# 1980 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The Consensus 1980 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.

## 1980 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team :
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
| Mark Aguirre | F | Sophomore | DePaul |
| Michael Brooks | F | Senior | La Salle |
| Joe Barry Carroll | C | Senior | Purdue |
| Darrell Griffith | G | Senior | Louisville |
| Kyle Macy | G | Senior | Kentucky |
Consensus Second Team :
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
| Mike Gminski | C | Senior | Duke |
| Albert King | F | Junior | Maryland |
| Mike O'Koren | F | Senior | North Carolina |
| Kelvin Ransey | G | Senior | Ohio State |
| Sam Worthen | G | Senior | Marquette |

## 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 | Mark Aguirre | DePaul | Ray Blume | Oregon State | Rolando Blackman | Kansas State |
| Associated Press | Joe Barry Carroll | Purdue | Michael Brooks | La Salle | Lewis Lloyd | Drake |
| Associated Press | Darrell Griffith | Louisville | Reggie Carter | St. John's | John Stroud | Mississippi |
| Associated Press | Albert King | Maryland | Don Collins | Washington State | Herb Williams | Ohio State |
| Associated Press | Kyle Macy | Kentucky | Mike Gminski | Duke | Sam Worthen | Marquette |
| USBWA | Mark Aguirre | DePaul | Roosevelt Bouie | Syracuse | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| USBWA | Michael Brooks | La Salle | Mike O'Koren | North Carolina | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| USBWA | Joe Barry Carroll | Purdue | Kelvin Ransey | Ohio State | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| USBWA | Darrell Griffith | Louisville | Charles Whitney | North Carolina State | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| USBWA | Kyle Macy | Kentucky | Sam Worthen | Marquette | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| NABC | Mark Aguirre | DePaul | Mike Gminski | Duke | Danny Ainge | Brigham Young |
| NABC | Michael Brooks | La Salle | Albert King | Maryland | Roosevelt Bouie | Syracuse |
| NABC | Joe Barry Carroll | Purdue | Mike O'Koren | North Carolina | Kelvin Ransey | Ohio State |
| NABC | Darrell Griffith | Louisville | Mike Woodson | Indiana | Jeff Ruland | Iona |
| NABC | Kyle Macy | Kentucky | Sam Worthen | Marquette | Charles Whitney | North Carolina State |
| UPI | Mark Aguirre | DePaul | Reggie Carter | St. John's | Roosevelt Bouie | Syracuse |
| UPI | Michael Brooks | La Salle | Mike Gminski | Duke | Jeff Lamp | Virginia |
| UPI | Joe Barry Carroll | Purdue | Albert King | Maryland | Lewis Lloyd | Drake |
| UPI | Darrell Griffith | Louisville | Mike O'Koren | North Carolina | Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame |
| UPI | Kyle Macy | Kentucky | Kelvin Ransey | Ohio State | Sam Worthen | Marquette |
AP Honorable Mention:
* Danny Ainge, BYU
* Gene Banks, Duke
* Earl Belcher, St. Bonaventure
* Kim Belton, Stanford
* Curtis Berry, Missouri
* Roosevelt Bouie, Syracuse
* Boo Bowers, American
* Sam Bowie, Kentucky
* Kevin Boyle, Iowa
* Clyde Bradshaw, DePaul
* Ricardo Brown, Pepperdine
* Rickey Brown, Mississippi State
* Don Carfino, USC
* Sam Clancy, Pittsburgh
* Darwin Cook, Portland
* Ron Cornelius, Pacific
* Terry Cummings, DePaul
* Kenny Cunningham, Western Michigan
* Larry Drew, Missouri
* John Duren, Georgetown
* Rod Foster, UCLA
* Calvin Garrett, Oral Roberts
* Sidney Green, UNLV
* Rufus Harris, Maine
* Ernie Hill, Oklahoma City
* Reggie Johnson, Tennessee
* Steve Johnson, Oregon State
* Jeff Lamp, Virginia
* Rudy Macklin, LSU
* Ethan Martin, LSU
* Jim McCloskey, Loyola Marymount
* Kevin McHale, Minnesota
* Jack Moore, Nebraska
* Tony Murphy, Southern
* Carl Nicks, Indiana State
* Kurt Nimphius, Arizona State
* Mike O'Koren, North Carolina
* Louis Orr, Syracuse
* Mike Perry, Richmond
* Ron Perry, Holy Cross
* Wally Rank, San Jose State
* Kelvin Ransey, Ohio State
* Jeff Ruland, Iona
* Ralph Sampson, Virginia
* DeWayne Scales, LSU
* Craig Shelton, Georgetown
* Andre Smith, Nebraska
* Larry Smith, Alcorn State
* Steve Stipanovich, Missouri
* Terry Teagle, Baylor
* Isiah Thomas, Indiana
* Corny Thompson, Connecticut
* James Tillman, Eastern Kentucky
* Andrew Toney, Southwestern Louisiana
* Darnell Valentine, Kansas
* Ronnie Valentine, Old Dominion
* Kiki VanDeWeghe, UCLA
* Jay Vincent, Michigan State
* Hawkeye Whitney, NC State
* Michael Wiley, Long Beach State
* Billy Williams, Clemson
* Buck Williams, Maryland
* Francois Wise, Long Beach State
* Al Wood, North Carolina
* Rudy Woods, Texas A&M
* Mike Woodson, Indiana
* Orlando Woolridge, Notre Dame

## Academic All-Americans

On April 18, 1980, CoSIDA announced the 1980 Academic All-America team. The following is the 1979–80 Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team as selected by CoSIDA:
Academic All-America Team :
| Player | School | Class |
| Danny Ainge | BYU | Junior |
| Rich Branning | Notre Dame | Senior |
| Mike Campbell | Northwestern | Senior |
| Mike Gminski | Duke | Senior |
| Dean Hunger | Utah State | Senior |
| Andy Kolesar | VMI | Junior |
| Ron Perry | Holy Cross | Senior |
| Terry Stotts | Oklahoma | Senior |
| Darnell Valentine | Kansas | Junior |
| Kiki Vandeweghe | UCLA | Senior |