This March, the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament will find itself with new surroundings–this being the first year the event takes place in Brooklyn, New York.
Many Tar Heel fans may stroll down memory lane to Greensboro in their minds, however, when the conference honors this year’s group of ACC Legends .
Former UNC forward Antawn Jamison–the 1998 National Player of the Year, who also won ACC Tournament MVP honors in Greensboro that same season–will headline a group consisting of 14 players and one highly inspirational head coach.
A representative from each of the ACC schools was chosen, with NC State’s Jim Valvano the only non-player in the mix.
In many ways, though, it can be argued that no member of the class can boast a career as successful as Jamison’s.
His 1998 season–where he averaged 22.2 points and 10.5 rebounds per game for the Tar Heels–was enough to earn him the ACC Male Athlete of the Year award.
Despite playing just three seasons at UNC before entering the NBA Draft, Jamison still ranks sixth in school history in career rebounds (1,027) and eighth in scoring (1,974 points). He also remains the only player in ACC history to earn first-team All-Conference honors as a freshman, sophomore and junior.
Drafted fourth overall in 1998, the Charlotte native is a two-time NBA All-Star who also became one of just 40 players in NBA history to score at least 20,000 career points.
He and the rest of the ACC Legends will be honored throughout the tournament, which is set to run from March 7-11.
The 2017 ACC Legends Class:
Troy Bell, Boston College
Edward Scott, Clemson
Shelden Williams, Duke
Tim Pickett, Florida State
Matt Harpring. Georgia Tech
Rodney McCray, Louisville
Wayne Buckner, Miami
Antawn Jamison, North Carolina
Jim Valvano, NC State
Gary Brokaw, Notre Dame
Curtis Aiken, Pitt
Pearl Washington, Syracuse
Junior Burrough, Virginia
Bobby Beecher, Virginia Tech
Josh Howard, Wake Forest
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