| 1974 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
|---|---|
    Members of the 1974 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Shumate, Thompson, Wilkes and Walton (not pictured: Barnes). | |
| Awarded for | 1973–74 NCAA Division I men's basketball season |
The consensus1974 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Barnes | C | Senior | Providence |
| John Shumate | F | Junior | Notre Dame |
| David Thompson | G/F | Junior | North Carolina State |
| Bill Walton | C | Senior | UCLA |
| Keith Wilkes | G/F | Senior | UCLA |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Len Elmore | C | Junior | Maryland |
| Larry Fogle | G | Sophomore | Canisius |
| Bobby Jones | F | Senior | North Carolina |
| Billy Knight | G/F | Senior | Pittsburgh |
| Campy Russell | F | Junior | Michigan |
| All-America Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | Fourth Team | Fifth Team | ||||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |
| Associated Press[2] | Marvin Barnes | Providence | Len Elmore | Maryland | Tom Burleson | North Carolina State | No fourth or fifth teams | |||
| John Shumate | Notre Dame | Larry Fogle | Canisius | Dennis DuVal | Syracuse | |||||
| David Thompson | North Carolina State | Bobby Jones | North Carolina | Tom Henderson | Hawaii | |||||
| Bill Walton | UCLA | Billy Knight | Pittsburgh | Tom McMillen | Maryland | |||||
| Keith Wilkes | UCLA | John Lucas | Maryland | Campy Russell | Michigan | |||||
| USBWA[3] | Marvin Barnes | Providence | Len Elmore | Maryland | No third, fourth or fifth teams | |||||
| John Shumate | Notre Dame | Larry Fogle | Canisius | |||||||
| David Thompson | North Carolina State | Bobby Jones | North Carolina | |||||||
| Bill Walton | UCLA | Billy Knight | Pittsburgh | |||||||
| Keith Wilkes | UCLA | Campy Russell | Michigan | |||||||
| NABC[4] | Marvin Barnes | Providence | Len Elmore | Maryland | Tom Burleson | North Carolina State | Alvan Adams | Oklahoma | Gary Brokaw | Notre Dame |
| John Shumate | Notre Dame | Bobby Jones | North Carolina | Larry Fogle | Canisius | Quinn Buckner | Indiana | Louis Dunbar | Houston | |
| David Thompson | North Carolina State | Billy Knight | Pittsburgh | John Lucas | Maryland | Tom Henderson | Hawaii | Dennis DuVal | Syracuse | |
| Bill Walton | UCLA | Tom McMillen | Maryland | Maurice Lucas | Marquette | Ron Lee | Oregon | Kevin Grevey | Kentucky | |
| Keith Wilkes | UCLA | Campy Russell | Michigan | Kevin Stacom | Providence | Jan van Breda Kolff | Vanderbilt | Robert Parish | Centenary | |
| UPI[5] | Marvin Barnes | Providence | Tom Burleson | North Carolina State | Gary Brokaw | Notre Dame | No fourth or fifth teams | |||
| John Shumate | Notre Dame | Len Elmore | Maryland | Billy Knight | Pittsburgh | |||||
| David Thompson | North Carolina State | Larry Fogle | Canisius | Kevin Stacom | Providence | |||||
| Bill Walton | UCLA | Bobby Jones | North Carolina | Campy Russell | Michigan | |||||
| Keith Wilkes | UCLA | Tom McMillen | Maryland | Fly Williams | Austin Peay | |||||
AP Honorable Mention:[6]
