| 1997 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | ||||
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| Awarded for | 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |||
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The Consensus1997 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of three major All-American teams.[1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: theAssociated Press, theUSBWA and theNational Association of Basketball Coaches.
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Duncan | C | Senior | Wake Forest |
| Danny Fortson | F | Junior | Cincinnati |
| Raef LaFrentz | C | Junior | Kansas |
| Ron Mercer | F | Sophomore | Kentucky |
| Keith Van Horn | F | Senior | Utah |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chauncey Billups | G | Sophomore | Colorado |
| Bobby Jackson | G | Senior | Minnesota |
| Antawn Jamison | F | Sophomore | North Carolina |
| Brevin Knight | G | Senior | Stanford |
| Jacque Vaughn | G | Senior | Kansas |
| All-America Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | |||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | ||
| Associated Press[2] | Tim Duncan | Wake Forest | Chauncey Billups | Colorado | Keith Booth | Maryland | |
| Danny Fortson | Cincinnati | Bobby Jackson | Minnesota | Adonal Foyle | Colgate | ||
| Raef LaFrentz | Kansas | Antawn Jamison | North Carolina | Ed Gray | California | ||
| Ron Mercer | Kentucky | Brevin Knight | Stanford | Shea Seals | Tulsa | ||
| Keith Van Horn | Utah | Jacque Vaughn | Kansas | Andre Woolridge | Iowa | ||
| USBWA[3] | Tim Duncan | Wake Forest | Chauncey Billups | Colorado | No third team | ||
| Danny Fortson | Cincinnati | Adonal Foyle | Colgate | ||||
| Raef LaFrentz | Kansas | Bobby Jackson | Minnesota | ||||
| Ron Mercer | Kentucky | Brevin Knight | Stanford | ||||
| Keith Van Horn | Utah | Jacque Vaughn | Kansas | ||||
| NABC[4] | Tim Duncan | Wake Forest | Chauncey Billups | Colorado | Keith Booth | Maryland | |
| Danny Fortson | Cincinnati | Bobby Jackson | Minnesota | Ed Gray | California | ||
| Raef LaFrentz | Kansas | Antawn Jamison | North Carolina | Jerald Honeycutt | Tulane | ||
| Ron Mercer | Kentucky | Brevin Knight | Stanford | Shea Seals | Tulsa | ||
| Keith Van Horn | Utah | Jacque Vaughn | Kansas | DeJuan Wheat | Louisville | ||
AP Honorable Mention:[5]