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In 1932, the Converse shoe company began publishing All-America teams in their yearly "Converse Basketball Yearbook," and continued doing so until they ceased publication of the yearbook in 1983. The Helms Athletic Foundation , created in 1936, retroactively named All-America teams for years 1905–35, and also continued naming teams until 1983 ...
Slater Martin, UT first-team All-American and five-time NBA champion, in Minneapolis Lakers uniform, c. 1953. Slater Martin and Al Madsen returned to the 1947–48 Longhorn team, among others, but this team was short on depth compared to the previous season's Final Four team, with only seven players in Gray's rotation.
Each year different sets of All-American teams are recognized toward consensus and unanimous selection recognition. A "unanimous selection" is a player who is listed as a first team All-American by all recognized lists. A "consensus All-American" is a player who is listed as a first team All-American by at least half of the recognized lists.
All selectors choose three teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections. The Consensus 2021 College Basketball All-American team will be determined by aggregating the results of the four major All-American teams as determined by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
This category includes those men's basketball players who were first-team, second-team or third-team for one or more Division I NCAA Men's Basketball All-America teams that contribute to consensus All-American status for a given year (see NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans for a list of contributing teams by year).
The Amateur Athletic Union Men's Basketball All-Americans were players who competed in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) between 1920–21 and 1967–68 and were chosen as the best players in the league during their respective seasons. [1] Founded in 1888, the AAU is one of the largest non-profit, volunteer, sports organizations in the United ...
The open USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the AAU between 1888 and 1978. [5] [6] In 1923 the AAU sponsored the First American Track & Field championships for women. In 1897, the AAU held its first national men's basketball championship. The winner was the 23rd Street YMCA from New York City. The first AAU women's ...
The USA Basketball Men's National Team, [2] commonly known as Team USA and the United States men's national basketball team, is the basketball team representing the United States. It is the most successful men's team in international competition, winning medals in all twenty Olympic tournaments it has entered, including seventeen golds.