# 1954 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The consensus 1954 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of six 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, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), Collier's Magazine and the International News Service.

## 1954 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team :
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
| Tom Gola | F | Junior | La Salle |
| Cliff Hagan | F | Senior | Kentucky |
| Bob Pettit | C | Senior | Louisiana State |
| Don Schlundt | C | Junior | Indiana |
| Frank Selvy | G | Senior | Furman |
Consensus Second Team :
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
| Bobby Leonard | G | Senior | Indiana |
| Tom Marshall | F | Senior | Western Kentucky |
| Bob Mattick | C | Senior | Oklahoma A&M |
| Frank Ramsey | G/F | Senior | Kentucky |
| Dick Ricketts | F/C | Junior | Duquesne |

## 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 | Tom Gola | La Salle | Bevo Francis | Rio Grande | Dickie Hemric | Wake Forest |
| Associated Press | Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Bobby Leonard | Indiana | Johnny Kerr | Illinois |
| Associated Press | Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | Tom Marshall | Western Kentucky | Bob Mattick | Oklahoma A&M |
| Associated Press | Don Schlundt | Indiana | Frank Ramsey | Kentucky | Togo Palazzi | Holy Cross |
| Associated Press | Frank Selvy | Furman | Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | Arnold Short | Oklahoma City |
| UPI | Tom Gola | La Salle | Bevo Francis | Rio Grande | Paul Ebert | Ohio State |
| UPI | Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Bob Leonard | Indiana | Johnny Kerr | Illinois |
| UPI | Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | Tom Marshall | Western Kentucky | Bob Mattick | Oklahoma A&M |
| UPI | Don Schlundt | Indiana | Frank Ramsey | Kentucky | Togo Palazzi | Holy Cross |
| UPI | Frank Selvy | Furman | Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | Arnold Short | Oklahoma City |
| Look Magazine | Tom Gola | La Salle | Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Ed Conlin | Fordham |
| Look Magazine | Bob Leonard | Indiana | Tom Marshall | Western Kentucky | Johnny Kerr | Illinois |
| Look Magazine | Bob Mattick | Oklahoma A&M | Don Schlundt | Indiana | Bob Matheny | California |
| Look Magazine | Frank Ramsey | Kentucky | Frank Selvy | Furman | Togo Palazzi | Holy Cross |
| Look Magazine | Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | Arnold Short | Oklahoma City | Bob Pettit | Louisiana State |
| NEA | Tom Gola | La Salle | Sihugo Green | Duquesne | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| NEA | Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Bob Mattick | Oklahoma A&M | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| NEA | Bob Leonard | Indiana | Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| NEA | Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | Don Schlundt | Indiana | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| NEA | Frank Selvy | Furman | Arnold Short | Oklahoma City | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| International News Service | Tom Gola | La Salle | Bob Leonard | Indiana | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| International News Service | Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Tom Marshall | Western Kentucky | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| International News Service | Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | Frank Ramsey | Kentucky | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| International News Service | Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | Dick Rosenthal | Notre Dame | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| International News Service | Frank Selvy | Furman | Don Schlundt | Indiana | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| Collier's | Tom Gola | La Salle | Bob Leonard | Indiana | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| Collier's | Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Bob Mattick | Oklahoma A&M | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| Collier's | Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | Togo Palazzi | Holy Cross | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| Collier's | Don Schlundt | Indiana | Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| Collier's | Frank Selvy | Furman | Arnold Short | Oklahoma City | No third team | No third team | No third team |
AP Honorable Mention:
* Jesse Arnelle, Penn State
* B. H. Born, Kansas
* Don Bragg, UCLA
* John Clune, Navy
* Ed Conlin, Fordham
* Larry Costello, Niagara
* Rudy D'Emilio, Duke
* Paul Ebert, Ohio State
* Dick Garmaker, Minnesota
* Sihugo Green, Duquesne
* Swede Halbrook, Oregon State
* Joe Holup, George Washington
* Ed Kalafat, Minnesota
* Don Lange, Navy
* Cleo Littleton, Wichita State
* Bob Matheny, California
* Bob McKeen, California
* Joe Pehanick, Seattle
* Dick Rosenthal, Notre Dame
* Bob Schafer, Villanova
* Gene Schwinger, Rice
* Ken Sears, Santa Clara
* Gene Shue, Maryland
* Mel Thompson, North Carolina State
* Lou Tsioropoulos, Kentucky
* Jim Tucker, Duquesne
* Buzzy Wilkinson, Virginia