1985 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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1985 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Awarded for 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
  1984  · All-Americans ·  1986  

The Consensus 1985 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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1985 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Johnny Dawkins GJunior Duke
Patrick Ewing CSenior Georgetown
Keith Lee F/CSenior Memphis State
Xavier McDaniel FSenior Wichita State
Chris Mullin FSenior St. John's
Wayman Tisdale FJunior Oklahoma


Consensus Second Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Len Bias FJunior Maryland
Jon Koncak CSenior Southern Methodist
Mark Price GJunior Georgia Tech
Kenny Walker FJunior Kentucky
Dwayne Washington GSophomore Syracuse

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
First teamSecond teamThird team
PlayerSchoolPlayerSchoolPlayerSchool
Associated Press [2] Patrick Ewing Georgetown Len Bias Maryland A.C. Green Oregon State
Keith Lee Memphis State Johnny Dawkins Duke Alfredrick Hughes Loyola Chicago
Xavier McDaniel Wichita State Jon Koncak Southern Methodist Roy Tarpley Michigan
Chris Mullin St. John's Mark Price Georgia Tech Sam Vincent Michigan State
Wayman Tisdale Oklahoma Kenny Walker Kentucky Dwayne Washington Syracuse
USBWA [3] Patrick EwingGeorgetownLen BiasMarylandNo third team
Keith LeeMemphis StateJon KoncakSouthern Methodist
Xavier McDanielWichita StateRoy TarpleyMichigan
Chris MullinSt. John'sKenny WalkerKentucky
Wayman TisdaleOklahomaDwayne WashingtonSyracuse
NABC [4] Johnny DawkinsDukeJon KoncakSouthern Methodist Benoit Benjamin Creighton
Patrick EwingGeorgetown Karl Malone Louisiana Tech Len BiasMaryland
Keith LeeMemphis StateMark PriceGeorgia TechXavier McDanielWichita State
Chris MullinSt. John'sSam VincentMichigan State Detlef Schrempf Washington
Wayman TisdaleOklahomaKenny WalkerKentuckyDwayne WashingtonSyracuse
UPI [5] Johnny DawkinsDuke Steve Harris Tulsa A. C. GreenOregon State
Patrick EwingGeorgetownJon KoncakSouthern MethodistAlfredrick HughesLoyola Chicago
Keith LeeMemphis StateXavier McDanielWichita StateMark PriceGeorgia Tech
Chris MullinSt. John'sKenny WalkerKentuckyRoy TarpleyMichigan
Wayman TisdaleOklahomaDwayne WashingtonSyracuseSam VincentMichigan State

AP Honorable Mention: [6]

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References

  1. NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137
  2. AP All-America Teams
  3. "USBWA Men's All-Americans". Archived from the original on April 21, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2009.
  4. All-America - Division I (1980's) Archived March 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
  6. "All-American". The Greenville News. March 12, 1985. p. 20.