1977 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
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The consensus 1977 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.
| 1977 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
|---|---|
The 1977 consensus first team. Clockwise from top left: Benson, Birdsong, Ford, King, Johnson, Green. | |
| Awarded for | 1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball season |
1977 Consensus All-America team
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Benson | C | Senior | Indiana |
| Otis Birdsong | G | Senior | Houston |
| Phil Ford | G | Junior | North Carolina |
| Rickey Green | G | Senior | Michigan |
| Marques Johnson | F | Senior | UCLA |
| Bernard King | F | Junior | Tennessee |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Ballard | F | Senior | Oregon |
| Bill Cartwright | C | Sophomore | San Francisco |
| Rod Griffin | G | Junior | Wake Forest |
| Ernie Grunfeld | F | Senior | Tennessee |
| Phil Hubbard | F | Senior | Michigan |
| Butch Lee | G | Junior | Marquette |
| Mychal Thompson | F/C | Junior | Minnesota |
Individual All-America teams
| All-America Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | Fourth Team | Fifth Team | ||||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |
| Associated Press[2] | Kent Benson | Indiana | Otis Birdsong | Houston | Bo Ellis | Marquette | No fourth or fifth teams | |||
| Phil Ford | North Carolina | Bill Cartwright | San Francisco | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest | |||||
| Rickey Green | Michigan | Ernie Grunfeld | Tennessee | Phil Hubbard | Michigan | |||||
| Marques Johnson | UCLA | Butch Lee | Marquette | Tree Rollins | Clemson | |||||
| Bernard King | Tennessee | Mychal Thompson | Minnesota | Freeman Williams | Portland State | |||||
| USBWA[3] | Otis Birdsong | Houston | Greg Ballard | Oregon | No third, fourth or fifth teams | |||||
| Phil Ford | North Carolina | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest | |||||||
| Rickey Green | Michigan | Ernie Grunfeld | Tennessee | |||||||
| Phil Hubbard | Michigan | Marques Johnson | UCLA | |||||||
| Mychal Thompson | Minnesota | Bernard King | Tennessee | |||||||
| NABC[4] | Kent Benson | Indiana | Bo Ellis | Marquette | Greg Ballard | Oregon | Skip Brown | Wake Forest | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest |
| Otis Birdsong | Houston | Ernie Grunfeld | Tennessee | Larry Bird | Indiana State | Kenny Carr | NC State | Tony Hanson | Connecticut | |
| Phil Ford | North Carolina | Phil Hubbard | Michigan | Winford Boynes | San Francisco | Bob Elliott | Arizona | Jeff Jonas | Utah | |
| Rickey Green | Michigan | Bernard King | Tennessee | Bill Cartwright | San Francisco | Jack Givens | Kentucky | Cedric Maxwell | UNC Charlotte | |
| Marques Johnson | UCLA | Mychal Thompson | Minnesota | Joe Hassett | Providence | Rick Robey | Kentucky | Anthony Roberts | Oral Roberts | |
| Butch Lee | Marquette | Tree Rollins | Clemson | |||||||
| UPI[5] | Kent Benson | Indiana | Bill Cartwright | San Francisco | Larry Bird | Indiana State | No fourth or fifth teams | |||
| Otis Birdsong | Houston | Phil Ford | North Carolina | Kenny Carr | NC State | |||||
| Rickey Green | Michigan | Ernie Grunfeld | Tennessee | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest | |||||
| Marques Johnson | UCLA | Butch Lee | Marquette | Cedric Maxwell | UNC Charlotte | |||||
| Bernard King | Tennessee | Mychal Thompson | Minnesota | Freeman Williams | Portland State | |||||
AP Honorable Mention:[6]
- Greg Ballard, Oregon
- Larry Bird, Indiana State
- Winford Boynes, San Francisco
- Skip Brown, Wake Forest
- Kenny Carr, NC State
- Wesley Cox, Louisville
- Brad Davis, Maryland
- Walter Davis, North Carolina
- Marvin Delph, Arkansas
- T. R. Dunn, Alabama
- Bob Elliott, Arizona
- Mike Evans, Kansas State
- Jack Givens, Kentucky
- Mike Glenn, Southern Illinois
- Steve Grant, Manhattan
- David Greenwood, UCLA
- Tony Hanson, Connecticut
- James Hardy, San Francisco
- Joe Hassett, Providence
- Don Henderson, Arkansas State
- Matt Hicks, Northern Illinois
- John Irving, Hofstra
- Eddie Johnson, Auburn
- Jeff Jonas, Utah
- Reggie King, Alabama
- Tom LaGarde, North Carolina
- Rich Laurel, Hofstra
- Cedric Maxwell, UNC Charlotte
- Glenn Mosley, Seton Hall
- Calvin Natt, Northeast Louisiana
- Eddie Owens, UNLV
- Bruce Parkinson, Purdue
- Ron Perry, Holy Cross
- Anthony Roberts, Oral Roberts
- Rick Robey, Kentucky
- Steve Sheppard, Maryland
- Andrew Toney, Southwestern Louisiana
- Wilson Washington, Old Dominion
- Glen Williams, St. John's
- Ray Williams, Minnesota
- Gary Winton, Army