1998 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
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Awarded for | 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season |
The Consensus 1998 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 Sporting News and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
In 1998, the Sporting News was added as a contributing source to the consensus teams, belatedly replacing the UPI All-American team, which ceased to exist after 1996.
Player | Position | Class | Team |
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Mike Bibby | G | Sophomore | Arizona |
Antawn Jamison | F | Junior | North Carolina |
Raef LaFrentz | C | Senior | Kansas |
Paul Pierce | F | Junior | Kansas |
Miles Simon | G | Senior | Arizona |
Player | Position | Class | Team |
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Vince Carter | F | Junior | North Carolina |
Mateen Cleaves | G | Sophomore | Michigan State |
Pat Garrity | F | Senior | Notre Dame |
Richard Hamilton | F-G | Sophomore | Connecticut |
Ansu Sesay | F | Senior | Mississippi |
All-America Team | |||||||
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First team | Second team | Third team | |||||
Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | ||
Associated Press [2] | Mike Bibby | Arizona | Vince Carter | North Carolina | Michael Dickerson | Arizona | |
Antawn Jamison | North Carolina | Mateen Cleaves | Michigan State | Matt Harpring | Georgia Tech | ||
Raef LaFrentz | Kansas | Pat Garrity | Notre Dame | Trajan Langdon | Duke | ||
Paul Pierce | Kansas | Richard Hamilton | Connecticut | Lee Nailon | TCU | ||
Miles Simon | Arizona | Ansu Sesay | Mississippi | Bonzi Wells | Ball State | ||
USBWA [3] | Mike Bibby | Arizona | Vince Carter | North Carolina | Pat Garrity | Notre Dame | |
Mateen Cleaves | Michigan State | Richard Hamilton | Connecticut | Trajan Langdon | Duke | ||
Antawn Jamison | North Carolina | Matt Harpring | Georgia Tech | Andre Miller | Utah | ||
Raef LaFrentz | Kansas | Ansu Sesay | Mississippi | Lee Nailon | TCU | ||
Paul Pierce | Kansas | Bonzi Wells | Ball State | Miles Simon | Arizona | ||
NABC [4] | Mike Bibby | Arizona | Vince Carter | North Carolina | Mateen Cleaves | Michigan State | |
Antawn Jamison | North Carolina | Pat Garrity | Notre Dame | Trajan Langdon | Duke | ||
Raef LaFrentz | Kansas | Richard Hamilton | Connecticut | Lee Nailon | TCU | ||
Paul Pierce | Kansas | Matt Harpring | Georgia Tech | Kenny Thomas | New Mexico | ||
Miles Simon | Arizona | Ansu Sesay | Mississippi | Robert Traylor | Michigan | ||
Sporting News [5] | Mike Bibby | Arizona | Vince Carter | North Carolina | No third team | ||
Antawn Jamison | North Carolina | Pat Garrity | Notre Dame | ||||
Raef LaFrentz | Kansas | Richard Hamilton | Connecticut | ||||
Paul Pierce | Kansas | Trajan Langdon | Duke | ||||
Miles Simon | Arizona | Kenny Thomas | New Mexico | ||||
AP Honorable Mention: [6]
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