# 1949 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The consensus 1949 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, Look Magazine, The United Press International, and Collier's Magazine.

## 1949 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team :
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
| Ralph Beard | G | Senior | Kentucky |
| Vince Boryla | F | Junior | Denver |
| Alex Groza | C | Senior | Kentucky |
| Tony Lavelli | F | Senior | Yale |
| Ed Macauley | F | Senior | Saint Louis |
Consensus Second Team :
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
| Bill Erickson | G | Junior | Illinois |
| Vern Gardner | F | Senior | Utah |
| Wallace Jones | F | Senior | Kentucky |
| Jim McIntyre | C | Senior | Minnesota |
| Ernie Vandeweghe | G | Senior | Colgate |

## Individual All-America teams

| All-America Team |
| All-America Team | First team | First team | Second team | Second team | Third team | Third team |
| All-America Team | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School |
| Associated Press | Ralph Beard | Kentucky | Bob Cousy | Holy Cross | Jim McIntyre | Minnesota |
| Associated Press | Vince Boryla | Denver | Dwight Eddleman | Illinois | Kevin O'Shea | Notre Dame |
| Associated Press | Alex Groza | Kentucky | Vern Gardner | Utah | Dick Schnittker | Ohio State |
| Associated Press | Tony Lavelli | Yale | Bob Harris | Oklahoma A&M | Whitey Skoog | Minnesota |
| Associated Press | Ed Macauley | Saint Louis | Wallace Jones | Kentucky | Ernie Vandeweghe | Colgate |
| UPI | Ralph Beard | Kentucky | Vince Boryla | Denver | Bill Erickson | Illinois |
| UPI | Alex Groza | Kentucky | Bob Cousy | Holy Cross | Dick McGuire | St. John's |
| UPI | Wallace Jones | Kentucky | Dwight Eddleman | Illinois | John Oldham | Western Kentucky |
| UPI | Tony Lavelli | Yale | Vern Gardner | Utah | Dick Schnittker | Ohio State |
| UPI | Ed Macauley | Saint Louis | Bob Harris | Oklahoma A&M | Ernie Vandeweghe | Colgate |
| Look Magazine | Vince Boryla | Denver | Ralph Beard | Kentucky | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| Look Magazine | Vern Gardner | Utah | Bob Cousy | Holy Cross | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| Look Magazine | Alex Groza | Kentucky | Slater Martin | Texas | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| Look Magazine | Tony Lavelli | Yale | Jim McIntyre | Minnesota | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| Look Magazine | Ed Macauley | Saint Louis | Ernie Vandeweghe | Colgate | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| Collier's | Ralph Beard | Kentucky | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team |
| Collier's | Vince Boryla | Denver | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team |
| Collier's | Bill Erickson | Illinois | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team |
| Collier's | Ed Macauley | Saint Louis | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team |
| Collier's | Jim McIntyre | Minnesota | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team |
| Collier's | Ernie Vandeweghe | Colgate | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team | No second or third team |
AP Honorable Mention
* Paul Arizin, Villanova
* Cliff Barker, Kentucky
* Leo Barnhorst, Notre Dame
* Leroy Chollet, Canisius
* Chuck Cooper, Duquesne
* Paul Courty, Oklahoma
* Dick Dickey, North Carolina State
* Pete Elliott, Michigan
* Bill Erickson, Illinois
* Bill Evans, Drake
* Ed Gayda, Washington State
* Chet Giermak, William & Mary
* Bob Harrison, Michigan
* Rene Herrerias, San Francisco
* Jack Kerris, Loyola (Illinois)
* Lou Lehman, Saint Louis
* Slater Martin, Texas
* Dick McGuire, St. John's
* Vern Mikkelsen, Hamline
* Joe Noertker, Virginia
* Ralph O'Brien, Butler
* John Oldham, Western Kentucky
* J. L. Parks, Oklahoma A&M
* Warren Perkins, Tulane
* Sam Ranzino, North Carolina State
* Don Rehfeldt, Wisconsin
* Jim Riffey, Tulane
* Frank Saul, Seton Hall
* Fred Schaus, West Virginia
* Chuck Share, Bowling Green
* Bill Sharman, Southern California
* Paul Unruh, Bradley
* Paul Walther, Tennessee
* Howie Williams, Purdue
* Johnny Wilson, Anderson