Two Tigers Named to ACC 50th Anniversary Basketball Team

Sept. 26, 2002

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Atlantic Coast Conference 50th Anniversary Basketball Team was announced today by Commissioner John Swofford. The 50-member team was voted on by a 120-member blue-ribbon committee that was selected by the league’s 50th Anniversary Committee.

North Carolina led all league schools with 12 members on the Golden Anniversary team while Duke was second with 11 honorees. Maryland had eight players selected, followed by Wake Forest (5), Georgia Tech and NC State (4), Virginia (3), Clemson (2) and South Carolina with one. The 50th Anniversary team includes:

17 players who earned National Player of the Year honors atotal of 22 times. 27 players who earned consensus 1st teamAll-America honors a total of 38 times. 18 players who werethree-time first-team All-ACC selections. 48 players were firstround selections in either the annual NBA or ABA draft, including 9players who were the first overall selection in that year’s draft.7 players who earned Academic All-American honors. ClemsonSelections:

Horace Grant, Clemson (1984-1987) ACC Player of the Year, Clemson’s only ACC Player of the Year ever in basketball in 1986-87 … The ACC’s first “Triple Crown” winner, he led the ACC in scoring, field goal percentage and rebounding in 1986-87 (Tim Duncan is the only other ACC player in history to do that) … Shot 65.6 percent from the field, third best in ACC history for a season and third in the nation in 1986-87 when he led the Tigers to a school record 24 wins … First Clemson player to average over 20 points per game since Butch Zatezalo in 1969-70 … Second-team All-American by AP, UPI and Sporting News his senior year, just the second Clemson player in history to be a second-team All-American … Veteran of 14 years in the NBA, he has won three World Championship Rings … first-round draft choice in 1987…still playing with the Orlando Magic

Wayne “Tree” Rollins, Clemson (1974-1977) Third-team All-American for Clemson in 1976-77 according to Associated Press … Three-time second-team All-ACC selection … Clemson’s career rebounding leader with 1311, he is fourth in ACC history … Second ranked in ACC history in blocked shots with 450, first on a per game basis … Only Clemson player to average a double-double four straight seasons … Played 18 years in the NBA…now the head coach of the Greenville Groove of the NBA Development League.

The ACC’s 50th Anniversary Basketball team, in alphabetical order, is as follows:

Kenny Anderson	Georgia Tech 1990-1991	Rego Park, N.Y.
Shane Battier	Duke 1998-2001	Birmingham, Mich.
Len Bias	Maryland 1983-1986	Landover, Md.
Elton Brand	Duke 1998-1999	Peekskill, N.Y.
Tom Burleson	NC State 1971-1974	Newland, N.C.
Len Chappell	Wake Forest 1960-1962	Portage, Pa.
Randolph Childress	Wake Forest 1991, 1993-1995	Clinton, Md.
Billy Cunningham	North Carolina 1963-1965	Brooklyn, N.Y.
Brad Daugherty	North Carolina 1983-1986	Black Mountain, N.C.
Charlie Davis	Wake Forest 1969-1971	New York, N.Y.
Walter Davis	North Carolina 1974-1977	Pineville, N.C.
Johnny Dawkins	Duke 1983-1986	Washington, D.C.
Juan Dixon	Maryland 1999-2002	Baltimore, Md.
Tim Duncan	Wake Forest 1994-1997	St. Croix, Virgin Islands
Len Elmore	Maryland 1972-1974	Springfield Gardens, N.Y.
Danny Ferry	Duke 1986-1989	Bowie, Md.
Phil Ford	North Carolina 1975-1978	Rocky Mount, N.C.
Mike Gminski	Duke 1977-1980	Monroe, Conn.
Horace Grant	Clemson 1984-1987	Sparta, Ga.
Matt Harpring	Georgia Tech 1995-1998	Dunwoody, Ga.
Dickie Hemric	Wake Forest 1952-1955	Jonesville, N.C.
Art Heyman	Duke 1961-1963	Rockville Center, N.Y.
Grant Hill	Duke 1991-1994	Reston, Va.
Bobby Hurley	Duke 1990-1993	Jersey City, N.J.
Antawn Jamison	North Carolina 1996-1998	Charlotte, N.C.
Bobby Jones	North Carolina 1972-1974	Charlotte, N.C.
Michael Jordan	North Carolina 1982-1984	Wilmington, N.C.
Albert King	Maryland 1978-1981	Brooklyn, N.Y.
Christian Laettner	Duke 1989-1992	Angola, N.Y.
Jeff Lamp	Virginia 1978-1981	Louisville, Ky.
John Lucas	Maryland 1973-1976	Durham, N.C.
Tom McMillen	Maryland 1972-1974	Mansfield, Pa.
Larry Miller	North Carolina 1966-1968	Catasauqua, Pa.
Rodney Monroe	NC State 1988-1991	Hagerstown, Md.
Jeff Mullins	Duke 1962-1964	Lexington, Ky.
Barry Parkhill	Virginia 1971-1973	State College, Pa.
Sam Perkins	North Carolina 1981-1984	Latham, N.Y.
Mark Price	Georgia Tech 1983-1986	Enid, Okla.
John Roche	South Carolina 1969-1971	The Bronx, N.Y.
Wayne “Tree” Rollins	Clemson 1974-1977	Cordele, Ga.
Lennie Rosenbluth	North Carolina 1954-1957	New York, N.Y.
Ralph Sampson	Virginia 1980-1983	Harrisonburg, Va.
Charles Scott	North Carolina 1968-1970	New York, N.Y.
Dennis Scott	Georgia Tech 1988-1990	Reston, Va.
Ron Shavlik	NC State 1954-1956	Denver, Colo.
Joe Smith	Maryland 1994-1995	Norfolk, Va.
David Thompson	NC State 1973-1975	Shelby, N.C.
Buck Williams	Maryland 1979-1981	Rocky Mount, N.C.
Jason Williams	Duke 2000-2002	Plainfield, N.J.
James Worthy	North Carolina 1980-1982	Gastonia, N.C.