1997 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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1997 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Awarded for 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
  1996  · All-Americans ·  1998  

The Consensus 1997 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of three 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 and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

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1997 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Tim Duncan CSenior Wake Forest
Danny Fortson FJunior Cincinnati
Raef LaFrentz CJunior Kansas
Ron Mercer FSophomore Kentucky
Keith Van Horn FSenior Utah


Consensus Second Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Chauncey Billups GSophomore Colorado
Bobby Jackson GSenior Minnesota
Antawn Jamison FSophomore North Carolina
Brevin Knight GSenior Stanford
Jacque Vaughn GSenior Kansas

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
First teamSecond teamThird team
PlayerSchoolPlayerSchoolPlayerSchool
Associated Press [2] Tim Duncan Wake Forest Chauncey Billups Colorado Keith Booth Maryland
Danny Fortson Cincinnati Bobby Jackson Minnesota Adonal Foyle Colgate
Raef LaFrentz Kansas Antawn Jamison North Carolina Ed Gray California
Ron Mercer Kentucky Brevin Knight Stanford Shea Seals Tulsa
Keith Van Horn Utah Jacque Vaughn Kansas Andre Woolridge Iowa
USBWA [3] Tim DuncanWake ForestChauncey BillupsColoradoNo third team
Danny FortsonCincinnatiAdonal FoyleColgate
Raef LaFrentzKansasBobby JacksonMinnesota
Ron MercerKentuckyBrevin KnightStanford
Keith Van HornUtahJacque VaughnKansas
NABC [4] Tim DuncanWake ForestChauncey BillupsColoradoKeith BoothMaryland
Danny FortsonCincinnatiBobby JacksonMinnesotaEd GrayCalifornia
Raef LaFrentzKansasAntawn JamisonNorth Carolina Jerald Honeycutt Tulane
Ron MercerKentuckyBrevin KnightStanfordShea SealsTulsa
Keith Van HornUtahJacque VaughnKansas DeJuan Wheat Louisville

AP Honorable Mention: [5]

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References

  1. NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137
  2. AP All-America Teams
  3. USBWA Men's All-Americans
  4. All-America - Division I (1990's) [ permanent dead link ]
  5. "AP All-America Basketball Team". Wilmington Morning Star. Retrieved February 9, 2011.