186 The ACC Tournament

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1 186 The ACC Tournament ACC Tournament Progression Chart 1st Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Total Pct. Duke North Carolina NC State Maryland Georgia Tech Wake Forest Virginia Florida State Clemson Miami Virginia Tech South Carolina NC State s Ronnie Shavlik had 24 points and 21 rebounds in the 1955 ACC Tournament title game against Duke and was named Tournament MVP. Top 5 Scoring Games 45.. Lenny Rosenbluth, UNC vs. Clem Buzz Wilkinson, UVa vs. Duke, Grady Wallace, USC vs. Duke, Charlie Scott, UNC vs. Virginia, Randolph Childress, WF vs. Duke, Charlie Scott, UNC vs. Duke, 1969 Top 5 Rebound Games John Richter, NC State vs. USC, Tim Duncan, WF vs. GaT, Ron Shavlik, NCS vs. Duke, Lee Shaffer, UNC vs. Clem., Kenny Carr, NCS vs. Md., 1977 Consecutive Wins Duke, North Carolina, NC State, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Wake Forest, Consecutive Losses Clemson, Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Wake Forest, ACC Tournament Record Year by Year Year Clm. Duke FSU GaT Md. UM UNC NCS USC UVa VT WF x x 1-1 x x x x 0-1 x x x x 0-1 x x x x 1-1 x x x x 3-0 x x x x 0-1 x x x x 0-1 x x x x 1-1 x DNP x x x 0-1 x x x x 0-1 x x x x 0-1 x x x x 1-1 x x x x 0-1 x x x x 0-1 x x x x 0-1 x x x x 0-1 x x x x 0-1 x x x x 0-1 x x x x 2-1 x x 1-1 x x x 2-1 x x 1-1 x x x 2-1 x x 1-1 x x x 0-1 x x 0-1 x x x 1-1 x x 3-0 x x x 0-1 x x 2-1 x x x 1-1 x x 0-1 x x x 1-1 x x 0-1 x x x x 0-1 x x x x 1-1 x x x x 2-1 x x x x 2-1 x x x x 0-1 x x x x 0-1 x x x x 1-1 x x x x 1-1 x x x x 0-1 x x x x 1-1 x x x x 2-1 x x 0-1 DNP x x 1-1 x x x 0-1 x x x 1-1 x x x 2-1 x x x 1-1 x x x 0-1 x x x 0-1 x x X 0-1 x x x 0-1 x x x 0-1 x x x 0-1 x x x 0-1 x x x 0-1 x x x 1-1 x x

2 The ACC Tournament 187 ACC Tournament Individual Records Points Scored Game by Len Rosenbluth, UNC vs. Clem. (QF), 1957 Two Games by Len Chappell, WF vs. Md. (33), Duke (34), 1961 by Junior Burrough, UVa vs. GaT (36), WF (31), 1995 Tournament by Randolph Childress, WF vs. Duke (40), UVa (30), UNC (37), 1995 Quarterfinals by Len Rosenbluth, UNC vs. Clem., 1957 Semifinals by Len Chappell, WF vs. USC, 1962 Finals by Charlie Scott, UNC vs. Duke, 1969 Rebounds Game by John Richter, NCS vs. USC (QF), 1959 Two Games by Tim Duncan, WF vs. GaT (22), Clemson (15), 1996 Tournament by Tim Duncan, WF vs. GaT (22), Clemson (15), Virginia (19), 1996 Quarterfinals by John Ritcher, NCS vs. USC, 1959 Semifinals by Art Heyman, Duke vs. Clem., 1962 Finals by Tim Duncan, WF vs. GaT, 1996 Assists Game by Larry Brown, UNC vs. USC (QF), 1963 by Bobby Hurley, Duke vs. Md. (SF), 1992; Drew Barry, GaT vs. Clem. (SF), 1993 Two Games by John Johnson, UVa vs. GaT (8) & UNC (12), by Steve Blake, Md. vs. WF (9) & Duke (11), 2001 Tournament by Ed Cota, UNC vs. GaT (9), Md. (9), & Duke (11), 1999 Quarterfinals by Bobby Hurley, Duke vs. Md., 1992; by Larry Brown UNC vs. USC, 1963 Semifinals by John Johnson, UVa vs. UNC, 1987 Finals by Bobby Hurley, Duke vs. UNC, 1992 & Ed Cota, UNC vs. Duke, 1999 Field Goals Made Game by Len Rosenbluth, UNC vs. Clem. (QF), 1957 Two Games by David Thompson, NCS vs. UVa (16) & Md. (10), 1974 Tournament by Len Rosenbluth, UNC vs. Clem. (19), WF (8) & USC (15), 1957 Quarterfinals by Len Rosenbluth, UNC vs. Clem., 1957 Semifinals by David Thompson, NCS vs. UVa, 1974 Finals by Tommy Burleson, NCS vs. Md., 1974 Free Throws Made Game by Charlie Scott, UNC vs. UVa (QF), 1970 Two Games by Art Heyman, Duke vs. Md. (12) & Clem. (13), 1962 Tournament by Len Chappell, WF vs. UVa (8), USC (14) & Clem. (11), 1962 Quarterfinals by Charlie Scott, UNC vs. UVa, 1970 Semifinals by Phil Ford, UNC vs. Clem., 1975 Finals by four players, last by Mike Gminski, Duke vs. WF, 1978 Field Goals Attempted Game...44 by Buzz Wilkinson, UVa vs. Duke (QF), 1954 Two Games by Walt Williams, Md. vs. Clem. (28), Duke (29), 1992 Tournament by Len Rosenbluth, UNC vs. Clem. (31), WF (15) & USC (25), 1957 Quarterfinals by Buzz Wilkinson, UVa vs. Duke, 1954 Semifinals by Buzz Wilkinson, UVa vs. Duke, 1955 Finals by Grady Wallace, USC vs. UNC, 1957 Free Throws Attempted Game...22 by Buzz Wilkinson, UVa vs. Duke (QF), 1954 Two Games by Buzz Wilkinson, UVa vs. Md. (16) & Duke (13), 1955 Tournament by Grady Wallace, USC vs. Duke (17), Md. (15) & UNC (11), 1957 Quarterfinals by Tim Duncan, WF vs. Florida State, 1997 Semifinals by Phil Ford, UNC vs. Clem., 1975 Finals by Len Chappell, WF vs. Clem., 1962 Three-Point Field Goals Made - Game... 9 by Randolph Childress, WF vs. UNC (F), 1995 Attempted - Game by Randolph Childress, WF vs. UNC (F), 1995 Made - Tournament by Randolph Childress, WF vs. UNC (9), UVa (6), Duke (8), 1995 Attempted by Randolph Childress, WF vs UNC (17), UVa (15), Duke (12), 1995

3 188 The ACC Tournament ACC Tournament Team Records Single Game - One Team Points - Quarterfinals by Md. vs. NCSU (108), 1978; by UVa vs. Duke (66), 1983 Points - Semifinals by Maryland vs. North Carolina (85), 1974 Points - Finals by N.C. State vs. Maryland (100), 1974 Fewest Points - Quarterfinals by Maryland vs. N.C. State (40), 1982 Fewest Points - Semifinals by Duke vs. N.C. State (12), 1968 Fewest Points - Finals by South Carolina vs. N.C. State (42), 1970 Victory Margin - Quarterfinals by Wake Forest (80) vs. Maryland (41), 1963 Victory Margin - Semifinals by North Carolina (88) vs. Maryland (58), 1983 Victory Margin - Finals by North Carolina (87) vs. N.C. State (50), 1968 Highest FG Percentage by Duke vs. North Carolina, SF (33x46), 1980 Highest FT Percentage by five teams, last by Florida State vs. W. Forest, QF, 2002 Lowest FG Percentage by Duke vs. N.C. State, SF (2x11), 1968 Lowest FT Percentage by Virginia vs. Wake Forest, QF (4x16), 1962 FGs Made by Maryland (77 att.) vs. N.C. State, F, 1974 FGs Attempted by Duke (29 m) vs. NCS, F, 1955; by NCS (45 m) vs. Md., QF, 1978 Free Throws Made by Maryland (52 att.) vs. North Carolina, F, 1958 Free Throws Attempted by Maryland (45 made) vs. North Carolina, F, 1958 Three-Point FGs Made by Duke (29 att.) vs. Clemson, 1stR, 2000 Three-Point FGs Attempted by Wake Forest (15 made) vs. North Carolina, F, 1995 Fewest Field Goals Made... 2 by Duke (11 att.) vs. N.C. State, SF, 1968 Fewest Field Goals Attempted by Duke (2 made) vs. N.C. State, SF, 1969 Fewest Free Throws Made... 1 by Virginia (1 att.) vs. North Carolina, F, by Virginia (3 att.) vs. Wake Forest, QF, 1984 Fewest Free Throws Attempted...1 by Virginia (1 made) vs. North Carolina, F, 1982 Most Rebounds by Duke vs. South Carolina, QF, 1955 Fewest Rebounds... 9 by North Carolina vs. Duke, SF, 1966 Assists by Maryland vs. Florida State, QF, 2000 Single Game - Two Teams Most Points by Maryland (109) vs. N.C. State (108), QF, 1978 Fewest Points by N.C. State (12) vs. Duke (10), SF, 1968 Highest FG Percentage by N.C. State (35x63) vs. Virginia (35x57), QF, 1957 Highest FT Percentage by North Carolina (22x23) vs. Maryland (25x28), SF, 1979 Lowest FG Percentage by N.C. State (4x13) vs. Duke (2x11), SF, 1968 Lowest FT Percentage by Maryland (23x43) vs. Clemson (19x43), QF, 1954 Field Goals Made by Maryland (47) vs. Duke (44), F, 1974 Field Goals Attempted by Duke (99) vs. Virginia (91), QF, 1954 Free Throws Made by N.C. State (37) vs. Duke (33), SF, 1956 Free Throws Attempted by Maryland (43) vs. Clemson (43), QF, 1954 by Virginia (47) vs. North Carolina (39), QF, 1970 Three-Point FGs Made by Duke (17) vs. Clemson (8), 1stR, 2000 Three-Point FGs Attempted by Wake Forest (34) vs. North Carolina (22), F, 1995 Fewest Field Goals Made... 6 by N.C. State (4) vs. Duke (2), SF, 1968 Fewest Field Goals Attempted by N.C. State (13) vs. Duke (11), SF, 1968 Fewest Free Throws Made... 6 by North Carolina (5) vs. Virginia (1), F, 1982 Fewest Free Throws Attempted... 6 by North Carolina (5) vs. Virginia (1), F, 1982 Tournament - One Team (minimum 2 games) Points Scored by Maryland, 1974 Fewest Points by N.C. State, 1968 Best FG Percentage by Duke (97x167), 1969 Field Goals Made by Maryland, 1975 Field Goals Attempted by Duke, 1955 Three-Point FGs Made by Wake Forest (85 att.), 1995 Three-Point FGs Attempted by Wake Forest (41 made), 1995 Best FT Percentage by Duke, 1978 Free Throws Made by N.C. State, 1956 Free Throws Attempted by N.C. State, 1954 Rebounds by N.C. State, 1955 Assists by Maryland, 1984

4 The ACC Tournament 189 TOURNAMENT NOTES A Family Affair Clemson s Mahaffey quartet hold all existing records for brother participation in the ACC Tournament... the four LaGrange, Ga., brothers played in nine of the 10 ACC Tournaments between 1960 and Tom was the first ( ) followed by Donnie ( ), Randy ( ) and finally Richie ( & 1970)... Richie injured a shoulder early in the 1969 season, was redshirted and missed the 1969 tournament... Tom and Donnie played together under Press Maravich in 1962 while Randy and Richie were a Tiger twosome under Bobby Roberts in all four Mahaffeys are among Clemson s top 10 career rebound leaders. Buzz Bombs Away Virginia s All-America guard Buzz Wilkinson set an ACC Tournament record when he attempted 66 shots in a first round loss to Duke in the 1954 tournament... the Pineville, W.Va., junior scored a game-high 42 points hitting on 13 of 44 from the floor and 16 of 22 from the charity stripe... in his three career ACC Tournament games, Wilkinson averaged 39 field goal attempts and 17 free throw attempts per game. WRAL to the Rescue The 1960 Tournament featured two firsts: for the first time since the ACC was formed in 1953, there was not a top 10 team in the national rankings - North Carolina was No. 16 and Wake Forest No on the Wednesday prior to the Tournament there was a seveninch snow fall and for the first time there was live television with all of the Thursday games done by Channel 5 (WRAL) of Raleigh, arranged as an emergency. First The University of Maryland had the first black basketball players in the ACC... Billy Jones of Towson, Md., and Pete Johnson of Seat Pleasant, Md., both received scholarships and played for the school s 1965 freshmen team... Jones, a 6-1 guard, became the first black player in Tournament history, scoring three points in 16 minutes in a first round loss to North Carolina in the 1966 tournament... Johnson, also a 6-1 guard, redshirted his sophomore year before becoming a three-year starter in Johnson became Maryland s No. 5 all-time scorer at the time (987 points) under coaches Bud Millikan and Frank Fellows. ACC Tournament Series Records CU DU FS GT MD UM NC NCS VA VT WF SC Clemson... # Duke # Florida State # Georgia Tech # Maryland # Miami # North Carolina # NC State # Virginia # Virginia Tech # Wake Forest # 3-1 South Carolina # Tournament W-L Records by Site (Parenthesis denotes ACC Titles) Raleigh Greensboro Charlotte Washington,D.C. Atlanta Clemson... (0) 3-13 (0) 5-20 (0) 3-11 (0) 2-4 (0) 1-4 Duke... (4) 23-9 (5) (4) 18-7 (1) 3-3 (1) 6-3 Florida State... (0) 0-0 (0) 1-6 (0) 4-6 (0) 0-1 (0) 0-1 Georgia Tech... (0) 0-0 (0) 5-11 (2) 7-6 (0) 2-3 (1) 5-3 Maryland... (1) 7-12 (2) (0) 6-10 (0) 3-4 (0) 2-4 Miami... (0) 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0) 0-1 (0) 0-0 N. Carolina... (1) (7) (4) 18-7 (1) 7-3 (1) 8-3 NC State... (5) 20-8 (2) (1) (1) 5-3 (1) 4-3 Virginia... (0) 2-13 (0) (0) 7-11 (1) 6-3 (0) 3-4 Virginia Tech... (0) 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0) 0-1 (0) 0-0 Wake Forest... (2) (2) (0) 5-11 (0) 2-4 (0) 0-4 S. Carolina... (0) 5-13 (1) 4-1 (0) 4-3 (0) 0-0 (0) 0-0 First & Second Round Results 1 vs. 2 vs. 2 vs. 3 vs. 3 vs. 4 vs. Higher 8/9 7/8 7/10 6 6/11 5 SeedWin Pct Totals Titles by Seed: 1st (24); 2nd (12); 3rd (6); 4th (5); 5th (0); 6th (5); 7th (0); 8th (0); 9th (0) All-Tournament Teams Total 1st Team 2nd Team MVP Last MVP Year Clemson None Duke J.J. Redick Florida State None Georgia Tech James Forrest Maryland John Gilchrist North Carolina Antawn Jamison NC State Vinny Del Negro Virginia Wally Walker Wake Forest Tim Duncan South Carolina John Roche

5 190 The ACC Tournament TOURNAMENT NOTES Attendance The league s inaugural ACC Tournament was held at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, on March 4-6, Tournament session tickets were sold at two prices, $9 and $6. A total of 39,200 fans attended the tournament, but only the Friday semifinals were a sellout. Thursday attracted 6,800 for the afternoon session and 8,500 in the evening. Saturday s championship game between Wake Forest and N.C. State drew 900 under capacity. In all, the league grossed $70,252 in revenue that first year. The last year that there was a public sale of ACC Tournament tickets was in One Win North Carolina has won at least one game in the tournament a league-high 38 times... Duke is second with 37, followed by NC State with 32, Maryland 28, Wake Forest 26, Virginia 22, Clemson 13, Georgia Tech 10, South Carolina 9 and Florida State 5... Duke holds the ACC record for consecutive years with at least one win in the tournament with 12 ( ) while Maryland is second with a run of eight years ( )... the Blue Devils ( ) hold the record for most consecutive title game appearances with eight. 1st Year Coaches North Carolina s Bill Guthridge in 1998, NC State Herb Sendek in 1997, Duke s Vic Bubas in 1960 and N.C. State s Press Maravich in 1965 are the only four first year coaches in ACC history to direct their teams to the tournament championship... first year head coaches are (.238) in the first round of the ACC Tournament and (.291) overall, including semifinals and title games. The Iron Ten Only once in ACC tournament history has the starting five players on both teams played the entire game. The 1969 semifinal game between Duke and South Carolina featured the Blue Devils Steve Vandenberg, Fred Lind, Randy Denton, Dave Golden and Dick DiVenzio of Duke against the Gamecocks Bobby Cremins, Tom Owens, John Ribock, John Roche and Billy Walsh of South Carolina. Duke won the game, The Talented Ten The 1974 title game between N.C. State and Maryland featured six players - the Wolfpack s David Thompson, Tom Burleson and Monte Towe and Maryland s Tom McMillen, John Lucas and Len Elmore - who earned All-America honors during their collegiate careers. Those six players, along with Maryland s Tom Roy, Moe Howard and Owen Brown and N.C. State s Phil Spence were future NBA draft picks. Burleson, Elmore, McMillen, Thompson and Lucas were first round draft picks. Thompson and Lucas were the first players selected in the 1975 and 1976 drafts, respectively. Hot & Cold In 1971, South Carolina defeated North Carolina, 52-51, in the championship game, despite shooting only.279% (17 of 61) from the floor... in 1982, Virginia lost to North Carolina in the title game, 47-45, despite a sizzling.666% (22 of 33) mark from the floor... only once in Tournament history have four players on one team scored 20 or more points in a game. John Lucas (24), Owen Brown (22), Mo Howard (20) and Tom McMillen (20) totaled 86 of Maryland s 105 points in a semifinal victory over North Carolina in Officially Champion Contrary to popular belief, the ACC basketball champion has not always been officially declared in the Tournament. In the early years of the Tournament, unofficially, and by custom, everyone regarded the Tournament champion as the ACC champion. But it wasn t until July, 1, 1961, that the words and the winner shall be the conference champion were added to the ACC bylaws. Final Affairs A total of 40 different officials have worked the championship game of the ACC Tournament... Len Wirtz has officiated the most title contests (13), followed by Larry Rose (10), Hank Nichols (9), Dick Paparo (9), Frank Scagliotta (7) and Joe Forte (7). ACC Title Game Officials Name No. Otis Allmond... 1 Gene Barth... 1 Denny Bishop... 2 John Clougherty... 1 Reggie Cofer... 1 George Conley... 3 Neville Cooper... 1 Reggie Copeland... 1 Gerry Donaghy... 1 Charlie Eckman... 5 Duke Edsall... 2 Lou Eisentein... 4 Joe Forte... 7 Phil Fox... 2 Tom Fraim... 1 Bill Graeber... 1 Hal Grossman... 5 Richard Hantak... 1 Rick Hartzell... 2 Jim Harvey... 1 Jim Hernjak... 2 Karl Hess... 4 Steve Honzo... 4 Paul Housman... 4 Les Jones... 1 Dale Kelly... 1 Jamie Luckie... 1 Red Mihalik... 2 John Moreau... 2 Lou Moser... 1 Hank Nichols... 9 John Nucatola... 1 Dick Paparo... 9 Larry Rose Frank Scagliotta... 7 Ray Sonnenberg... 1 Ralph Stout... 2 Dan Watson... 2 Len Wirtz Mike Wood... 5 Tournament Notes Overtime There have been 33 overtimes in the 52 years of the ACC Tournament... North Carolina has the most overtime victories with eight... there have been four double-overtime contests, including back-to-back double OTs in the 1987 semi-finals... the league s inaugural tournment featured the most overtime games (3). Clemson Duke Florida State Georgia Tech Maryland North Carolina NC State Virginia Wake Forest South Carolina