1970 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
| 1970 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
|---|---|
Members of the 1970 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Issel, Lanier, Mount and Maravich (not pictured: Murphy). | |
| Awarded for | 1969–70 NCAA University Division men's basketball season |
The consensus 1970 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.
1970 Consensus All-America team
[edit]| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Issel | F/C | Senior | Kentucky |
| Bob Lanier | C | Senior | St. Bonaventure |
| Pete Maravich | G/F | Senior | Louisiana State |
| Rick Mount | G/F | Senior | Purdue |
| Calvin Murphy | G | Senior | Niagara |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Carr | G | Junior | Notre Dame |
| Jim Collins | G | Senior | New Mexico State |
| John Roche | G | Junior | South Carolina |
| Charlie Scott | F | Senior | North Carolina |
| Sidney Wicks | F | Junior | UCLA |
Individual All-America teams
[edit]| All-America Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | ||||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |||
| Associated Press[2] | Dan Issel | Kentucky | Austin Carr | Notre Dame | John Johnson | Iowa | ||
| Bob Lanier | St. Bonaventure | Artis Gilmore | Jacksonville | Mike Maloy | Davidson | |||
| Pete Maravich | Louisiana State | John Roche | South Carolina | Jim McMillian | Columbia | |||
| Rick Mount | Purdue | Charlie Scott | North Carolina | John Vallely | UCLA | |||
| Calvin Murphy | Niagara | Rudy Tomjanovich | Michigan | Sidney Wicks | UCLA | |||
| USBWA[3] | Austin Carr | Notre Dame | No second, third or fourth teams (10-man first team) | |||||
| Jim Collins | New Mexico State | |||||||
| Dan Issel | Kentucky | |||||||
| Bob Lanier | St. Bonaventure | |||||||
| Pete Maravich | Louisiana State | |||||||
| Rick Mount | Purdue | |||||||
| Calvin Murphy | Niagara | |||||||
| John Roche | South Carolina | |||||||
| Charlie Scott | North Carolina | |||||||
| Sidney Wicks | UCLA | |||||||
| NABC[4] | Dan Issel | Kentucky | Austin Carr | Notre Dame | Mike Maloy | Davidson | ||
| Bob Lanier | St. Bonaventure | Artis Gilmore | Jacksonville | John Roche | South Carolina | |||
| Pete Maravich | Louisiana State | Jim McMillian | Columbia | Ralph Simpson | Michigan State | |||
| Rick Mount | Purdue | Calvin Murphy | Niagara | Rudy Tomjanovich | Michigan | |||
| Charlie Scott | North Carolina | Sidney Wicks | UCLA | John Vallely | UCLA | |||
| UPI[5] | Dan Issel | Kentucky | Austin Carr | Notre Dame | John Johnson | Iowa | ||
| Bob Lanier | St. Bonaventure | Artis Gilmore | Jacksonville | Mike Maloy | Davidson | |||
| Pete Maravich | Louisiana State | John Roche | South Carolina | John Vallely | UCLA | |||
| Rick Mount | Purdue | Charlie Scott | North Carolina | Sidney Wicks | UCLA | |||
| Calvin Murphy | Niagara | Rudy Tomjanovich | Michigan | Rich Yunkus | Georgia Tech | |||
AP Honorable Mention:[6]
- Nate Archibald, UTEP
- Jim Ard, Cincinnati
- Dennis Awtrey, Santa Clara
- Henry Bibby, UCLA
- Bill Cain, Iowa State
- Corky Calhoun, Penn
- Jim Collins, New Mexico State
- Dave Cowens, Florida State
- Jarrett Durham, Duquesne
- Mike Grosso, Louisville
- Jeff Halliburton, Drake
- Steve Hawes, Washington
- Sam Lacey, New Mexico State
- Bob Lienhard, Georgia
- Stan Love, Oregon
- Jim McDaniels, Western Kentucky
- Cliff Meely, Colorado
- Dean Meminger, Marquette
- John Mengelt, Auburn
- Mike Newlin, Utah
- Andy Owens, Florida
- Geoff Petrie, Princeton
- Howard Porter, Villanova
- Mike Pratt, Kentucky
- Marv Roberts, Utah State
- Dave Robisch, Kansas
- Curtis Rowe, UCLA
- Ralph Simpson, Michigan State
- Willie Sojourner, Weber State
- Dave Sorenson, Ohio State
- John Sutter, Tulane
- Ollie Taylor, Houston
- Jerry Venable, Kansas State
- Vann Williford, NC State
- Rich Yunkus, Georgia Tech
Academic All-Americans
[edit]On May 12, 1970, CoSIDA announced the 1970 Academic All-America team.[7] The following is the 1969–70 Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team as selected by CoSIDA:
| Player | School | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Dennis Awtrey | Santa Clara | Senior |
| Ron Becker | New Mexico | Senior |
| Jim Cooper | Air Force | Senior |
| Dan Issel | Kentucky | Senior |
| Mike Newlin | Utah | Junior |
| Mike Pratt | Kentucky | Senior |
| John Roche | South Carolina | Junior |
| Charlie Scott | North Carolina | Senior |
| Ralph Simpson | Michigan State | Junior |
| Rich Yunkus | Georgia Tech | Junior |
| Bill Zopf | Duquesne | Senior |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137
- ^ AP All-America Teams
- ^ "USBWA Men's All-Americans". Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
- ^ "NABC Division I All-America Teams". NABC. Archived from the original on March 5, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^ 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
- ^ "AP All-Americas". Greeley Daily Tribune. March 4, 1970. p. 22. Retrieved July 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Awtrey leads All-American Academic unit". The Lewiston Morning Tribune. May 13, 1970. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
