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1978 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
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| image1 | Larry Bird ISU.jpg | |||
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| image4 | Butch_Lee_Marquette.jpg | |||
| caption | Members of the 1978 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Larry Bird, Phil Ford, Butch Lee and David Greenwood (not pictured: Mychal Thompson). | |||
| awarded_for | 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |||
| previous | 1977 | |||
| main | All-Americans | |||
| next | 1979 |
The consensus 1978 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.
1978 Consensus All-America team
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Bird | F | Junior | Indiana State |
| Phil Ford | G | Senior | North Carolina |
| David Greenwood | F | Junior | UCLA |
| Butch Lee | G | Senior | Marquette |
| Mychal Thompson | F/C | Senior | Minnesota |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Brewer | G | Senior | Arkansas |
| Jack Givens | G/F | Senior | Kentucky |
| Rod Griffin | G | Senior | Wake Forest |
| Rick Robey | F/C | Senior | Kentucky |
| Freeman Williams | G | Senior | Portland State |
Individual All-America teams
| All-America Team | First team | Second team | Third team | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associated Press | Larry Bird | Indiana State | Ron Brewer | Arkansas | Mike Evans | Kansas State | |||
| Phil Ford | North Carolina | Dave Corzine | DePaul | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest | ||||
| David Greenwood | UCLA | Jack Givens | Kentucky | Magic Johnson | Michigan State | ||||
| Butch Lee | Marquette | Reggie King | Alabama | Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | ||||
| Mychal Thompson | Minnesota | Freeman Williams | Portland State | Rick Robey | Kentucky | ||||
| USBWA | Ron Brewer | Arkansas | Larry Bird | Indiana State | No third team | ||||
| Michael Cooper | New Mexico | Jack Givens | Kentucky | ||||||
| Phil Ford | North Carolina | David Greenwood | UCLA | ||||||
| Butch Lee | Marquette | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest | ||||||
| Freeman Williams | Portland State | Mychal Thompson | Minnesota | ||||||
| NABC | Larry Bird | Indiana State | Dave Corzine | DePaul | James Bailey | Rutgers | |||
| Phil Ford | North Carolina | Jack Givens | Kentucky | Winford Boynes | San Francisco | ||||
| David Greenwood | UCLA | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest | Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | ||||
| Butch Lee | Marquette | Magic Johnson | Michigan State | Mike O'Koren | North Carolina | ||||
| Rick Robey | Kentucky | Freeman Williams | Portland State | Jerome Whitehead | Marquette | ||||
| UPI | Larry Bird | Indiana State | James Bailey | Rutgers | Dave Corzine | DePaul | |||
| Phil Ford | North Carolina | Jack Givens | Kentucky | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest | ||||
| David Greenwood | UCLA | Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | Magic Johnson | Michigan State | ||||
| Butch Lee | Marquette | Rick Robey | Kentucky | Kyle Macy | Kentucky | ||||
| Mychal Thompson | Minnesota | Freeman Williams | Portland State | Roger Phegley | Bradley |
AP Honorable Mention:
- Clyde Austin, NC State
- James Bailey, Rutgers
- Gene Banks, Duke
- Ron Baxter, Texas
- Roosevelt Bouie, Syracuse
- Winford Boynes, San Francisco
- James Bradley, Memphis State
- Michael Brooks, La Salle
- Marty Byrnes, Syracuse
- Bruce Campbell, Providence
- Ron Carter, VMI
- Bill Cartwright, San Francisco
- Pat Cummings, Cincinnati
- Harry Davis, Florida State
- Marvin Delph, Arkansas
- Sherman Dillard, James Madison
- Sammy Drummer, Georgia Tech
- John Duren, Georgetown
- John Gerdy, Davidson
- Mike Gminski, Duke
- Steve Grant, Manhattan
- Darrell Griffith, Louisville
- James Hardy, San Francisco
- Keith Herron, Villanova
- Marc Iavaroni, Virginia
- Derrick Jackson, Georgetown
- Frank Johnson, Wake Forest
- George Johnson, St. John's
- Lynbert Johnson, Wichita State
- Marvin Johnson, New Mexico
- Jeff Judkins, Utah
- Jim Krivacs, Texas
- Jeff Lamp, Virginia
- Billy Lewis, Illinois State
- John Long, Detroit
- John Lowenhaupt, William & Mary
- Oliver Mack, East Carolina
- Kyle Macy, Kentucky
- Lew Massey, Charlotte
- Robert Miller, Cincinnati
- Mike Mitchell, Auburn
- Johnny Moore, Texas
- Jonathan Moore, Furman
- Lowes Moore, West Virginia
- Calvin Natt, Northeast Louisiana
- Mike O'Koren, North Carolina
- Ron Perry, Holy Cross
- Roger Phegley, Bradley
- Mike Phillips, Kentucky
- Micheal Ray Richardson, Montana
- Mike Russell, Texas Tech
- Frankie Sanders, Southern
- Greg Sanders, St. Bonaventure
- Mike Santos, Utah State
- Purvis Short, Jackson State
- Arthur Snipe, South Carolina State
- Jim Spanarkel, Duke
- Henry Taylor, Texas–Pan American
- Reggie Theus, UNLV
- Andrew Toney, Southwestern Louisiana
- Raymond Townsend, UCLA
- Greg Tynes, Seton Hall
- Dean Uthoff, Iowa State
- Darnell Valentine, Kansas
- Ren Watson, VCU
- Jerome Whitehead, Marquette
- Hawkeye Whitney, NC State
- Duck Williams, Notre Dame
- Ken Williams, North Texas
- Rick Wilson, Louisville
- Gary Winton, Army
References
References
- [http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2009/Award.pdf NCAA Record Book - Award Winners] p.137
- [https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_america.html AP All-America Teams]
- (March 7, 1978). "Lobo's Cooper picked to writer' All-American team". Tucson Citizen.
- "NABC Division I All-America Teams". National Association of Basketball Coaches.
- Johnson, Gary K.. (October 2005). "NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans". National Collegiate Athletic Association.
- (March 2, 1978). "Lee, Ford picked". [[Lincoln Journal]].
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