1978 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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1978 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
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Phil Ford UNC.jpg
David Greenwood UCLA.jpg
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Members of the 1978 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Larry Bird, Phil Ford, Butch Lee and David Greenwood (not pictured: Mychal Thompson).
Awarded for 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
  1977  · All-Americans ·  1979  

The consensus 1978 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.

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1978 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Larry Bird FJunior Indiana State
Phil Ford GSenior North Carolina
David Greenwood FJunior UCLA
Butch Lee GSenior Marquette
Mychal Thompson F/CSenior Minnesota


Consensus Second Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Ron Brewer GSenior Arkansas
Jack Givens G/FSenior Kentucky
Rod Griffin GSenior Wake Forest
Rick Robey F/CSeniorKentucky
Freeman Williams GSenior Portland State

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
First teamSecond teamThird team
PlayerSchoolPlayerSchoolPlayerSchool
Associated Press [2] Larry Bird Indiana State Ron Brewer Arkansas Mike Evans Kansas State
Phil Ford North Carolina Dave Corzine DePaul Rod Griffin Wake Forest
David Greenwood UCLA Jack Givens Kentucky Magic Johnson Michigan State
Butch Lee Marquette Reggie King Alabama Sidney Moncrief Arkansas
Mychal Thompson Minnesota Freeman Williams Portland State Rick Robey Kentucky
USBWA [3] [4] Ron BrewerArkansasLarry BirdIndiana StateNo third team
Michael Cooper New Mexico Jack GivensKentucky
Phil FordNorth CarolinaDavid GreenwoodUCLA
Butch LeeMarquetteRod GriffinWake Forest
Freeman WilliamsPortland StateMychal ThompsonMinnesota
NABC [5] Larry BirdIndiana StateDave CorzineDePaul James Bailey Rutgers
Phil FordNorth CarolinaJack GivensKentucky Winford Boynes San Francisco
David GreenwoodUCLARod GriffinWake ForestSidney MoncriefArkansas
Butch LeeMarquetteMagic JohnsonMichigan State Mike O'Koren North Carolina
Rick RobeyKentuckyFreeman WilliamsPortland State Jerome Whitehead Marquette
UPI [4] Larry BirdIndiana StateJames BaileyRutgersDave CorzineDePaul
Phil FordNorth CarolinaJack GivensKentuckyRod GriffinWake Forest
David GreenwoodUCLASidney MoncriefArkansasMagic JohnsonMichigan State
Butch LeeMarquetteRick RobeyKentucky Kyle Macy Kentucky
Mychal ThompsonMinnesotaFreeman WilliamsPortland State Roger Phegley Bradley

AP Honorable Mention: [6]

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References

  1. NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137
  2. AP All-America Teams
  3. "Lobo's Cooper picked to writer' All-American team". Tucson Citizen. March 7, 1978. p. 2E. Retrieved August 15, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. 1 2 Johnson, Gary K. (October 2005). "NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 198–199. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  5. "NABC Division I All-America Teams". National Association of Basketball Coaches. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  6. "Lee, Ford picked". Lincoln Journal . AP. March 2, 1978. p. 22. Retrieved July 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg