1988 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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1988 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Awarded for 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
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The Consensus 1988 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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1988 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Sean Elliott FJunior Arizona
Gary Grant GSenior Michigan
Hersey Hawkins GSenior Bradley
Danny Manning FSenior Kansas
J.R. Reid F/CSophomore North Carolina


Consensus Second Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Danny Ferry FJunior Duke
Jerome Lane FJunior Pittsburgh
Mark Macon GFreshman Temple
Mitch Richmond GSenior Kansas State
Rony Seikaly CSenior Syracuse
Michael Smith F/CJunior Brigham Young

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
First teamSecond teamThird team
PlayerSchoolPlayerSchoolPlayerSchool
Associated Press [2] Sean Elliott Arizona Danny Ferry Duke Will Perdue Vanderbilt
Gary Grant Michigan Jerome Lane Pittsburgh Michael Smith Brigham Young
Hersey Hawkins Bradley Mark Macon Temple Fennis Dembo Wyoming
Danny Manning Kansas Jeff Grayer Iowa State Sherman Douglas Syracuse
J. R. Reid North Carolina Steve Kerr Arizona Byron Larkin Xavier
USBWA [3] Sean ElliottArizonaDanny FerryDukeNo third team
Gary GrantMichiganJerome LanePittsburgh
Hersey HawkinsBradleyMichael SmithBrigham Young
Danny ManningKansas Mitch Richmond Kansas State
J. R. ReidNorth Carolina Rony Seikaly Syracuse
NABC [4] Sean ElliottArizonaDanny FerryDukeWill PerdueVanderbilt
Gary GrantMichigan David Rivers Notre Dame Rex Chapman Kentucky
Hersey HawkinsBradleyMark MaconTemple Harvey Grant Oklahoma
Danny ManningKansasRony SeikalySyracuse Todd Mitchell Purdue
J. R. ReidNorth Carolina Charles Smith PittsburghSteve KerrArizona
UPI [5] Sean ElliottArizonaJ. R. ReidNorth CarolinaHarvey GrantOklahoma
Danny FerryDukeSherman DouglasSyracuseJeff GrayerIowa State
Gary GrantMichiganMichael SmithBrigham YoungRony SeikalySyracuse
Hersey HawkinsBradleyMitch RichmondKansas State Lionel Simmons La Salle
Danny ManningKansasByron LarkinXavier Rod Strickland DePaul

AP Honorable Mention: [6]

Academic All-Americans

On February 28, 1988, GTE and CoSIDA announced the 1988 Academic All-America team, with Michael Smith headlining the University Division as the first men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. The following is the 1987–88 GTE Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA: [7]

First Team
PlayerSchoolClassGPA and major
Alec Kessler Georgia Sophomore3.84 Genetics
Tim Legler La Salle Senior3.40 Finance/Management Information
Shon Morris Northwestern Senior3.51 Human Development and Social Policy Organizational Studies
Derek Rucker Davidson Senior3.30 Economics
Michael Smith Brigham Young Junior3.67 Pre-Medicine/Pre-Dental
Second Team
PlayerSchoolClassGPA and major
Keith Balderston Oregon Senior3.63 Pre-Medicine
Paul Crawford Texas A&M Senior3.88 Mechanical Engineering
Jeff Harris Illinois State Senior3.70 Chemistry
Bo Heiden Bucknell Junior3.70 Electrical Engineering
Ray Willis Montana State Senior3.45 Speech Communications
Third Team
PlayerSchoolClassGPA and major
Mike ButtsBucknellJunior3.30 Mechanical Engineering
Scott Haffner Evansville Junior3.34 Business Administration
Steve Martenet Bowling Green Senior3.78 Business/Pre-Law
Peter Runge Manhattan Sophomore3.80 Business
Dean Smith Maine Sophomore3.92 Electrical Engineering

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