The consensus 1949 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: the Associated Press, Look Magazine, The United Press International, and Collier's Magazine.
1949 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
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Awarded for | 1948–49 NCAA men's basketball season |
Player | Position | Class | Team |
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Ralph Beard | G | Senior | Kentucky |
Vince Boryla | F | Junior | Denver |
Alex Groza | C | Senior | Kentucky |
Tony Lavelli | F | Senior | Yale |
Ed Macauley | F | Senior | Saint Louis |
Player | Position | Class | Team |
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Bill Erickson | G | Junior | Illinois |
Vern Gardner | F | Senior | Utah |
Wallace Jones | F | Senior | Kentucky |
Jim McIntyre | C | Senior | Minnesota |
Ernie Vandeweghe | G | Senior | Colgate |
All-America Team | ||||||||
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First team | Second team | Third team | ||||||
Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |||
Associated Press[2] | Ralph Beard | Kentucky | Bob Cousy | Holy Cross | Jim McIntyre | Minnesota | ||
Vince Boryla | Denver | Dwight Eddleman | Illinois | Kevin O'Shea | Notre Dame | |||
Alex Groza | Kentucky | Vern Gardner | Utah | Dick Schnittker | Ohio State | |||
Tony Lavelli | Yale | Bob Harris | Oklahoma A&M | Whitey Skoog | Minnesota | |||
Ed Macauley | Saint Louis | Wallace Jones | Kentucky | Ernie Vandeweghe | Colgate | |||
UPI | Ralph Beard | Kentucky | Vince Boryla | Denver | Bill Erickson | Illinois | ||
Alex Groza | Kentucky | Bob Cousy | Holy Cross | Dick McGuire | St. John's | |||
Wallace Jones | Kentucky | Dwight Eddleman | Illinois | John Oldham | Western Kentucky | |||
Tony Lavelli | Yale | Vern Gardner | Utah | Dick Schnittker | Ohio State | |||
Ed Macauley | Saint Louis | Bob Harris | Oklahoma A&M | Ernie Vandeweghe | Colgate | |||
Look Magazine[3] | Vince Boryla | Denver | Ralph Beard | Kentucky | No third team | |||
Vern Gardner | Utah | Bob Cousy | Holy Cross | |||||
Alex Groza | Kentucky | Slater Martin | Texas | |||||
Tony Lavelli | Yale | Jim McIntyre | Minnesota | |||||
Ed Macauley | Saint Louis | Ernie Vandeweghe | Colgate | |||||
Collier's | Ralph Beard | Kentucky | No second or third team | |||||
Vince Boryla | Denver | |||||||
Bill Erickson | Illinois | |||||||
Ed Macauley | Saint Louis | |||||||
Jim McIntyre | Minnesota | |||||||
Ernie Vandeweghe | Colgate |
AP Honorable Mention[4]