2008 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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2008 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
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The 2008 consensus first team. Clockwise from top left: Augustin, Beasley, Douglas-Roberts, Love, Hansbrough.
Awarded for 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
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The Consensus 2008 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. 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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2008 Consensus All-America team

The following players were consensus All-Americans. [1]

Consensus First Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
D. J. Augustin GSophomore Texas
Michael Beasley FFreshman Kansas State
Chris Douglas-Roberts G-FJunior Memphis
Tyler Hansbrough CJunior North Carolina
Kevin Love CFreshman UCLA


Consensus Second Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Stephen Curry GSophomore Davidson
Shan Foster G-FSenior Vanderbilt
Luke Harangody FSophomore Notre Dame
Roy Hibbert CSenior Georgetown
Chris Lofton GSenior Tennessee
D. J. White F-CSenior Indiana

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
First teamSecond teamThird team
PlayerSchoolPlayerSchoolPlayerSchool
Associated Press [2] D. J. Augustin Texas Stephen Curry Davidson Darren Collison UCLA
Michael Beasley Kansas State Shan Foster Vanderbilt Eric Gordon Indiana
Chris Douglas-Roberts Memphis Luke Harangody Notre Dame Chris Lofton Tennessee
Tyler Hansbrough North Carolina Roy Hibbert Georgetown Brook Lopez Stanford
Kevin Love UCLA D. J. White Indiana Derrick Rose Memphis
USBWA [3] D. J. AugustinTexasShan FosterVanderbiltNo third team
Michael BeasleyKansas StateLuke HarangodyNotre Dame
Chris Douglas-RobertsMemphisChris LoftonTennessee
Tyler HansbroughNorth Carolina A. J. Price Connecticut
Kevin LoveUCLAD. J. WhiteIndiana
NABC [4] D. J. AugustinTexasEric GordonIndianaShan FosterVanderbilt
Michael BeasleyKansas StateRoy HibbertGeorgetownBrook LopezStanford
Chris Douglas-RobertsMemphisChris LoftonTennessee DeMarcus Nelson Duke
Tyler HansbroughNorth CarolinaKevin LoveUCLADerrick RoseMemphis
Luke HarangodyNotre DameD. J. WhiteIndiana Brandon Rush Kansas
Sporting News [5] D. J. AugustinTexas Ryan Anderson California No third team
Michael BeasleyKansas StateStephen CurryDavidson
Chris Douglas-RobertsMemphisShan FosterVanderbilt
Tyler HansbroughNorth CarolinaLuke HarangodyNotre Dame
Kevin LoveUCLAD. J. WhiteIndiana

AP Honorable Mention: [6]

Academic All-Americans

On February 26, 2008, CoSIDA and ESPN The Magazine announced the 2009 Academic All-American team with Adam Emmenecker headlining the University Division as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. [7]

2007–08 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men’s Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:

First Team
PlayerSchoolClass GPA/Major
D. J. Augustin Texas Sophomore3.64/ Education
Adam Emmenecker Drake Senior3.97/ Business and Finance
Justin Hare Belmont Senior3.87/ Exercise Science, Pre-Med
Jack Leasure Coastal Carolina Senior3.82/ History
Brett Winkelman North Dakota State Junior3.84/ Industrial engineering & Management
Second Team
PlayerSchoolClassGPA/Major
A. J. Graves Butler Senior3.35/ Actuarial Science
Bryan Mullins Southern Illinois Junior4.00/ Finance
Drew Neitzel Michigan State Senior3.27/ Interdisciplinary Studies
Joe Reitz Western Michigan Senior3.72/ Finance
Michael Schachtner Wisconsin-Green Bay Junior3.81/ Psychology
Third Team
PlayerSchoolClassGPA/Major
Ryan Bright Sam Houston State Senior3.59/ Political science
Matt Nelson Boise State Senior3.52/ Business
Greg Paulus Duke Junior3.30/ Political Science
Alex Ruoff West Virginia Junior3.79/ History
Drew StreicherButlerGraduate3.95/ Chemistry, MBA

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