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The consensus 1979 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 .
1979 Consensus All-America team
Individual All-America teams
AP Honorable Mention:
Mark Aguirre , DePaul James Bailey, Rutgers
Gene Banks, Duke
Kim Belton , Stanford Rolando Blackman , Kansas State Roosevelt Bouie , Syracuse Brad Branson , SMU Michael Brooks , La Salle Matt Brown , Army Lawrence Butler , Idaho State Terence Carney , Pacific Sam Clancy , Pittsburgh Elbert Darden , Rice Larry Demic , Arizona Joe DeSantis , Fairfield Sammy Drummer , Georgia Tech Terry Duerod , Detroit Nikos Galis , Seton Hall Larry Gibson , Maryland Kim Goetz , San Diego State Michael Gray , Nevada Al Green , LSU Darrell Griffith, Louisville
Brad Holland , UCLA Cheese Johnson , Wichita State Reggie Johnson , Tennessee Steve Johnson , Oregon State Albert King , MarylandWayne Kreklow , Drake Jim Krivacs , Texas Jeff Lamp , Virginia Emmett Lewis , Colorado Kyle Macy, Kentucky
Ollie Matson , Pepperdine John McCullough , Oklahoma Keith McDonald , Utah State Mike Niles , Cal State Fullerton Mike O'Koren, North Carolina
Jim Paxson, Dayton
Ron Perry , Holy Cross Tony Price , Penn Rick Raivio , Portland Kelvin Ransey, Ohio State
Ricky Reed , Temple Cliff Robinson , USC Jeff Ruland , Iona DeWayne Scales , LSUCraig Shelton , Georgetown Jim Spanarkel, Duke
John Stroud , Ole Miss Londale Theus , Santa Clara Bernard Toone, Marquette
Darnell Valentine , Kansas Ronnie Valentine , Old Dominion Ren Watson , VCU Hawkeye Whitney , NC State Herb Williams , Ohio StateRudy Woods , Texas A&M Academic All-Americans
On March 21, 1979, CoSIDA announced the 1979 Academic All-America team. The following is the 1978–79 Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team as selected by CoSIDA:
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 February 24, 2009."NABC Division I All-America History" . National Association of Basketball Coaches. December 17, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2022.2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
"AP All-America basketball team" . The Post-Crescent Newspapers.com ."Gminski, Spanarkel on all-academic team" . Wilmington Morning Star. March 22, 1979. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
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Members of the 1979 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Larry Bird, Mike Gminski, Sidney Moncrief and David Greenwood (not pictured: Magic Johnson).