1978 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Members of the 1978 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Bird, Ford, Lee and Greenwood (not pictured: Thompson).
The consensus 1978 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.
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[2] | 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[3] | 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[4] | 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[5] | 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:[6]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137
- ^ AP All-America Teams
- ^ USBWA Men's All-Americans
- ^ "NABC Division I All-America Teams". National Association of Basketball Coaches. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
- ^ 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
- ^ "Lee, Ford picked". Lincoln Journal. AP. March 2, 1978. p. 22. Retrieved July 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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