All-Americans
Memphis has had 8 players chosen as All-Americans by the four "major" sources used by the NCAA to determine consensus teams, the Associated Press, the United States Basketball Writers Association, the National Association of Basketball Coaches and The Sporting News (which replaced the United Press International in 1998). Three players have been unanimous first team selections (Keith Lee, Anfernee Hardaway, and Chris Douglas-Roberts). Keith Lee was the only Tiger to be selected more than once, eventually being selected three of his four years at Memphis. After the Tiger's loss in the NCAA Finals in 1973, Larry Finch was selected to the USBWA first team, but not to any of the other three major selection bodies' first, second, or third teams. This resulted in Finch becoming a consensus second team All-American, even though he was never a second team selection.
| "Major" All-Americans | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Player | Consensus | Points | AP | USBWA | NABC | UPI/TSN | ||
| 1973 | Larry Finch | 2nd | 3 | - | 1st | - | - | ||
| 1983 | Keith Lee | 1st | 10 | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | ||
| 1984 | Keith Lee | 2nd | 7 | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | ||
| 1985 | Keith Lee | 1st | 12 | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| 1986 | William Bedford | - | 1 | 3rd | - | 4th | - | ||
| 1993 | Anfernee Hardaway | 1st | 12 | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| 1996 | Lorenzen Wright | 2nd | 5 | 2nd | - | 3rd | 2nd | ||
| 2006 | Rodney Carney | 2nd | 6 | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | - | ||
| 2008 | Chris Douglas-Roberts | 1st | 12 | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| 2008 | Derrick Rose | - | 2 | 3rd | - | 3rd | - | ||
- a The NCAA uses points to determine consensus teams, awarding 3 points for a 1st team selection, 2 points for 2nd team, and 1 point for 3rd team.
- b The NCAA began calculating points to determine consensus in 1984. Point totals are shown before 1984 for comparative purposes.
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