2011 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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The 2011 consensus first team. Clockwise from top left: Fredette, Johnson, Walker, Sullinger, Smith.

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. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.[1] The 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that include 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) for the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose at least a first and second 5-man team. The NABC, TSN and AP choose third teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections.

The Consensus 2011 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.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] The ten finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award are described as Senior All-Americans.[5] 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.

2011 Consensus All-America team[]

The following players are recognized as the 2011 Consensus All-Americans:

PGPoint guard
SGShooting guard
PFPower forward
SFSmall forward
CCenter
Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Jimmer Fredette PG Senior Brigham Young
JaJuan Johnson C Senior Purdue
Nolan Smith PG-SG Senior Duke
Jared Sullinger PF-C Freshman Ohio State
Kemba Walker PG Junior Connecticut


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Kenneth Faried PF-C Senior Morehead State
Jordan Hamilton SG-SF Sophomore Texas
Ben Hansbrough PG Senior Notre Dame
Kawhi Leonard PF Sophomore San Diego State
Marcus Morris PF-C Junior Kansas
Jordan Taylor PG Junior Wisconsin
Derrick Williams SF-PF Sophomore Arizona

Individual All-America teams[]

By player[]

Player School AP USBWA NABC TSN CP Notes
Jimmer Fredette BYU
1
1
1
1
12
National Player of the Year (AP, NABC, Naismith, Rupp, Robertson, TSN, Wooden), Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, season scoring leader
JaJuan Johnson Purdue
1
1
1
1
12
Pete Newell Big Man Award
Nolan Smith Duke
1
1
1
1
12
National Player of the Year (FOX)
Jared Sullinger Ohio State
1
1
1
1
12
USBWA National Freshman of the Year
Kemba Walker Connecticut
1
1
1
1
12
Lute Olson Award, Bob Cousy Award, NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Ben Hansbrough Notre Dame
2
2
2
2
8
Marcus Morris Kansas
2
2
2
2
8
Derrick Williams Arizona
2
2
2
2
8
Jordan Hamilton Texas
3
2
2
3
6
Kenneth Faried Morehead State
3
2
3
3
5
Season rebounding leader
Kawhi Leonard San Diego State
2
-
3
2
5
Jordan Taylor Wisconsin
2
-
3
2
5
Jacob Pullen Kansas State
3
-
3
3
3
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
Tu Holloway Xavier
3
-
-
3
2
Kyle Singler Duke
-
-
2
-
2
Marshon Brooks Providence
3
-
-
-
1
Charles Jenkins Hofstra
-
-
-
3
1
E'Twaun Moore Purdue
-
-
3
-
1

By team[]

All-America Team
First team Second team Third team
Player School Player School Player School
Associated Press[6] Jimmer Fredette Brigham Young Ben Hansbrough Notre Dame Marshon Brooks Providence
JaJuan Johnson Purdue Kawhi Leonard San Diego State Kenneth Faried Morehead State
Nolan Smith Duke Marcus Morris Kansas Jordan Hamilton Texas
Jared Sullinger Ohio State Jordan Taylor Wisconsin Tu Holloway Xavier
Kemba Walker Connecticut Derrick Williams Arizona Jacob Pullen Kansas State
USBWA[7] Jimmer Fredette Brigham Young Kenneth Faried Morehead State No third team
JaJuan Johnson Purdue Jordan Hamilton Texas
Nolan Smith Duke Ben Hansbrough Notre Dame
Jared Sullinger Ohio State Marcus Morris Kansas
Kemba Walker Connecticut Derrick Williams Arizona
NABC[8] Jimmer Fredette Brigham Young Jordan Hamilton Texas Kenneth Faried Morehead State
JaJuan Johnson Purdue Ben Hansbrough Notre Dame Kawhi Leonard San Diego State
Nolan Smith Duke Marcus Morris Kansas E'Twaun Moore Purdue
Jared Sullinger Ohio State Kyle Singler Duke Jacob Pullen Kansas State
Kemba Walker Connecticut Derrick Williams Arizona Jordan Taylor Wisconsin
Sporting News[9] Jimmer Fredette Brigham Young Ben Hansbrough Notre Dame Kenneth Faried Morehead State
JaJuan Johnson Purdue Kawhi Leonard San Diego State Jordan Hamilton Texas
Nolan Smith Duke Marcus Morris Kansas Tu Holloway Xavier
Jared Sullinger Ohio State Jordan Taylor Wisconsin Charles Jenkins Hofstra
Kemba Walker Connecticut Derrick Williams Arizona Jacob Pullen Kansas State

AP Honorable Mention:[10]

Academic All-Americans[]

On February 22, 2011, CoSIDA and ESPN The Magazine announced the 2011 Academic All-America team, with Matt Howard headlining the University Division as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.[11] The following is the 2010–11 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:

First Team
Player School Class GPA and major
Tim Abromaitis Notre Dame[12] Senior 3.72 Finance/MBA
Devon Beitzel Northern Colorado[13] Senior 3.69 Finance Accounting
Matt Howard Butler[14] Senior 3.77 Finance
Tyrel Reed Kansas[15] Senior 3.65 Pre-Physical Therapy/Ex.Sci.
Tyler Zeller North Carolina[16] Junior 3.56 Business Administration
Second Team
Player School Class GPA and major
Nathan Hedgecock Army[17] Senior 4.00 Mech. Engineering Management
Blake Hoffarber Minnesota[18] Senior 3.50 Finance
Levi Knutson Colorado[19] Senior 3.92 Business Administration
Garrett Leffelman Brown[20] Senior 3.89 Economics, Political Science
Jalin Thomas Central Michigan[21] Senior 3.65 Sport Studies
Third Team
Player School Class GPA and major
Riley Benock Mississippi State[22] Senior 3.97 Kinesiology, Physical Educ.
Will Creekmore Missouri State[23] Senior 3.67 Finance
Scott Saunders Belmont[24] Junior 3.84 Finance
Drew Spradlin Elon[25] Junior 3.65 Political Science
Chris Wroblewski Cornell[26] Junior 3.61 App. Economics & Management

Senior All-Americans[]

The ten finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award are called Senior All-Americans. The 10 honorees are as follows:[27]

Player School
Devon Beitzel Northern Colorado
Dodie Dunson Bradley
Jimmer Fredette BYU
Matt Howard Butler
Cameron Jones Northern Arizona
Jon Leuer Wisconsin
David Lighty Ohio State
E'Twaun Moore Purdue
Tyrel Reed Kansas
Kyle Singler Duke

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