2008 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The 2008 consensus first team. Clockwise from top left: Augustin, Beasley, Douglas-Roberts, Love, Hansbrough.
The Consensus 2008 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The Sporting News and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
2008 Consensus All-America team
The following players were consensus All-Americans.[1]
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| D. J. Augustin | G | Sophomore | Texas |
| Michael Beasley | F | Freshman | Kansas State |
| Chris Douglas-Roberts | G-F | Junior | Memphis |
| Tyler Hansbrough | C | Junior | North Carolina |
| Kevin Love | C | Freshman | UCLA |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Curry | G | Sophomore | Davidson |
| Shan Foster | G-F | Senior | Vanderbilt |
| Luke Harangody | F | Sophomore | Notre Dame |
| Roy Hibbert | C | Senior | Georgetown |
| Chris Lofton | G | Senior | Tennessee |
| D. J. White | F-C | Senior | Indiana |
Individual All-America teams
| All-America Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | |||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | ||
| Associated Press[2] | D. J. Augustin | Texas | Stephen Curry | Davidson | Darren Collison | UCLA | |
| Michael Beasley | Kansas State | Shan Foster | Vanderbilt | Eric Gordon | Indiana | ||
| Chris Douglas-Roberts | Memphis | Luke Harangody | Notre Dame | Chris Lofton | Tennessee | ||
| Tyler Hansbrough | North Carolina | Roy Hibbert | Georgetown | Brook Lopez | Stanford | ||
| Kevin Love | UCLA | D. J. White | Indiana | Derrick Rose | Memphis | ||
| USBWA[3] | D. J. Augustin | Texas | Shan Foster | Vanderbilt | No third team | ||
| Michael Beasley | Kansas State | Luke Harangody | Notre Dame | ||||
| Chris Douglas-Roberts | Memphis | Chris Lofton | Tennessee | ||||
| Tyler Hansbrough | North Carolina | A. J. Price | Connecticut | ||||
| Kevin Love | UCLA | D. J. White | Indiana | ||||
| NABC[4] | D. J. Augustin | Texas | Eric Gordon | Indiana | Shan Foster | Vanderbilt | |
| Michael Beasley | Kansas State | Roy Hibbert | Georgetown | Brook Lopez | Stanford | ||
| Chris Douglas-Roberts | Memphis | Chris Lofton | Tennessee | DeMarcus Nelson | Duke | ||
| Tyler Hansbrough | North Carolina | Kevin Love | UCLA | Derrick Rose | Memphis | ||
| Luke Harangody | Notre Dame | D. J. White | Indiana | Brandon Rush | Kansas | ||
| Sporting News[5] | D. J. Augustin | Texas | Ryan Anderson | California | No third team | ||
| Michael Beasley | Kansas State | Stephen Curry | Davidson | ||||
| Chris Douglas-Roberts | Memphis | Shan Foster | Vanderbilt | ||||
| Tyler Hansbrough | North Carolina | Luke Harangody | Notre Dame | ||||
| Kevin Love | UCLA | D. J. White | Indiana | ||||
AP Honorable Mention:[6]
Academic All-Americans
On February 26, 2008, CoSIDA and ESPN The Magazine announced the 2009 Academic All-American team with Adam Emmenecker headlining the University Division as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.[7]
2007–08 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men’s Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:
| Player | School | Class | GPA/Major |
|---|---|---|---|
| D. J. Augustin | Texas | Sophomore | 3.64/ Education |
| Adam Emmenecker | Drake | Senior | 3.97/ Business and Finance |
| Justin Hare | Belmont | Senior | 3.87/ Exercise Science, Pre-Med |
| Jack Leasure | Coastal Carolina | Senior | 3.82/ History |
| Brett Winkelman | North Dakota State | Junior | 3.84/ Industrial engineering & Management |
| Player | School | Class | GPA/Major |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. J. Graves | Butler | Senior | 3.35/ Actuarial Science |
| Bryan Mullins | Southern Illinois | Junior | 4.00/ Finance |
| Drew Neitzel | Michigan State | Senior | 3.27/ Interdisciplinary Studies |
| Joe Reitz | Western Michigan | Senior | 3.72/ Finance |
| Michael Schachtner | Wisconsin-Green Bay | Junior | 3.81/ Psychology |
| Player | School | Class | GPA/Major |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Bright | Sam Houston State | Senior | 3.59/ Political science |
| Matt Nelson | Boise State | Senior | 3.52/ Business |
| Greg Paulus | Duke | Junior | 3.30/ Political Science |
| Alex Ruoff | West Virginia | Junior | 3.79/ History |
| Drew Streicher | Butler | Graduate | 3.95/ Chemistry, MBA |
References
- ^ "2009-10 NCAA Men's Basketball Records: Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
- ^ Hansbrough, Beasley named AP All-Americans unanimously
- ^ USBWA Names 2007-08 All-Americans
- ^ "Lofton, Foster Make NABC All-America Team". Archived from the original on 2009-02-13. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
- ^ "Hansbrough wins SN's player of the year". Archived from the original on 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
- ^ "2008 AP All-America teams". CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ "Drake's Emmenecker & Washington's (Mo.) Ruths Head 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Men's Basketball Team" (PDF). CoSIDA. February 26, 2008. Retrieved April 19, 2012.