1998 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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1998 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Awarded for 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
  1997  · All-Americans ·  1999  

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.

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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.

1998 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Mike Bibby GSophomore Arizona
Antawn Jamison FJunior North Carolina
Raef LaFrentz CSenior Kansas
Paul Pierce FJunior Kansas
Miles Simon GSenior Arizona


Consensus Second Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Vince Carter FJunior North Carolina
Mateen Cleaves GSophomore Michigan State
Pat Garrity FSenior Notre Dame
Richard Hamilton F-GSophomore Connecticut
Ansu Sesay FSenior Mississippi

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
First teamSecond teamThird team
PlayerSchoolPlayerSchoolPlayerSchool
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 BibbyArizonaVince CarterNorth CarolinaPat GarrityNotre Dame
Mateen CleavesMichigan StateRichard HamiltonConnecticutTrajan LangdonDuke
Antawn JamisonNorth CarolinaMatt HarpringGeorgia Tech Andre Miller Utah
Raef LaFrentzKansasAnsu SesayMississippiLee NailonTCU
Paul PierceKansasBonzi WellsBall StateMiles SimonArizona
NABC [4] Mike BibbyArizonaVince CarterNorth CarolinaMateen CleavesMichigan State
Antawn JamisonNorth CarolinaPat GarrityNotre DameTrajan LangdonDuke
Raef LaFrentzKansasRichard HamiltonConnecticutLee NailonTCU
Paul PierceKansasMatt HarpringGeorgia Tech Kenny Thomas New Mexico
Miles SimonArizonaAnsu SesayMississippi Robert Traylor Michigan
Sporting News [5] Mike BibbyArizonaVince CarterNorth CarolinaNo third team
Antawn JamisonNorth CarolinaPat GarrityNotre Dame
Raef LaFrentzKansasRichard HamiltonConnecticut
Paul PierceKansasTrajan LangdonDuke
Miles SimonArizonaKenny ThomasNew Mexico

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
  4. All-America - Division I (1990's) [ permanent dead link ]
  5. 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
  6. "AP All-America Basketball Team". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 2009-10-23.