1949 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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
Members of the 1949 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Beard, Boryla, Macauley and Groza (not pictured: Lavelli).
Awarded for	1948–49 NCAA men's basketball season
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1949 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
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

Consensus Second Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
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

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
	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]

• Paul Arizin, Villanova
• Cliff Barker, Kentucky
• Leo Barnhorst, Notre Dame
• Leroy Chollet, Canisius
• Chuck Cooper, Duquesne
• Paul Courty, Oklahoma
• Dick Dickey, North Carolina State
• Pete Elliott, Michigan
• Bill Erickson, Illinois
• Bill Evans, Drake
• Ed Gayda, Washington State
• Chet Giermak, William & Mary
• Bob Harrison, Michigan
• Rene Herrerias, San Francisco
• Jack Kerris, Loyola (Illinois)
• Lou Lehman, Saint Louis
• Slater Martin, Texas
• Dick McGuire, St. John's
• Vern Mikkelsen, Hamline
• Joe Noertker, Virginia
• Ralph O'Brien, Butler
• John Oldham, Western Kentucky
• J. L. Parks, Oklahoma A&M
• Warren Perkins, Tulane
• Sam Ranzino, North Carolina State
• Don Rehfeldt, Wisconsin
• Jim Riffey, Tulane
• Frank Saul, Seton Hall
• Fred Schaus, West Virginia
• Chuck Share, Bowling Green
• Bill Sharman, Southern California
• Paul Unruh, Bradley
• Paul Walther, Tennessee
• Howie Williams, Purdue
• Johnny Wilson, Anderson

See also

• 1948–49 NCAA men's basketball season