | Kansas State | Senior |
Dave Scholz | Illinois | Junior |
Ted Ware | Virginia Tech | Senior |
Player | School | Class |
---|---|---|
Ron Becker | New Mexico | Sophomore |
Pat Frink | Colorado | Senior |
Terry Habig | Tulane | Junior |
Fred Holden | Louisville | Senior |
Bill Langheld | Fordham | Senior |
Lyndon Mackey | Utah | Senior |
Richie Mahaffey | Clemson | Sophomore |
Gary Overbeck | Texas | Senior |
Gary Petersmeyer | Stanford | Senior |
Jim Youngblood | Georgia | Senior |
See also
References
- ^ NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-04-30. 2009-05-04.
- ^ AP All-America Teams
- ^ "USBWA Men's All-Americans". Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2009.
- ^ All-America - Division I (1960's) Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
- ^ "Big E Big Man on Cage A-A". Toledo Blade. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ "Academic Cage Team Announced". San Antonio Express and News. April 28, 1968. p. 27. Retrieved August 26, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
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