1981 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
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Awarded for | 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season |
The Consensus 1981 NCAA Men's 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 |
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Mark Aguirre | F | Junior | DePaul |
Danny Ainge | G | Senior | Brigham Young |
Steve Johnson | C | Senior | Oregon State |
Ralph Sampson | C | Sophomore | Virginia |
Isiah Thomas | G | Sophomore | Indiana |
Player | Position | Class | Team |
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Sam Bowie | C | Sophomore | Kentucky |
Jeff Lamp | F | Senior | Virginia |
Rudy Macklin | F | Senior | Louisiana State |
Kelly Tripucka | F | Senior | Notre Dame |
Danny Vranes | F | Senior | Utah |
Al Wood | F | Senior | North Carolina |
All-America Team | |||||||
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First team | Second team | Third team | |||||
Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | ||
Associated Press [2] | Mark Aguirre | DePaul | Eric Floyd | Georgetown | Sam Bowie | Kentucky | |
Danny Ainge | Brigham Young | Steve Johnson | Oregon State | Jeff Lamp | Virginia | ||
Kevin Magee | UC Irvine | Darnell Valentine | Kansas | Lewis Lloyd | Drake | ||
Ralph Sampson | Virginia | Danny Vranes | Utah | Jay Vincent | Michigan State | ||
Isiah Thomas | Indiana | Al Wood | North Carolina | Rob Williams | Houston | ||
USBWA [3] | Mark Aguirre | DePaul | Danny Ainge | Brigham Young | No third team | ||
Steve Johnson | Oregon State | Sam Bowie | Kentucky | ||||
Rudy Macklin | Louisiana State | Jeff Lamp | Virginia | ||||
Ralph Sampson | Virginia | Isiah Thomas | Indiana | ||||
Al Wood | North Carolina | Danny Vranes | Utah | ||||
NABC [4] | Mark Aguirre | DePaul | Sam Bowie | Kentucky | Gene Banks | Duke | |
Danny Ainge | Brigham Young | Rudy Macklin | Louisiana State | Rolando Blackman | Kansas State | ||
Steve Johnson | Oregon State | Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | Albert King | Maryland | ||
Ralph Sampson | Virginia | Danny Vranes | Utah | Jeff Lamp | Virginia | ||
Isiah Thomas | Indiana | Al Wood | North Carolina | Lewis Lloyd | Drake | ||
UPI [5] | Mark Aguirre | DePaul | Rod Foster | UCLA | Ray Blume | Oregon State | |
Danny Ainge | Brigham Young | Steve Johnson | Oregon State | Sam Bowie | Kentucky | ||
Ralph Sampson | Virginia | Albert King | Maryland | Clyde Bradshaw | DePaul | ||
Isiah Thomas | Indiana | Jeff Lamp | Virginia | Lewis Lloyd | Drake | ||
Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | Rudy Macklin | Louisiana State | Danny Vranes | Utah | ||
AP Honorable Mention: [6]
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