1995 ACC men's basketball tournament explained

Year:1995
Conference:ACC
Gender:Men's
Teams:9
Arena:Greensboro, North Carolina
City:Greensboro Coliseum
Champions:Wake Forest
Titlecount:3rd
Coach:Dave Odom
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Randolph Childress
Mvpteam:Wake Forest
Topscorer:Randolph Childress
Points:107

The 1995 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament took place in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum. Wake Forest won the tournament, defeating North Carolina, 82–80, in the championship game. Randolph Childress of Wake Forest was named tournament MVP, scoring 107 points in three games, a tournament record that still stands as of 2020.[1]

Bracket

AP rankings at time of tournament

Games

Finals

Randolph Childress penetrated from the lane, drove right and hit a 10-footer with 4.6 seconds left. North Carolina had one more chance as Pierce Landry inbounded to Jerry Stackhouse, who launched a three-pointer that bounced off the rim and Landry failed to tip in. Childress, who scored a game-high 37 points, broke the ACC Tournament scoring record of Lennie Rosenbluth (1957) and was named Tournament MVP. It was Wake Forest's first conference title since 1962.

Awards and honors

All Tournament Teams

First Team

PlayerSchool
Randolph ChildressWake Forest
Tim DuncanWake Forest
Jerry StackhouseNorth Carolina
Rasheed WallaceNorth Carolina
Junior BurroughVirginia

Second Team

PlayerSchool
Joe SmithMaryland
Donald WilliamsNorth Carolina
Exree HippMaryland
Dante CalabriaNorth Carolina
Jeff McInnisNorth Carolina

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ACC Tournament: Individual Records. March 8, 2010. TheACC.com. 2010-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20120404185254/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022499aab.html. 2012-04-04. dead.