1979 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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1979 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
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Mike Gminski, Duke Chronicle 1979-02-15.jpg
David Greenwood UCLA.jpg
Sidney Moncrief Arkansas.jpg
Members of the 1979 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Larry Bird, Mike Gminski, Sidney Moncrief and David Greenwood (not pictured: Magic Johnson).
Awarded for 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
  1978  · All-Americans ·  1980  

The consensus 1979 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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1979 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Larry Bird FSenior Indiana State
Mike Gminski CJunior Duke
David Greenwood FSenior UCLA
Magic Johnson GSophomore Michigan State
Sidney Moncrief GSenior Arkansas


Consensus Second Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Bill Cartwright CSenior San Francisco
Calvin Natt CSenior Northeast Louisiana
Mike O'Koren FJunior North Carolina
Jim Paxson G/FSenior Dayton
Jim Spanarkel GSenior Duke
Kelly Tripucka FSophomore Notre Dame
Sly Williams FJunior Rhode Island

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
First teamSecond teamThird teamFourth Team
PlayerSchoolPlayerSchoolPlayerSchoolPlayerSchool
Associated Press [2] Larry Bird Indiana State Mike Gminski Duke Joe Barry Carroll Purdue No fourth team
Bill Cartwright San Francisco Vinnie Johnson Baylor Roy Hamilton UCLA
David Greenwood UCLA Reggie King Alabama Greg Kelser Michigan State
Magic Johnson Michigan State Ronnie Lester Iowa Kelly Tripucka Notre Dame
Sidney Moncrief Arkansas Calvin Natt Northeast Louisiana Sly Williams Rhode Island
USBWA [3] Larry BirdIndiana StateCalvin NattNortheast LouisianaNo third or fourth teams
Bill CartwrightSan Francisco Mike O'Koren North Carolina
Mike GminskiDuke Jim Paxson Dayton
Magic JohnsonMichigan StateKelly TripuckaNotre Dame
Sidney MoncriefArkansasSly WilliamsRhode Island
NABC [4] Larry BirdIndiana StateBill CartwrightSan FranciscoJoe Barry CarrollPurdue Danny Ainge Brigham Young
Mike GminskiDukeReggie KingAlabama Darrell Griffith Louisville James Bailey Rutgers
David GreenwoodUCLAMike O'KorenNorth CarolinaRonnie LesterIowaCalvin NattNortheast Louisiana
Magic JohnsonMichigan State Jim Spanarkel Duke Kyle Macy Kentucky Bernard Toone Marquette
Sidney MoncriefArkansasKelly TripuckaNotre DameJim PaxsonDayton Mike Woodson Indiana
UPI [5] Larry BirdIndiana StateBill CartwrightSan FranciscoJames BaileyRutgersNo fourth team
Mike GminskiDukeDarrell GriffithLouisville Gene Banks Duke
David GreenwoodUCLASidney MoncriefArkansasRonnie LesterIowa
Magic JohnsonMichigan StateMike O'KorenNorth Carolina Kelvin Ransey Ohio State
Jim SpanarkelDukeKelly TripuckaNotre DameSly WilliamsRhode Island

AP Honorable Mention: [6]

Academic All-Americans

On March 21, 1979, CoSIDA announced the 1979 Academic All-America team. [7] The following is the 1978–79 Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team as selected by CoSIDA:

Academic All-America Team
PlayerSchoolClass
Mike Gminski Duke Junior
Greg Kelser Michigan State Senior
Jim Krivacs Texas Senior
Kyle Macy Kentucky Senior
Jim Paxson Dayton Senior
Ron Perry Holy Cross Junior
Jim Spanarkel DukeSenior
Kelly Tripucka Notre Dame Sophomore
Darnell Valentine Kansas Sophomore
Kiki Vandeweghe UCLA Junior

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References

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  2. AP All-America Teams
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