| 1976 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
|---|---|
Members of the 1976 Consensus All-America first team. From left: Benson, Lucas, May (not pictured: Dantley, Washington). | |
| Awarded for | 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season |
The consensus 1976 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Benson | C | Junior | Indiana |
| Adrian Dantley | F | Junior | Notre Dame |
| John Lucas | G | Senior | Maryland |
| Scott May | F | Senior | Indiana |
| Richard Washington | F/C | Junior | UCLA |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Ford | G | Sophomore | North Carolina |
| Bernard King | F | Sophomore | Tennessee |
| Mitch Kupchak | F/C | Senior | North Carolina |
| Phil Sellers | G | Senior | Rutgers |
| Earl Tatum | G/F | Senior | Marquette |
| All-America Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | |||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | ||
| Associated Press [2] | Kent Benson | Indiana | Phil Ford | North Carolina | Kenny Carr | North Carolina State | |
| Adrian Dantley | Notre Dame | Mitch Kupchak | North Carolina | Leon Douglas | Alabama | ||
| John Lucas | Maryland | Ron Lee | Oregon | Terry Furlow | Michigan State | ||
| Scott May | Indiana | Robert Parish | Centenary | Bernard King | Tennessee | ||
| Phil Sellers | Rutgers | Richard Washington | UCLA | Earl Tatum | Marquette | ||
| USBWA [3] | Adrian Dantley | Notre Dame | Kent Benson | Indiana | No third team | ||
| Bernard King | Tennessee | Mitch Kupchak | North Carolina | ||||
| John Lucas | Maryland | Phil Sellers | Rutgers | ||||
| Scott May | Indiana | Willie Smith | Missouri | ||||
| Richard Washington | UCLA | Earl Tatum | Marquette | ||||
| NABC [4] | Kent Benson | Indiana | Leon Douglas | Alabama | Kenny Carr | North Carolina State | |
| Adrian Dantley | Notre Dame | Marques Johnson | UCLA | Ernie Grunfeld | Tennessee | ||
| Phil Ford | North Carolina | Mitch Kupchak | North Carolina | Bernard King | Tennessee | ||
| Scott May | Indiana | Phil Sellers | Rutgers | Ron Lee | Oregon | ||
| Richard Washington | UCLA | Earl Tatum | Marquette | Willie Smith | Missouri | ||
| UPI [5] | Kent Benson | Indiana | Phil Ford | North Carolina | Kenny Carr | North Carolina State | |
| Adrian Dantley | Notre Dame | Bernard King | Tennessee | Leon Douglas | Alabama | ||
| John Lucas | Maryland | Mitch Kupchak | North Carolina | Terry Furlow | Michigan State | ||
| Scott May | Indiana | Phil Sellers | Rutgers | Ernie Grunfeld | Tennessee | ||
| Richard Washington | UCLA | Earl Tatum | Marquette | Ron Lee | Oregon | ||
AP Honorable Mention: [6]