1978 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

August 2023 2 250 infobox Larry Bird ISU.jpg Phil_Ford_UNC.jpg David_Greenwood_UCLA.jpg Butch_Lee_Marquette.jpg Members of the 1978 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Larry Bird, Phil Ford, Butch Lee and David Greenwood (not pictured: Mychal Thompson). 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season 1977 All-Americans 1979 The consensus 1978 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams.NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137 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 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 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 First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated PressAP All-America Teams 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 USBWALobo's Cooper picked to writer' All-American team March 7, 1978 Tucson Citizen 2E https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73195397/ August 15, 2022 Newspapers.com 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 NABCNABC Division I All-America Teams National Association of Basketball Coaches https://www.nabc.com/awards/all_america/division_I/1970 July 4, 2021 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 UPIGary K. Johnson http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketballs_finest/2005/m_basketball_finest.pdf NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans 198–199 October 2005 National Collegiate Athletic Association August 15, 2022 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 AP Honorable Mention:Lee, Ford picked AP https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80776805/ Lincoln Journal March 2, 1978 22 Newspapers.com July 4, 2021 22em Clyde Austin, NC State James Bailey, Rutgers Gene Banks, Duke Ron Baxter, Texas Roosevelt Bouie, Syracuse Winford Boynes, San Francisco James Bradley, Memphis State Michael Brooks, La Salle Marty Byrnes, Syracuse Bruce Campbell, Providence Ron Carter, VMI Bill Cartwright, San Francisco Pat Cummings, Cincinnati Harry Davis, Florida State Marvin Delph, Arkansas Sherman Dillard, James Madison Sammy Drummer, Georgia Tech John Duren, Georgetown John Gerdy, Davidson Mike Gminski, Duke Steve Grant, Manhattan Darrell Griffith, Louisville James Hardy, San Francisco Keith Herron, Villanova Marc Iavaroni, Virginia Derrick Jackson, Georgetown Frank Johnson, Wake Forest George Johnson, St. John's Lynbert Johnson, Wichita State Marvin Johnson, New Mexico Jeff Judkins, Utah Jim Krivacs, Texas Jeff Lamp, Virginia Billy Lewis, Illinois State John Long, Detroit John Lowenhaupt, William & Mary Oliver Mack, East Carolina Kyle Macy, Kentucky Lew Massey, Charlotte Robert Miller, Cincinnati Mike Mitchell, Auburn Johnny Moore, Texas Jonathan Moore, Furman Lowes Moore, West Virginia Calvin Natt, Northeast Louisiana Mike O'Koren, North Carolina Ron Perry, Holy Cross Roger Phegley, Bradley Mike Phillips, Kentucky Micheal Ray Richardson, Montana Mike Russell, Texas Tech Frankie Sanders, Southern Greg Sanders, St. Bonaventure Mike Santos, Utah State Purvis Short, Jackson State Arthur Snipe, South Carolina State Jim Spanarkel, Duke Henry Taylor, Texas–Pan American Reggie Theus, UNLV Andrew Toney, Southwestern Louisiana Raymond Townsend, UCLA Greg Tynes, Seton Hall Dean Uthoff, Iowa State Darnell Valentine, Kansas Ren Watson, VCU Jerome Whitehead, Marquette Hawkeye Whitney, NC State Duck Williams, Notre Dame Ken Williams, North Texas Rick Wilson, Louisville Gary Winton, Army See also 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season References Category:NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans All-Americans