| 1951 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | 1950–51 NCAA men's basketball season |
The consensus 1951 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of five major All-American teams. [1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, Look Magazine, The United Press International, Collier's Magazine and the International News Service.
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Lovellette | C | Junior | Kansas |
| Gene Melchiorre | G | Senior | Bradley |
| Bill Mlkvy | F | Junior | Temple |
| Sam Ranzino | G | Senior | North Carolina State |
| Bill Spivey | C | Junior | Kentucky |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Barrett | G/F | Senior | Kansas State |
| Bill Garrett | F | Senior | Indiana |
| Dick Groat | G | Junior | Duke |
| Mel Hutchins | F/C | Senior | Brigham Young |
| Gale McArthur | G | Senior | Oklahoma A&M |
| All-America Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | ||||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |||
| Associated Press [2] | Clyde Lovellette | Kansas | Ernie Barrett | Kansas State | John Azary | Columbia | ||
| Gene Melchiorre | Bradley | Bill Garrett | Indiana | Mel Hutchins | Brigham Young | |||
| Bill Mlkvy | Temple | Dick Groat | Duke | Frank Ramsey | Kentucky | |||
| Sam Ranzino | North Carolina State | Gale McArthur | Oklahoma A&M | Whitey Skoog | Minnesota | |||
| Bill Spivey | Kentucky | Bob Zawoluk | St. John's | Mark Workman | West Virginia | |||
| UPI | Clyde Lovellette | Kansas | John Azary | Columbia | Ernie Barrett | Kansas State | ||
| Gene Melchiorre | Bradley | Bill Garrett | Indiana | Mel Hutchins | Brigham Young | |||
| Bill Mlkvy | Temple | Dick Groat | Duke | Frank Ramsey | Kentucky | |||
| Sam Ranzino | North Carolina State | Gale McArthur | Oklahoma A&M | Whitey Skoog | Minnesota | |||
| Bill Spivey | Kentucky | Bob Zawoluk | St. John's | Don Sunderlage | Illinois | |||
| Look Magazine [3] | Mel Hutchins | Brigham Young | John Azary | Columbia | Dick Groat | Duke | ||
| Gale McArthur | Oklahoma A&M | Ernie Barrett | Kansas State | Gene Melchiorre | Bradley | |||
| Bill Mlkvy | Temple | Bill Garrett | Indiana | Ray Ragelis | Northwestern | |||
| Sam Ranzino | North Carolina State | Clyde Lovellette | Kansas | Mark Workman | West Virginia | |||
| Bill Spivey | Kentucky | Whitey Skoog | Minnesota | Bob Zawoluk | St. John's | |||
| International News Service | Ernie Barrett | Kansas State | No second or third team | |||||
| Mel Hutchins | Brigham Young | |||||||
| Gene Melchiorre | Bradley | |||||||
| Bill Mlkvy | Temple | |||||||
| Bill Spivey | Kentucky | |||||||
| Collier's | Clyde Lovellette | Kansas | John Azary | Columbia | No third team | |||
| Gene Melchiorre | Bradley | Bill Garrett | Indiana | |||||
| Bill Mlkvy | Temple | Dick Groat | Duke | |||||
| Sam Ranzino | North Carolina State | Gale McArthur | Oklahoma A&M | |||||
| Bill Spivey | Kentucky | Whitey Skoog | Minnesota | |||||
AP Honorable Mention: [4]