2015 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.[1] The 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that include All-American selections from the Associated Press (AP), the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), the Sporting News (TSN), and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) for the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose at least a first and second 5-man team. The NABC, TSN and AP choose third teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections.

The Consensus 2015 College Basketball All-American team is determined by aggregating the results of the four major All-American teams as determined by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since United Press International was replaced by TSN in 1997, the four major selectors have been the aforementioned ones. AP has been a selector since 1948, NABC since 1957 and USBWA since 1960.[2] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.[3]

Although the aforementioned lists are used to determine consensus honors, there are numerous other All-American lists. The ten finalists for the John Wooden Award are described as Wooden All-Americans. The ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award are described as Senior All-Americans.[4] Other All-American lists include those determined by USA Today, Fox Sports, and Yahoo! Sports. The scholar-athletes selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed Academic All-Americans.

2015 Consensus All-America team

PG – Point guard

SG – Shooting guard

PF – Power forward

SF – Small forward

C – Center

Consensus First Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
Willie Cauley-Stein	PF	Junior	Kentucky
Jerian Grant	PG/SG	Senior	Notre Dame
Frank Kaminsky	C/PF	Senior	Wisconsin
Jahlil Okafor	C	Freshman	Duke
D'Angelo Russell	PG/SG	Freshman	Ohio State

Consensus Second Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
Malcolm Brogdon	SG	Junior	Virginia
Bobby Portis	PF	Sophomore	Arkansas
Karl-Anthony Towns	C	Freshman	Kentucky
Seth Tuttle	PF	Senior	Northern Iowa
Kyle Wiltjer	PF	Junior	Gonzaga
Delon Wright	SG/PG	Senior	Utah

Individual All-America teams

Player	School	AP	USBWA	NABC	TSN	CP	Notes
Willie Cauley-Stein	Kentucky	1	1	1	1	12
Frank Kaminsky	Wisconsin	1	1	1	1	12
Jahlil Okafor	Duke	1	1	1	1	12
D'Angelo Russell	Ohio State	1	1	1	1	12
Jerian Grant	Notre Dame	1	1	1	2	11
Delon Wright	Utah	2	2	2	1	9
Seth Tuttle	Northern Iowa	2	2	2	2	8
Malcolm Brogdon	Virginia	2	2	2		6
Bobby Portis	Arkansas	2	2		3	5
Karl-Anthony Towns	Kentucky	2		2	3	5
Kyle Wiltjer	Gonzaga	3	2	2		5
Kevin Pangos	Gonzaga	3		3	3	3
Rakeem Christmas	Syracuse	3			3	2
Quinn Cook	Duke				2	2
Buddy Hield	Oklahoma	3		3		2
Darrun Hilliard	Villanova				2	2
Georges Niang	Iowa State	3		3		2
Melo Trimble	Maryland				2	2
Justin Anderson	Virginia			3		1
Stanley Johnson	Arizona			3		1
Joseph Young	Oregon				3	1

By team

All-America Team
	First team		Second team		Third team
	Player	School	Player	School	Player	School
Associated Press[5]	Willie Cauley-Stein	Kentucky	Malcolm Brogdon	Virginia	Rakeem Christmas	Syracuse
	Jerian Grant	Notre Dame	Bobby Portis	Arkansas	Buddy Hield	Oklahoma
	Frank Kaminsky	Wisconsin	Karl-Anthony Towns	Kentucky	Georges Niang	Iowa State
	Jahlil Okafor	Duke	Seth Tuttle	Northern Iowa	Kevin Pangos	Gonzaga
	D'Angelo Russell	Ohio State	Delon Wright	Utah	Kyle Wiltjer	Gonzaga
USBWA[6]	Willie Cauley-Stein	Kentucky	Malcolm Brogdon	Virginia	No third team
	Jerian Grant	Notre Dame	Bobby Portis	Arkansas
	Frank Kaminsky	Wisconsin	Seth Tuttle	Northern Iowa
	Jahlil Okafor	Duke	Kyle Wiltjer	Gonzaga
	D'Angelo Russell	Ohio State	Delon Wright	Utah
NABC[7]	Willie Cauley-Stein	Kentucky	Malcolm Brogdon	Virginia	Justin Anderson	Virginia
	Jerian Grant	Notre Dame	Karl-Anthony Towns	Kentucky	Buddy Hield	Oklahoma
	Frank Kaminsky	Wisconsin	Seth Tuttle	Northern Iowa	Stanley Johnson	Arizona
	Jahil Okafor	Duke	Kyle Wiltjer	Gonzaga	Georges Niang	Iowa State
	D'Angelo Russell	Ohio State	Delon Wright	Utah	Kevin Pangos	Gonzaga
Sporting News[8]	Willie Cauley-Stein	Kentucky	Quinn Cook	Duke	Rakeem Christmas	Syracuse
	Frank Kaminsky	Wisconsin	Jerian Grant	Notre Dame	Kevin Pangos	Gonzaga
	Jahlil Okafor	Duke	Darrun Hilliard	Villanova	Bobby Portis	Arkansas
	D'Angelo Russell	Ohio State	Melo Trimble	Maryland	Karl-Anthony Towns	Kentucky
	Delon Wright	Utah	Seth Tuttle	Northern Iowa	Joseph Young	Oregon

AP Honorable Mention:[9]

Lawrence Alexander, North Dakota State Justin Anderson, Virginia Ryan Arcidiacono, Villanova Ron Baker, Wichita State Jalen Cannon, St. Francis Brooklyn Karl Cochran, Wofford Kyle Collinsworth, BYU Quinn Cook, Duke Kris Dunn, Providence Perry Ellis, Kansas Rico Gathers, Baylor Madarious Gibbs, Texas Southern

Anthony Gill, Virginia Kendall Gray, Delaware State Ty Greene, USC Upstate Olivier Hanlan, Boston College Montrezl Harrell, Louisville Martez Harrison, UMKC Tyler Harvey, Eastern Washington Corey Hawkins, UC Davis Tyler Haws, BYU LaDontae Henton, Providence Darrun Hilliard, Villanova R. J. Hunter, Georgia State

Stanley Johnson, Arizona Tyus Jones, Duke Tyler Kalinoski, Davidson Tim Kempton Jr., Lehigh David Laury, Iona Damon Lynn, NJIT Derrick Marks, Boise State Jarell Martin, LSU T. J. McConnell, Arizona Mikh McKinney, Sacramento State Nic Moore, SMU Saah Nimley, Charleston Southern

Cameron Payne, Murray State Chasson Randle, Stanford Justin Sears, Yale Speedy Smith, Louisiana Tech Keifer Sykes, Green Bay Marcus Thornton, William & Mary Melo Trimble, Maryland Fred VanVleet, Wichita State Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin Jameel Warney, Stony Brook Dez Wells, Maryland Joseph Young, Oregon

Academic All-Americans

On February 26, 2015, CoSIDA and Capital One announced the 2015 Academic All-America team, with Matt Townsend headlining the University Division as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.[10] The following is the 2014–15 Capital One Academic All-America Men’s Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:

First Team

Player	School	Class	GPA and major
Tyler Harvey	Eastern Washington	Jr.	3.60 Communication Studies
Chasson Randle	Stanford	Sr.	3.35 African & African-American Studies
Shavon Shields	Nebraska	Jr.	3.73 Biological Sciences
Matt Townsend (3)	Yale	Sr.	3.98 Molecular, Cellular & Develop. Biology
Thomas van der Mars (2)	Portland	Gr.	3.95 Operations & Technology

Second Team

Player	School	Class	GPA and major
Alex Barlow	Butler	Sr.	3.75 Finance
Canyon Barry	Charleston	So.	4.00 Physics
Wayne Blackshear	Louisville	Sr.	3.40 Communication
Marcus Paige (2)	North Carolina	Jr.	3.39 Journalism / History
Levi Randolph	Alabama	Gr.	3.45 Masters of Marketing

Third Team

Player	School	Class	GPA and major
Craig Bradshaw	Belmont	Jr.	3.51 Public Relations
Johnny Dee	San Diego	Sr.	3.49 Business Administration
Mike Gesell	Iowa	Jr.	3.93 Finance
Jordan Gregory	Montana	Sr.	3.69 Psychology
John Kopriva	George Washington	Sr.	3.93 Chemistry
Nigel Williams-Goss	Washington	So.	3.74 Pre-social Science

Senior All-Americans

The ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award are called Senior All-Americans. The 10 honorees are as follows:[11]

Player	Position	School
Alex Barlow	Guard	Butler
Reece Chamberlain	Guard	Belmont
D'Angelo Harrison	Guard	St. John's
Tyler Haws	Guard	Brigham Young
Frank Kaminsky	Forward	Wisconsin
D. J. Newbill	Guard	Penn State
Kevin Pangos	Guard	Gonzaga
Chasson Randle	Guard	Stanford
Matt Stainbrook	Center	Xavier
Juwan Staten	Guard	West Virginia

References

1. The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
2. "Award Winners: Division I Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2013. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
3. "2009–10 NCAA Statistics Policies (updated 9/2/2009)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. September 2, 2009. Archived from the original on May 21, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
4. ""Scheyer Named Finalist For Lowe's Senior CLASS Award," GoDuke.com". Goduke.com. February 3, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
5. "The AP released their All-American teams on Monday". NBCSports.com. March 30, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
6. "USBWA Names 2014-15 All-Americans" (Press release). United States Basketball Writers Association. March 16, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
7. "Niang, Hield Earn NABC All-America Honors" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. March 30, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
8. Linton, Chance (March 9, 2015). "Sporting News releases 2014-2015 All-American Team". 247sports.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
9. "Payne Named Associated Press All-America" (Press release). Murray State Racers. March 31, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
10. "Ashley Luke of Western Illinois, Matt Townsend of Yale, Headline Capital One Academic All-America Div. 1 Basketball Teams" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 9, 2015. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
11. "Men's and women's basketball finalists announced for the 2015 Senior CLASS Award". seniorclassaward.com. Premier Sports Management. February 12, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.