| 1982 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season |
The Consensus 1982 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Cummings | F | Junior | DePaul |
| Quintin Dailey | G | Junior | San Francisco |
| Eric Floyd | G | Senior | Georgetown |
| Ralph Sampson | C | Junior | Virginia |
| James Worthy | F | Junior | North Carolina |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Ellis | F | Junior | Tennessee |
| Kevin Magee | F | Senior | UC Irvine |
| John Paxson | G | Junior | Notre Dame |
| Sam Perkins | F/C | Sophomore | North Carolina |
| Paul Pressey | F/G | Senior | Tulsa |
| All-America Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | |||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | ||
| Associated Press [2] | Terry Cummings | DePaul | Lester Conner | Oregon State | Dan Callandrillo | Seton Hall | |
| Quintin Dailey | San Francisco | Dale Ellis | Tennessee | Ricky Frazier | Missouri | ||
| Eric Floyd | Georgetown | Keith Lee | Memphis State | Ricky Pierce | Rice | ||
| Kevin Magee | UC Irvine | Terry Teagle | Baylor | Paul Pressey | Tulsa | ||
| Ralph Sampson | Virginia | James Worthy | North Carolina | Dominique Wilkins | Georgia | ||
| USBWA [3] | Terry Cummings | DePaul | Eric Floyd | Georgetown | No third team | ||
| Quintin Dailey | San Francisco | Bill Garnett | Wyoming | ||||
| Dale Ellis | Tennessee | Sam Perkins | North Carolina | ||||
| Kevin Magee | UC Irvine | Ricky Pierce | Rice | ||||
| Ralph Sampson | Virginia | Paul Pressey | Tulsa | ||||
| James Worthy | North Carolina | ||||||
| NABC [4] | Terry Cummings | DePaul | Quintin Dailey | San Francisco | John Bagley | Boston College | |
| Eric Floyd | Georgetown | Kevin Magee | UC Irvine | Dan Callandrillo | Seton Hall | ||
| John Paxson | Notre Dame | Sam Perkins | North Carolina | Dale Ellis | Tennessee | ||
| Ralph Sampson | Virginia | Paul Pressey | Tulsa | Ricky Frazier | Missouri | ||
| James Worthy | North Carolina | Dominique Wilkins | Georgia | Ricky Pierce | Rice | ||
| UPI [5] | Terry Cummings | DePaul | Kevin Magee | UC Irvine | Dan Callandrillo | Seton Hall | |
| Quintin Dailey | San Francisco | John Paxson | Notre Dame | Lester Conner | Oregon State | ||
| Eric Floyd | Georgetown | Sam Perkins | North Carolina | Ricky Frazier | Missouri | ||
| Ralph Sampson | Virginia | Paul Pressey | Tulsa | Ted Kitchel | Indiana | ||
| James Worthy | North Carolina | Dominique Wilkins | Georgia | Mark McNamara | California | ||
AP Honorable Mention: [6]