1966 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Awarded for1965–66 NCAA University Division men's basketball season

The consensus 1966 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.

1966 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Dave Bing G Senior Syracuse
Clyde Lee F Senior Vanderbilt
Cazzie Russell F Senior Michigan
Dave Schellhase G/F Senior Purdue
Jimmy Walker G Junior Providence


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Louie Dampier G Junior Kentucky
Matt Guokas G Junior St. Joseph's
Jack Marin F Senior Duke
Dick Snyder F Senior Davidson
Bob Verga G Senior Duke
Walt Wesley C Senior Kansas

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
First team Second team Third team
PlayerSchool PlayerSchool PlayerSchool
Associated Press[2] Dave BingSyracuseMatt GuokasSaint Joseph'sHenry FinkelDayton
Louie DampierKentuckyJack MarinDukeThad JaraczKentucky
Clyde LeeVanderbiltDick SnyderDavidsonBob LewisNorth Carolina
Cazzie RussellMichiganBob VergaDukePat RileyKentucky
Dave SchellhasePurdueJimmy WalkerProvidenceWalt WesleyKansas
USBWA[3] Dave BingSyracuseNo second or third teams (10-man first team)
Clyde LeeVanderbilt
Jack MarinDuke
Dick NemelkaBrigham Young
Pat RileyKentucky
Cazzie RussellMichigan
Dave SchellhasePurdue
Dick SnyderDavidson
Jimmy WalkerProvidence
Walt WesleyKansas
NABC[4] Dave BingSyracuseJohn AustinBoston CollegeHenry FinkelDayton
Clyde LeeVanderbiltLouie DampierKentuckyLou HudsonMinnesota
Cazzie RussellMichiganMatt GuokasSaint Joseph'sBob LewisNorth Carolina
Dave SchellhasePurdueBob VergaDukeJack MarinDuke
Jimmy WalkerProvidenceWalt WesleyKansasDick NemelkaBrigham Young
UPI[5] Dave BingSyracuseLouie DampierKentuckyJohn AustinBoston College
Clyde LeeVanderbiltMatt GuokasSaint Joseph'sHenry FinkelDayton
Cazzie RussellMichiganDick SnyderDavidsonLou HudsonMinnesota
Dave SchellhasePurdueBob VergaDukeJack MarinDuke
Jimmy WalkerProvidenceWalt WesleyKansasPat RileyKentucky

AP Honorable Mention:[6]

See also

References

  1. NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-04-30. 2009-05-04.
  2. AP All-America Teams
  3. "USBWA Men's All-Americans". Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2009.
  4. All-America - Division I (1960's) Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
  5. 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
  6. "Dampier (cont. from page 10)". The Paducah Sun. March 1, 1966. p. 11. Retrieved July 17, 2020 via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
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