Wake Forest Demon Deacons - All-Time Basketball Team

Over the next two weeks, I will release my All-Time team for each of the 12 Atlantic Coast Conference.

Each team will consist of 5 starters (at least 2 guards and 2 forwards) and 4 reserves to make up a 9 man rotation. The team can only include players who played their entire career in the last 50 years (sorry Dickie Hemric) and only their accomplishments in college taken into consideration.

Wake Forest

Starting Five

Randolph Childress – Point Guard - 1990-1995
Childress won the Everett Case Award as ACC Tournament MVP in 1995 on the back of a 39 point effort in an OT win over UNC that propelled Wake Forest to its first ACC Championship since 1962. For the Tournament, Childress averaged 35.7 points and 7 assists. Childress’s Tournament performance capped a spectacular year where he averaged 20.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.2 assists and was named consensus 2nd Team All-American. Childress was 2nd Team All-ACC in 1993 and 1st Team All-ACC in 1994 and 1995. Childress finished his career 2nd Wake Forest history in total points with 2,208 and 3rd in ACC history in 3-pointer made with 329 on 39.5% shooting.

Charlie Davis – Shooting Guard – 1969-1971
Davis only played 3 years for the Demon Deacons, but was named 1st Team All-ACC in each season. He averaged 24.94 points per game for his career, which is the highest per game total in Wake Forest history. His 51 points against American in 1969 is the school record for points in a game. CD is the ACC leader in career free throw percentage knocking down 87.3% of his attempts and was the first African-American to win ACC Player of the Year honors doing so in 1971. Davis was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary Team in 2002.

Rodney Rogers – Forward – 1990-1993
Rogers averaged 21.2 points on 56% shooting, 7.4 rebounds and 2.26 assists and was named ACC Player of the Year and consensus 2nd Team All-American in 1993. His numbers were just as stout in 1994 when Rogers put up 20.5 points on 61% shooting, 8.5 rebounds, 2.79 steals and was named 1st Team All-ACC. Rogers wasn’t quite as good as a FR, but still averaged 16.3 points on 57% shooting, 7.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists and was ACC Rookie of the Year and 2nd Team All-ACC. Rogers 57.9% shooting percentage ranks 2nd in Wake Forest history.

Len Chappell – Forward/Center – 1960-1963
Chappell was a consensus 1st Team All-American in 1962 after averaging 30.2 points and 15.2 rebounds per game. The 6’8” Chappell led Wake Forest to its only Final Four in 1962. The 30.2 points per game is the highest average in ACC history. Chappell was 1st Team All-ACC in each of his 3 seasons and was ACC Player of the Year in both 1961 and 1962. Chappell is Wake’s 3rd leading scorer with 2,165 points and 3rd leading rebounder with 1,213 rebounds. Chappell was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary Team in 2002.

Tim Duncan – Center - 1993-1997
Duncan capped his remarkable career at Wake Forest by being named National Player of the Year in 1997. The National Player of the Year Award was just the tip of the iceberg for Duncan who was named All-ACC 1st Team and ACC Defensive Player of the Year in 1995, 1996 and 1997 along with ACC Player of the Year and consensus 1st Team All-American in 1996 and 1997. As a SR, Duncan averaged 20.8 points, 14.7 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 3.3 blocks per game. For his career, Duncan averaged 16.5 points, 12.3 rebounds and 3.8 blocks. He is 3rd in ACC history in rebounds with 1,570 and 1st in ACC history in blocks with 481. Duncan was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary Team in 2002 and was the 1st pick in the 1997 NBA Draft.




Bench

Chris Paul – Point Guard – 2003-2004
Paul only played two seasons, but made a lasting mark on the Deacon program. Paul was a pass first point guard who averaged 6.3 assists per game, but also a deadly shooter if given space knocking down 46.9% of his 3-point attempts. Paul was an excellent on-ball defender who averaged 2.8 steals per game and was named All-ACC Defensive Team as both a FR and a SO. As a FR, Paul was ACC Freshman of the Year, National Freshmen of the Year and 3rd Team All-ACC. As a SR, Paul averaged 15.3 points per game, 6.6 assists per game, 4.5 rebounds per game and 2.4 steals per year and was named 1st Team All-ACC and consensus 1st Team All-ACC.

Ron Griffin – Forward – 1974-1978
Griffin was a consensus 2nd Team All-American in both 1977 and 1978. As a SR, Griffin averaged 21.5 points on a remarkable 62.1% shooting while also hauling down 10.0 rebounds per game. Griffin led the ACC in both scoring and rebounds that year and was named ACC Player of the Year. The 6’7”Griffin was 2nd Team All-ACC as a SO and 1st Team All-ACC as both a JR and a SR.

Josh Howard – Forward/Guard - 1999-2003
Howard enjoyed a outstanding four year career in Winston-Salem, but blossomed as a SR. During that season, Howard exploded for 19.5 points per game, 8.3 rebounds and 2.1 steals and was named ACC Player of the Year and consensus 1st Team All-American. Howard’s performance as a SR helped pace Wake Forest to its first ACC Regular Season Championship in 41 years. Howard was also named 3rd team All-ACC as a JR after being hobbled with a high-ankle sprain.

Skip Brown – Shooting Guard – 1974-1977
Brown was a dynamite do everything guard that was named 1st Team All-ACC in 1975 and 1977 and 2nd Team All-ACC in 1976. Brown ranks 5th in school history with 2,034 points, 2nd in assists with 579 and 4th in career steals with 195. Brown had seven games with over 30 points scored and seven games where he dishing out over 10 assists.

Maryland Terrapins - All-Time Basketball Team

Over the next two weeks, I will release my All-Time team for each of the 12 Atlantic Coast Conference.

Each team will consist of 5 starters (at least 2 guards and 2 forwards) and 4 reserves to make up a 9 man rotation. The team can only include players who played their entire career in the last 50 years (1961-Present) and only their accomplishments in college taken into consideration.

Maryland

Starting Five


John Lucas – Guard – 1972-196
Lucas is considered to be the greatest guard in the history of the Maryland program. Lucas was a consensus 1st Team All-American in both 1975 and 1976 and 1st Team All-ACC in 1974, 1975 and 1976. Lucas was the point guard on three Maryland’s teams that finished in the Top 10 (2 in Top 5) in the final Associated Press poll. Lucas averaged 18.3 points on 52% shooting, 3.4 rebounds and 4.7 assists for his career. Lucas currently sits 6th on the Terrapin’s scoring list with 2,015 points and 5th in assists with 514. Lucas was also an All-American in tennis where he was a two-time ACC singles champion and two-time ACC doubles champion. Lucas was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary Team in 2002.

Juan Dixon – Guard – 1998-2002
Dixon was instrumental in leading Maryland to back-to-back Final Four appearances and the 2002 National Title where he was named 2002 Final Four MVP. As a SR, Dixon averaged 20.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.6 steals per season on his way to ACC Player of the Year, consensus 1st Team All-American honors and finished 3rd in voting for 2002 Wooden Award. Dixon joined Lucas as the only three time first team All-ACC performer. Dixon finished his career 1st in career points with 2,269, 27th in career rebounds with 599, 13th in assists with 371 and 2nd in steals with 333. Dixon was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary Team in 2002.

Len Bias – Small Forward – 1982-1986
Bias is the only player in Maryland history to win ACC Player of the Year in consecutive seasons doing so in both 1985 and 1986. Bias was a 3rd Team All-American in 1985 and consensus 1st Team All-American in 1986. Bias averaged 23.2 points per game on 54% shooting and 7.0 rebounds as a SR. Bias finished his career 3rd in career scoring with 2,149 points, 9th in career rebounds with 745 and 9th in career blocks with 87. Bias was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary Team in 2002.




Joe Smith – Forward/Center – 1993-1995
Smith only played two season in College Park, but both seasons resulted in 1st Team All-ACC honors. As a SO, Smith averaged 20.8 points on 58% shooting while pulling down 10.7 rebounds. Smith was rewarded by being named the ACC Player of the Year and the National Player of the Year as well as consensus 1st Team All-American. Smith is one of five Terrapin’s to average a career double-double putting up 20.1 points and 10.7 rebounds per game. Smith was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary Team in 2002 and was the #1 overall pick in the 1995 NBA Draft.

Tom McMillen – Forward – 1971-1974
McMillen was named to various All-American lists in each of his three seasons in a Terrapin jersey including consensus 2nd Team honors in 1974. McMillen was 1st Team All-ACC in 1972 and 1973 and was left off both the 1st and 2nd Team All-ACC lists in 1974 despite averaging 19.8 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. McMillen averaged 20.5 points and 9.8 rebounds for his career. The 6’11” McMillen played on the 1972 Olympic Team that lost the controversial gold medal game to the Soviet Union. McMillen was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary Team in 2002.

Bench

Len Elmore – Center – 1971-1974.
Elmore arrived in College Park as part of Lefty Driesell first full recruiting class, which also included fellow big-man Tom McMillen. Elmore was the rebounding ying to the scoring yang of McMillen. Elmore’s dominated the boards averaging 11.8 per game for his career and leaving Maryland has the only Terrapin in the history of the program to grab over 1,000 rebounds. Elmore was a 2nd Team All-ACC player as a SO and JR and 1st Team All-ACC and consensus 2nd Team All-American as a SR. Elmore’s averaged 14.6 points and 14.6 rebounds as a SR.

Albert King – Forward – 1977-1981
King was regarded as the #1 recruit in the nation out of high school after averaging 38.6 points and 22 rebounds as a SR. King averaged double figures in scoring in each of his four year career, but really blossomed as upperclassmen averaging 21.7 points as a JR and 18.0 points as a SR on over 50% shooting. King was named 1st Team All-ACC in 1980 and 1981 as ACC Player of the Year and consensus 2nd Team All-American in 1980. King finished his career with over 2,000 points, 700 rebounds and 300 assists.

Steve Francis – Point Guard – 1998-1999
Francis transferred from Junior College to Maryland and was dominate in his one season as a Terrapin. Francis was 1st Team All-ACC, All-ACC Tournament, ACC All-Defensive Team and consensus 2nd Team All-American as a JR. Francis averaged 17.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.8 steals per game. Francis left for the NBA after his JR season and was drafted #2 overall.

Walt Williams – Guard/Forward - 1988-1992
Williams was an versatile player who exploded as a SR and averaged 26.8 points per game and was named 1st Team All-ACC and consensus 2nd Team All-American. Williams scored over 30 for 7 consecutive games as a SR. You could also make a strong case for Buck Williams as the ACC 50th Anniversary team player was a solid scorer and rebounder for 3 years before turning pro as well as 2010 ACC Player of the Year and consensus 2nd Team All-American, Greivas Vasquez,  but I opted to go with a swingman in Williams who could play both guard and forward.

Tigers on Tour - 3/6/2010

PGA Tour - The Honda Classic

Golfer	Finish	Tournament Winnings	Cuts Made	Top 10	Top 25	Season Winnings	FedEx	OGWR
Jonathan Byrd	DNP	-	4/6	1	0	$1,191,606	8th	62
Lucas Glover	DNP	-	3/3	0	0	$66,424	112th	74
Ben Martin**	DNP	-	2/5	0	1	$58,135	133rd	893
Kyle Stanley	T24	$47,310	6/6	0	2	$185,769	64th	334
D.J Trahan	CUT	-	3/6	0	0	$40,920	165th	162
Charles Warren	DNP	-	1/3	0	0	$7,511	218th	439

** Martin didn't play due to a wrist injury.  He is expected to play this week in Puetro Rico.


Nationwide Tour - Pacific Rubiales Bogota Open

Golfer	Finish	Tournament Winnings	Cuts Made	Top 10	Top 25	Season Winnings	Money List	OGWR
Tommy Biershenk	T40	$2,560	2/2	1	0	$26,760	13	801
Kevin Johnson	CUT	-	0/1	0	0	-	-	759
Sam Saunders	CUT	-	1/1	1	0	$13,750	25	377

eGolf Tour - No Tournament

Golfer	Finish	Tournament Winnings	Cuts Made	Top 10	Top 25	Season Winnings	Money List
Ben Duncan	DNP	-	-	0	0	-	-
Brian Duncan	DNP	-	0/1	0	0	-
Matt Hendrix	DNP	-	-	0	0	-	-
David May	DNP	-	1/1	0	1	$2,977	T14
Phillip Mollica	DNP	-	1/1	0	1	$2,567	T18
Stephen Poole	DNP	-	1/1	0	1	$2,977	T14

Virginia Cavaliers - All-Time Basketball Team

Over the next two weeks, I will release my All-Time team for each of the 12 Atlantic Coast Conference.

Each team will consist of 5 starters (at least 2 guards and 2 forwards) and 4 reserves to make up a 9 man rotation. The team can only include players who played their entire career in the last 50 years (1961-Present) and only their accomplishments in college taken into consideration.

Virginia

Starting Five

Sean Singletary – Point Guard – 2004-2008
Singletary was selected as 1st Team All-ACC as a SO, JR and SR. As a SR, Singletary averaged 19.8 points, 6.1 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 1.9 steals, which was enough to garner him Honorable Mention All-American honors. Singletary finished his career as the only player in ACC history to collect 2,000 points, 500 assists, 400 rebounds and 200 steals. Singletary ranks 5th in Cavalier history in career points, 3rd in career assists and 2nd in career steals.  Singletary’s #44 jersey was retired by the Cavaliers in 2009.

Barry Parkhill – Shooting Guard – 1970-1973
Parkhill was dominate as a junior averaging 21.6 points and 4.5 points per game, which garnered him ACC Player of the Year, ACC Athlete of the Year and consensus 2nd Team All-American honors. Parkhill was 1st Team All-ACC in 1972 and 2nd Team All-ACC in 1971 and 1973. He holds the UVA record for points in a game with 51 against Baldwin-Wallace in 1971. Parkhill averaged 18.2 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.7 assists for his career.

Jeff Lamp – Guard/Forward – 1977-1981
Lamp was selected All-ACC in every year of his career at UVA collecting 1st Team accolades in 1979 and 1981 and 2nd Team honors in 1977 and 1980. Lamp’s 18.2 points per game on 54.9% shooting and 4.2 rebounds per game in 1981 allowed him to walk away with consensus 2nd Team All-American honors. Lamp combined with Ralph Sampson to lead UVA to the Final Four in 1981. Lamp ranks 2nd in Cavalier history with 2,317 points.

Bryant Stith – Guard/Forward – 1988-1992
Stith is 1st in Cavalier history with 2,516 career points, 4th in career rebounds with 859 and 7th in career steals with 177. Stith also holds the UVA record for most offensive rebounds in a season with 12.1  Stith was named ACC Rookie of the Year in 1989 and 1st Team All-ACC in 1990, 1991 and 1992. Stith’s #20 jersey was retired by UVA.

Ralph Sampson – Center – 1979-1982
The 7’4” Sampson is considered one of the greatest players in the history of the NCAA and argueable the greatest player in the history of the ACC. Sampson was ACC Player of the Year, National Player of the Year and consensus 1st Team All-American as a SO, JR and SR. Sampson scored 2,228 points, pulled down 1,511 rebounds and blocked 462 shots over the course of his career, which ranks 4th, 1st and 1st respectively. Sampson holds the rebounding record by 396 and the block record by 314, which is 3 times the next closest player. Sampson averaged a career double-double and lead Virginia to a 112-23 record over the course of his career and the 1981 Final Four. Sampson was drafted #1 overall in the 1983 NBA Draft.



Bench

Wally Walker – Forward – 1972-1973
Walker was a prolific post scorer on the 1976 ACC Championship team, which earned the Cavaliers their first birth into the NCAA Tournament in school history. Walker is the only Cavalier to win the Everett Case Award as ACC Tournament MVP. As a SR, “Wonderful” Wally Walker averaged 22.1 points and 6.4 rebounds per game and was named 2nd Team All-ACC. Walker finished his career 7th in total points with 1,849.

Curtis Staples – Shooting Guard – 1994-1998
Staples’ finished his career with 413 made 3-pointers, which was the most in NCAA history until J.J. Reddick broke the record in 2006. Staples scored 18.1 points and 4.6 rebounds per game as a SR and was named 3rd Team All-ACC. He finished his career with 1,757 points, which ranks 10th in Cavalier history.

Junior Burrough – Forward – 1991-1995
Burrough was Virginia’s best low-post player during the decade of the 90s. He averaged 18.1 points, 8.7 rebounds per game as a SR and was named 3rd Team All-ACC and accolade that Burrough also won as a JR. For his career, Burrough finished with 1,970 points, which ranks 6th all-time and 929 rebounds, which ranks 3rd all-time.

Harold Dean – Guard – 1993-1997
Deane started all four years for the Cavaliers from 1994-97. He ranks 9th with 1,763 career points, 6th in school history with 468 career assists and 5th in school history with 179 career steals. Dean was ACC All-Freshmen Team in 1994, All-ACC 2nd Team in 1995 and 1996 and All-ACC 3rd Team in 1996. Dean was also a standout defensive player who was named Dick Vitale’s Defensive Player of the Year.

Georgia Tech Yellowjackets - All-Time Basketball Team

Over the next two weeks, I will release my All-Time team for each of the 12 Atlantic Coast Conference.

Each team will consist of 5 starters (at least 2 guards and 2 forwards) and 4 reserves to make up a 9 man rotation. The team can only include players who played their entire career in the last 50 years (1961-Present) and only their accomplishments in college taken into consideration.

Georgia Tech

Starting Five

Kenny Anderson – Point Guard - 1989-1991
Anderson burst on the scene as a freshmen averaging 20.6 points, 8.1 assists and 5.5 rebounds in helping lead Georgia Tech’s “Lethal Weapon 3” team to the Final Four. Anderson was named ACC and National Rookie of the Year along with collecting 1st team All-ACC honors. As a sophomore, Anderson was forced into more of a scoring role and dropped 25.9 points per game in route to being named consensus 1st Team All-American and was snubbed as ACC Player of the Year in favor of Rodney Monroe. In two season, Anderson collected 1,497 points and 454 assists.

Mark Price – Point Guard - 1982-1986
Price was selected All-ACC all 4 years at Tech including being named to the 1st Team as a SO, JR and SR. Price was ACC Rookie of the Year in 1983 after leading the league in scoring with 20.3 points and was named ACC Player of the Year in 1985 by the AP. Price was a consensus 2nd-Team All-American in 1985 and was named to various teams in 1984 and 1986 as well. Price is Georgia Tech’s 3rd leading scorer with 2,193 points, 7th in assists with 510 and 1st in steals with 240. Price’s #25 jersey was retired by both Georgia Tech and the Cleveland Cavaliers.





Dennis Scott – Forward - 1987-1990
Scott put up 27.7 points and 6.6 rebounds per game on his way to being named National Player of the Year and a consensus 2nd Team All-American in 1990. The 6’8” Scott teamed up with Kenny Anderson and Brian Scott to lead the Jackets to the Final Four in 1990. Scott was the ACC Rookie of the Year in 1988, 3rd Team All-ACC in 1989 and 1st All-ACC in 1990. Scott finished with 2,115 points and 513 rebounds in 3 season in Atlanta.

Matt Harpring – Forward – 1994-1998
Harpring was named 1st Team All-ACC in 1996, 1997 and 1998 joining Mark Price as the only other 3 time 1st-Team All-ACC player. As a SR, Harpring averaged 21.6 points and 9.6 rebounds and was named to various 2nd and 3rd Team All-American lists. Harpring closed his career 2nd in career points with 2,225, 3rd in career rebounds with 997, 13th in career assists with 289 and 6th in career steals with 176. Harpring’s #15 jersey was retired by the Jackets in 1998.

Rich Yunkus – Forward/Center – 1968-1971
Yungus averaged a career double-double for Tech putting up 26.6 points and 11.4 rebounds over the course of his career. Yunkus was named to various All-American teams in both 1970 and 1971. In 1970, Yunkus was 6th in scoring average in the country averaging 30.1 points per game. The Benton Bomber finished his three year career as Tech’s leader in points scored with 2,232, points per game with 26.6 on top of ranking 5th in rebounding with 955 and 2nd in rebounding average with 11.4 rebounds per game. Yunkus’s #40 jersey was retired by Georgia Tech.

Bench

Tom Hammonds – Forward – 1985-1989
Hammonds was ACC Rookie of the Year in 1896 and a 1st Team All-ACC performer in 1988 and 1989. Hammonds averaged 20.9 points and 8.1 rebounds per game as a SR on the way to being named to various 3rd Team All-American lists. Hammonds finished his career 5th in scoring with 2,081 points, 6th in rebounding with 885 rebounds and 6th in field goal percentage knocking down 56.6% of his attempts from the floor. Hammonds #20 jersey was retired by Georgia Tech.

John Salley – Forward/Center – 1982-1986
The 7 foot Salley was a 2nd Team All-ACC performer in 1985 and 1986 along with Honorable Mention All-American status in 1986. Salley was known more for his work on the defensive end than on the offensive end and finished his career ranked 2nd in career block shots with 243. Salley averaged 12.7 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.9 blocks, which ranked Salley 15th, 8th, 11th and 2nd respectively. Salley’s #22 jersey was retired by Georgia Tech.

Stephone Marbury – Point Guard – 1995-1996
Marbury only played one season at Georgia Tech, but averaged 18.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.8 steals. Those numbers were good enough to earn Marbury ACC Rookie of the Year, 1st Team All-ACC, Freshman All-American and 3rd Team All-American honors. Marbury was the 4th pick in the 1996 NBA Draft.

Travis Best – Point Guard – 1991-1995
Best averaged 18.3 points and 5.6 assists as a JR and average 20.2 points and 5 assists as a SR, which garnered him 2nd Team All-ACC honors both seasons. Best was also a 3rd Team All-ACC performer as a SO. Best finished his career 6th in career points with 2,057, 2nd in assists with 692 and 3rd in steals with 217. Best also finished 4th in career 3-point percentage knocking down 39.3%. Best gets the nod slightly over BJ Elder, Brain Oliver and Bruce Dalrymple.