Fell down a Youtube rabbit hole and watched the 1983-84 Big East championship between Syracuse and Georgetown. Got me thinking about that year in college hoops. Here's the All-American 1st team that year:
Patrick Ewing
Michael Jordan
Hakeem Olajuwon
Wayman Tisdale
Sam Perkins
(Chris Mullin was 2nd team All-American)
Here's what these guys would go on to do:
Ewing: HOF, 11x all-star, 7x all-NBA, 3x all-defense, ROY, 2 olympic gold medals
Jordan: HOF, 14x all-star, 11x all-NBA, 5x MVP, ROY, 9x all-defense, 10x scoring champ, GOAT, 2 olympic gold medals
Olajuwon: HOF, 12x all-star, 12x all-NBA, 9x all-defense, MVP, 1 olympic gold medal
Tisdale: No awards, but had a 13-year NBA career averaging 15.3 points, 6.1 rebounds on 50.5% shooting; twice scored 20+ ppg, 1 olympic gold medal
Perkins: No awards, but had an 18-year NBA career averaging 11.9 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1 olympic gold medal
I'm trying to think of an All-American team that had a better overall resumé than these guys. I'm not even counting Mullin, who ended up being a 5x all-star, 2x olympic gold medalist, and HOFer.