ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, March 4, 1997 TAG: 9703040093
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-1 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: RALEIGH, N.C.
SOURCE: Associated Press
WAKE FOREST'S CENTER is joined on the first team by Antawn Jamison, Trajan Langdon, Keith Booth and Matt Harpring.
Tim Duncan, the Wake Forest center who carried his team on his shoulders all season, was a unanimous selection for the 1997 Associated Press all-Atlantic Coast Conference team announced Monday.
The 6-foot-10 Duncan was chosen to the first team on each of the 121 ballots cast by members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Writers Association. He collected 363 points, the most possible under the voting format, which gives players three points for a first-team vote, two points for the second team and one point for the third team.
Also picked for the first team were North Carolina's Antawn Jamison, Maryland's Keith Booth, Duke's Trajan Langdon and Georgia Tech's Matt Harpring.
Virginia's Harold Deane was named to the All-ACC third team and backcourt teammate Curtis Staples of Roanoke received honorable mention. Cavaliers forwards Courtney Alexander and Norman Nolan also received honorable mention.
Duncan's No.21 jersey now hangs from the rafters at Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem. It was retired last week as his four-year career in the gold and black winds down.
``There has not been a more deserving honor bestowed upon any player in this league more noteworthy than Tim Duncan,'' Wake Forest coach Dave Odom said Monday. ``He has certainly been the epitome of a selfless player who has truly cared more about his team's accomplishments than he has those of his own.''
Duncan is the 18th ACC player to be a three-time, first-team all-conference pick. He joins a list that includes former Demon Deacons Len Chappell and Charlie Davis, David Thompson of North Carolina State, Ralph Sampson of Virginia and Sam Perkins of North Carolina.
This season, Duncan became the 10th player in NCAA history to score 2,000 points and grab 1,500 rebounds during his collegiate career. In 82 games during his four years at Wake Forest, he has scored and rebounded in double-figures.
Duncan also holds the ACC record for blocked shots with 462.
Jamison, just two votes shy of being a unanimous first-team selection, finished the regular season tied for second in scoring in the ACC. He is on the first team for the second straight season.
Booth, who was a third-team pick last season, reached the 1,700-point plateau last Thursday night in his team's loss to Duke. That total makes him eighth in Maryland history. He also surpassed the 200-rebound mark this year, the seventh Terrapin to grab that total in three varsity seasons.
Langdon sat out all of the 1995-96 season with a knee injury. He returned to start all 30 games this season, and marked his return this season with a 34-point performance against Clemson last month. During the season, he hit 82 of 178 3-pointers for 46 percent.
Harpring, also on the first team for the second season in a row, is fourth in the league in scoring and third in rebounding behind Duncan and Jamison.
Named to the second team were Clemson's Greg Buckner and Terrell McIntyre. Joining them were James Collins of Florida State, Steve Wojciechowski of Duke and C.C. Harrison of North Carolina State.
Joining Deane on the third team were Vince Carter, Shammond Williams and Serge Zwikker of North Carolina; Laron Profit of Maryland and Tony Rutland of Wake Forest. Zwikker and Rutland tied for the last spot on the third team.
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