| 1971 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
|---|---|
Members of the 1971 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Carr, McDaniels, Wicks, Meminger (not pictured: Gilmore). | |
| Awarded for | 1970–71 NCAA University Division men's basketball season |
The consensus 1971 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.
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Carr | G | Senior | Notre Dame |
| Artis Gilmore | C | Senior | Jacksonville |
| Jim McDaniels | C | Senior | Western Kentucky |
| Dean Meminger | G | Senior | Marquette |
| Sidney Wicks | F | Senior | UCLA |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Durrett | F | Senior | La Salle |
| Johnny Neumann | F | Sophomore | Mississippi |
| Howard Porter | F | Senior | Villanova |
| John Roche | G | Senior | South Carolina |
| Curtis Rowe | F | Senior | UCLA |
| All-America Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | Fourth Team | ||||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | ||
| Associated Press [2] | Austin Carr | Notre Dame | Johnny Neumann | Mississippi | Fred Brown | Iowa | No fourth team | ||
| Artis Gilmore | Jacksonville | Dave Robisch | Kansas | George McGinnis | Indiana | ||||
| Jim McDaniels | Western Kentucky | John Roche | South Carolina | Cliff Meely | Colorado | ||||
| Dean Meminger | Marquette | Curtis Rowe | UCLA | Howard Porter | Villanova | ||||
| Sidney Wicks | UCLA | Paul Westphal | Southern California | Rich Yunkus | Georgia Tech | ||||
| USBWA [3] | Austin Carr | Notre Dame | Dennis Layton | Southern California | No third or fourth teams | ||||
| Ken Durrett | La Salle | Jim McDaniels | Western Kentucky | ||||||
| Artis Gilmore | Jacksonville | Cliff Meely | Colorado | ||||||
| Dean Meminger | Marquette | Johnny Neumann | Mississippi | ||||||
| Sidney Wicks | UCLA | John Roche | South Carolina | ||||||
| NABC [4] | Austin Carr | Notre Dame | Ken Durrett | La Salle | Julius Erving | Massachusetts | Charlie Davis | Wake Forest | |
| Artis Gilmore | Jacksonville | Johnny Neumann | Mississippi | George McGinnis | Indiana | Stan Love | Oregon | ||
| Jim McDaniels | Western Kentucky | Howard Porter | Villanova | Dave Robisch | Kansas | Cliff Meely | Colorado | ||
| Dean Meminger | Marquette | John Roche | South Carolina | Curtis Rowe | UCLA | Jim O'Brien | Boston College | ||
| Sidney Wicks | UCLA | Rich Yunkus | Georgia Tech | Paul Westphal | Southern California | Willie Sojourner | Weber State | ||
| UPI [5] | Austin Carr | Notre Dame | Ken Durrett | La Salle | Julius Erving | Massachusetts | No fourth team | ||
| Artis Gilmore | Jacksonville | Jim McDaniels | Western Kentucky | George McGinnis | Indiana | ||||
| Dean Meminger | Marquette | Johnny Neumann | Mississippi | Dave Robisch | Kansas | ||||
| John Roche | South Carolina | Howard Porter | Villanova | Paul Westphal | Southern California | ||||
| Sidney Wicks | UCLA | Curtis Rowe | UCLA | Charlie Yelverton | Fordham | ||||
AP Honorable Mention: [6]