# 1981 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The Consensus 1981 NCAA Men's 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.

## 1981 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team :
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
| Mark Aguirre | F | Junior | DePaul |
| Danny Ainge | G | Senior | Brigham Young |
| Steve Johnson | C | Senior | Oregon State |
| Ralph Sampson | C | Sophomore | Virginia |
| Isiah Thomas | G | Sophomore | Indiana |
Consensus Second Team :
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
| Sam Bowie | C | Sophomore | Kentucky |
| Jeff Lamp | F | Senior | Virginia |
| Rudy Macklin | F | Senior | Louisiana State |
| Kelly Tripucka | F | Senior | Notre Dame |
| Danny Vranes | F | Senior | Utah |
| Al Wood | F | Senior | North Carolina |

## 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 | Eric Floyd | Georgetown | Sam Bowie | Kentucky |
| Associated Press | Danny Ainge | Brigham Young | Steve Johnson | Oregon State | Jeff Lamp | Virginia |
| Associated Press | Kevin Magee | UC Irvine | Darnell Valentine | Kansas | Lewis Lloyd | Drake |
| Associated Press | Ralph Sampson | Virginia | Danny Vranes | Utah | Jay Vincent | Michigan State |
| Associated Press | Isiah Thomas | Indiana | Al Wood | North Carolina | Rob Williams | Houston |
| USBWA | Mark Aguirre | DePaul | Danny Ainge | Brigham Young | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| USBWA | Steve Johnson | Oregon State | Sam Bowie | Kentucky | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| USBWA | Rudy Macklin | Louisiana State | Jeff Lamp | Virginia | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| USBWA | Ralph Sampson | Virginia | Isiah Thomas | Indiana | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| USBWA | Al Wood | North Carolina | Danny Vranes | Utah | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| NABC | Mark Aguirre | DePaul | Sam Bowie | Kentucky | Gene Banks | Duke |
| NABC | Danny Ainge | Brigham Young | Rudy Macklin | Louisiana State | Rolando Blackman | Kansas State |
| NABC | Steve Johnson | Oregon State | Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | Albert King | Maryland |
| NABC | Ralph Sampson | Virginia | Danny Vranes | Utah | Jeff Lamp | Virginia |
| NABC | Isiah Thomas | Indiana | Al Wood | North Carolina | Lewis Lloyd | Drake |
| UPI | Mark Aguirre | DePaul | Rod Foster | UCLA | Ray Blume | Oregon State |
| UPI | Danny Ainge | Brigham Young | Steve Johnson | Oregon State | Sam Bowie | Kentucky |
| UPI | Ralph Sampson | Virginia | Albert King | Maryland | Clyde Bradshaw | DePaul |
| UPI | Isiah Thomas | Indiana | Jeff Lamp | Virginia | Lewis Lloyd | Drake |
| UPI | Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | Rudy Macklin | Louisiana State | Danny Vranes | Utah |
AP Honorable Mention:
* John Bagley, Boston College
* Gene Banks, Duke
* Earl Belcher, St. Bonaventure
* Curtis Berry, Missouri
* Rolando Blackman, Kansas State
* Ray Blume, Oregon State
* Kevin Boyle, Iowa
* Clyde Bradshaw, DePaul
* Darrell Browder, TCU
* David Burns, Saint Louis
* Antoine Carr, Wichita State
* Howard Carter, LSU
* Tom Chambers, Utah
* Jamie Ciampaglio, Wagner
* Sam Clancy, Pittsburgh
* Riley Clarida, Long Island
* Matt Clark, Oklahoma
* Darius Clemons, Loyola (IL)
* Bob Convey, Saint Francis (PA)
* Ron Cornelius, Pacific
* Quintin Dailey, San Francisco
* Ron Davis, Arizona
* Mickey Dillard, Florida State
* Ronnie Dixon, Duquesne
* Mike Evelti, Vermont
* Mike Ferrara, Colgate
* Rod Foster, UCLA
* Ricky Frazier, Missouri
* Zam Fredrick, South Carolina
* Bob Fronk, Washington
* Ken Green, Texas–Pan American
* Andra Griffin, Washington
* Pete Harris, Northeastern
* Scott Hastings, Arkansas
* Len Hatzenbeller, Drexel
* Rod Higgins, Fresno State
* Angelo Hill, Washington State
* Jo Jo Hunter, Colorado
* Eddie Johnson, Illinois
* Frank Johnson, Wake Forest
* Harry Kelly, Texas Southern
* Albert King, Maryland
* Larry Lawrence, Dartmouth
* Cliff Levingston, Wichita State
* Alton Lister, Arizona State
* Durand Macklin, LSU
* Jeff Malone, Mississippi State
* Greg Manning, Maryland
* Ethan Martin, LSU
* David Maxwell, Fordham
* Ronnie McAdoo, Old Dominion
* Jim McCloskey, Loyola Marymount
* Mike McGee, Michigan
* Mark McNamara, California
* Larry Nance, Clemson
* Mike Olliver, Lamar
* Michael Perry, Richmond
* Eddie Phillips, Alabama
* Ricky Pierce, Rice
* John Pinone, Villanova
* Mark Radford, Oregon State
* David Russell, St. John's
* Mike Sanders, UCLA
* Danny Schayes, Syracuse
* Byron Scott, Arizona State
* Tom Seaman, Holy Cross
* Jose Slaughter, Portland
* Andre Smith, Nebraska
* Derek Smith, Louisville
* Dale Solomon, Virginia Tech
* Gary Springer, Iona
* Mike Strayhorn, William & Mary
* Terry Teagle, Baylor
* Linton Townes, James Madison
* Corny Thompson, Connecticut
* LaSalle Thompson, Texas
* Kelly Tripucka, Notre Dame
* Kelvin Troy, Rutgers
* Elston Turner, Ole Miss
* David Vann, Saint Mary's
* Ken Webb, Fairleigh Dickinson
* Buck Williams, Maryland
* Sam Williams, Arizona State
* Sid Williams, San Jose State
* Dominique Wilkins, Georgia
* Jim Wright, Rhode Island