University of North Carolina Athletics
Rosenbluth Will Serve as "Legend" at 2004 ACC Tournament
February 27, 2004 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 27, 2004
One of the greatest coaches in ACC history, six first or second round NBA draft choices and six first or second-team all-ACC honorees are among the group of nine former players and coaches who will serve as the Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Legends at this year's Tournament in Greensboro, March 11-14. Former National Player of the Year Lennie Rosenbluth, who led Carolina to the 1957 NCAA championship, will be UNC's reprsentative.
The Legends, one from each of the current nine ACC schools, will attend this year's Tournament and will be honored at the Annual ACC Legends Brunch, which will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 13 in the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center. The Legends will also be introduced to the ACC Tournament crowd at halftime of the first semifinal basketball game on Saturday of the Tournament.
This year's Legends are: former Duke head coach Vic Bubas, former Clemson all-ACC guard Vincent Hamilton, North Carolina's Lennie Rosenbluth, the 1957 National Player of the Year, Georgia Tech All-America Tom Hammonds, as well as the leading scorer in Virginia history in the Cavalier's Bryant Stith. Completing this year's ACC Legends class are NC State's Chris Corchiani, one of the top playmakers in NCAA history, Maryland All-Conference standout Adrian Branch, Wake Forest All-America Jack Murdock and Florida State two-sport standout Brad Johnson, who led the Seminoles to the NCAA Tournament in basketball and led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the Super Bowl title in football.
Rosenbluth, the leader of North Carolina's 1957 national championship team, is one of only two ACC players who have earned ACC Player of the Year, National Player of the Year, ACC Tournament MVP, NCAA Regional Tournament MVP and NCAA Final Four MVP honors in the same season. The Miami, Fla., resident still holds UNC records for scoring average for a single season (28.0) and a career (26.9). He led the Tar Heels to one of the great victories in the NCAA Championship play, against the Wilt Chamberlain-led Kansas Jayhawks in 1957.
