Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, March 9, 1993 TAG: 9303090193
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: RALEIGH LENGTH: Medium
WAKE FOREST'S ROGERS HEADS ALL-ACC TEAM
UNC'S GEORGE LYNCH also makes the first team while Virginia's Cory Alexander is on the second team.Rodney Rogers, the powerful Wake Forest forward who guided his team to its best record in nine years, was the sole unanimous pick for The Associated Press 1993 All-Atlantic Coast Conference basketball team announced Monday.
Rogers, a 6-foot-7 junior whose final year of eligibility is teetering between the Demon Deacons and the NBA, was a first-team pick on all 116 ballots cast by members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Writers Association. He earned 348 points.
Also chosen to the first team were the North Carolina frontcourt duo of George Lynch and Eric Montross, and Duke teammates Bobby Hurley and Grant Hill.
"Certainly, George Lynch has done a little bit of everything," North Carolina coach Dean Smith said of the standout from Roanoke. "He's been extremely consistent and dependable. He has all the records here on steals, but even that isn't all he does defensively. On the offensive end, he certainly is an unbelievable threat on the offensive rebounds, he gives us a fourth ballhandler out there. Of course, he benefits on the offensive boards when two people go to play Eric."
Lynch is third in the ACC in rebounding and fourth in steals.
Rogers is the league's leading scorer at 21.1 points per game, and he's also the top scorer in conference games as well.
Point guard Hurley, the NCAA's all-time assist leader with 1,052, was one vote shy of being a unanimous pick.
"As far as accomplishments go, certainly he has accomplished as much as any player to ever play in this conference," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski says. "For me, he has been the key guy for the last four years because of his overall tremendous impact on every game he plays."
Hurley is averaging 16 points and 7.9 assists per game. He broke former North Carolina State star Chris Corchiani's career mark for assists in last week's game against Maryland, surpassing the old mark of 1,038. He got 12 against the Terrapins, and six more in Sunday's loss to North Carolina.
Rogers is on the first team for the second straight season after making the second team in 1991. Hurley moves up from the 1992 second team.
Montross, a 7-foot junior, received 90 votes for the first team and 308 points. Lynch, a 6-8 senior is on his first all-ACC team, collected 76 first-team votes and 299 points. Hill, the 6-7 junior forward who has sat out the past six games recovering from a sprained toe, earned 42 first-team votes and 269 points.
Cory Alexander of Virginia made the second team with Florida State players Sam Cassell, Bob Sura and Douglas Edwards, and Wake Forest's Randolph Childress. Alexander is fifth among ACC scorer at 18.7 points per game.
Named to the third team were Clemson's Sharone Wright and Chris Whitney, Thomas Hill of Duke, Kevin Thompson of North Carolina State and Travis Best of Georgia Tech.