1961 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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1961 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Terry Dischinger Purdue.jpg
Roger Kaiser.jpg
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Tom Stith.jpg
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The 1961 consensus first team. Clockwise from top left: Dischinger, Kaiser, Walker, Stith, Lucas.
Awarded for 1960–61 NCAA University Division men's basketball season
  1960  · All-Americans ·  1962  

The consensus 1961 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of seven 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, the National Association of Basketball Coaches, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), The Sporting News, and the National Collegiate Association Bureau (NCAB). 1961 was the only year where the National Collegiate Association Bureau teams were used in determining consensus teams.

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1961 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Terry Dischinger FJunior Purdue
Roger Kaiser GSenior Georgia Tech
Jerry Lucas F/CJunior Ohio State
Tom Stith G/FSenior St. Bonaventure
Chet Walker FJunior Bradley


Consensus Second Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Walt Bellamy CSenior Indiana
Frank Burgess GSenior Gonzaga
Tony Jackson GSenior St. John's
Billy McGill CJunior Utah
Larry Siegfried GSenior Ohio State

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
First teamSecond teamThird team
PlayerSchoolPlayerSchoolPlayerSchool
Associated Press [2] Terry Dischinger Purdue Walt Bellamy Indiana John Havlicek Ohio State
Roger Kaiser Georgia Tech Frank Burgess Gonzaga Art Heyman Duke
Jerry Lucas Ohio State Tony Jackson St. John's York Larese North Carolina
Tom Stith St. Bonaventure Billy McGill Utah John Rudometkin Southern California
Chet Walker Bradley Doug Moe North Carolina Larry Siegfried Ohio State
USBWA/Look Magazine [3] Terry DischingerPurdueNo second or third teams (10-man first team)
Roger KaiserGeorgia Tech
Jerry LucasOhio State
Billy McGillUtah
Tom Meschery Saint Mary's
Doug MoeNorth Carolina
Gary Phillips Houston
Larry SiegfriedOhio State
Tom StithSt. Bonaventure
Chet WalkerBradley
NABC [4] Walt BellamyIndiana Dave DeBusschere Detroit Frank BurgessGonzaga
Terry DischingerPurdueTony JacksonSt. John's Wayne Hightower Kansas
Jerry LucasOhio StateRoger KaiserGeorgia TechDoug MoeNorth Carolina
Tom StithSt. BonaventureYork LareseNorth CarolinaJohn RudometkinSouthern California
Chet WalkerBradleyBilly McGillUtahLarry SiegfriedOhio State
UPI [5] Terry DischingerPurdueWalt BellamyIndianaFrank BurgessGonzaga
Roger KaiserGeorgia TechJohn HavlicekOhio StateDave DeBusschereDetroit
Jerry LucasOhio StateTony JacksonSt. John'sArt HeymanDuke
Tom StithSt. BonaventureBilly McGillUtahYork LareseNorth Carolina
Chet WalkerBradleyJohn RudometkinSouthern CaliforniaLarry SiegfriedOhio State
NEA Walt BellamyIndianaFrank BurgessGonzagaYork LareseNorth Carolina
Terry DischingerPurdueDave DeBusschereDetroitTom MescherySaint Mary's
Roger KaiserGeorgia TechTony JacksonSt. John'sDoug MoeNorth Carolina
Jerry LucasOhio StateBilly McGillUtahJohn RudometkinSouthern California
Tom StithSt. BonaventureLarry SiegfriedOhio StateChet WalkerBradley
Sporting News Terry DischingerPurdueWalt BellamyIndianaNo third team
Roger KaiserGeorgia TechFrank BurgessGonzaga
Jerry LucasOhio StateYork LareseNorth Carolina
Larry SiegfriedOhio StateDoug MoeNorth Carolina
Tom StithSt. BonaventureChet WalkerBradley
NCABTerry DischingerPurdueWalt BellamyIndianaNo third team
Roger KaiserGeorgia TechFrank BurgessGonzaga
Jerry LucasOhio StateTony JacksonSt. John's
Tom StithSt. BonaventureBilly McGillUtah
Chet WalkerBradleyLarry SiegfriedOhio State

AP Honorable Mention: [6]

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References

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  2. AP All-America Teams
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