- 1978 Consensus All-America team
- Individual All-America teams
- References
The consensus 1978 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. 1978 Consensus All-America team Consensus First Team| Player | Position | Class | Team |
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| Larry Bird | F | Junior | Indiana State | | Phil Ford | G | Senior | North Carolina | | David Greenwood | F | Junior | UCLA | | Butch Lee | G | Senior | Marquette | | Mychal Thompson | F/C | Senior | Minnesota |
Consensus Second Team| Player | Position | Class | Team |
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| Ron Brewer | G | Senior | Arkansas | | Jack Givens | G/F | Senior | Kentucky | | Rod Griffin | G | Senior | Wake Forest | | Rick Robey | F/C | Senior | Kentucky | | Freeman Williams | G | Senior | Portland State | Individual All-America teams| All-America Team |
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| First team | Second team | Third team |
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| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School |
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| Associated Press [2] | Larry Bird | Indiana State | Ron Brewer | Arkansas | Mike Evans | Kansas State | | Phil Ford | North Carolina | Dave Corzine | DePaul | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest | | David Greenwood | UCLA | Jack Givens | Kentucky | Magic Johnson | Michigan State | | Butch Lee | Marquette | Reggie King | Alabama | Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | | Mychal Thompson | Minnesota | Freeman Williams | Portland State | Rick Robey | Kentucky | | USBWA[3] | Ron Brewer | Arkansas | Larry Bird | Indiana State | No third team | | Michael Cooper | New Mexico | Jack Givens | Kentucky | | Phil Ford | North Carolina | David Greenwood | UCLA | | Butch Lee | Marquette | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest | | Freeman Williams | Portland State | Mychal Thompson | Minnesota | | NABC[4] | Larry Bird | Indiana State | Dave Corzine | DePaul | James Bailey | Rutgers | | Phil Ford | North Carolina | Jack Givens | Kentucky | Winford Boynes | San Francisco | | David Greenwood | UCLA | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest | Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | | Butch Lee | Marquette | Magic Johnson | Michigan State | Mike O'Koren | North Carolina | | Rick Robey | Kentucky | Freeman Williams | Portland State | Jerome Whitehead | Marquette | | UPI[5] | Larry Bird | Indiana State | James Bailey | Rutgers | Dave Corzine | DePaul | | Phil Ford | North Carolina | Jack Givens | Kentucky | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest | | David Greenwood | UCLA | Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | Magic Johnson | Michigan State | | Butch Lee | Marquette | Rick Robey | Kentucky | Kyle Macy | Kentucky | | Mychal Thompson | Minnesota | Freeman Williams | Portland State | Roger Phegley | Bradley | |
References1. ^NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137
2. ^[https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_america.html AP All-America Teams]
3. ^USBWA Men's All-Americans
4. ^All-America - Division I (1970's){{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
5. ^2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5iRBqsXi3?url=http://www.ncaapublications.com/Uploads/PDF/m_basketball_finesta2ccdb4e-d86f-4abf-a138-5bb24fd77472.pdf |date=2009-07-21 }} p.208
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