1973 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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Members of the 1973 consensus first team. Clockwise from top left: Collins, Lamar, Wilkes, Walton, Thompson (not pictured: DiGregorio, Ratleff).

The consensus 1973 College Basketball All-American team, as 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.

1973 Consensus All-America team[]

Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Doug Collins G Senior Illinois State
Ernie DiGregorio G Senior Providence
Dwight Lamar G Senior Southwestern Louisiana
Ed Ratleff F Senior Long Beach State
David Thompson G/F Sophomore North Carolina State
Bill Walton C Junior UCLA
Keith Wilkes G/F Junior UCLA


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Jim Brewer F/C Senior Minnesota
Tom Burleson C Junior North Carolina State
Larry Finch G Senior Memphis State
Kevin Joyce G Senior South Carolina
Tom McMillen F Junior Maryland
Kermit Washington C Senior American

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[2] Ernie DiGregorio Providence Jim Brewer Minnesota Mike Bantom Saint Joseph's No fourth team
Ed Ratleff Long Beach State Doug Collins Illinois State John Brown Missouri
David Thompson NC State Kevin Joyce South Carolina Rich Fuqua Oral Roberts
Bill Walton UCLA Dwight Lamar Southwestern Louisiana Tom McMillen Maryland
Kermit Washington American Keith Wilkes UCLA Billy Schaeffer St. John's
USBWA[3] Jim Brewer Minnesota Tom Burleson NC State No third or fourth teams
Doug Collins Illinois State Ernie DiGregorio Providence
Larry Finch Memphis State Dwight Lamar Southwestern Louisiana
Ed Ratleff Long Beach State David Thompson NC State
Bill Walton UCLA Keith Wilkes UCLA
NABC[4] Doug Collins Illinois State Jim Brewer Minnesota John Brown Missouri Mike Bantom St. Joseph's
Ed Ratleff Long Beach State Ernie DiGregorio Providence Tom Burleson NC State Marvin Barnes Providence
David Thompson NC State Kevin Joyce South Carolina Allan Hornyak Ohio State Ron Behagen Minnesota
Bill Walton UCLA Dwight Lamar Southwestern Louisiana Barry Parkhill Virginia Krešimir Ćosić Brigham Young
Keith Wilkes UCLA Tom McMillen Maryland Billy Schaeffer St. John's Kermit Washington American
UPI[5] Doug Collins Illinois State Jim Brewer Minnesota Marvin Barnes Providence No fourth team
Dwight Lamar Southwestern Louisiana Ernie DiGregorio Providence Ron Behagen Minnesota
Ed Ratleff Long Beach State Kevin Joyce South Carolina Tom Burleson NC State
David Thompson NC State Tom McMillen Maryland Allan Hornyak Ohio State
Bill Walton UCLA Keith Wilkes UCLA Billy Schaeffer St. John's

AP Honorable Mention:[6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-03-26. Archived 2009-05-04.
  2. ^ AP All-America Teams
  3. ^ "USBWA Men's All-Americans". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  4. ^ All-America - Division I (1970's)[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
  6. ^ "Walton, Wilkes Head Up AP All-America". Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune. March 20, 1973. p. 18. Retrieved July 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.open access
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