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