1979 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The consensus 1979 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. 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.

Individual All-America teams
AP Honorable Mention:


 * Mark Aguirre, DePaul
 * James Bailey, Rutgers
 * Gene Banks, Duke
 * Kim Belton, Stanford
 * Rolando Blackman, Kansas State
 * Roosevelt Bouie, Syracuse
 * Brad Branson, SMU
 * Michael Brooks, La Salle
 * Matt Brown, Army
 * Lawrence Butler, Idaho State
 * Terence Carney, Pacific
 * Sam Clancy, Pittsburgh
 * Elbert Darden, Rice
 * Larry Demic, Arizona
 * Joe DeSantis, Fairfield
 * Sammy Drummer, Georgia Tech
 * Terry Duerod, Detroit
 * Nikos Galis, Seton Hall
 * Larry Gibson, Maryland
 * Kim Goetz, San Diego State
 * Michael Gray, Nevada
 * Al Green, LSU
 * Darrell Griffith, Louisville
 * Brad Holland, UCLA
 * Cheese Johnson, Wichita State
 * Reggie Johnson, Tennessee
 * Steve Johnson, Oregon State
 * Albert King, Maryland
 * Wayne Kreklow, Drake
 * Jim Krivacs, Texas
 * Jeff Lamp, Virginia
 * Emmett Lewis, Colorado
 * Kyle Macy, Kentucky
 * Ollie Matson, Pepperdine
 * John McCullough, Oklahoma
 * Keith McDonald, Utah State
 * Mike Niles, Cal State Fullerton
 * Mike O'Koren, North Carolina
 * Jim Paxson, Dayton
 * Ron Perry, Holy Cross
 * Tony Price, Penn
 * Rick Raivio, Portland
 * Kelvin Ransey, Ohio State
 * Ricky Reed, Temple
 * Cliff Robinson, USC
 * Jeff Ruland, Iona
 * DeWayne Scales, LSU
 * Craig Shelton, Georgetown
 * Jim Spanarkel, Duke
 * John Stroud, Ole Miss
 * Londale Theus, Santa Clara
 * Bernard Toone, Marquette
 * Darnell Valentine, Kansas
 * Ronnie Valentine, Old Dominion
 * Ren Watson, VCU
 * Hawkeye Whitney, NC State
 * Herb Williams, Ohio State
 * Rudy Woods, Texas A&M

Academic All-Americans
On March 21, 1979, CoSIDA announced the 1979 Academic All-America team. The following is the 1978–79 Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team as selected by CoSIDA: