1971 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The consensus 1971 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.

1971 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
Austin Carr	G	Senior	Notre Dame
Artis Gilmore	C	Senior	Jacksonville
Jim McDaniels	C	Senior	Western Kentucky
Dean Meminger	G	Senior	Marquette
Sidney Wicks	F	Senior	UCLA

Consensus Second Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
Ken Durrett	F	Senior	La Salle
Johnny Neumann	F	Sophomore	Mississippi
Howard Porter	F	Senior	Villanova
John Roche	G	Senior	South Carolina
Curtis Rowe	F	Senior	UCLA

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
	First team		Second team		Third team		Fourth Team
	Player	School	Player	School	Player	School	Player	School
Associated Press [2]	Austin Carr	Notre Dame	Johnny Neumann	Mississippi	Fred Brown	Iowa	No fourth team
	Artis Gilmore	Jacksonville	Dave Robisch	Kansas	George McGinnis	Indiana
	Jim McDaniels	Western Kentucky	John Roche	South Carolina	Cliff Meely	Colorado
	Dean Meminger	Marquette	Curtis Rowe	UCLA	Howard Porter	Villanova
	Sidney Wicks	UCLA	Paul Westphal	Southern California	Rich Yunkus	Georgia Tech
USBWA[3]	Austin Carr	Notre Dame	Dennis Layton	Southern California	No third or fourth teams
	Ken Durrett	La Salle	Jim McDaniels	Western Kentucky
	Artis Gilmore	Jacksonville	Cliff Meely	Colorado
	Dean Meminger	Marquette	Johnny Neumann	Mississippi
	Sidney Wicks	UCLA	John Roche	South Carolina
NABC[4]	Austin Carr	Notre Dame	Ken Durrett	La Salle	Julius Erving	Massachusetts	Charlie Davis	Wake Forest
	Artis Gilmore	Jacksonville	Johnny Neumann	Mississippi	George McGinnis	Indiana	Stan Love	Oregon
	Jim McDaniels	Western Kentucky	Howard Porter	Villanova	Dave Robisch	Kansas	Cliff Meely	Colorado
	Dean Meminger	Marquette	John Roche	South Carolina	Curtis Rowe	UCLA	Jim O'Brien	Boston College
	Sidney Wicks	UCLA	Rich Yunkus	Georgia Tech	Paul Westphal	Southern California	Willie Sojourner	Weber State
UPI[5]	Austin Carr	Notre Dame	Ken Durrett	La Salle	Julius Erving	Massachusetts	No fourth team
	Artis Gilmore	Jacksonville	Jim McDaniels	Western Kentucky	George McGinnis	Indiana
	Dean Meminger	Marquette	Johnny Neumann	Mississippi	Dave Robisch	Kansas
	John Roche	South Carolina	Howard Porter	Villanova	Paul Westphal	Southern California
	Sidney Wicks	UCLA	Curtis Rowe	UCLA	Charlie Yelverton	Fordham

AP Honorable Mention:^[6]

Henry Bibby, UCLA Corky Calhoun, Pennsylvania Jim Chones, Marquette Jim Cleamons, Ohio State Kresimir Cosic, Brigham Young Charlie Davis, Wake Forest Dwight Davis, Houston Randy Denton, Duke Ken Durrett, La Salle

Jimmy England, Tennessee Julius Erving, Massachusetts Jeff Halliburton, Drake Willie Humes, Idaho Jim Irving, Saint Louis Goo Kennedy, Texas Christian Ken Kowall, Ohio Dennis Layton, Southern California Dana Lewis, Tulsa

Stan Love, Oregon John Mengelt, Auburn Tom Owens, South Carolina Tom Payne, Kentucky Gene Phillips, Southern Methodist Jim Price, Louisville Jackie Ridgle, California Marv Roberts, Utah State Al Sanders, Louisiana State

Willie Sojourner, Weber State Marvin Stewart, Nebraska Joe Sutter, Davidson Claude Terry, Stanford George Trapp, Long Beach State Poo Welch, Houston Henry Wilmore, Michigan Dennis Wuycik, North Carolina Charlie Yelverton, Fordham

References

1. NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137
2. AP All-America Teams
3. USBWA Men's All-Americans
4. All-America - Division I (1970's)
5. 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
6. "AP All-America Squad". Schenectady Gazette. March 18, 1971. Retrieved February 11, 2012.