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.
Members of the 1979 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Bird, Gminski, Moncrief and Greenwood (not pictured: Johnson).
1979 Consensus All-America team
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| All-America Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | Fourth Team | ||||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | ||
| Associated Press[2] | Larry Bird | Indiana State | Mike Gminski | Duke | Joe Barry Carroll | Purdue | No fourth team | ||
| Bill Cartwright | San Francisco | Vinnie Johnson | Baylor | Roy Hamilton | UCLA | ||||
| David Greenwood | UCLA | Reggie King | Alabama | Greg Kelser | Michigan State | ||||
| Magic Johnson | Michigan State | Ronnie Lester | Iowa | Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | ||||
| Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | Calvin Natt | Northeast Louisiana | Sly Williams | Rhode Island | ||||
| USBWA[3] | Larry Bird | Indiana State | Calvin Natt | Northeast Louisiana | No third or fourth teams | ||||
| Bill Cartwright | San Francisco | Mike O'Koren | North Carolina | ||||||
| Mike Gminski | Duke | Jim Paxson | Dayton | ||||||
| Magic Johnson | Michigan State | Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | ||||||
| Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | Sly Williams | Rhode Island | ||||||
| NABC[4] | Larry Bird | Indiana State | Bill Cartwright | San Francisco | Joe Barry Carroll | Purdue | Danny Ainge | Brigham Young | |
| Mike Gminski | Duke | Reggie King | Alabama | Darrell Griffith | Louisville | James Bailey | Rutgers | ||
| David Greenwood | UCLA | Mike O'Koren | North Carolina | Ronnie Lester | Iowa | Calvin Natt | Northeast Louisiana | ||
| Magic Johnson | Michigan State | Jim Spanarkel | Duke | Kyle Macy | Kentucky | Bernard Toone | Marquette | ||
| Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | Jim Paxson | Dayton | Mike Woodson | Indiana | ||
| UPI[5] | Larry Bird | Indiana State | Bill Cartwright | San Francisco | James Bailey | Rutgers | No fourth team | ||
| Mike Gminski | Duke | Darrell Griffith | Louisville | Gene Banks | Duke | ||||
| David Greenwood | UCLA | Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | Ronnie Lester | Iowa | ||||
| Magic Johnson | Michigan State | Mike O'Koren | North Carolina | Kelvin Ransey | Ohio State | ||||
| Jim Spanarkel | Duke | Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | Sly Williams | Rhode Island | ||||
AP Honorable Mention:[6]
Academic All-Americans
On March 21, 1979, CoSIDA announced the 1979 Academic All-America team.[7] 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 Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
- "AP All-America basketball team". The Post-Crescent. March 1, 1979. p. 28. Retrieved June 30, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Gminski, Spanarkel on all-academic team". Wilmington Morning Star. March 22, 1979. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
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