| 1973 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | ||||
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      Members of the 1973 consensus first team. Clockwise from top left: Collins, Lamar, Ratleff, Wilkes, Walton, Thompson (not pictured: DiGregorio). | ||||
| Awarded for | 1972–73 NCAA University Division men's basketball season | |||
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The consensus1973 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams.[1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: theAssociated Press, theUSBWA, TheUnited Press International and theNational Association of Basketball Coaches.
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Collins | G | Senior | Illinois State |
| Ernie DiGregorio | G | Senior | Providence |
| Dwight Lamar | G | Senior | Southwestern Louisiana |
| Ed Ratleff | F | Senior | Long Beach State |
| David Thompson | G/F | Sophomore | North Carolina State |
| Bill Walton | C | Junior | UCLA |
| Keith Wilkes | G/F | Junior | UCLA |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Brewer | F/C | Senior | Minnesota |
| Tom Burleson | C | Junior | North Carolina State |
| Larry Finch | G | Senior | Memphis State |
| Kevin Joyce | G | Senior | South Carolina |
| Tom McMillen | F | Junior | Maryland |
| Kermit Washington | C | Senior | American |
| All-America Team | |||||||||
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| First team | Second team | Third team | Fourth Team | ||||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | ||
| Associated Press[2] | Ernie DiGregorio | Providence | Jim Brewer | Minnesota | Mike Bantom | Saint Joseph's | No fourth team | ||
| Ed Ratleff | Long Beach State | Doug Collins | Illinois State | John Brown | Missouri | ||||
| David Thompson | NC State | Kevin Joyce | South Carolina | Rich Fuqua | Oral Roberts | ||||
| Bill Walton | UCLA | Dwight Lamar | Southwestern Louisiana | Tom McMillen | Maryland | ||||
| Kermit Washington | American | Keith Wilkes | UCLA | Billy Schaeffer | St. John's | ||||
| USBWA[3] | Jim Brewer | Minnesota | Tom Burleson | NC State | No third or fourth teams | ||||
| Doug Collins | Illinois State | Ernie DiGregorio | Providence | ||||||
| Larry Finch | Memphis State | Dwight Lamar | Southwestern Louisiana | ||||||
| Ed Ratleff | Long Beach State | David Thompson | NC State | ||||||
| Bill Walton | UCLA | Keith Wilkes | UCLA | ||||||
| NABC[4] | Doug Collins | Illinois State | Jim Brewer | Minnesota | John Brown | Missouri | Mike Bantom | St. Joseph's | |
| Ed Ratleff | Long Beach State | Ernie DiGregorio | Providence | Tom Burleson | NC State | Marvin Barnes | Providence | ||
| David Thompson | NC State | Kevin Joyce | South Carolina | Allan Hornyak | Ohio State | Ron Behagen | Minnesota | ||
| Bill Walton | UCLA | Dwight Lamar | Southwestern Louisiana | Barry Parkhill | Virginia | Krešimir Ćosić | Brigham Young | ||
| Keith Wilkes | UCLA | Tom McMillen | Maryland | Billy Schaeffer | St. John's | Kermit Washington | American | ||
| UPI[5] | Doug Collins | Illinois State | Jim Brewer | Minnesota | Marvin Barnes | Providence | No fourth team | ||
| Dwight Lamar | Southwestern Louisiana | Ernie DiGregorio | Providence | Ron Behagen | Minnesota | ||||
| Ed Ratleff | Long Beach State | Kevin Joyce | South Carolina | Tom Burleson | NC State | ||||
| David Thompson | NC State | Tom McMillen | Maryland | Allan Hornyak | Ohio State | ||||
| Bill Walton | UCLA | Keith Wilkes | UCLA | Billy Schaeffer | St. John's | ||||
AP Honorable Mention:[6]
