# 1988 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The Consensus 1988 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.

## 1988 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team :
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
| Sean Elliott | F | Junior | Arizona |
| Gary Grant | G | Senior | Michigan |
| Hersey Hawkins | G | Senior | Bradley |
| Danny Manning | F | Senior | Kansas |
| J.R. Reid | F/C | Sophomore | North Carolina |
Consensus Second Team :
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
| Danny Ferry | F | Junior | Duke |
| Jerome Lane | F | Junior | Pittsburgh |
| Mark Macon | G | Freshman | Temple |
| Mitch Richmond | G | Senior | Kansas State |
| Rony Seikaly | C | Senior | Syracuse |
| Michael Smith | F/C | Junior | Brigham Young |

## 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 | Sean Elliott | Arizona | Danny Ferry | Duke | Will Perdue | Vanderbilt |
| Associated Press | Gary Grant | Michigan | Jerome Lane | Pittsburgh | Michael Smith | Brigham Young |
| Associated Press | Hersey Hawkins | Bradley | Mark Macon | Temple | Fennis Dembo | Wyoming |
| Associated Press | Danny Manning | Kansas | Jeff Grayer | Iowa State | Sherman Douglas | Syracuse |
| Associated Press | J. R. Reid | North Carolina | Steve Kerr | Arizona | Byron Larkin | Xavier |
| USBWA | Sean Elliott | Arizona | Danny Ferry | Duke | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| USBWA | Gary Grant | Michigan | Jerome Lane | Pittsburgh | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| USBWA | Hersey Hawkins | Bradley | Michael Smith | Brigham Young | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| USBWA | Danny Manning | Kansas | Mitch Richmond | Kansas State | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| USBWA | J. R. Reid | North Carolina | Rony Seikaly | Syracuse | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| NABC | Sean Elliott | Arizona | Danny Ferry | Duke | Will Perdue | Vanderbilt |
| NABC | Gary Grant | Michigan | David Rivers | Notre Dame | Rex Chapman | Kentucky |
| NABC | Hersey Hawkins | Bradley | Mark Macon | Temple | Harvey Grant | Oklahoma |
| NABC | Danny Manning | Kansas | Rony Seikaly | Syracuse | Todd Mitchell | Purdue |
| NABC | J. R. Reid | North Carolina | Charles Smith | Pittsburgh | Steve Kerr | Arizona |
| UPI | Sean Elliott | Arizona | J. R. Reid | North Carolina | Harvey Grant | Oklahoma |
| UPI | Danny Ferry | Duke | Sherman Douglas | Syracuse | Jeff Grayer | Iowa State |
| UPI | Gary Grant | Michigan | Michael Smith | Brigham Young | Rony Seikaly | Syracuse |
| UPI | Hersey Hawkins | Bradley | Mitch Richmond | Kansas State | Lionel Simmons | La Salle |
| UPI | Danny Manning | Kansas | Byron Larkin | Xavier | Rod Strickland | DePaul |
AP Honorable Mention:
* Dana Barros, Boston College
* Ricky Berry, San Jose State
* Rex Chapman, Kentucky
* Derrick Chievous, Missouri
* Derrick Coleman, Syracuse
* Hank Gathers, Loyola Marymount
* Harvey Grant, Oklahoma
* Skip Henderson, Marshall
* Troy Lewis, Purdue
* Dan Majerle, Central Michigan
* Vernon Maxwell, Florida
* Darryl Middleton, Baylor
* Todd Mitchell, Purdue
* Dyron Nix, Tennessee
* Daren Queenan, Lehigh
* Mitch Richmond, Kansas State
* David Rivers, Notre Dame
* Lionel Simmons, La Salle
* Charles Smith, Pittsburgh
* Rik Smits, Marist

## Academic All-Americans

On February 28, 1988, GTE and CoSIDA announced the 1988 Academic All-America team, with Michael Smith headlining the University Division as the first men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. The following is the 1987–88 GTE Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:
First Team :
| Player | School | Class | GPA and major |
| Alec Kessler | Georgia | Sophomore | 3.84 Genetics |
| Tim Legler | La Salle | Senior | 3.40 Finance/Management Information |
| Shon Morris | Northwestern | Senior | 3.51 Human Development and Social Policy Organizational Studies |
| Derek Rucker | Davidson | Senior | 3.30 Economics |
| Michael Smith | Brigham Young | Junior | 3.67 Pre-Medicine/Pre-Dental |
Second Team :
| Player | School | Class | GPA and major |
| Keith Balderston | Oregon | Senior | 3.63 Pre-Medicine |
| Paul Crawford | Texas A&M | Senior | 3.88 Mechanical Engineering |
| Jeff Harris | Illinois State | Senior | 3.70 Chemistry |
| Bo Heiden | Bucknell | Junior | 3.70 Electrical Engineering |
| Ray Willis | Montana State | Senior | 3.45 Speech Communications |
Third Team :
| Player | School | Class | GPA and major |
| Mike Butts | Bucknell | Junior | 3.30 Mechanical Engineering |
| Scott Haffner | Evansville | Junior | 3.34 Business Administration |
| Steve Martenet | Bowling Green | Senior | 3.78 Business/Pre-Law |
| Peter Runge | Manhattan | Sophomore | 3.80 Business |
| Dean Smith | Maine | Sophomore | 3.92 Electrical Engineering |