Award
| 1971 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | ||||
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    Members of the 1971 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Carr, McDaniels, Wicks, Meminger (not pictured: Gilmore). | ||||
| Awarded for | 1970–71 NCAA University Division men's basketball season | |||
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The consensus 1971 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. 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.
1971 Consensus All-America team
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Carr | G | Senior | Notre Dame |
| Artis Gilmore | C | Senior | Jacksonville |
| Jim McDaniels | C | Senior | Western Kentucky |
| Dean Meminger | G | Senior | Marquette |
| Sidney Wicks | F | Senior | UCLA |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Durrett | F | Senior | La Salle |
| Johnny Neumann | F | Sophomore | Mississippi |
| Howard Porter | F | Senior | Villanova |
| John Roche | G | Senior | South Carolina |
| Curtis Rowe | F | Senior | UCLA |
Individual All-America teams
| All-America Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | Fourth Team | ||||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | ||
| Associated Press | Austin Carr | Notre Dame | Johnny Neumann | Mississippi | Fred Brown | Iowa | No fourth team | ||
| Artis Gilmore | Jacksonville | Dave Robisch | Kansas | George McGinnis | Indiana | ||||
| Jim McDaniels | Western Kentucky | John Roche | South Carolina | Cliff Meely | Colorado | ||||
| Dean Meminger | Marquette | Curtis Rowe | UCLA | Howard Porter | Villanova | ||||
| Sidney Wicks | UCLA | Paul Westphal | Southern California | Rich Yunkus | Georgia Tech | ||||
| USBWA | Austin Carr | Notre Dame | Dennis Layton | Southern California | No third or fourth teams | ||||
| Ken Durrett | La Salle | Jim McDaniels | Western Kentucky | ||||||
| Artis Gilmore | Jacksonville | Cliff Meely | Colorado | ||||||
| Dean Meminger | Marquette | Johnny Neumann | Mississippi | ||||||
| Sidney Wicks | UCLA | John Roche | South Carolina | ||||||
| NABC | Austin Carr | Notre Dame | Ken Durrett | La Salle | Julius Erving | Massachusetts | Charlie Davis | Wake Forest | |
| Artis Gilmore | Jacksonville | Johnny Neumann | Mississippi | George McGinnis | Indiana | Stan Love | Oregon | ||
| Jim McDaniels | Western Kentucky | Howard Porter | Villanova | Dave Robisch | Kansas | Cliff Meely | Colorado | ||
| Dean Meminger | Marquette | John Roche | South Carolina | Curtis Rowe | UCLA | Jim O'Brien | Boston College | ||
| Sidney Wicks | UCLA | Rich Yunkus | Georgia Tech | Paul Westphal | Southern California | Willie Sojourner | Weber State | ||
| UPI | Austin Carr | Notre Dame | Ken Durrett | La Salle | Julius Erving | Massachusetts | No fourth team | ||
| Artis Gilmore | Jacksonville | Jim McDaniels | Western Kentucky | George McGinnis | Indiana | ||||
| Dean Meminger | Marquette | Johnny Neumann | Mississippi | Dave Robisch | Kansas | ||||
| John Roche | South Carolina | Howard Porter | Villanova | Paul Westphal | Southern California | ||||
| Sidney Wicks | UCLA | Curtis Rowe | UCLA | Charlie Yelverton | Fordham | ||||
AP Honorable Mention:
- Henry Bibby, UCLA
- Corky Calhoun, Pennsylvania
- Jim Chones, Marquette
- Jim Cleamons, Ohio State
- Kresimir Cosic, Brigham Young
- Charlie Davis, Wake Forest
- Dwight Davis, Houston
- Randy Denton, Duke
- Ken Durrett, La Salle
- Jimmy England, Tennessee
- Julius Erving, Massachusetts
- Jeff Halliburton, Drake
- Willie Humes, Idaho State
- Jim Irving, Saint Louis
- Goo Kennedy, Texas Christian
- Ken Kowall, Ohio
- Dennis Layton, Southern California
- Dana Lewis, Tulsa
- Stan Love, Oregon
- John Mengelt, Auburn
- Tom Owens, South Carolina
- Tom Payne, Kentucky
- Gene Phillips, Southern Methodist
- Jim Price, Louisville
- Jackie Ridgle, California
- Marv Roberts, Utah State
- Al Sanders, Louisiana State
- Willie Sojourner, Weber State
- Marvin Stewart, Nebraska
- Joe Sutter, Davidson
- Claude Terry, Stanford
- George Trapp, Long Beach State
- Poo Welch, Houston
- Henry Wilmore, Michigan
- Dennis Wuycik, North Carolina
- Charlie Yelverton, Fordham
See also
References
- NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137
- AP All-America Teams
- "USBWA Men's All-Americans". Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
- "NABC Division I All-America Teams". NABC. Archived from the original on March 5, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
- "AP All-America Squad". Schenectady Gazette. March 18, 1971. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
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