- 1979 Consensus All-America team
- Individual All-America teams
- Academic All-Americans
- References
The consensus 1979 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. 1979 Consensus All-America team Consensus First Team| Player | Position | Class | Team |
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| Larry Bird | F | Senior | Indiana State | | Mike Gminski | C | Junior | Duke | | David Greenwood | F | Senior | UCLA | | Magic Johnson | G | Sophomore | Michigan State | | Sidney Moncrief | G | Senior | Arkansas |
Consensus Second Team| Player | Position | Class | Team |
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| Bill Cartwright | C | Senior | San Francisco | | Calvin Natt | C | Senior | Northeast Louisiana | | Mike O'Koren | F | Junior | North Carolina | | Jim Paxson | G/F | Senior | Dayton | | Jim Spanarkel | G | Senior | Duke | | Kelly Tripucka | F | Sophomore | Notre Dame | | Sly Williams | F | Junior | Rhode Island | Individual All-America teams| All-America Team |
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| First team | Second team | Third team | Fourth Team |
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| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School |
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| Associated Press [2] | Larry Bird | Indiana State | Mike Gminski | Duke | Joe Barry Carroll | Purdue | No fourth team | | Bill Cartwright | San Francisco | Vinnie Johnson | Baylor | Roy Hamilton | UCLA | | David Greenwood | UCLA | Reggie King | Alabama | Greg Kelser | Michigan State | | Magic Johnson | Michigan State | Ronnie Lester | Iowa | Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | | Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | Calvin Natt | Northeast Louisiana | Sly Williams | Rhode Island | | USBWA[3] | Larry Bird | Indiana State | Calvin Natt | Northeast Louisiana | No third or fourth teams | | Bill Cartwright | San Francisco | Mike O'Koren | North Carolina | | Mike Gminski | Duke | Jim Paxson | Dayton | | Magic Johnson | Michigan State | Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | | Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | Sly Williams | Rhode Island | | NABC[4] | Larry Bird | Indiana State | Bill Cartwright | San Francisco | Joe Barry Carroll | Purdue | Danny Ainge | Brigham Young | | Mike Gminski | Duke | Reggie King | Alabama | Darrell Griffith | Louisville | James Bailey | Rutgers | | David Greenwood | UCLA | Mike O'Koren | North Carolina | Ronnie Lester | Iowa | Calvin Natt | Northeast Louisiana | | Magic Johnson | Michigan State | Jim Spanarkel | Duke | Kyle Macy | Kentucky | Bernard Toone | Marquette | | Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | Jim Paxson | Dayton | Mike Woodson | Indiana | | UPI[5] | Larry Bird | Indiana State | Bill Cartwright | San Francisco | James Bailey | Rutgers | No fourth team | | Mike Gminski | Duke | Darrell Griffith | Louisville | Gene Banks | Duke | | David Greenwood | UCLA | Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | Ronnie Lester | Iowa | | Magic Johnson | Michigan State | Mike O'Koren | North Carolina | Kelvin Ransey | Ohio State | | Jim Spanarkel | Duke | Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | Sly Williams | Rhode Island | |
Academic All-AmericansOn March 21, 1979, CoSIDA announced the 1979 Academic All-America team.[6] The following is the 1978–79 Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team as selected by CoSIDA: Academic All-America Team| Player | School | Class |
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| Mike Gminski | Duke | Junior | | Greg Kelser | Michigan State | Senior | | Jim Krivacs | Texas | Senior | | Kyle Macy | Kentucky | Senior | | Jim Paxson | Dayton | Senior | | Ron Perry | Holy Cross | Junior | | Jim Spanarkel | Duke | Senior | | Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | Sophomore | | Darnell Valentine | Kansas | Sophomore | | Kiki Vandeweghe | UCLA | Junior | 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
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WMksAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MxMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6792,4901122&dq=academic+all-america+basketball&hl=en|title=Gminski, Spanarkel on all-academic team|accessdate=October 3, 2011|date=March 22, 1979|publisher=Wilmington Morning Star}}
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