# 1963 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The consensus 1963 College Basketball All-American team as determined by aggregating the results of five 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, the National Association of Basketball Coaches, and the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA). 1963 was the last year that the NEA was used to determine consensus All-American teams.

## 1963 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team :
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
| Ron Bonham | F | Junior | Cincinnati |
| Jerry Harkness | G | Senior | Loyola (IL) |
| Art Heyman | F | Senior | Duke |
| Barry Kramer | G/F | Junior | NYU |
| Tom Thacker | G | Senior | Cincinnati |
Consensus Second Team :
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
| Gary Bradds | F | Junior | Ohio State |
| Bill Green | F | Senior | Colorado State |
| Cotton Nash | F | Junior | Kentucky |
| Rod Thorn | G/F | Senior | West Virginia |
| Nate Thurmond | C | Senior | Bowling Green |

## 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 | Ron Bonham | Cincinnati | Bill Bradley | Princeton | Bill Green | Colorado State |
| Associated Press | Gary Bradds | Ohio State | Walt Hazzard | UCLA | Eddie Miles | Seattle |
| Associated Press | Jerry Harkness | Loyola (IL) | Cotton Nash | Kentucky | Jimmy Rayl | Indiana |
| Associated Press | Art Heyman | Duke | Tom Thacker | Cincinnati | Nick Werkman | Seton Hall |
| Associated Press | Barry Kramer | NYU | Rod Thorn | West Virginia | Tony Yates | Cincinnati |
| USBWA | Ron Bonham | Cincinnati | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) |
| USBWA | Ken Charlton | Colorado | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) |
| USBWA | Bill Green | Colorado State | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) |
| USBWA | Jerry Harkness | Loyola (IL) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) |
| USBWA | Walt Hazzard | UCLA | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) |
| USBWA | Art Heyman | Duke | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) |
| USBWA | Barry Kramer | NYU | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) |
| USBWA | Cotton Nash | Kentucky | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) |
| USBWA | Tom Thacker | Cincinnati | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) |
| USBWA | Rod Thorn | West Virginia | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | No second or third teams (10-man first team) |
| NABC | Ron Bonham | Cincinnati | Mel Counts | Oregon State | Gary Bradds | Ohio State |
| NABC | Bill Green | Colorado State | Walt Hazzard | UCLA | Bill Bradley | Princeton |
| NABC | Jerry Harkness | Loyola (IL) | Cotton Nash | Kentucky | Joe Caldwell | Arizona State |
| NABC | Art Heyman | Duke | Rod Thorn | West Virginia | Barry Kramer | NYU |
| NABC | Tom Thacker | Cincinnati | Nick Werkman | Seton Hall | Tony Yates | Cincinnati |
| UPI | Ron Bonham | Cincinnati | Bill Bradley | Princeton | Bill Green | Colorado State |
| UPI | Gary Bradds | Ohio State | Barry Kramer | NYU | Walt Hazzard | UCLA |
| UPI | Jerry Harkness | Loyola (IL) | Cotton Nash | Kentucky | Eddie Miles | Seattle |
| UPI | Art Heyman | Duke | Rod Thorn | West Virginia | Dave Stallworth | Wichita State |
| UPI | Tom Thacker | Cincinnati | Nate Thurmond | Bowling Green | Nick Werkman | Seton Hall |
| NEA | Bill Green | Colorado State | Ron Bonham | Cincinnati | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| NEA | Art Heyman | Duke | Bill Bradley | Princeton | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| NEA | Barry Kramer | NYU | Jerry Harkness | Loyola (IL) | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| NEA | Tom Thacker | Cincinnati | Cotton Nash | Kentucky | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| NEA | Nate Thurmond | Bowling Green | Eddie Miles | Seattle | No third team | No third team | No third team |
AP Honorable Mention:
* Terry Baker, Oregon State
* Rick Barry, Miami (Florida)
* Bill Buntin, Michigan
* Joe Caldwell, Arizona State
* Ken Charlton, Colorado
* Mel Counts, Oregon State
* Billy Cunningham, North Carolina
* Tom Dose, Stanford
* Dave Downey, Illinois
* Vinnie Ernst, Providence
* Mel Garland, Purdue
* Ira Harge, New Mexico
* Lyle Harger, Houston
* Mack Herndon, Bradley
* Fred Hetzel, Davidson
* Layton Johns, Auburn
* Gus Johnson, Idaho
* Jim Kerwin, Tulane
* Don Kessinger, Ole Miss
* Jeff Mullins, Duke
* Willie Murrell, Kansas State
* Flynn Robinson, Wyoming
* Paul Silas, Creighton
* Dave Stallworth, Wichita State
* Red Stroud, Mississippi State
* Nate Thurmond, Bowling Green
* George Wilson, Cincinnati

## Academic All-Americans

Academic All-American teams were selected for the first time in 1963.
First Team :
| Player | School | Class |
| Art Becker | Arizona State | Junior |
| Ken Charlton | Colorado | Senior |
| Raymond Flynn | Providence | Senior |
| Rod Thorn | West Virginia | Senior |
| Gerry Ward | Boston College | Senior |
Second Team :
| Player | School | Class |
| Terry Baker | Oregon State | Senior |
| Jay Buckley | Duke | Junior |
| Don Clemetson | Stanford | Senior |
| Brian Generalovich | Pittsburgh | Junior |
| Joe Dan Gold | Mississippi State | Senior |