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2009 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans


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captionMembers of the 2009 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Curry, Griffin, Harden, Hansbrough (not pictured: Blair).
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An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur 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 U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Caspar Whitney selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889. The 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that includes All-American selections from the Associated Press (AP), the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), the Sporting News (TSN), and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) drawn from the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose at least a first and second 5-man team. The NABC, AP and TSN choose third teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections.

The Consensus 2009 College Basketball All-American team is determined by aggregating the results of the four major All-American teams as determined by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since United Press International 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. According to this system, DeJuan Blair, Stephen Curry, Blake Griffin, Tyler Hansbrough and James Harden were first team selections and Sherron Collins, Luke Harangody, Ty Lawson, Jodie Meeks, Jeff Teague and Hasheem Thabeet were second team selections.

Although the aforementioned lists are used to determine consensus honors, there are numerous other All-American lists. The ten finalists for the John Wooden Award are described as Wooden All-Americans. The ten finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award are described as Senior All-Americans. Other All-American lists include those determined by Fox Sports, and Yahoo! Sports. The scholar-athletes selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed Academic All-Americans.

2009 Consensus All-America team

:PG – Point guard :SG – Shooting guard :PF – Power forward :SF – Small forward :C – Center

The following players were consensus All-Americans.

PlayerPositionClassTeam
DeJuan BlairCSophomorePittsburgh
Stephen CurryPGJuniorDavidson
Blake GriffinPFSophomoreOklahoma
Tyler HansbroughCSeniorNorth Carolina
James HardenSGSophomoreArizona State
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Sherron CollinsPGJuniorKansas
Luke HarangodyPFJuniorNotre Dame
Ty LawsonPGJuniorNorth Carolina
Jodie MeeksSGJuniorKentucky
Jeff TeaguePGSophomoreWake Forest
Hasheem ThabeetCJuniorConnecticut

Individual All-America teams

The table below details the selections for four major 2009 college basketball All-American teams. The number corresponding to the team designation (i.e., whether a player was a first team, second team, etc. selection) appears in the table. The following columns are included in the table:

:Player – The name of the All-American :School – Collegiate affiliation :AP – Associated Press All-American Team :USBWA – United States Basketball Writers Association All-American Team :NABC – National Association of Basketball Coaches All-American Team :TSNSporting News All-American Team :CP – Points in the consensus scoring system

By player

PlayerSchoolAPUSBWANABCTSNCPNotes
DavidsonNCAA scoring leader
OklahomaNational Player of the Year (AP, Athlon, FOX, NABC, Naismith, *TSN*, *SI*, USBWA-Robertson, Wooden), NBA First overall draft, NCAA rebounding leader
North CarolinaCollege Basketball Athlete of the Decade (*Sporting News*, *Sports Illustrated*), Lowe's Senior CLASS Award
Pittsburgh
ConnecticutNABC Defensive Player of the Year
Kentucky
Kansas
Notre Dame
North CarolinaBob Cousy Award
Wake Forest
Marquette
Florida State
Duke
Louisville
Pittsburgh
UCLAFrances Pomeroy Naismith Award

By team

All-America TeamFirst teamSecond teamThird teamPlayerSchoolPlayerSchoolPlayerSchool
Associated PressDeJuan BlairPittsburghLuke HarangodyNotre DameSherron CollinsKansas
Stephen CurryDavidsonTy LawsonNorth CarolinaToney DouglasFlorida State
Blake GriffinOklahomaJerel McNealMarquetteGerald HendersonDuke
Tyler HansbroughNorth CarolinaJodie MeeksKentuckyTerrence WilliamsLouisville
James HardenArizona StateHasheem ThabeetConnecticutSam YoungPittsburgh
USBWADeJuan BlairPittsburghSherron CollinsKansasNo third team
Stephen CurryDavidsonLuke HarangodyNotre Dame
Blake GriffinOklahomaJodie MeeksKentucky
Tyler HansbroughNorth CarolinaJeff TeagueWake Forest
James HardenArizona StateHasheem ThabeetConnecticut
NABCStephen CurryDavidsonDeJuan BlairPittsburghDarren CollisonUCLA
Blake GriffinOklahomaSherron CollinsKansasLuke HarangodyNotre Dame
Tyler HansbroughNorth CarolinaTy LawsonNorth CarolinaGerald HendersonDuke
James HardenArizona StateJodie MeeksKentuckyJerel McNealMarquette
Hasheem ThabeetConnecticutJeff TeagueWake ForestTerrence WilliamsLouisville
Sporting NewsDeJuan BlairPittsburghTy LawsonNorth CarolinaSherron CollinsKansas
Stephen CurryDavidsonJodie MeeksKentuckyToney DouglasFlorida State
Blake GriffinOklahomaJerel McNealMarquetteLuke HarangodyNotre Dame
Tyler HansbroughNorth CarolinaJeff TeagueWake ForestJordan HillArizona
James HardenArizona StateHasheem ThabeetConnecticutSam YoungPittsburgh

AP Honorable Mention:

  • Jeff Adrien, Connecticut
  • Josh Akognon, Cal State Fullerton
  • Cole Aldrich, Kansas
  • Alex Barnett, Dartmouth
  • Marqus Blakely, Vermont
  • Craig Brackins, Iowa State
  • Michael Bramos, Miami (OH)
  • Jon Brockman, Washington
  • Brandon Brooks, Alabama State
  • John Bryant, Santa Clara
  • Chase Budinger, Arizona
  • DeMarre Carroll, Missouri
  • Jeremy Chappell, Robert Morris
  • Dionte Christmas, Temple
  • Earl Clark, Louisville
  • Darren Collison, UCLA
  • Dante Cunningham, Villanova
  • Devan Downey, South Carolina
  • Tyreke Evans, Memphis
  • Levance Fields, Pittsburgh
  • Jonny Flynn, Syracuse
  • Kenny Hasbrouck, Siena
  • Jordan Hill, Arizona
  • Matt Howard, Butler
  • Lester Hudson, Tennessee-Martin
  • Matt Kingsley, Stephen F. Austin
  • Kalin Lucas, Michigan State
  • Eric Maynor, VCU
  • Kellen McCoy, Weber State
  • Tywain McKee, Coppin State
  • Orlando Mendez-Valdez, Western Kentucky
  • Derrick Mercer, American
  • Luke Nevill, Utah
  • Ahmad Nivins, Saint Joseph's
  • Artsiom Parakhouski, Radford
  • A. J. Price, Connecticut
  • Alex Renfroe, Belmont
  • Tyrese Rice, Boston College
  • Kyle Singler, Duke
  • Jermaine Taylor, Central Florida
  • Jeff Teague, Wake Forest
  • Marcus Thornton, LSU
  • Evan Turner, Ohio State
  • Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State
  • Gary Wilkinson, Utah State
  • Booker Woodfox, Creighton
  • Ben Woodside, North Dakota State

Academic All-Americans

On February 25, 2009, CoSIDA and ESPN The Magazine announced the 2009 Academic All-American team with Brett Winkelman headlining the University Division as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.

2008–09 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:

PlayerSchoolClassGPA/Major
Brett WinkelmanNorth Dakota StateSenior3.88/ Industrial engineering & Management
Jason HolsingerEvansvilleSenior3.89/ Economics
Aaron LinnGardner-WebbSenior4.00/ Finance
Bryan MullinsSouthern IllinoisSenior4.00/ Finance
Alex RuoffWest VirginiaSenior3.79/ History
PlayerSchoolClassGPA/Major
Jimmy BaronRhode IslandSenior3.42/ Communications
Matt HowardButlerSophomore3.72/ Finance
Yves Mekongo MbalaLa SalleJunior3.82/ International Science, Business & Technology
Michael SchachtnerWisconsin-Green BaySenior3.81/ Psychology
Ryan SchneiderMaristSenior3.72/ Communications/Sports Communication
PlayerSchoolClassGPA/Major
Patrick FoleyColumbiaJunior3.81/ Political science
David KoolWestern MichiganJunior3.38/ Physical education
Kevin LischSaint LouisGraduate3.48/ Business administration (MBA)
Greg PaulusDukeSenior3.35/ Political Science
Andy WickeBelmontSenior3.74/ Environmental studies

Wooden All-Americans

The ten finalists (and ties) for the John R. Wooden Award are called Wooden All-Americans. The 11 honorees are as follows:

PlayerSchool
DeJuan BlairPittsburgh
Stephen CurryDavidson
Blake GriffinOklahoma
Tyler HansbroughNorth Carolina
Luke HarangodyNotre Dame
James HardenArizona State
Gerald Henderson, Jr.Duke
Ty LawsonNorth Carolina
Hasheem ThabeetConnecticut
Terrence WilliamsLouisville
Sam YoungPittsburgh

Senior All-Americans

The ten finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award are called Senior All-Americans. The 10 honorees are as follows:

PlayerSchool
A.J. AbramsTexas
Jimmy BaronRhode Island
Dionte ChristmasTemple
Tyler HansbroughNorth Carolina
Lester HudsonTennessee-Martin
Curtis JerrellsBaylor
Jerel McNealMarquette
Andy WickeBelmont
Terrence WilliamsLouisville
Sam YoungPittsburgh

References

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  22. "Hasheem Thabeet #34 C". [[ESPN]].
  23. "Jodie Meeks #23 G". [[ESPN]].
  24. "Sherron Collins #4 G". [[ESPN]].
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  42. (2009-02-07). "Lowe's Senior Class Award Announces Finalists For NCAA Division I Men's & Women's Basketball". Premier Sports Management.
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