1979 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The consensus 1979 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 United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.1979 Consensus All-America team
Individual All-America teams
AP Honorable Mention:
- Mark Aguirre, DePaul
- James Bailey, Rutgers
- Gene Banks, Duke
- Kim Belton, Stanford
- Rolando Blackman, Kansas State
- Roosevelt Bouie, Syracuse
- Brad Branson, SMU
- Michael Brooks, La Salle
- Matt Brown, Army
- Lawrence Butler, Idaho State
- Terence Carney, Pacific
- Sam Clancy, Pittsburgh
- Elbert Darden, Rice
- Larry Demic, Arizona
- Joe DeSantis, Fairfield
- Sammy Drummer, Georgia Tech
- Terry Duerod, Detroit
- Nikos Galis, Seton Hall
- Larry Gibson, Maryland
- Kim Goetz, San Diego State
- Michael Gray, Nevada
- Al Green, LSU
- Darrell Griffith, Louisville
- Brad Holland, UCLA
- Cheese Johnson, Wichita State
- Reggie Johnson, Tennessee
- Steve Johnson, Oregon State
- Albert King, Maryland
- Wayne Kreklow, Drake
- Jim Krivacs, Texas
- Jeff Lamp, Virginia
- Emmett Lewis, Colorado
- Kyle Macy, Kentucky
- Ollie Matson, Pepperdine
- John McCullough, Oklahoma
- Keith McDonald, Utah State
- Mike Niles, Cal State Fullerton
- Mike O'Koren, North Carolina
- Jim Paxson, Dayton
- Ron Perry, Holy Cross
- Tony Price, Penn
- Rick Raivio, Portland
- Kelvin Ransey, Ohio State
- Ricky Reed, Temple
- Cliff Robinson, USC
- Jeff Ruland, Iona
- DeWayne Scales, LSU
- Craig Shelton, Georgetown
- Jim Spanarkel, Duke
- John Stroud, Ole Miss
- Londale Theus, Santa Clara
- Bernard Toone, Marquette
- Darnell Valentine, Kansas
- Ronnie Valentine, Old Dominion
- Ren Watson, VCU
- Hawkeye Whitney, NC State
- Herb Williams, Ohio State
- Rudy Woods, Texas A&M
Academic All-Americans
On March 21, 1979, CoSIDA announced the 1979 Academic All-America team. The following is the 1978–79 Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team as selected by CoSIDA:
