1968 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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1968 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
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The 1968 consensus first team. Clockwise from top left: Alcindor, Hayes, Unseld, Miller, Maravich.
Awarded for 1967–68 NCAA University Division men's basketball season
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The consensus 1968 College Basketball All-American team was 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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1968 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Lew Alcindor CJunior UCLA
Elvin Hayes F/CSenior Houston
Pete Maravich G/FSophomore Louisiana State
Larry Miller FSenior North Carolina
Wes Unseld CSenior Louisville


Consensus Second Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Lucius Allen GJunior UCLA
Bob Lanier CSophomore St. Bonaventure
Don May G/FSenior Dayton
Calvin Murphy GSophomore Niagara
Jo Jo White GJunior Kansas

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
First teamSecond teamThird team
PlayerSchoolPlayerSchoolPlayerSchool
Associated Press [2] Lew Alcindor UCLA Lucius Allen UCLA Mike Lewis Duke
Elvin Hayes Houston Bob Lanier St. Bonaventure Rick Mount Purdue
Pete Maravich Louisiana State Don May Dayton Mike Warren UCLA
Larry Miller North Carolina Calvin Murphy Niagara Jo Jo White Kansas
Wes Unseld Louisville Neal Walk Florida Sam Williams Iowa
USBWA [3] Lew AlcindorUCLANo second or third teams (10-man first team)
Elvin HayesHouston
Merv Jackson Utah
Bob LanierSt. Bonaventure
Pete MaravichLouisiana State
Larry MillerNorth Carolina
Calvin MurphyNiagara
Wes UnseldLouisville
Mike WarrenUCLA
Jo Jo WhiteKansas
NABC [4] Lew AlcindorUCLALucius AllenUCLAMerv JacksonUtah
Elvin HayesHoustonBob LanierSt. BonaventureMike LewisDuke
Pete MaravichLouisiana StateDon MayDaytonRick MountPurdue
Larry MillerNorth CarolinaCalvin MurphyNiagara Don Smith Iowa State
Wes UnseldLouisvilleJo Jo WhiteKansasNeal WalkFlorida
UPI [5] Lew AlcindorUCLALucius AllenUCLAMike LewisDuke
Elvin HayesHoustonBob LanierSt. Bonaventure Jim McMillian Columbia
Pete MaravichLouisiana StateDon MayDaytonNeal WalkFlorida
Calvin MurphyNiagaraLarry MillerNorth CarolinaMike WarrenUCLA
Wes UnseldLouisvilleRick MountPurdueJo Jo WhiteKansas

AP Honorable Mention: [6]

Academic All-Americans

On April 28, 1968, CoSIDA announced the 1968 Academic All-America team. [7] The following is the 1967–68 Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team as selected by CoSIDA:

First Team
PlayerSchoolClass
Bob Arnzen Notre Dame Junior
Dennis Awtrey Santa Clara Sophomore
Terry Driscoll Boston College Junior
Bill Hosket Ohio State Senior
Bill Justus Tennessee Junior
Rich Niemann Saint Louis Senior
Cliff Parsons Air Force Junior
Earl Seyfert Kansas State Senior
Dave Scholz Illinois Junior
Ted Ware Virginia Tech Senior
Second Team
PlayerSchoolClass
Ron Becker New Mexico Sophomore
Pat Frink Colorado Senior
Terry Habig Tulane Junior
Fred Holden Louisville Senior
Bill Langheld Fordham Senior
Lyndon Mackey Utah Senior
Richie Mahaffey Clemson Sophomore
Gary Overbeck Texas Senior
Gary Petersmeyer Stanford Senior
Jim Youngblood Georgia Senior

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