1979 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
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1979 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The Consensus 1979 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.
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1979 Consensus All-America team
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
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| Larry Bird | F | Senior | Indiana State |
| Mike Gminski | C | Junior | Duke |
| David Greenwood | F | Senior | UCLA |
| Magic Johnson | G | Sophomore | Michigan State |
| Sidney Moncrief | G | Senior | Arkansas |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Cartwright | C | Senior | San Francisco |
| Calvin Natt | C | Senior | Northeast Louisiana |
| Mike O'Koren | F | Junior | North Carolina |
| Jim Paxson | G/F | Senior | Dayton |
| Jim Spanarkel | G | Senior | Duke |
| Kelly Tripucka | F | Sophomore | Notre Dame |
| Sly Williams | F | Junior | Rhode Island |
Individual All-America teams
Academic All-Americans
On March 21, 1979, CoSIDA announced the 1970 Academic All-America team.[6] The following is the 1978–79 Academic All-America Men’s Basketball Team as selected by CoSIDA:
| Player | School | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Gminski | Duke | Junior |
| Greg Kelser | Michigan State | Senior |
| Jim Krivacs | Texas | Senior |
| Kyle Macy | Kentucky | Senior |
| Jim Paxson | Dayton | Senior |
| Ron Perry | Holy Cross | Junior |
| Jim Spanarkel | Duke | Senior |
| Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | Sophomore |
| Darnell Valentine | Kansas | Sophomore |
| Kiki Vandeweghe | UCLA | Junior |
References
- ^ NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137
- ^ AP All-America Teams
- ^ USBWA Men's All-Americans
- ^ All-America - Division I (1970's)
- ^ 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans p.208
- ^ "Gminski, Spanarkel on all-academic team". Wilmington Morning Star. March 22, 1979. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WMksAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MxMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6792,4901122&dq=academic+all-america+basketball&hl=en. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
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