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UNC 54, Kansas 53 (3 0Ts): March 23, 1957
The game, in Kansas City, Mo., began with 5-11 guard Tommy Kearns of UNC jumping center
against 7-2 Wilt Chamberlain and ended with center Joe Quigg making the clinching free throws
as undefeated UNC, led by Lennie Rosenbluth and coached by Frank McGuire, won the ACCs first
national title.
Wake Forest 53, UNC 50: Dec. 30, 1959
Wake Forests upset victory in the legendary Dixie Classic at Reynolds Coliseum signaled that
the Deacons, after two straight losing seasons, were again a team to be reckoned with. The cel-
ebration was in full swing when Coach Bones McKinney was spotted dancing arm-in-arm with
former coach Murray Greason, who two days later died in an automobile accident just east of
Greensboro.
The formationof the ACC
Tired of all the problems associated
with the bloated, unwieldy 17-team
Southern Conference, Clemson, Duke,
Maryland, North Carolina, N.C. State,
South Carolina and Wake Forest broke
away to form the Atlantic Coast Con-
ference in May 1953. Virginia joined
seven months later.
Abigger lane
The free-throw lane was widened
from 6 feet to 12 feet before the 1955-
56 season, to the consternation of
power forwards and centers used to
camping out under the basket.
The fast break
College basketball was for the most
part played at a deliberate, if not pon-
derous pace, before Coach Everett
Case of N.C. State incorporated the
fast-break style he had learned as a
high-school coach in Indiana. In Ronnie
Shavlik, he found a big man with the
speed and mobility to run with his star
backcourt tandem of Vic Molodet and
John Maglio.
Ive not seen anybody as good, Vic
Bubas, the former N.C. State assistant
and eventual head coach at Duke, said
of Cases ability tocoachthe fast break.
He explained as he taught, and it was
a sight to behold.
The emphasis was on the wing
men crossing with stops and pivots
and never throwing the ball away. If
you ran the break the way he wanted,
it was almost impossible to throw the
ball away.
Television
Commissioner James H. Weaver
agreed to allow WUNC-TV to telecast
the Wake Forest-North Carolina game
on Jan. 8, 1955. The game, a 95-78 UNC
victory, was seen over a 50-mile radius
fromChapel Hill.
WUNC-TV broadcast three games
in 1956 without sound, requiring view-
ers to listen on radio.
Visionary producer C.D. Chesley
ushered the league into the television
age, starting with his telecast of North
Carolinas victory against Kansas in
the 1957 NCAA championship game.
A month later, he persuaded ACC of-
ficials to allow telecasts of 12 confer-
ence games the next season. He drove
his Ford station wagon throughout the
Mid-Atlantic states selling the idea to
different stations.
When Pilot Life Insurance pur-
chased six minutes of advertising for
all 12 games, the ACC was assured the
exposure needed to become a national
force.
It was so big. I felt like a member of the Rotary Club
and the Ku Klux Klan.
Football coachFrankHowardof Clemson
onthe 17-teamSouthernConference

Ill never forget this night. The tide will turn some day.
You can quote me as saying I amdeclaring open war
against Everett Case. And some day, perhaps in a year or
two, the shoe will be on the other foot.
I thought he was my friend, but I knowbetter now. I just
cant wait until the day comes when I can meet himon
equal terms. Ill get even with that rascal.
UNCs FrankMcGuire, after Cases N.C. State teamused
afull-court press tobeat UNC 84-77 onJan. 19, 1954

Since when did he get to the place where he could
coach my ballclub? Ill do anything I please as long as its
within the rules. Case, respondingtoMcGuire

Youd run down the floor in that old gym, and theyd
put their legs up right fromthe first rowof the stands,
and theyd trip you. Theyd kill you over there. It was a
disaster going over to that place. You had to be careful
where you were running. You had to run your fast break
closer to the center of the court.
GuardJoe Belmont of Duke onplaying
inWake Forests claustrophobic Gore Gymnasium

Shavlik is one of the truly great players of our time,
and hes my candidate for all the sportsmanship awards.
I never sawhimlose his temper in four years, and I never
heard anybody talk against him. He is always the same,
giving his best and trying to win.
Everett Case onhis All-Americacenter, Ronnie Shavlik
Robertson tripped me as we started up the court a few
minutes before the scuffle. I guess both our tempers were
building up to a hot point. Then under the basket, we got
tangled up in a scramble for a rebound, and that was it.
We fell to the floor, and I was on top. I could have hit him,
but I didnt. I happened to think about his race, and I knew
if I hit him, it would cause a lot of trouble. If it had been
any other player, no one would have thought too much
about it. But because of his race, I guess it will look bad
for this section (of the country). Its a shame because he
is a great player.
Enforcer Dave Buddof Wake Forest onhis confrontationwith
Cincinnatis Oscar Robertsonat the 1958Dixie Classic

A coach is a fool to travel Tobacco Road.
CoachMalcolmPitt of Richmond

NewYork is my personal territory. Duke can scout in
Philadelphia, and N.C. State can have the whole country.
But if anybody wants to move into NewYork, they need a
passport fromme. UNCs FrankMcGuire

Our series with North Carolina has become bitter in all
sports. Bones McKinney of Wake Forest

Hows he going to defend us? Were No. 1. They gotta
play us. If they pull inside on me or Pete (Brennan), we
go outside. They box me, and Joe (Quigg) has the corner
open. They have to worry about us as much as we have to
worry about them. Hes just one man. And he doesnt score
as many points as (South Carolinas Grady) Wallace.... This
is a teamthat honestly feels it can lick the world.
Lennie RosenbluthonWilt Chamberlain,
before UNC beat Kansas towinthe 1957 national title
ARRIVALS
Coaches
Banks McFadden (1953)
and Press Maravich (1956)
at Clemson; Harold Bradley
(1953) at Duke; Bud Millikan
(1953) at Maryland; Frank
McGuire (1953) at UNC; Ev-
erett Case (1953) at N.C.
State; Frank Johnson (1953)
and Walt Hambrick (1958)
at South Carolina; Evan Male
(1953) and Billy McCann
(1956) at Virginia; Murray
Greason (1953) and Bones
McKinney (1957) at Wake
Forest.
Players (birthday)
Barry Parkhill 5-11-51,
Tommy Burleson 2-24-52,
Tom McMillen 5-26-52, John
Lucas 10-31-53, Mitch Kup-
chak 5-24-54, David Thomp-
son 7-13-54, Skip Brown
1-21-55, Tree Rollins 6-16-55,
Kenny Carr 8-15-55, Phil Ford
2-9-56, Rod Griffin 6-18-56,
Hawkeye Whitney 6-22-57,
Jim Spanarkel 6-28-57, Mike
OKoren 2-7-58, Al Wood
6-2-58, Frank Johnson 11-23-
58, Jeff Lamp 3-9-59, Gene
Banks 5-15-59, Mike Gminski
8-3-59, Albert King 12-17-59.
DEPARTURES
Coaches
Banks McFadden (Clem-
son, 1957); Frank Johnson
(South Carolina, 1959); Evan
Male (Virginia, 1957); Mur-
ray Greason (Wake Forest,
1958)
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CoachFrankMcGuire
andUNC players
celebrate after
winningthe 1957
national title.
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Everett Case, N.C. State
ACC championships 1954,
1955, 1956, 1959; NCAA Tour-
nament 1954, 1956; ACC
coach of the year 1954, 1955,
1958
First runner-up
Frank McGuire, UNC
Secondrunner-up
Bud Millikan, Maryland
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GVic Molodet, N.C. State
First-team All-ACC 1956
and second team 1954, 1955;
ACC Tournament MVP 1956;
second-team All-ACC Tour-
nament 1955
GLouPucillo, N.C. State
ACC player of the year
1959 and first-team All-ACC
1958, 1959; ACC Tournament
MVP1959; first-teamAll-ACC
Tournament 1958, 1959
FLennieRosenbluth, UNC
ACC player of the year,
ACC Tournament MVP and
consensus first-team All-
America 1957; first-team All-
ACC 1955, 1956, 1957; first-
team All-ACC Tournament
1956, 1957
F Dickie Hemric,
Wake Forest
ACC player of the year
1954, 1955 and ACC Tourna-
ment MVP 1954; second-
team consensus All-America
1955; first-team All-ACC
1954, 1955 andfirst-teamAll-
ACC Tournament 1955.
C Ronnie Shavlik,
N.C. State
ACC player of the year and
first-team consensus All-
America 1956; ACC Tourna-
ment MVP 1955; first-team
All-ACC1955, 1956; first-team
All-ACC Tournament 1954,
1955 and second team1956.
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GBuzz Wilkinson, Virginia
GLefty Davis, Wake Forest
F Lee Shaffer, UNC
F Pete Brennan, UNC
C JohnRichter, N.C. State
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Bull City Brawl
Only nine seconds remained in the UNC-Duke game on Feb. 4, 1961,
when all sense of sportsmanship not to mention civility was shat-
tered in Duke Indoor Stadium. Art Heyman of Duke fouled Larry Brown,
Brown turned and threwthe ball at Heyman, and one of the wildest
fights in ACC history was on.
The 12-10game
Duke refused to abandon its zone, N.C. State refused to
force the action, and thats howBill Kretzer of State ended
up holding the ball for 14 minutes of the first half in an ACC
Tournament semifinal in Charlotte on March 8, 1968. Coach
Vic Bubas of Duke fell on his sword after a game that Bill Currie, the
UNC radio announcer, described as exciting as artificial insemination.
The truth of the matter is, Bubas said, we couldnt pressure a team
of grandmothers.
Demise of the Dixie Classic
After a highly popular 12-year run,
the last Dixie Classic was played in
Raleighs Reynolds Coliseumin 1960.
The eight-teamtournament, which
pitted Big Four teams against some of
college basketballs best competition,
was a victimof the betting scandal
that rocked the ACC.
Desegregation
Only whites played during the first
12 seasons of ACC basketball. That
changed when Billy
Jones, a 6-1 black guard
fromTowson, Md., took
the floor for Maryland in
December 1965. Charlie
Scott, the first black
scholarship athlete at
North Carolina, made
first-teamAll-ACC in 1968. Charlie
Davis of Wake Forest joined Scott on
the first teamin 1969.
Few, if any changes, have had more
impact. Since 1981, by which time the
conference was fully integrated, 131 of
the 165 first-teamAll-ACC players have
been of nonwhite descent.
ACC Tournament site
The first 13 ACC Tournaments were
at N.C. States Reynolds Coliseum
before moves to Greensboro in 1967
and Charlotte in 1968. Of the 13 tour-
naments at Reynolds, State won five,
prompting the inevitable grousing by
other schools.
Nodunking
The dunk was banned during warm-
ups and games before the 1967-68
season. It was called the LewAlcindor
Rule, in reference of the UCLA star
who later changed his name to Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar.
The Four Corners
While practicing against Dukes
half-court zone press during the
1962-63 season, Coach Dean Smith
of UNC stationed four players in the
corners, as he had before. But instead
of having the center in the middle, he
directed point guard Larry Brown to
the free-throwline. When the defense
switched to man-to-man, Brown drove
past his defender and fed a teammate
for a layup.
Although similar offenses had been
devised by other coaches, among them
John McClendon at what is nowN.C.
Central, Smith by the 1965-66 sea-
son had made the Four Corners the
most infamous staple of his repertoire.
Bones is a tall, skinny man who looks like a Baptist
minister, which he is. Like a grotesque marionette, he
had been jerking up and down off the Deacon bench, his
shoulders shuddering, his face twisting into distorted
masks. Then he made his move toward immortality.
An official was holding the ball under the basket, wait-
ing for the players to fan out. McKinney grabbed the ball
out of his hands and tossed it to one of his players, who
drove down the court and scored.
Sportswriter Robert Lipsyte onBones McKinney

Things began to happen. Mistakes, poor ballhandling.
I began to think we were getting bad calls fromthe of-
ficials. It was the first game I sensed anything wrong.
CoachEverett Case of N.C. State, testifyingabout
the point-shavingscandal that ledtothe suspensions
of sevenplayers fromN.C. State andUNC

I dont understand those people. Who gave the school
more publicity, good or bad, than me? Hey, everybody
doesnt go to church. Everybody doesnt cross their Ts
and dot their Is. It takes a lot of different people. To have a
Bloody Mary, you need salt and pepper.
Art Heymanonhis tumultuous career at Duke

I would like to have finished, but it was not the proper
thing to do.
AilingEverett Case uponretiringas N.C. States coachonDec. 7, 1964
Richie is the last of the Mahaffeys, and I will certainly
hate to see the string run out. Perhaps if I stay at Clemson
long enough, we can start recruiting their children.
Bobby Roberts, after coachingthe Mahaffey brothers
(Tom, Donnie, Randy andRichie)

Ive seen a lot of college teams that couldnt beat Larry
Miller and four girls. CoachPaul Valenti of OregonState

I believe I would give my right armfor a big man. No, Ill
change that. Id give both of them.
CoachPress Maravichof ClemsonandN.C. State

I coached during the week and at the games on Satur-
day night. Then I got up the next morning, drove 50 miles
to a little Baptist church and preached a good oldknock-
down Baptist sermon. I learned the sermon while driving
my 1947 Ford 80 miles an hour to the church.
I held a cigarette in one hand and a Pepsi in the other.
My sermon notes were taped to the dashboard. I dont
knowwho was driving. It must have been the Lord be-
cause I sure wasnt. I apologize to all those people I ran off
the road in those days, but nowthey knowwhy.
Bones McKinney

If you ever hang me in effigy, please hang me near the
library. Its more academic that way. CoachVic Bubas of Duke
ARRIVALS
Coaches
Bobby Roberts (1962)
at Clemson; Frank Fellows
(1967) at Maryland; Press
Maravich (1964) and Norm
Sloan (1966) at N.C. State;
Bill Gibson (1963) at Virginia;
Jack Murdock (1965) and
Jack McCloskey (1966) at
Wake Forest
Players (birthday)
Buck Williams 3-8-60,
Ralph Sampson 7-7-60,
James Worthy 2-27-61, Thurl
Bailey 4-7-61, Sam Perkins
6-14-61, Michael Jordan 2-17-
63, Johnny Dawkins 9-28-63,
Len Bias 11-18-63, Lorenzo
Charles 11-25-63, Mark Price
2-15-64, Kenny Smith3-8-65,
John Salley 5-16-64, Horace
Grant 7-4-65, BradDaugherty
10-19-65, Danny Ferry 10-17-
66, Tom Hammonds 3-27-67,
Chris Corchiani 3-28-68, J.R.
Reid 3-31-68, Rodney Mon-
roe 4-16-68, Dennis Scott
9-5-68, Rick Fox 7-24-69,
Christian Laettner 8-17-69,
TomGugliotta 12-19-69
DEPARTURES
Coaches
Press Maravich (Clemson,
1963); Bud Millikan (Mary-
land, 1968); Everett Case
(N.C. State, 1964); Press
Maravich (N.C. State, 1967);
Billy McCann (Virginia, 1964);
Bones McKinney (Wake For-
est, 1966); Jack Murdock
(Wake Forest, 1967)
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Larry Brown(left) andArt Heymanwere all smiles
inthis August 1961 photo, but they went at it
inagame inDurhamearlier inthe year.
COACH
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Vic Bubas, Duke
ACC championships
1960, 1963,
1964, 1966;
ACC Tour-
nament
finalists
1961, 1965,
1967, 1969;
NCAA Tour-
naments 1960, 1963, 1964,
1965 and Final Fours 1964,
1966; ACC coach of the year
1963, 1964, 1966
First runner-up
Dean Smith, UNC
Secondrunner-up
Bones McKinney, Wake
Forest
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GCharlie Scott, UNC
Second-team consensus
All-America 1969, 1970; first-
team All-ACC 1968, 1969,
1970; Everett Case Award
winner 1969; first-team All-
ACC Tournament 1969 and
second team1968, 1970
GArt Heyman, Duke
National player of theyear
1963; first-team consensus
All-America 1963, second-
team 1962; ACC player of
the year 1963; first-team
All-ACC and All-ACC Tourna-
ment 1961, 1962, 1963; ACC
Tournament MVP 1963
F Larry Miller, UNC
First-teamconsensus All-
America 1968, second-team
1967; ACC player of the year
1967, 1968; first-team All-
ACC and first-team All-ACC
Tournament 1967, 1968;
second-team All-ACC and
All-ACC Tournament 1966;
Everett Case Award winner
1967, 1968
FJeff Mullins, Duke
Second-team consen-
sus All-America 1964; ACC
player of the year 1964;
first-teamAll-ACC and first-
team All-ACC Tournament
1962, 1963, 1964; ACC Tour-
nament MVP 1964
C LenChappell,
Wake Forest
First-teamconsensus All-
America 1962; ACC player of
the year 1961, 1962; First-
teamAll-ACCandfirst-team
All-ACC Tournament 1960,
1961, 1962; ACC Tournament
MVP in 1961, 1962
SECOND
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GBobVerga, Duke
GYorkLarese, UNC
F BobLewis, UNC
F JackMarin, Duke
C Billy Cunningham,
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N.C. State 103, Maryland100(OT): March 9, 1974
The Wolfpack and Terrapins played what is widely considered the greatest game in ACC his-
tory for the1974ACCTournament championship. Thestakes couldnot havebeen
higher; only by outlasting a Maryland team featuring John Lucas, Tom McMillen
andLen Elmore couldDavidThompson andhis N.C. State teammates (including
Tommy Burleson and Monte Towe) advance to the NCAA Tournament. A turn-
over by Lucas in the final minute of overtime allowed Towe to clinch the victory
with two free throws. A distraught Lucas broke into tears while being consoled
by Coach Lefty Driesell during the post-game awards ceremony, prompting
conference officials to rescind a policy requiring the losing team to be on the
court during the trophy presentation. Two weeks later, N.C. State defeated UCLA and Mar-
quette on the same Greensboro Coliseumcourt and won the schools first national title.
SouthCarolina52, UNC 51: March 13, 1971
Talk about going out in style. In the last game that South Carolina ever played as an ACC
team, Frank McGuires vilifiedGamecocks stunnedNorth Carolina when 6-3 Kevin Joyce out-
jumped 6-10 center Lee Dedmon of the Tar Heels for a jump ball with six seconds left. Joyce
tapped the ball to open teammate Tom Owens for the winning layup. Later that month,
the ACC voted to retain the rule requiring a score of 800 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test,
prompting South Carolina to leave the conference in favor of independent status.
Freshmaneligibility
In 1973, for the first time in ACC his-
tory, freshmen were eligible for varsity.
The three freshmen to start regularly
that season were John Lucas of Mary-
land, Wally Walker of Virginia and Lee
Foye of Wake Forest. The rookie-of-the-
year award was started in 1976, with
JimSpanarkel of Duke the first winner.
The dunk
After being banned since 1968 under
what was known nationally as the Lew
Alcindor Rule, the dunk was reinstated
to college basketball in 1977. The shame
wasthechangecametwoyearstoolate
for DavidSkywalker Thompson andall
those who loved to watch himsoar.
Super Bowl Sunday 1973
Televisioncoverage of ACCbasketball
was mostly confined to regional pack-
ages on Saturdays during the regular
season until visionary C.D. Chesley per-
suadedofficials topit N.C. Stateagainst
Maryland on Jan. 14, 1973, as a run-up to
the Super Bowl betweenthe Miami Dol-
phins and Washington Redskins. Ches-
ley arranged a national network for the
game, which proved to be quite a show.
Coach Norm Sloan of N.C. State wore
bright yellowpants and a black-and-or-
ange checked sports coat, point guard
Monte Towe of the Wolfpack wore a
mask to protect a broken nose, and
Coach Lefty Driesell of Maryland wore
out his sideline, stomping his feet, as
the No. 2-ranked Terps and No. 3 Wolf-
pack went at it hammer-and-tongs for
40 minutes. The game was tied at 85
until David Thompson skywalked for a
rebound and follow shot over 6-11 Tom
McMillen and 6-9 Len Elmore at the
buzzer for an N.C. State win.
ACC basketball was never seen in
the same light again. In the first 18
seasons of the conference, seven play-
ers were named consensus first-team
All-America, none more than once.
Over the next 18 seasons, after the na-
tion sawthe brand of basketball being
played in the conference, 13 ACC play-
ers made consensus first-team All-
America a total of 22 times.
Liftingof the 800rule
Through the 1971 season, the ad-
mission standard for an ACC basket-
ball player was a score of 800 on the
Scholastic Aptitude Test and a 1.6
grade-point projection (based on the
students high-school GPA). When
the conference voted in March 1971
to continue requiring an 800 on the
SAT, South Carolina, citing a competi-
tive disadvantage against teams from
other conferences, dropped out of the
ACC in favor of independent status.
Clemson also threatened to leave, but
cooler heads prevailed. As it turned
out, the league dropped the 800 stan-
dard within a year after two players
recruited to play soccer at Clemson
threatened to sue.
NCAATournament expansion
Influenced, no doubt, by the exclusion
of Marylandfromthe1974NCAATourna-
ment after its epic 103-100 loss to N.C.
State in the ACC championship game,
the NCAA expanded the 1975 tourna-
ment field from 25 to 32 teams and, for
the first time, allowed more than one
team from a conference to be invited.
Maryland and ACC champ UNC com-
peted in the 1975 NCAA Tournament.
Five years later, the field expanded again
to 48, and all limitations on the number
of teams from the same conference
were lifted. Besides ACCchampionDuke,
Clemson, Maryland, UNC and N.C. State
all competed in the 1980 tournament.
It makes me sick. I see who is getting bids to this
NCAA Tournament, and I knowthat we and Carolina and
N.C. State are better than most of the teams. But only
one of us is going. Its not fair.
Lefty Driesell of MarylandinMarch1974

We usually lose, and I go home. In the past, Ive just
packed a handkerchief, and thats about it. But this time, I
packed for the whole week, and so did the team.
CoachBill Foster before Dukes runthroughthe ACC Tournament tothe
title in1978. Foster, before then, was 0-3 inACC Tournament play

All the stories about blacks are the same. They all
come fromthe ghetto. They all grewup with roaches
and rats and pimps and pushers. All blacks arent like
that, and my family background is not like that. I had to
be home when the streetlights came on. The first time I
didnt, I got whipped. JohnLucas

So far. FreshmanforwardMike OKorenof UNC, whenaskedif his
31 points against Nevada-Las Vegas inthe 1977 national semifinal were
the most he hadever scored
Its a happy feeling, but an empty one.
Center Tommy Burlesonafter N.C. State beat Marylandfor the 1973
ACC title. Because of probationstemmingfromthe recruitment of David
Thompson, the Wolfpackwas not eligible for the NCAATournament

Ive never seen the ACC better. In the past, we often
had one or two good teams, and the fans got carried
away and said the ACC was the best conference. I never
made that statement as coach, as I recall. And I dont
think we could have truthfully made that statement until
a couple of years ago. Now, though, I really believe ACC
basketball is the best. Former Duke coachVic Bubas in1975

He just will not let themlose. If State needs some-
thing, Thompson will get it for them. Hes just the best
Ive ever been around.
Bobby Jones of UNC onN.C. State great DavidThompson

Coach Smith, going to Maryland for reasons you know.
TelegramfromTomMcMillentoDeanSmith
ARRIVALS
Commissioner
Bob James, 1971
Coaches
Neill McGeachy (1973)
and Bill Foster (1974) at
Duke; Tates
Locke(1970)
and Bill Fos-
ter (1975)
at Clemson;
Carl Tacy
(1972) at
Wake For-
est; Terry
Holland (1974) at Virginia;
Dwane Morrison (1979) at
Georgia Tech
Players (birthday)
Kenny Anderson 10-9-70,
Bryant Stith 12-10-70, Rod-
ney Rogers 6-20-71, Bobby
Hurley 6-28-71, EricMontross
9-23-71, Randolph Childress
9-21-72, Grant Hill 10-5-72,
Bob Sura 3-25-73, Joe Smith
7-26-75, Tim Duncan 4-25-
76, Trajan Langdon 5-13-76,
Ed Cota 5-19-76, Matt Har-
pring 5-31-76, Antawn Ja-
mison 6-12-76, Vince Carter
1-26-76, Chris Carrawell 11-
26-77, Shane Battier 9-9-78,
Juan Dixon 10-9-78, Lonny
Baxter 1-27-79, Elton Brand
3-11-79
DEPARTURES
Commissioner
James H. Weaver, 1971.
School
South Carolina, 1971.
Coaches
Jack McCloskey (Wake
Forest, 1972); Bill Gib-
son (Virginia, 1974); Neill
McGeachy (Duke, 1974);
Tates Locke (Clemson, 1975)
NormSloancuts down
the net after N.C. States
wininthe 1974ACC
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COACH
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NormSloan, N.C. State
National championship
1974; ACC championships
1970, 1973, 1974; ACC Tour-
nament finalist 1975; ACC
coach of the year 1970, 1973,
1974; AP national coach of
the year 1974.
First runner-up
Dean Smith, UNC
Secondrunner-up
Bill Foster, Duke
QUOTESOFTHEDECADE
GREATESTHITS
GPhil Ford, UNC
National player of the year
1978; First-team consensus
All-America 1977, 1978 and
second-team 1976. ACC
player of the year 1978; First-
teamAll-ACC1976, 1977, 1978;
Everett Case Award 1975;
first-team All-ACC Tourna-
ment 1976 and 1977
GJohnRoche, USC
Second-team consen-
sus All-America 1970, 1971;
ACC player of the year 1969,
1970. First-team All-ACC
1969, 1970, 1971. Everett
Case Award 1971. First-team
All-ACC Tournament 1969,
1971 and second-team1970
F DavidThompson,
N.C. State
National player of the
year 1975; First-team con-
sensus All-America 1973,
1974, 1975; ACC player of the
year 1973, 1974, 1975; Final
Four MVP 1974; First-team
All-ACC 1973, 1974, 1975;
First-team All-ACC Tourna-
ment 1973, 1974, 1975
FRodGriffin, Wake Forest
Second-team consensus
All-America 1977, 1978; ACC
player of the year 1977; First-
teamAll-ACC 1977, 1978 and
second-team1976
C Mike Gminski, Duke
First-team consensus
All-America 1979 and sec-
ond-team 1980; ACC player
of the year 1979; First-team
All-ACC 1978, 1979, 1980;
ACC rookie of the year 1977;
First-team All-ACC Tourna-
ment 1978, 1979, 1980 and
second-team1977
SECOND
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GJohnLucas, Maryland
GBarry Parkhill,
Virginia
GJimSpanarkel, Duke
F Mike OKoren, UNC
C Tommy Burleson,
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ACCBasketball
50s 70s
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60s 90s 00s 10s
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UNC 63, Georgetown62: March 29, 1982,
NewOrleans
James Worthy took it straight to Patrick Ewing,
freshman Michael Jordan hit the winning shot that
rocketed him to stardom, and Coach Dean Smith, af-
ter six fruitless trips to the Final Four, finally had his
first national title.
N.C. State 54, Houston52: April 4, 1983,
Albuquerque
Jim Valvano befuddled coaching counterpart
Guy Lewis, Lorenzo Charles fielded Derek Whitten-
burgs airball and dunked it, and the Cardiac Pack
stunned Phi Slamma Jamma for what has widely
been described as one of the most improbable
upsets in sports history.
NCAATournament expansion
In 1980, the NCAA field expanded
from32 to 48, and limitations on the
number of teams fromthe same con-
ference were lifted. Thus, ACC champi-
on Duke as well as Clemson, Maryland,
UNC and N.C. State all played in the
1980 tournament. Over the decade,
the ACC had an average of five NCAA
teams a season. Of the 50 teams that
played, two (UNC in 1982 and N.C.
State in 1983) won national titles, and
six others (UNC in 1981, Virginia in 1981
and 1984 and Duke in 1986, 1988 and
1989) played in the Final Four.
Shot clockand3-point
basket
There was a widespread opinion
among fans during the early 1980s
that the product on the court didnt
match the glittering array of talent.
The blame was put on the tight-fisted
approach of coaches who appeared to
be playing not to lose, instead of play-
ing to win. When N.C. State and Mary-
land slinked off the court at halftime
in a first-round ACC Tournament game
with State leading 13-11, boos erupted
fromall over the Greensboro Coliseum.
The issue reached a head three
days later when a UNC teamfeaturing
Michael Jordan, James Worthy and
SamPerkins outlasted a Virginia team
anchored by Ralph Sampson by the
Paleolithic score of 47-45.
Finally getting the drift, the confer-
ence adopted experimental rules for
1982-83 ACC games of a 30-second
shot clock and three points for a shot
made fromat least 19 feet out, mea-
suring fromthe back of the rim. Before
the 1985-86 season, the NCAA went
to the 45-second shot clock; the next
season, it mandated three points for
baskets frombeyond 19 feet, 9 inches.
Emergence of GeorgiaTech
Georgia Tech, which in 1979 became
the ACCs first expansion team, was
initially such a doormat that it won
only four conference games its first
three seasons. Bobby Cremins was
hired to replace Dwane Morrison after
the 1980-81 season, and fortunes on
The Flats soon changed. By the 1983-
84 season, after the arrival of Mark
Price, Bruce Dalrymple and John Salley,
the YellowJackets were 18-11 overall
and 6-8 in ACC play. The next season,
they won the schools first ACC title.
Mike Krzyzewski
andJimValvano
Two venerable ACC programs,
having slipped in recent years, got
much-needed boosts by hiring largely
unknown young coaches Mike
Krzyzewski of Army went to Duke, and
JimValvano of Iona went to N.C. State.
The rest became some of the ACCs
most celebrated history.
The DeanDome
N.C. States Reynolds Coliseum, with
its seating capacity of 12,400, re-
mained the ACCs largest home arena
fromthe inception of the conference
until Jan. 18, 1986. That was the date
UNC, having moved out of 10,000-seat
Carmichael Auditorium, played Duke
in the new21,444-seat Dean E. Smith
Center.
Over the next 22 years, Wake For-
est, N.C. State, Maryland and Virginia
moved into newand larger arenas, and
the home venues of Duke, Clemson
and Georgia Tech underwent extensive
renovations.
I began getting letters froman anonymous N.C.
State fan with a Fayetteville, N.C., postmark. The mail was
always addressed toCoach Nose in Chapel Hill. What
bugged me most was not the profanity-laced tirades
inside the envelope, but the fact that the post office actu-
ally delivered the letter to me without a name or address!
DeanSmith

I asked a ref if he could give me a technical for thinking
bad things about him, and he said, Of course not. I said,
Well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You
cant trust them. JimValvano

A decision we made in recruiting was we wanted to go
after the top-ranked players. We didnt want to settle for
second best, not in this league. The way we decided to
go about it was to just work our butts off and hope that
something good would happen.
GeorgiaTechs Bobby Cremins

I dont knowhowyou could steal the ball fromhim
unless youre a groundhog.
CoachJohnChaney of Temple on5-3 Muggsy Bogues of Wake Forest
Back when I first started out, I wanted to win that
thing real bad. I said, If we win that thing, Imgoing to
have my car in here, and Imgoing to get that trophy and
screwit on the hood and ride all around the state of North
Carolina for a week. I really was going to do that. NowIm
too old for that. Ive got to get home and get some sleep.
Lefty Driesell of Marylandonwinninghis first ACC title in1984

I dont look at it as a color situation. I dont think Coach
(Mike) Krzyzewski at Duke thought of himself as the first
of his ethnic group. Its just an opportunity to coach at the
college level.
BobWade of Maryland, the first blackheadcoachinthe ACC

I met with Mike and just couldnt get himout of my
mind. ADTomButters of Duke onhis decisiontohire long-shot candi-
date Mike Krzyzewski

I dont think my momwent to high school. My dad fin-
ished two years. But they came up with a pretty intelligent
decision. And it was, Youre going to go (to West Point). I
went, basically because they said I should. Imhappy I did,
but I wouldnt have made that decision. Mike Krzyzewski
ARRIVALS
Team
Georgia Tech (1979-80)
Commissioner
Eugene F. Corrigan (1987)
Coaches
Cliff Ellis (1984) at Clem-
son; Mike Krzyzewski (1980)
at Duke; Bobby Cremins
(1981) at Georgia Tech; Bob
Wade (1986) at Maryland;
Jim Valvano (1980) at N.C.
State; Bob Staak (1985) and
Dave Odom (1989) at Wake
Forest
Players (birthday)
Josh Howard 4-28-80;
Joseph Forte 3-23-81; Jason
Williams 9-10-81; Shelden
Williams 10-21-83; Julius
Hodge 11-18-83; J.J. Redick
6-24-84; Chris Paul 5-16-85;
Jared Dudley 7-10-85; Sean
Singletary 9-6-85; Tyler
Hansbrough 11-3-85; Greivis
Vasquez 1-16-87; Kyle Singler
5-4-88; Nolan Smith 7-25-
88; MalcolmDelaney 3-11-89
DEPARTURES
Commissioner
Bob James (1987)
Coaches
Bill Foster (Clemson,
1984); Bill Foster (Duke,
1980); Dwane Morrison
(Georgia Tech, 1981); Lefty
Driesell (Maryland, 1986);
Norm Sloan (N.C. State,
1980); Carl Tacy (Wake For-
est, 1985); Bob Staak (Wake
Forest, 1989)
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Michael Jordans
winningshot against
Georgetown
JimValvanoand
players celebrating
their NCAAtitle
COACH
OFTHE
DECADE
DeanSmith, UNC
NCAA championship
1982; ACC
champion-
ships 1981,
1982, 1989;
ACC runner-
up finishes
1985, 1987,
1988; NCAA
Tournament 1980, 1981,
1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986,
1987, 1988, 1989; Final Four
1981, 1982; ACC coach of the
year 1988
First runner-up
Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
Secondrunner-up
JimValvano, N.C. State
QUOTESOFTHEDECADE
GREATESTHITS
Compiled by Dan Collins
GJohnnyDawkins, Duke
First-teamconsensus All-
America 1985, 1986; first-
team All-ACC 1985, 1986,
second-team 1983, 1984;
first-team All-ACC Tourna-
ment 1984, 1985, 1986; Ever-
ett Case Award 1986
GMichael Jordan, UNC
National player of the
year 1984; first-team con-
sensus All-America 1983,
1984; ACC player of the year
1984; ACC rookie of the year
1982; first-team All-ACC
1983, 1984; first-team All-
ACC Tournament 1982 and
second-team1983, 1984
F LenBias, Maryland
First-teamconsensus All-
America 1986, second-team
consensus All-America1985;
ACC player of the year 1985,
1986; first-team All-ACC
1985, 1986; first-team All-
ACCTournament 1984, 1986;
Everett Case Award 1984
F Danny Ferry, Duke
National player of the
year 1989; first-team con-
sensus All-America 1989;
second-team consensus
All-America 1988; ACC play-
er of the year 1988, 1989;
first-team All-ACC 1988,
1989 and second-team
1987; first-team All-ACC
Tournament 1988, 1989; Ev-
erett Case Award 1988
C RalphSampson,
Virginia
National player of theyear
1981, 1982, 1983; First-team
consensus All-America 1981,
1982, 1983; ACC player of the
year 1981, 1982, 1983; first-
team All-ACC 1981, 1982,
1983; ACC rookie of the year
1980; first-team All-ACC
Tournament 1982, 1983
SECOND
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GMarkPrice, Georgia Tech
GJeff Lamp, Virginia
F James Worthy, UNC
F J.R. Reid, UNC
C SamPerkins, UNC
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Duke 104, Kentucky 103 (OT): March 28, 1992,
Philadelphia
Christian Laettner snagged Grant Hills 70-foot pass,
turned and hit the shot heard around the sporting world.
The victory in the championship game of the East Re-
gional kept CoachMikeKrzyzewskis BlueDevils marching
inexorably to their second consecutive national title.
Wake Forest 82, UNC 80(OT): March 12,
1995, Greensboro
With one floating 10-foot jumper, Randolph Chil-
dress lifted the Deacons to their first ACC title in 33
seasons and broke the record for points in an ACC
Tournament that had stood since 1957. Childress
made 12 of 22 shots from the floor and 9 of 17 from
3-point range, including one infamous basket over
Jeff McInnis after his crossover dribble left McInnis
sprawled on the Greensboro Coliseumfloor.
Early departures totheNBA
There was nothing newabout an
ACC player with eligibility remaining
leaving for professional basketball.
Robert McAdoo, a transfer from
Vincennes Junior College, left in 1972
after his only season at North Caro-
lina. Skip Wise left after his freshman
season at Clemson for the ABAs Balti-
more Claws, only to have the team
fold during the 1975-76 preseason.
Yet by the early 1990s, it had
become the exception rather than
the rule for a star player to remain
in college for all four seasons of his
eligibility.
Starting in 1993, the year Rodney
Rogers was a junior, only three of the
next seven awards for ACC player of
the year went to players who played
as seniors. Rogers and Antawn
Jamison (1998) left after their junior
seasons, and Joe Smith (1995) and
Elton Brand (1999) after their sopho-
more seasons.
Expansion
Florida State joined the ACC for the
1991-92 basketball season, marking
the first newarrival since Georgia
Tech in 1979-80. The Seminoles entry
expanded the ACC into Florida and
gave it nine schools.
The ACC remained a nine-school
conference until the addition of Miami
and Virginia Tech in 2004-05.
When the press asked me over the years about my
retirement plans, I told themthe truth, which was that I
didnt have my life blueprinted, but the first time Oct. 15,
the day of the first practice, rolled around and I wasnt
excited and enthusiastic about my job, I would retire.
DeanSmith

Everyone wants to knowabout roles. I dont know
what roles make your own roles. Brian Davis didnt have
a role, he made his role. Thomas Hill didnt have a role, he
made his role. We can get into that thing where you stop
competing and you just want someone to tell you, This is
the amount of effort I want fromyou. Mike Krzyzewski

Rodney is our Mr. Clutch, the Jerry West of our basket-
ball team. Hes the ice man out there.
JimValvanoonRodney Monroe

In the time Ive been at Virginia, the only players with
a comparable impact are Ralph Sampson and Jeff Lamp.
I still sense there are some people who are surprised
he made the (U.S National) team. I hear comments like
Hes a really nice player, but they dont mention himwith
Stacey Augmon, Billy Owens and Alonzo Mourning. I think
they should.
Jeff Jones, aformer player andcoachat Virginia, onBryant Stith

His hand speed is incredible, so thats No. 1. His ball-
handling ability, No. 2. He can put a lot of different dribble
moves together to get guys off him. He can flat out handle
the ball. Bobby Hurley of Duke onKenny Andersonof GeorgiaTech

The toughest guy in college basketball is Chris Cor-
chiani. If I ever go to war, I want himon my team.
Al McGuire
It seems like every teamwants to beat Carolina for
some reason. Our fans would rather have us beat Carolina
than Duke any day. I dont knowwhat it is. When you walk
into the gym, you can feel, I dont want to say hatred, but
it just seems crazy. You can hear themyelling vulgar things
and stuff at the Carolina fans.
GuardCurtis Marshall of N.C. State

His strength is his demeanor, his personality, his at-
titude, his court presence, his fearlessness.
Dave OdomonTimDuncan

Ive not had a leader who has done a better job with
my team. He was the bridge to get us back to our elite
status, and I will forever be grateful to him. He did more
than play he led, worked and committed himself to me
and Duke basketball. I feel a special bond with Trajan.
Mike Krzyzewski onTrajanLangdon

If theres a better low-post player in the country, I dont
want to see him. Bobby Cremins onUNCs Eric Montross

I remember watching himand seeing howhe just
stood out physically more than anybody. Youre usually
looking at kids, and youre thinking howskinny they are.
And you never had that opinion about Rodney. He was
always built like a man among boys as an athlete.
RandolphChildress of Wake Forest onhis first impressions
of future teammate Rodney Rogers

Theres never been a more fitting way to end a career
in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. Never. He
truly is special.
Dave OdomonRandolphChildress record-setting
1995ACC Tournament
ARRIVALS
Team
Florida State (1991-92)
Commissioner
John Swofford (1997)
Coaches
Rick Barnes (1994) at
Clemson; Steve Robinson
(1997) at Florida State; Bill
Guthridge (1997) at UNC;
Les Robinson (1990) and
Herb Sendek (1996) at N.C.
State; Jeff Jones (1990) and
Pete Gillen (1998) at Virginia
Players (birthday)
Tyler Zeller 1-17-90; Mason
Plumlee 3-5-90; Michael
Snaer 6-21-90; Iman Shump-
ert 6-26-90; Seth Curry
8-23-90; Lorenzo Brown
8-26-90; Richard Howell
9-26-90; John Henson 12-28-
90; C.J. Harris 2-19-91; Erick
Green5-9-91; C.J. Leslie6-25-
91; Joe Harris 9-7-91; Harrison
Barnes 5-30-92; AustinRivers
8-1-92; Shane Larkin 10-2-92
DEPARTURES
Commissioner
Eugene F. Corrigan (1997)
Coaches
Cliff Ellis (Clemson, 1994);
Pat Kennedy (Florida State,
1997); Dean Smith (UNC,
1997); Jim Valvano (N.C.
State, 1990); Les Robinson
(N.C. State, 1996); Terry Hol-
land (Virginia, 1990); Jeff
Jones (Virginia, 1998)
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winningshot
against UNC
ChristianLaettners
winningshot
against Kentucky
COACH
OFTHE
DECADE
Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
NCAA championships
1991, 1992; ACC champion-
ships 1992,
1999 and
ACC runner-
up finishes
1991, 1998;
NCAA Tour-
nament
1990, 1991,
1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997,
1998, 1999; Final Fours 1991,
1992, 1994, 1999; ACC coach
of the year 1997, 1999
First runner-up
Dean Smith, UNC
Secondrunner-up
Dave Odom, Wake Forest
QUOTESOFTHEDECADE
GREATESTHITS
Compiled by Dan Collins
GRandolphChildress,
Wake Forest
Second-team consensus
All-America 1995; first-team
All-ACC 1994, 1995 and sec-
ond-team 1993; first-team
All-ACC Tournament 1994,
1995; Everett Case Award
1995
GGrant Hill, Duke
First-team consensus All-
America 1994 and second-
team1993; ACCplayer of the
year 1994; first-teamAll-ACC
1993, 1994 and second-team
1992; second-team All-ACC
Tournament 1991, 1992, 1994
F AntawnJamison, UNC
National player of the
year 1998; first-team con-
sensus All-America 1998
and second-team 1997; ACC
player of the year 1998; first-
team All-ACC 1996, 1997,
1998; first-team All-ACC
Tournament 1997, 1998; Ev-
erett Case Award 1998
F ChristianLaettner,
Duke
National player of the year
1992; first-team consensus
All-America 1992 and sec-
ond-team1991; ACC player of
the year 1992; first-team All-
ACC 1991, 1992 and second-
team 1990; first-team All-
ACC Tournament 1991, 1992
andsecond-team1989, 1990;
Everett Case Award 1992
CTimDuncan, WFU
National player of the
year 1997; first-team con-
sensus All-America 1996,
1997; ACC player of the year
1996, 1997; first-team All-
ACC 1995, 1996, 1997; first-
team All-ACC Tournament
1995, 1996, 1997; Everett
Case Award 1996
SECOND
TEAM
GBobbyHurley, Duke
GRodneyMonroe,
N.C. State
FBryant Stith, Virginia
FRodneyRogers,
Wake Forest
CJoeSmith, Maryland
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Duke 82, Arizona72: April 2, 2001, Minneapolis
Mike Dunleavy led Duke with 21 points, but senior Shane Battier, playing his final college game,
made key plays down the stretch to carry the Blue Devils to their third national title. Battier deliv-
ered 18 points, 11 rebounds and six assists and scored three straight baskets including one on a
tip-in with the back of his hand to put away the Wildcats.
Maryland64, Indiana52: April 1, 2002, Atlanta
Juan Dixons 3-pointer with 9:44remaining sparkeda 22-8surge
that carrieda Marylandteamcoachedby Gary Williams andledby
Dixon (18 points) and Lonny Baxter (15 points, 14 rebounds) to the
ACCs only national title by a school fromoutside North Carolina.
UNC 75, Illinois 70: April 4, 2005, St. Louis
Sean May erupted for 16 points and 10 rebounds, UNC held
the Illini scoreless over the final 2minutes, and Roy Williams
Tar Heels, only three seasons removed fromthe 8-20 debacle
under Coach Matt Doherty, were back on top of the college
basketball world for the fourth time.
Expansion
Raiding the Big East, the ACC
added Virginia Tech and Miami in
2004 and Boston College in 2005 to
push the league to 12 schools. The
move was made primarily to benefit
football, in that it gave the conference
the required number of members to
have a football-championship game.
For the ACC at large, it further loos-
ened the ties that had bound long-
time members. No longer did teams
automatically play each other twice in
the regular season. The 2004-05 sea-
son was the first since World War II
that Wake Forest and North Carolina
didnt play at least twice.
The expansion also enlarged the
conference footprint into NewEng-
land and South Florida.
Movablefeast
The ACC Tournament, after being
played in Greensboro, Charlotte or
Atlanta since 1982, was in Washing-
ton, D.C., in 2005. Two years later, it
headed south to Tampa and its inau-
guration into the Sunshine State.
Afoot farther
The 3-point arc was moved from
19 feet, 9 inches to 20 feet, 9 inches
before the 2008-09 season.
The change had an effect, but not
a large one. In 2007-08, ACC teams
shot 35.9 percent from3-point range,
down from36.3 percent in 2006-07.
In 2008-09, the first season with the
newdistance, ACC teams shot 34.9
percent frombeyond the arc.
To give hima third championship and separate him
fromthe pack of those who have won two is the best way
to go out. Its my going-away present to him.
Shane Battier onCoachMike Krzyzewski, after leadingDuke
tothe 2001 national championship

Hes not the strongest player or the most athletic, but
he may be the smartest. Hes like the chess master who
looks at you and knows hes going to beat you, no matter
what moves you make.
Wake Forests Robert OKelley onDukes Shane Battier

I told the kids before the game, This is one of those
games youre going to remember for the rest of your life.
I wish I could be that accurate about everything.
SkipProsser after Wake Forest defeated
UNC 119-114intriple overtime onDec. 20, 2003

If you had to teach a person to shoot, he has the per-
fect, perfect form.
CoachRickPitinoof Louisville onDukes J.J. Redick

Somebody asked me if he wasnt the hardest worker
Ive ever been around. No, Michael Jordan worked as hard.
Kirk Hinrich, on the court, worked as hard. (But) Tyler is the
most focused. Michael was the most driven to win. Tyler is
the most focused to do everything he can to have his body
in the best shape it can be and make himself the best
player he can possibly be. Hes unique in his discipline.
UNCs Roy Williams onTyler Hansbrough

Sometimes I find myself watching him. I mean, it looks
like he can go on a run all by himself. Imlike, Man, this guy
is killin. Imglad Imon his team, I can tell you that.
Wake Forests JustinGray onfreshmanteammate Chris Paul
For Coach to be able to say that the first teamto get
hima championship was the 2005 teamis an honor. Hell
win a fewmore before hes done.
Final Four MOPSeanMay of UNC onRoy Williams

Stats and all that are great, but when you boil it all
down, no one can take away your wins, your champion-
ships that youve won. Those really stick to a player and a
person. For me, winning is more important than my stats.
Thats something Ive always focused on.
Kyle Singler of Duke

The NCAA Tournament is my biggest goal, and if we
dont make the tournament this year, I will be very disap-
pointed in all the hard work Ive put in for four years.
AnunrequitedMalcolmDelaney of VirginiaTech

Ima demonstrative person on the sideline. And Greivis
kind of plays like that, and he receives some criticismfor
that. But you know, its much easier to calmsomebody
down a little bit than to try to get himup all the time. Plus,
on your teamyou need different people, different person-
alities. Greivis is the guy that kind of gets things stirred up.
CoachGary Williams of MarylandonGreivis Vasquez

Courage is contagious. And its like that old adage,
youd rather face an army of lions led by a lamb than an
army of lambs led by a lion. Hes a lion for us. And in times
where maybe our guys in their relative youth were re-
duced to sheepishness, hes been Richard the Lionhearted.
And I think thats one of the reasons weve done as well as
weve done. CoachSkipProsser of Wake Forest onJoshHoward

He plays with his heart.
Lonny Baxter of Marylandonteammate JuanDixon
ARRIVALS
Teams
Miami and Virginia Tech
(2004-05); Boston College
(2005-06)
Coaches
Al Skinner (2005) at Bos-
ton College; Oliver Purnell
(2003) at Clemson; Leonard
Hamilton (2002) at Florida
State; Paul Hewitt (2000)
at Georgia Tech; Frank Haith
(2004) at Miami; Matt Do-
herty (2000) and Roy Wil-
liams (2003) at UNC; Sidney
Lowe (2006) at N.C. State;
Dave Leitao (2005) and Tony
Bennett (2009) at Virginia;
Seth Greenberg (2004) at
Virginia Tech; Skip Prosser
(2001) and Dino Gaudio
(2007) at Wake Forest
DEPARTURES
Coaches
Larry Shyatt (Clemson,
2003); Steve Robinson
(Florida State, 2002); Bob-
by Cremins (Georgia Tech,
2000); Bill Guthridge (UNC,
2000); Matt Doherty (UNC,
2003); Herb Sendek (N.C.
State, 2006); Pete Gillen
(Virginia, 2005); Dave Leitao
(Virginia, 2009); Dave Odom
(Wake Forest, 2001); Skip
Prosser (Wake Forest, 2007)
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COACH
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DECADE
Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
NCAA championship
2001; NCAA Tournament
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,
2008, 2009; Final Four in
2004; ACC championships
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
2005, 2006, 2009 and ACC
runner-up finish 2004; ACC
coach of the year 2000
First runner-up
Roy Williams, UNC
Secondrunner-up
Gary Williams, Maryland
QUOTESOFTHEDECADE
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GJasonWilliams, Duke
National player of the year
2002; first-team consen-
sus All-America 2001, 2002;
first-team All-ACC 2001,
2002 and third-team 2000;
first-team All-ACC Tourna-
ment 2001, 2002
GJ.J. Redick, Duke
National player of the year
2006; first-team consensus
All-America 2005, 2006; ACC
player of theyear 2005, 2006;
first-team All-ACC 2005,
2006, second-team 2004
and third-team2003; Everett
Case Award 2005, 2006
F Julius Hodge, N.C. State
Second-team consensus
All-America 2004; ACC play-
er of the year 2004; first-
team All-ACC 2003, 2004
and second-team 2005;
first-team All-ACC Tourna-
ment 2003, 2004 and sec-
ond-team2002, 2005
F ShaneBattier, Duke
National player of the year
2001; first-team consensus
All-America 2001 and sec-
ond-team consensus 2000;
Final Four MVP 2001; ACC
player of the year 2001; first-
teamAll-ACC2000, 2001 and
third-team 1999; first-team
All-ACC Tournament 2000
and second-team 1999; Ev-
erett Case Award 2001
CTyler Hansbrough, UNC
National player of the year
2008; first-team consen-
sus All-America 2007, 2008,
2009 and second-team
consensus 2006; consensus
ACC player of the year 2008;
first-team All-ACC 2006,
2007, 2008, 2009; first-team
All-ACC Tournament 2006,
2008, 2009; Everett Case
Award 2008
SECOND
TEAM
GJuanDixon, Maryland
GGreivis Vasquez,
Maryland
FJoshHoward, Wake
Forest
FJaredDudley, Boston
College
CSheldenWilliams, Duke
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G Nolan Smith, [
First-team consensus
All-America 2011; ACC
player of the year 2011;
first-team AII-ACC 2011 and
second-team 2010; first-
team AII-ACC Tournament
2010, 2011; Everett Case
Award 2011
G Malcolm Delaney,
Virginia Tech
First-team AII-ACC 2010,
2011 and third-team 2009;
second-team AII-ACC Tour-
nament 2009,2011
F John Henson, UNC
First-team AII-ACC 2012
and second-team 2011;
second-team AII-ACC Tour-
nament 2011
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first-team AII-ACC 2010,
2011, second-team 2009
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2009, 2010, 2011; Everett
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player of the year 2012;
first-team AII-ACC 2012
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F Mike Scott, Virginia
F Harrison Barnes, UNC
C Mason Plumlee, Duke
HITS
Duke 61, Butler 59: April 5, Z010, Indianapolis
Mike Krzyzewski cobbled together a team that made
great use of Brian Zoubek and Lance Thomas - along
with Nolan Smith, Kyle Singler and Jon Scheyer - and
Duke outlasted upstart Butler for its fourth national title.
Krzyzewski described the game - which featured five
ties, 15 lead changes and two potential winning shots
by Butler in the final five seconds - in succinct fashion,
saying: "This was a classic."
Florida State 85, UNC 82: March 11,201Z,
Atlanta
Tournament MVP Michael Snaer scored 18 points,
Deividas Dulkys hit two free throws wi th 3.9 sec-
onds left, and P.J. Hairston of the Tar Heels missed
a 3-point shot at the buzzer as the Seminoles cel-
ebrated the first ACC title by a school from the Sun-
shine State. It was the first time since 2004 that a
team other than Duke or North Carolina cut down
the nets after an ACC championship game.
Duke's Kyle Singler FSU's Michael Snaer
OFTHEDECADE
"I've been fortunate enough to be in eight national-
championship games. This was the toughest and the best
one.'' - Coach Mike Krzyzewski, after Duke beat Butler for the 2010 title
"The longer you stay in college, the better brand you
build." -Harrison Barnes of UNC
"I keep saying I don't worry about it.... I'm going to be
Mark Turgeon.... It's been good enough my whole life. The
bottom line is, people around here want to win.... They
accepted me from Day 1. They love Gary. They're always
going to love Gary."
- Coach Mark Turgeon of Maryland on succeeding Gary Williams
"I was completely shocked and blindsided by the deci-
sion of (Athletics Director) Jim Weaver and the adminis-
tration. The past nine years have been some of the most
rewarding for me both personally and professionally.... Our
program was built on trust and relationships. I leave the
program in far greater shape than when I was hired nine
years ago." -SethGreenberg after being fired as Virginia Tech's coach
"I'm a Dukie for life. I was part of something great at
Duke. It's a brotherhood that continues on today."
- Kyrie Irving, who played 11 games at Duke before being drafted
No. 1 overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2011
"I don' t want t o bl ame t hi s on t he i nt ernet or t al k radio.
I have not read t he boards. I have no idea, qui t e frankly,
what t he board chat t er is. I have not been on t he boards
i n years. And t hat ' s purposef ul . This deci si on had not hi ng
to do wi th that."
- AD Ron Wellman of Wake Forest, on whether fan unrest
led to the firing of Coach Dino Gaudio
"All of our players are humble, and they're hungry. This
entire department here, basketball-wise, is humble and
hungry. So I feel that even though we didn't win a lot of
games this past year, we're making great strides for future
success wi th the experience, the wisdom gained, the
understanding of the attitude, grit and toughness that is
needed to play at this level - that was gained by all. So
I'm very excited about our future here at Wake Forest."
- Jeff Bzdelik after an 8-25 finish (1-15 ACC)
in his first season as head coach at Wake Forest
"I'm one of the best point guards in the country, and I'm
going to prove it out there this year."
- Senior Erick Green of Virginia Tech before the 2012-13 season,
when he became the first ACC player since Grady Wallace
of South Carolina (1956-57) to lead the nation in scoring
"It kind of crushed me. I laugh about it now, but I'll tell
you, I was bent out of shape about it."
- Baseball Hall-of-Famer Barry Larkin on the decision of his son
Shane to give up baseball. Shane took up basketball and
led Miami to the 2013 ACC championship
"It means a l ot t o be abl e t o crack i nt o t he upper ech-
el on of such a rich t radi t i on. "
- Coach Leonard Hamilton after Florida State defeated
UNC 85-82 to win the 2012 ACC championship
"I knew from talking wi th Coach (Mike Krzyzewski)
last spring the position he was going to put me in. I knew
individually I would have a great season. It was just about
making sure we had a great season."
- Mason Plumlee on his senior season of 2012-13,
when he averaged 17.1 points and 10 rebounds,
was first-team AII-ACC and helped Duke finish 30-6
CHANGERS
$26. 95, John F.
Blair, Publ i sher
Erasing the color line
Born in Gastonia, Leonard Hamilton
left ACC country to play basketball at
Tennessee-Martin and later become
a head coach at Oklahoma State and
Miami in its pre-ACC days and with
the NBAs Washington Wizards. But
he returned as Florida State's head
coach in 2002, and nine seasons later
made a lasting mark on the confer-
ence by becoming the first black to
coach a team to the ACC title.
Hamilton's Seminoles beat North
Carolina for the championship in
2012,46 seasons after Billy Jones of
Maryland became the conference's
first black player (1965-66) and 25
seasons after Bob Wade of Maryland
became the ACC's first black head
coach (1986-87).
Sunshine State statement
Tired of the ACC championship
trophy being the exclusive property
of Duke or North Carolina, Florida
State rose up to upend UNC in the
2012 title game in Atlanta. FSU thus
became the first team other than
Duke or UNC to win the conference
crown since Maryland in 2004.
Miami shook up the old order even
more in 2013, following Florida State's
lead wi th a title-game victory against
Roy Williams'Tar Heels.
OFTHE
DECADE
FSU's Leonard Hamilton
Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
NCAA championship
2010; ACC championships
2010, 2011; NCAA Tourna-
ment 2010,2011,2012,2013
First runner-up
Leonard Hamilton, Florida
State
Second runner-up
Jim Larranaga, Miami
Teams
Notre Dame, Pittsburgh
and Syracuse (all 2013)
Coaches
Steve Donahue (2010)
at Boston College; Brad
Brownell (2010) at Clem-
son; Brian Gregory (2011) at
Georgia Tech; Mark Turgeon
(2011) at Maryland; Jim
Larranaga (2011) at Miami;
Mark Gottfried (2011) at
N.C. State; Mike Brey (2013)
at Notre Dame; Jamie Dixon
(2013) at Pittsburgh; Jim
Boeheim (2013) at Syra-
cuse; James Johnson (2012)
at Virginia Tech; Jeff Bzdelik
(2010) at Wake Forest
Coaches
Al Skinner (Boston Col-
lege, 2010); Oliver Purnell
(Clemson, 2010); Paul He-
wi tt (Georgia Tech, 2011);
Gary Williams (Maryland,
2011); Frank Haith (Miami,
2011); Sidney Lowe (N.C.
State, 2011); Seth Green-
berg (Virginia Tech, 2012);
Dino Gaudio (Wake Forest,
2010)
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NcL|c 0amc - and Lhc pcnd|n_ a|||va| cl
lcu|sv|||c - has b|cu_hL Lhc hCC c|csc Lc lu||
c||c|c. lc|mcd |n IO5J-54 whcn Lhc I-mcmbc|
ScuLhc|n Ccnlc|cncc was dccmcd Lcc |a|_c
and unw|c|dy, Lhc hCC w||| havc I5 schcc|s
p|ay|n_ bas|cLba|| sLa|L|n_ w|Lh Lhc ?0I4-
I5 scascn.
h|mcsL ha|l cl Lhcsc schcc|s ccm-
pcLcd a_a|nsL cach cLhc| |n Lhc B|_
lasL. Sy|acusc was a lcund|n_
mcmbc| |n IOO, and BcsLcn Cc||c_c jc|ncd
by Lhc l||sL scascn cl IOO-80. P|LLsbu|_h lc|-
|cwcd |n IO8?, V|am| |n IOOI, NcL|c 0amc (lc|
bas|cLba||) |n IOO5, \||_|n|a Tcch (lc| bas|cL-
ba||) |n ?000 and lcu|sv|||c |n ?005.
Thc yca|s LhaL Sy|acusc, P|LLsbu|_h, NcL|c
0amc and lcu|sv|||c spcnL |n Lhc B|_ lasL c|-
cvaLcd a|| lcu| p|c_|ams Lc naL|cna| p|cm|-
ncncc. Tc hcnc| Lhc lcu| ncwcsL hCC Lcams,
cxpc|Ls whc havc lc||cwcd Lhcsc p|c_|ams
c|csc|y cvc| Lhc yca|s havc sc|ccLcd a||-L|mc
Lcams l|cmcach.
Thc h||-Sy|acusc Lcam was sc|ccLcd by
R|c| Bcnnc||, a |cn_L|mc spc|Lsw||Lc| w|Lh Lhc
Cha||cLLc Dbsc|vc|, and 0avc 0c|cn, Lhc cx-
ccuL|vc d||ccLc| cl Lhc NaL|cna| Spc|LscasLc|s
and Spc|Lsw||Lc|s hsscc|aL|cn. BcLh aLLcndcd
Sy|acusc.
Thc h||-NcL|c 0amc Lcam was sc|ccLcd by
T|m Bcu||cL, Lhc ass|sLanL d||ccLc| cl aLh|cL|cs
lc| mcd|a |c|aL|cns aL C|cmscn. Bcu||cL has un-
dc|_|aduaLc and masLc|'s dc_|ccs l|cm NcL|c
0amc, and h|s laLhc| has h|s undc|_|aduaLc
dc_|cc l|cmLhc un|vc|s|Ly.
Thc h||-lcu|sv|||c Lcam was sc|ccLcd by R|c|
Bc|ch cl W0RB.ccm |n lcu|sv|||c. Bc|ch ccv-
c|cd lcu|sv|||c bas|cLba|| lc| J4 scascns w|Lh
Lhc lcu|sv|||c Ccu||c|-icu|na|, has aLLcndcd JJ
cl Lhc |asL J4 l|na| lcu|s and |s a mcmbc| cl
Lhc U.S. Bas|cLba|| W||Lc|s la|| cl lamc.
Thc h||-P|LLsbu|_h Lcam was sc|ccLcd by
Sam Scu|||c, a _|aduaLc cl P|LL and auLhc| cl
PanLhc| P||dc. Un|vc|s|Ly cl P|LLsbu|_h Vcn's
Bas|cLba||. lc has wc||cd as Lhc P|LLsbu|_h
spc|Ls-|nlc|maL|cn d||ccLc| and |s Lhc cd|Lc|
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havc a chancc Lc bc spcc|a| _c|n_ lc|wa|d |n Lhc ccnlc|cncc |||c
ncbcdy's cvc| sccn |n ccnlc|cncc p|ay. ~C6th!|mB6ehe|m6I Srtate

Thc b|__csL |mpacL |s L|y|n_ Lc |ccp up w|Lh a|| Lhc namcs cl
Lhc p|ayc|s. lL's 50 ncwp|ayc|s. hlLc| LhaL, l wcu|d say Lhc b|__csL
|mpacL |s ycu'vc _cL Lc lcc| sc||y lc| C|cmscn. Bccausc Lhcy L|y
and L|y and L|y, and Lhcy'vc ncvc| bccn ab|c Lc _cL cvc| Lhc hump.
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a|ca, and |L was ccns|dc|cd B|_ lasL Lc|||Lc|y. Scmc schcc|s, un|css
ycu had a |c|aL|cnsh|p Lc _c LhaL la| nc|Lh, ycu d|dn'L. Ycu'vc _cL
NcL|c 0amc ncw. Sc ncw, |L sc||d|l|cs us as bc|n_ Lhc bcsL bas-
|cLba|| ccnlc|cncc |n Lhc ccunL|y. hnd whcn ycu'|c allc|dcd LhaL
cppc|Lun|Ly, ycu wanL Lc La|c advanLa_c cl |L.
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l jusL Lh|n| |L ma|cs w|nn|n_ scmc ba|| _amcs LhaL much ha|dc|.
lL's _cLL|n_ Lc Lhc pc|nL cl bc|n_ ||d|cu|cus, cl ac|css Lhc bca|d
w|nn|n_ ba|| _amcs. Wc jusL adm|LLcd cnc cvc|y-yca|-Lcp-I0
schcc|, Lwc cvc|y-yca|-Lcp ?0 schcc|s, and Lhcn ncxL yca| ancLhc|,
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Lc ma|c |L LhaL much ha|dc|. lL's _c|n_ Lc ma|c |L |ca||y ha|d. BuL
Lhc _ccd Lh|n_ abcuL bas|cLba|| |s LhaL |l ycu'vc _cL Lhc ||_hL c|_hL
p|ayc|s, ycu can p|ay w|Lh anybcdy. Sc LhaL's Lhc sav|n_ _|acc lc| a
schcc| |||c Wa|c lc|csL.
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s|cn Lcams |n Lhc |ca_uc ncwLhan c||_|na| mcmbc|s. l'mncL sc
su|c |L's ncL a ccmb|naL|cn cl Lhc B|_ lasL and Lhc hCC ncw. lL's a|-
mcsL a ccnlc|cncc cl ccnvcn|cncc. l dcn'L |ncwwhaL |L w||| mcan
cn Lhc l|cc|. Thc _cc_|aph|c ccnLc| uscd Lc bc a pcnd |n Vcc|c
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bc |n WcsL \||_|n|a c| scmcLh|n_. l dcn'L Lh|n| Lhc ccnlc|cncc has
a Tcbaccc Rcad scu| anymc|c. ll |L dccs, l dcn'L |ncw, man. lL's jusL
d|llc|cnL. lL's LcLa||y d|llc|cnL.
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lL's _c|n_ Lc c|caLc Lhc mcsL pcwc|lu| bas|cLba|| ccnlc|cncc
LhaL's cvc| bccn sccn -lc| su|c. Ycu La|c Lhc L|ad|L|cna||y sL|cn_
hCC Lcams, and ycu m|x |n pc|cnn|a| pcwc|hcusc and a ccup|c cl
L|mcs naL|cna| champ|cn Sy|acusc, and pc|cnn|a| pcwc|hcusc and
(Lh|cc)-L|mc naL|cna| champ|cn lcu|sv|||c. hnd Lcp Lc bcLLcm, |L's
_c|n_ Lc bc Lhc _|caLcsL ccnlc|cncc cvc| sccn.
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hCC bas|cLba|| pcs|L|vc|y a_a|n. l mcan, ycu |cc| aL Lhc La|||n_
hcads, cspcc|a||y Lhc cncs cn lSPN and Lhc cncs cn CBS cvc|y
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|ca||y Lhc hCC was ||nd cl |c|c_aLcd Lc, 'Dl, |L's Ca|c||na and 0u|c,
buL |L's |ca||y dcwn. lL's ncL whaL |L uscd Lc bc.' hnd ncwycu hca|
Lhcsc samc pccp|c sLa|L|n_ Lc La|| abcuL Lhc hCC bc|n_ ncL cn|y
Lhc bcsL ccnlc|cncc |n Lhc ccunL|y, buL maybc Lhc bcsL cvc|. hnd
LhaL ma|cs mc lcc| _ccd a_a|n, bccausc |L was |ca||y ||nd cl sad Lc
scc whaL Lhc hCC had bcccmc.
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IO84, IO85 and scccnd-LcamIO8J
0rre|| r|II|th: l||sL-Lcam ccnscnsus h||-hmc|-
|ca, l|na| lcu| V\P and VcL|c Ccnlc|cncc p|ayc|
cl Lhc yca| IO80, l||sL-Lcam h||-VcL|c IO8, IOO,
IO80, VcL|c l|cshman cl Lhc yca| IO
| P64ae MtCr: VcL|c Ccnlc|cncc p|ayc| cl Lhc
yca| IO8J, l||sL-Lcam h||-VcL|c IO8J and scccnd-
LcamIO8I
| Perr|t |||t6a: l||sL-Lcam ccnscnsus h||-hmc||ca
IO8O, VcL|c Ccnlc|cncc cc-p|ayc| cl Lhc yca| IO88,
l||sL-Lcam h||-VcL|c IO8, IO88, IO8O and scccnd-
LcamIO85, l|na| lcu| V\PIO85, VcL|c Tcu|namcnL
V\P IO85, IO8O
C det 0ate|4: l||sL-Lcam ccnscnsus h||-hmc||ca
IO5, IO58, l||sL-Lcamh||-VcL|c IO55, IO5, IO58
N6tre0me
Aatt|a Crr: l||sL-Lcam ccnscnsus h||-hmc||ca
IOI and scccnd-Lcam IO0, l||sL-Lcam NhBC h||-
0|sL||cL IO0, IOI
0r|4 P|rert: l||sL-Lcam NhBC h||-0|sL||cL IO85,
IO8, IO88 and scccnd-LcamIO85
| Ke|| r|patk: Scccnd-Lcam ccnscnsus h||-
hmc||ca IOO, IO8I, l||sL-Lcam NhBC h||-0|sL||cL
IOO, IO80, IO8I
| A4r|a0at|e: l||sL-Lcam ccnscnsus h||-hmc|-
|ca IO5, IO5, Na|sm|Lh Bas|cLba|| la|| cl lamc
?008, l||sL-LcamNhBC h||-0|sL||cL IO5, IO5
C!6haShamte: l||sL-Lcamccnscnsus h||-hmc||ca
IO4, l||sL-Lcam NhBC h||-0|sL||cL IO4 and Lh||d-
LcamIOJ
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06a Heaa6a: l||sL-Lcam ccnscnsus h||-hmc||ca
IO58 and scccnd-Lcam IO5O, NhBC a||-|c_|cn IO5,
IO58
Bra4|a Ka|ht: B|_ lasL cc-p|ayc| cl Lhc yca|,
l||sL-Lcam h||-B|_ lasL and h||-B|_ lasL Tcu|na-
mcnL ?00?
| B|||Ka|ht: Scccnd-Lcamccnscnsus h||-hmc|-
|ca IO4, NhBC h||-Rc_|cn IOJ, IO4
| Chr|et Sm|th: B|_ lasL p|ayc| cl Lhc yca| IO88,
l||sL-Lcam h||-B|_ lasL IO8, IO88, B|_ lasL l|csh-
man cl Lhc yca| IO85
|0e!aaB||r: l||sL-Lcamccnscnsus h||-hmc||ca,
B|_ lasL cc-p|ayc| cl Lhc yca| and l||sL-Lcam h||-
B|_ lasL ?00O
Srtate
0re B|a: l||sL-Lcam ccnscnsus h||-hmc||ca
IO55, Na|sm|Lh Bas|cLba|| la|| cl lamc IOO0
Sherma 06a|t: Scccnd-Lcam ccnscnsus h||-
hmc||ca IO80, l||sL-Lcam h||-B|_ lasL IO8, IO88,
IO8O, h||-B|_ lasL Tcu|namcnL IO8, IO88, IO8O and
Lcu|namcnL V\P IO88
| B||| 0Weat: l||sL-Lcam ccnscnsus h||-hmc||ca
IOOI, l||sL-Lcamh||-B|_ lasL IOO0, IOOI and B|_ lasL
p|ayc| cl Lhc yca| IOOI
| Crme|6 Aath6a: Scccnd-Lcam ccnscnsus
h||-hmc||ca, l||sL-Lcam h||-B|_ lasL and B|_ lasL
|cc||c cl Lhc yca| ?00J
C 0Wae C6|ema: l||sL-Lcam ccnscnsus h||-
hmc||ca and B|_ lasL p|ayc| cl Lhc yca| IOO0, l||sL-
Lcam h||-B|_ lasL IO88, IO8O, IOO0 and Lh||d-Lcam
IO8, l||sL-Lcamh||-B|_ lasL Tcu|namcnL IOO0
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pca|cd wc|| cn |Ls way Lc Nc. 8O whcn |L bu||L |cads cl I pc|nLs |n
Lhc l||sL ha|l and II |n Lhc scccnd. BuL Lhc l||sh cau_hL l||c |aLc Lc
scc|c I? sL|a|_hL pc|nLs and cvc|La|c Lhc B|u|ns cn 0w|_hL C|ay's I8
lccLc| w|Lh I? scccnds |clL. Thc |css was UClh's l||sL s|ncc an 8O-8?
|css aL NcL|c 0amc cn ian. ?J, IOI.
|6a|tr|||e 59, 0C|A54: |t, l/, J9, |1|pc||:
Bclc|c Lhc|c was Ph| S|amma iamma aL lcusLcn, Lhc lcu|sv|||c
0ccLc|s cl 0un| sca|cd Lc Lhc schcc|'s l||sL naL|cna| champ|cnsh|p.
lcad|n_ Lhc way lc| Ccach 0cnny C|um's Lcam was |cca| sLa| 0a||c||
0||ll|Lh, a scn|c| whc pcu|cd |n ?J pc|nLs Lc bcaL UClh, ccachcd by
la||y B|cwn. Rcdncy VcC|ay ch|ppcd |n II pc|nLs and n|nc |cbcunds.
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scn, lc|bc|L C|cc| and V||L Wa_nc|. l|||scn un|cadcd lc| ?5 pc|nLs
and II |cbcunds, C|cc| had I0 pc|nLs and I? |cbcunds, and Thcmp-
scn ccnL||buLcd IJ pc|nLs and lcu| |cbcunds, buL |L was Lhc Lwc
l|cc Lh|cws by Wa_nc| w|Lh Lwc scccnds |clL LhaL c||nchcd 0cnny
C|um's scccnd naL|cna| L|L|c aL lcu|sv|||c.
Srtate B!, Katt IB: /p||| l, l99I, NwO||:
i|m Bcchc|m's scccnd L||p Lc Lhc B|_ lasy Lc p|ay lc| Lhc naL|cna|
champ|cnsh|p Lu|ncd cuL bcLLc| Lhan Lhc l||sL. ThaL was |n IO8,
whcn lc|Lh Sma|L's |c_cnda|y bas|cL ||lLcd lnd|ana Lc a 4-J v|cLc-
|y. Th|s L|mc Sy|acusc and Bcchc|m su|v|vcd a w||d l|n|sh whcn la-
||m Wa|||c| b|cc|cd a pcLcnL|a| Ly|n_ jumpc| by V|chac| lcc aL Lhc
buc|. l|cshman Ca|mc|c hnLhcny |cd Lhc D|an_c w|Lh ?0 pc|nLs
and I0 |cbcunds, and 0c||y VcNama|a ccnL||buLcd I8 pc|nLs.
P|tttbarhI6, C6aaett|tat 6B: |a. , l99J,
H|t|c|1, Cc.
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p|aycd |n. lL a|sc p|cvcd Lc bc cnc cl Lhc mcsL _|aL|ly|n_ as B|a||
amasscd ?? pc|nLs and ?J |cbcunds Lc |cad Lhc Nc. 4 PanLhc|s Lc
Lhc|| l||sL v|cLc|y cvc| a_a|nsL a Nc. I-|an|cd Lcam. Thc PanLhc|s,
ccachcd by iam|c 0|xcn, |cpL |c|||n_ unL|| Lhcy |cachcd Lhc NChh's
l|na| l|_hL lc| Lhc l||sL L|mc s|ncc IO4. Thcy cvcnLua||y wc|c c||m|-
naLcd by ancLhc| B|_ lasL ||va|, \|||ancva, 8-5.
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Dn Lhc day hc was |nducLcd |nLc Lhc Bas|cLba|| la|| cl lamc, R|c|
P|L|nc bccamc Lhc l||sL ccach cLhc| Lhan 0cnny C|um Lc d||ccL Lhc
Ca|d|na|s Lc a naL|cna| champ|cnsh|p. lu|c lanccc| d|a|ncd a|| l|vc
cl h|s J-pc|nL shcLs Lc |cad Lhc way w|Lh ?? pc|nLs, buL Chanc Bc-
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The addition of Syracuse, Pittsburgh and
Notre Dame - and the pending arrival of
Louisville - has brought the ACC close to full
circle. Formed in 1953-54 when the 17-member
Southern Conference was deemed too large
and unwieldy, the ACC will have 15 schools
playing basketball starting with the 2014-
15 season.
Almost half of those schools com-
peted against each other in the Big
East. Syracuse was a founding
member in 1979, and Boston College joined
by the first season of 1979-80. Pittsburgh fol-
lowed in 1982, Miami in 1991, Notre Dame (for
basketball) in 1995, Virginia Tech (for basket-
ball) in 2000 and Louisville in 2005.
The years that Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Notre
Dame and Louisville spent in the Big East el-
evated all four programs to national promi-
nence. To honor the four newest ACC teams,
experts who have followed those programs
closely over the years have selected all-time
teams from each.
The All-Syracuse team was selected by
Rick Bonnell, a longtime sportswriter with the
Charlotte Observer, and Dave Goren, the ex-
ecutive director of the National Sportscasters
and Sportswriters Association. Both attended
Syracuse.
Compiled by Dan Collins
The All-Notre Dame team was selected by
Tim Bourret, the assistant director of athletics
for media relations at Clemson. Bourret has un-
dergraduate and master's degrees from Notre
Dame, and his father has his undergraduate
degree from the university.
The All-Louisville team was selected by Rick
Bozich of WDRB.com in Louisville. Bozich cov-
ered Louisville basketball for 34 seasons with
the Louisville Courier-Journal, has attended 33
of the last 34 Final Fours and is a member of
the U.S. Basketball Writers Hall of Fame.
The All-Pittsburgh team was selected by
Sam Scuillo, a graduate of Pitt and author of
"Panther Pride: University of Pittsburgh Men's
Basketball." He has worked as the Pittsburgh
sports-information director and is the editor
of Inside Panthers Sports.
NEWCOMER OFTHENEWERA
Louisville
G Milt Wagner: First-team All-Metro Conference
1984,1986 and second-team 1983
G Darrell Griffith: First-team consensus All-Amer-
ica, Final Four MVP and Metro Conference player
of the year 1980; first-team All-Metro 1978,1979,
1980; Metro freshman of the year 1977
F Rodney McCray: Metro Conference player of the
year 1983; first-team All-Metro 1983 and second-
team 1981
FPervis Ellison: First-team consensus All-America
1989; Metro Conference co-player of the year 1988;
first-team All-Metro 1987,1988,1989 and second-
team 1986; Final Four MVP 1986; Metro Tournament
MVP 1986,1989
CWesUnseld: First-team consensus All-America
19671968, First-team All-Metro 1966,19671968
Notre Dame
G Austin Carr: First-team consensus All-America
1971 and second-team 1970; first-team NABC All-
District 1970,1971
G David Rivers: First-team NABC All-District 1986,
19871988 and second-team 1985
F Kelly Tripucka: Second-team consensus All-
America 1979, 1981; first-team NABC All-District
1979,1980,1981
F Adrian Dantley: First-team consensus All-Amer-
ica 1975,1976; Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
2008; first-team NABC All-District 1975,1976
C John Shumate: First-team consensus All-America
1974; first-team NABC All-District 1974 and third-
team 1973
Pittsburgh
GDonHennon: First-team consensus All-America
1958 and second-team 1959; NABC all-region 1957,
1958
G Brandin Knight: Big East co-player of the year,
first-team All-Big East and All-Big East Tourna-
ment 2002
F Billy Knight: Second-team consensus All-Amer-
ica 1974; NABC All-Region 1973,1974
F Charles Smith: Big East player of the year 1988;
first-team All-Big East 1987 1988; Big East fresh-
man of the year 1985
FDeJuanBlair: First-team consensus All-America,
Big East co-player of the year and first-team All-
Big East 2009
Syracuse
G Dave Bing: First-team consensus All-America
1966; Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame 1990
G Sherman Douglas: Second-team consensus All-
America 1980; first-team All-Big East 1987 1988,
1989; All-Big East Tournament 19871988,1989 and
tournament MVP 1988
F Billy Owens: First-team consensus All-America
1991; first-team All-Big East 1990,1991 and Big East
player of the year 1991
F Carmelo Anthony: Second-team consensus
All-America, first-team All-Big East and Big East
rookie of the year 2003
C Dwayne Coleman: First-team consensus All-
America and Big East player of the year 1990; first-
team All-Big East 1988,1989,1990 and third-team
1987; first-team All-Big East Tournament 1990
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"You've taken two great conferences, and you've brought really
the best of the Big East into this great conference. I just think we
have a chance to be special going forward in the conference like
nobody's ever seen in conference play." -Coach Jim Boeheim of Syracuse
"The biggest impact is trying to keep up with all the names of
the players. It's 50 new players. After that, I would say the biggest
impact is you've got to feel sorry for Clemson. Because they try
and try and try, and they've never been able to get over the hump.
They've gotten close. And now you pile on four basketball-oriented
schools. Not fair." - Barry Jacobs, author and ACC historian
"For me (the biggest impact is) recruiting. Conference-wise,
you're extended. For the longest time, you'd get up in the New York
area, and it was considered Big East territory. Some schools, unless
you had a relationship to go that far north, you didn't. You've got
Notre Dame now. So now, it solidifies us as being the best bas-
ketball conference in the country. And when you're afforded that
opportunity, you want to take advantage of it."
- Randolph Childress, Wake Forest assistant
"I just think it makes winning some ball games that much harder.
It's getting to the point of being ridiculous, of across the board
winning ball games. We just admitted one every-year-top-10
school, two every-year-top 20 schools, and then next year another,
right now, every-year-top-10 school. So for Wake Forest, it's going
to make it that much harder. It's going to make it really hard. But
the good thing about basketball is that if you've got the right eight
players, you can play with anybody. So that's the saving grace for a
school like Wake Forest."
- Richard Carmichael, former Wake Forest player and current
Wake Forest faculty representative for athletics
NEWCOMER!
Notre Dame 71, UCLA 70: Jan. 19,1974, South Bend, Ind.
John Wooden's juggernaut had won 88 straight games and ap-
peared well on its way to No. 89 when it built leads of 17 points in
the first half and 11 in the second. But the Irish caught fire late to
score 12 straight points and overtake the Bruins on Dwight Clay's 18
footer with 12 seconds left. The loss was UCLA's first since an 89-82
loss at Notre Dame on Jan. 23,1971.
Louisville 59, UCLA 54: March, 24,1980, Indianapolis
Before there was Phi Slamma Jamma at Houston, the Louisville
"Doctors of Dunk" soared to the school's first national championship.
Leading the way for Coach Denny Crum's team was local star Darrell
Griffith, a senior who poured in 23 points to beat UCLA, coached by
Larry Brown. Rodney McCray chipped in 11 points and nine rebounds.
Louisville 72, Duke 69: March 31,1986, Dallas
Awaiting Duke in its first trip to the Final Four with Mike Krzyzews-
ki as head coach were Pervis "Never Nervous" Ellison, Billy Thomp-
son, Herbert Crook and Milt Wagner. Ellison unloaded for 25 points
and 11 rebounds, Crook had 10 points and 12 rebounds, and Thomp-
son contributed 13 points and four rebounds, but it was the two
free throws by Wagner with two seconds left that clinched Denny
Crum's second national title at Louisville.
Syracuse 81, Kansas 78: April 7, Z003, New Orleans
Jim Boeheim's second trip to the Big Easy to play for the national
championship turned out better than the first. That was in 1987,
when Keith Smart's legendary basket lifted Indiana to a 74-73 victo-
ry. This time Syracuse and Boeheim survived a wild finish when Ha-
kim Warrick blocked a potential tying jumper by Michael Lee at the
buzzer. Freshman Carmelo Anthony led the Orange with 20 points
and 10 rebounds, and Gerry McNamara contributed 18 points.
"The first thing that jumps out at you is there are more expan-
sion teams in the league now than original members. I'm not so
sure it's not a combination of the Big East and the ACC now. It's al-
most a conference of convenience. I don't know what it will mean
on the floor. The geographic center used to be a pond in Moore
County, you know? Now I don't know where that would be. It may
be in West Virginia or something. I don't think the conference has
a Tobacco Road soul anymore. If it does, I don't know, man. It's just
different. It's totally different."
- Ed Hardin, Greensboro News & Record sports columnist
"It's going to create the most powerful basketball conference
that's ever been seen - for sure. You take the traditionally strong
ACC teams, and you mix in perennial powerhouse and a couple of
times national champion Syracuse, and perennial powerhouse and
(three)-time national champion Louisville. And top to bottom, it's
going to be the greatest conference ever seen."
- Bill Hass, retired sportswriter who spent 40 years
wi t h the Greensboro News & Record
"To me, I think the biggest impact is people are talking about
ACC basketball positively again. I mean, you look at the talking
heads, especially the ones on ESPN and the ones on CBS every
Saturday morning, and it's the Big Ten, and it's the Big East. And
really the ACC was kind of relegated to, 'OK, it's Carolina and Duke,
but it's really down. It's not what it used to be.' And now you hear
these same people starting to talk about the ACC being not only
the best conference in the country, but maybe the best ever. And
that makes me feel good again, because it was really kind of sad to
see what the ACC had become."
- Brett Friedlander, longtime ACC sportswriter wi t h
the Wilmington Star-News and Fayetteville Observer
Notre Dame ended UCLA's 88-game winning
streak in 1974 on this shot by Dwight Clay with 12 seconds left.
Pittsburgh 76, Connecticut 68: Feb. 16,2009,
Hartford, Conn.
DeJuan Blair of Pitt called it the most physical game he ever
played in. It also proved to be one of the most gratifying as Blair
amassed 22 points and 23 rebounds to lead the No. 4 Panthers to
their first victory ever against a No. Ranked team. The Panthers,
coached by Jamie Dixon, kept rolling until they reached the NCAA's
Final Eight for the first time since 1974. They eventually were elimi-
nated by another Big East rival, Villanova, 78-76.
Louisville 82, Michigan 76: April 8, Z013, Atlanta
On the day he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, Rick
Pitino became the first coach other than Denny Crum to direct the
Cardinals to a national championship. Luke Hancock drained all five
of his 3-point shots to lead the way with 22 points, but Chane Be-
hanan anchored the inside with 15 points and 12 rebounds, and point
guard Peyton Siva had 18 points, six rebounds and five assists.
CASSANDRA SHERRILL
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