1988 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The Consensus 1988 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.
1988 Consensus All-America team
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Elliott | F | Junior | Arizona |
| Gary Grant | G | Senior | Michigan |
| Hersey Hawkins | G | Senior | Bradley |
| Danny Manning | F | Senior | Kansas |
| J.R. Reid | F/C | Sophomore | North Carolina |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Ferry | F | Junior | Duke |
| Jerome Lane | F | Junior | Pittsburgh |
| Mark Macon | G | Freshman | Temple |
| Mitch Richmond | G | Senior | Kansas State |
| Rony Seikaly | C | Senior | Syracuse |
| Michael Smith | F/C | Junior | Brigham Young |
Individual All-America teams
| All-America Team | |||||||
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| First team | Second team | Third team | |||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | ||
| Associated Press[2] | Sean Elliott | Arizona | Danny Ferry | Duke | Will Perdue | Vanderbilt | |
| Gary Grant | Michigan | Jerome Lane | Pittsburgh | Michael Smith | Brigham Young | ||
| Hersey Hawkins | Bradley | Mark Macon | Temple | Fennis Dembo | Wyoming | ||
| Danny Manning | Kansas | Jeff Grayer | Iowa State | Sherman Douglas | Syracuse | ||
| J. R. Reid | North Carolina | Steve Kerr | Arizona | Byron Larkin | Xavier | ||
| USBWA[3] | Sean Elliott | Arizona | Danny Ferry | Duke | No third team | ||
| Gary Grant | Michigan | Jerome Lane | Pittsburgh | ||||
| Hersey Hawkins | Bradley | Michael Smith | Brigham Young | ||||
| Danny Manning | Kansas | Mitch Richmond | Kansas State | ||||
| J. R. Reid | North Carolina | Rony Seikaly | Syracuse | ||||
| NABC[4] | Sean Elliott | Arizona | Danny Ferry | Duke | Will Perdue | Vanderbilt | |
| Gary Grant | Michigan | David Rivers | Notre Dame | Rex Chapman | Kentucky | ||
| Hersey Hawkins | Bradley | Mark Macon | Temple | Harvey Grant | Oklahoma | ||
| Danny Manning | Kansas | Rony Seikaly | Syracuse | Todd Mitchell | Purdue | ||
| J. R. Reid | North Carolina | Charles Smith | Pittsburgh | Steve Kerr | Arizona | ||
| UPI[5] | Sean Elliott | Arizona | J. R. Reid | North Carolina | Harvey Grant | Oklahoma | |
| Danny Ferry | Duke | Sherman Douglas | Syracuse | Jeff Grayer | Iowa State | ||
| Gary Grant | Michigan | Michael Smith | Brigham Young | Rony Seikaly | Syracuse | ||
| Hersey Hawkins | Bradley | Mitch Richmond | Kansas State | Lionel Simmons | La Salle | ||
| Danny Manning | Kansas | Byron Larkin | Xavier | Rod Strickland | DePaul | ||
AP Honorable Mention:[6]
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Academic All-Americans
On February 28, 1988, GTE and CoSIDA announced the 1988 Academic All-America team, with Michael Smith headlining the University Division as the first men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. The following is the 1987–88 GTE Academic All-America Men’s Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:[7]
| Player | School | Class | GPA and major |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Kessler | Georgia | Sophomore | 3.84 Genetics |
| Tim Legler | La Salle | Senior | 3.40 Finance/Management Information |
| Shon Morris | Northwestern | Senior | 3.51 Human Development and Social Policy Organizational Studies |
| Derek Rucker | Davidson | Senior | 3.30 Economics |
| Michael Smith | Brigham Young | Junior | 3.67 Pre-Medicine/Pre-Dental |
| Player | School | Class | GPA and major |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Balderston | Oregon | Senior | 3.63 Pre-Medicine |
| Paul Crawford | Texas A&M | Senior | 3.88 Mechanical Engineering |
| Jeff Harris | Illinois State | Senior | 3.70 Chemistry |
| Bo Heiden | Bucknell | Junior | 3.70 Electrical Engineering |
| Ray Willis | Montana State | Senior | 3.45 Speech Communications |
| Player | School | Class | GPA and major |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Butts | Bucknell | Junior | 3.30 Mechanical Engineering |
| Scott Haffner | Evansville | Junior | 3.34 Business Administration |
| Steve Martenet | Bowling Green | Senior | 3.78 Business/Pre-Law |
| Peter Runge | Manhattan | Sophomore | 3.80 Business |
| Dean Smith | Maine | Sophomore | 3.92 Electrical Engineering |
References
- ^ NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137
- ^ "AP All-America Teams". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
- ^ "USBWA Men's All-Americans". Sportswriters.net. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
- ^ All-America - Division I (1980's)
- ^ 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
- ^ "Manning, Hawkins top All-America basketball team". Tri City Herald. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
- ^ "Academic All-Americans". The Lewiston Daily Sun. March 1, 1988. Retrieved September 25, 2011.