| 1954 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | ||||
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     Members of the 1954 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Gola, Hagan, Selvy, Schlundt and Pettit. | ||||
| Awarded for | 1953–54 NCAA men's basketball season | |||
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The consensus 1954 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of six 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, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), Collier's Magazine and the International News Service.
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Gola | F | Junior | La Salle |
| Cliff Hagan | F | Senior | Kentucky |
| Bob Pettit | C | Senior | Louisiana State |
| Don Schlundt | C | Junior | Indiana |
| Frank Selvy | G | Senior | Furman |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Leonard | G | Senior | Indiana |
| Tom Marshall | F | Senior | Western Kentucky |
| Bob Mattick | C | Senior | Oklahoma A&M |
| Frank Ramsey | G/F | Senior | Kentucky |
| Dick Ricketts | F/C | Junior | Duquesne |
| All-America Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | |||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | ||
| Associated Press[2] | Tom Gola | La Salle | Bevo Francis | Rio Grande | Dickie Hemric | Wake Forest | |
| Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Bobby Leonard | Indiana | Johnny Kerr | Illinois | ||
| Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | Tom Marshall | Western Kentucky | Bob Mattick | Oklahoma A&M | ||
| Don Schlundt | Indiana | Frank Ramsey | Kentucky | Togo Palazzi | Holy Cross | ||
| Frank Selvy | Furman | Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | Arnold Short | Oklahoma City | ||
| UPI | Tom Gola | La Salle | Bevo Francis | Rio Grande | Paul Ebert | Ohio State | |
| Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Bob Leonard | Indiana | Johnny Kerr | Illinois | ||
| Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | Tom Marshall | Western Kentucky | Bob Mattick | Oklahoma A&M | ||
| Don Schlundt | Indiana | Frank Ramsey | Kentucky | Togo Palazzi | Holy Cross | ||
| Frank Selvy | Furman | Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | Arnold Short | Oklahoma City | ||
| Look Magazine[3] | Tom Gola | La Salle | Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Ed Conlin | Fordham | |
| Bob Leonard | Indiana | Tom Marshall | Western Kentucky | Johnny Kerr | Illinois | ||
| Bob Mattick | Oklahoma A&M | Don Schlundt | Indiana | Bob Matheny | California | ||
| Frank Ramsey | Kentucky | Frank Selvy | Furman | Togo Palazzi | Holy Cross | ||
| Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | Arnold Short | Oklahoma City | Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | ||
| NEA | Tom Gola | La Salle | Sihugo Green | Duquesne | No third team | ||
| Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Bob Mattick | Oklahoma A&M | ||||
| Bob Leonard | Indiana | Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | ||||
| Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | Don Schlundt | Indiana | ||||
| Frank Selvy | Furman | Arnold Short | Oklahoma City | ||||
| International News Service | Tom Gola | La Salle | Bob Leonard | Indiana | No third team | ||
| Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Tom Marshall | Western Kentucky | ||||
| Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | Frank Ramsey | Kentucky | ||||
| Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | Dick Rosenthal | Notre Dame | ||||
| Frank Selvy | Furman | Don Schlundt | Indiana | ||||
| Collier's | Tom Gola | La Salle | Bob Leonard | Indiana | No third team | ||
| Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Bob Mattick | Oklahoma A&M | ||||
| Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | Togo Palazzi | Holy Cross | ||||
| Don Schlundt | Indiana | Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | ||||
| Frank Selvy | Furman | Arnold Short | Oklahoma City | ||||
AP Honorable Mention:[4]