1997 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
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| awarded_for = 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
| previous = 1996
| main = All-Americans
| next = 1998
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The Consensus 1997 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of three major All-American teams.[http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2009/Award.pdf NCAA Record Book - Award Winners] p.137 To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
1997 Consensus All-America team
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|+ Consensus First Team |
| style="background:#CCCCCC;width:40%" | Player
! style="background:#CCCCCC;width:4%" | Position ! style="background:#CCCCCC;width:16%" | Class ! style="background:#CCCCCC;width:40%" | Team |
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| Tim Duncan
| C | Senior |
| Danny Fortson
| F | Junior |
| Raef LaFrentz
| C | Junior | Kansas |
| Ron Mercer
| F | Sophomore | Kentucky |
| Keith Van Horn
| F | Senior | Utah |
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|+ Consensus Second Team |
| style="background:#CCCCCC;width:40%" | Player
! style="background:#CCCCCC;width:4%" | Position ! style="background:#CCCCCC;width:16%" | Class ! style="background:#CCCCCC;width:40%" | Team |
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| Chauncey Billups
| G | Sophomore | Colorado |
| Bobby Jackson
| G | Senior |
| Antawn Jamison
| F | Sophomore |
| Brevin Knight
| G | Senior | Stanford |
| Jacque Vaughn
| G | Senior | Kansas |
Individual All-America teams
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| rowspan=3| All-America Team | |||||
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| colspan=2| First team
!colspan=2| Second team !colspan=2| Third team | |||||
| Player | School
!Player | School
!Player | School | ||
| rowspan=5| Associated Press[https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_america.html AP All-America Teams] | Wake Forest | Chauncey Billups | Colorado | Keith Booth | Maryland |
| Danny Fortson | Cincinnati | Bobby Jackson | Minnesota | Adonal Foyle | Colgate |
| Raef LaFrentz | Kansas | Antawn Jamison | North Carolina | Ed Gray | California |
| Ron Mercer | Kentucky | Brevin Knight | Stanford | Shea Seals | Tulsa |
| Keith Van Horn | Utah | Jacque Vaughn | Kansas | Andre Woolridge | Iowa |
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|rowspan=5| USBWA[http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/awards/allamerica/1990-99.html USBWA Men's All-Americans] | Tim Duncan | Wake Forest | Chauncey Billups | Colorado | rowspan=5 colspan=3 align=center| No third team | |
| Danny Fortson | Cincinnati | Adonal Foyle | Colgate | ||
| Raef LaFrentz | Kansas | Bobby Jackson | Minnesota | ||
| Ron Mercer | Kentucky | Brevin Knight | Stanford | ||
| Keith Van Horn | Utah | Jacque Vaughn | Kansas | ||
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|rowspan=5| NABC[http://nabc.cstv.com/nabc_awards/nabc_awards-all-america-div1-90s.html All-America - Division I (1990's)]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} | Tim Duncan | Wake Forest | Chauncey Billups | Colorado | Keith Booth | Maryland |
| Danny Fortson | Cincinnati | Bobby Jackson | Minnesota | Ed Gray | California |
| Raef LaFrentz | Kansas | Antawn Jamison | North Carolina | Jerald Honeycutt | Tulane |
| Ron Mercer | Kentucky | Brevin Knight | Stanford | Shea Seals | Tulsa |
| Keith Van Horn | Utah | Jacque Vaughn | Kansas | DeJuan Wheat | Louisville |
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- Danya Abrams, Boston College
- Toby Bailey, UCLA
- Tony Battie, Texas Tech
- Cory Carr, Texas Tech
- Anthony Carter, Hawaii
- Antonio Daniels, Bowling Green
- Larry Davis, South Carolina
- Thaddeus Delaney, College of Charleston
- Michael Dickerson, Arizona
- Reggie Freeman, Texas
- Kiwane Garris, Illinois
- Pat Garrity, Notre Dame
- Matt Harpring, Georgia Tech
- Odell Hodge, Old Dominion
- Jerald Honeycutt, Tulane
- Marc Jackson, Temple
- Sam Jacobson, Minnesota
- DeMarco Johnson, Charlotte
- Charles Jones, Long Island
- Trajan Langdon, Duke
- BJ McKie, South Carolina
- Charles O'Bannon, UCLA
- Victor Page, Georgetown
- Anthony Parker, Bradley
- Paul Pierce, Kansas
- Scot Pollard, Kansas
- Charles Smith, New Mexico
- Olivier Saint-Jean, San Jose State
- Kenny Thomas, New Mexico
- Tim Thomas, Villanova
- Melvin Watson, South Carolina
- DeJuan Wheat, Louisville
- Alvin Williams, Villanova
- Dedric Willoughby, Iowa State
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References
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