1966 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Award
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The consensus 1966 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 United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
| 1966 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | 1965–66 NCAA University Division men's basketball season |
1966 Consensus All-America team
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Bing | G | Senior | Syracuse |
| Clyde Lee | F | Senior | Vanderbilt |
| Cazzie Russell | F | Senior | Michigan |
| Dave Schellhase | G/F | Senior | Purdue |
| Jimmy Walker | G | Junior | Providence |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louie Dampier | G | Junior | Kentucky |
| Matt Guokas | G | Junior | St. Joseph's |
| Jack Marin | F | Senior | Duke |
| Dick Snyder | F | Senior | Davidson |
| Bob Verga | G | Senior | Duke |
| Walt Wesley | C | Senior | Kansas |
Individual All-America teams
| All-America Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | ||||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |||
| Associated Press[2] | Dave Bing | Syracuse | Matt Guokas | Saint Joseph's | Henry Finkel | Dayton | ||
| Louie Dampier | Kentucky | Jack Marin | Duke | Thad Jaracz | Kentucky | |||
| Clyde Lee | Vanderbilt | Dick Snyder | Davidson | Bob Lewis | North Carolina | |||
| Cazzie Russell | Michigan | Bob Verga | Duke | Pat Riley | Kentucky | |||
| Dave Schellhase | Purdue | Jimmy Walker | Providence | Walt Wesley | Kansas | |||
| USBWA[3] | Dave Bing | Syracuse | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | |||||
| Clyde Lee | Vanderbilt | |||||||
| Jack Marin | Duke | |||||||
| Dick Nemelka | Brigham Young | |||||||
| Pat Riley | Kentucky | |||||||
| Cazzie Russell | Michigan | |||||||
| Dave Schellhase | Purdue | |||||||
| Dick Snyder | Davidson | |||||||
| Jimmy Walker | Providence | |||||||
| Walt Wesley | Kansas | |||||||
| NABC[4] | Dave Bing | Syracuse | John Austin | Boston College | Henry Finkel | Dayton | ||
| Clyde Lee | Vanderbilt | Louie Dampier | Kentucky | Lou Hudson | Minnesota | |||
| Cazzie Russell | Michigan | Matt Guokas | Saint Joseph's | Bob Lewis | North Carolina | |||
| Dave Schellhase | Purdue | Bob Verga | Duke | Jack Marin | Duke | |||
| Jimmy Walker | Providence | Walt Wesley | Kansas | Dick Nemelka | Brigham Young | |||
| UPI[5] | Dave Bing | Syracuse | Louie Dampier | Kentucky | John Austin | Boston College | ||
| Clyde Lee | Vanderbilt | Matt Guokas | Saint Joseph's | Henry Finkel | Dayton | |||
| Cazzie Russell | Michigan | Dick Snyder | Davidson | Lou Hudson | Minnesota | |||
| Dave Schellhase | Purdue | Bob Verga | Duke | Jack Marin | Duke | |||
| Jimmy Walker | Providence | Walt Wesley | Kansas | Pat Riley | Kentucky | |||
AP Honorable Mention:[6]
- Cliff Anderson, Saint Joseph's
- John Austin, Boston College
- John Beasley, Texas A&M
- John Block, USC
- Nate Branch, Nebraska
- Jerry Chambers, Utah
- Archie Clark, Minnesota
- Leon Clark, Wyoming
- Jim Coleman, Loyola (Illinois)
- Mel Daniels, New Mexico
- Ollie Darden, Michigan
- Lee DeFore, Auburn
- Sonny Dove, St. John's
- Joe Ellis, San Francisco
- Donnie Freeman, Illinois
- Clem Haskins, Western Kentucky
- Elvin Hayes, Houston
- Lou Hudson, Minnesota
- Edgar Lacy, UCLA
- Bob Leonard, Wake Forest
- Dub Malaise, Texas Tech
- Don May, Dayton
- Bill Melchionni, Villanova
- Dorie Murrey, Detroit Mercy
- Dick Nemelka, Brigham Young
- Loy Petersen, Oregon State
- Don Rolfes, Cincinnati
- Nevil Shed, UTEP
- Mike Silliman, Army
- Wes Unseld, Louisville
- Steve Vacendak, Duke
- Jim Ware, Oklahoma City
- Michael Warren, UCLA
- Stan Washington, Michigan State
