1976 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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1976 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
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Members of the 1976 Consensus All-America first team. From left: Benson, Lucas, May (not pictured: Dantley, Washington).
Awarded for 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
  1975  · All-Americans ·  1977  

The consensus 1976 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, the USBWA, The United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

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1976 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Kent Benson CJunior Indiana
Adrian Dantley FJunior Notre Dame
John Lucas GSenior Maryland
Scott May FSeniorIndiana
Richard Washington F/CJunior UCLA


Consensus Second Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Phil Ford GSophomore North Carolina
Bernard King FSophomore Tennessee
Mitch Kupchak F/CSeniorNorth Carolina
Phil Sellers GSenior Rutgers
Earl Tatum G/FSenior Marquette

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
First teamSecond teamThird team
PlayerSchoolPlayerSchoolPlayerSchool
Associated Press [2] Kent Benson Indiana Phil Ford North Carolina Kenny Carr North Carolina State
Adrian Dantley Notre Dame Mitch Kupchak North Carolina Leon Douglas Alabama
John Lucas Maryland Ron Lee Oregon Terry Furlow Michigan State
Scott May Indiana Robert Parish Centenary Bernard King Tennessee
Phil Sellers Rutgers Richard Washington UCLA Earl Tatum Marquette
USBWA [3] Adrian DantleyNotre DameKent BensonIndianaNo third team
Bernard KingTennesseeMitch KupchakNorth Carolina
John LucasMarylandPhil SellersRutgers
Scott MayIndiana Willie Smith Missouri
Richard WashingtonUCLAEarl TatumMarquette
NABC [4] Kent BensonIndianaLeon DouglasAlabamaKenny CarrNorth Carolina State
Adrian DantleyNotre Dame Marques Johnson UCLA Ernie Grunfeld Tennessee
Phil FordNorth CarolinaMitch KupchakNorth CarolinaBernard KingTennessee
Scott MayIndianaPhil SellersRutgersRon LeeOregon
Richard WashingtonUCLAEarl TatumMarquetteWillie SmithMissouri
UPI [5] Kent BensonIndianaPhil FordNorth CarolinaKenny CarrNorth Carolina State
Adrian DantleyNotre DameBernard KingTennesseeLeon DouglasAlabama
John LucasMarylandMitch KupchakNorth CarolinaTerry FurlowMichigan State
Scott MayIndianaPhil SellersRutgersErnie GrunfeldTennessee
Richard WashingtonUCLAEarl TatumMarquetteRon LeeOregon

AP Honorable Mention: [6]

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References

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  2. AP All-America Teams
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  4. "NABC Division I All-America Teams". NABC. Archived from the original on March 5, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
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