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1997-98 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary

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Record: 186-109, .631 W-L% (1st of 30) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 16.05 (1st of 30) ▪ SOS: 10.09 (1st of 30)

Regular Season Champion: Duke
Tournament Champion: North Carolina

NCAA Tournament: 5 (Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Maryland and North Carolina)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll:(Clemson, Duke and North Carolina)
Ranked in Final AP Poll:(Duke, Maryland and North Carolina)

Standings

Conference Overall PTS/G SRS
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS
1 DukeR 15 1 .938 32 4 .889 84.9 64.7 29.6 9.3
2 North CarolinaTF 13 3 .813 34 4 .895 81.9 65.6 26.7 10.4
3 Maryland 10 6 .625 21 11 .656 78.8 72.1 18.8 12.1
4 Wake Forest  7 9 .438 16 14 .533 65.8 66.5 9.6 10.4
5 Clemson 7 9 .438 18 14 .563 72.2 65.3 17.2 10.3
6 Georgia Tech  6 10 .375 19 14 .576 76.3 72.2 12.8 8.7
7 Florida State 6 10 .375 18 14 .563 71.5 69.3 12.9 10.8
8 North Carolina State  5 11 .313 17 15 .531 64.4 62.1 10.8 8.5
9 Virginia  3 13 .188 11 19 .367 65.7 70.0 6.0 10.3

AP Poll Summary

School Pre 11/18 11/25 12/2 12/9 12/16 12/23 12/30 1/6 1/13 1/20 1/27 2/3 2/10 2/17 2/24 3/3 Final
North Carolina 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 4 1
Duke 3 3 3 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 3
Maryland     24 23 19 22 20 20       23 25 24 25   21 20
Clemson 5 5 13 17 17   21 21 24   25              
Florida State       19 16 17 17 15 13 17 20              
Georgia Tech       22 24                          
Wake Forest       24 25 23                        

NCAA Tournament

First Round
Clemson lost (75-72) versus Western Michigan (Midwest Regional)
Duke won (99-63) versus Radford (South Regional)
Florida State won (96-87) versus Texas Christian (Midwest Regional)
Maryland won (82-68) versus Utah State (West Regional)
North Carolina won (88-52) versus Navy (East Regional)

Second Round
Duke won (79-73) versus Oklahoma State (South Regional)
Florida State lost (83-77) versus Valparaiso (Midwest Regional)
Maryland won (67-61) versus Illinois (West Regional)
North Carolina won (93-83) versus Charlotte (East Regional)

Regional Semifinal
Duke won (80-67) versus Syracuse (South Regional)
Maryland lost (87-79) versus Arizona (West Regional)
North Carolina won (73-58) versus Michigan State (East Regional)

Regional Final
Duke lost (86-84) versus Kentucky (South Regional)
North Carolina won (75-64) versus Connecticut (East Regional)

National Semifinal
North Carolina lost (65-59) versus Utah

Conference Leaders

Minimum Stat Requirements ▪ Stats include all games played
Games
1. Brendan Haywood-NC 38
  Vince Carter-NC 38
  Ademola Okulaja-NC 38
  Shammond Williams-NC 38
  Makhtar N'Diaye-NC 38
6. Antawn Jamison-NC 37
  Ed Cota-NC 37
8. Trajan Langdon-DUKE 36
  Roshown McLeod-DUKE 36
  Chris Burgess-DUKE 36
  Shane Battier-DUKE 36
  Mike Chappell-DUKE 36
  Steve Wojciechowsk-DUKE 36
Field Goals
1. Antawn Jamison-NC 316
2. Norman Nolan-VA 257
3. Matt Harpring-GATECH 230
4. Vince Carter-NC 224
5. Dion Glover-GATECH 222
6. Shammond Williams-NC 209
7. Greg Buckner-CLEM 204
8. Roshown McLeod-DUKE 196
9. Clint Harrison-NCST 184
  Laron Profit-MD 184
Field Goal Attempts
1. Antawn Jamison-NC 546
2. Matt Harpring-GATECH 504
3. Dion Glover-GATECH 503
4. Norman Nolan-VA 490
5. Shammond Williams-NC 428
6. Clint Harrison-NCST 421
7. Curtis Staples-VA 415
8. Laron Profit-MD 412
9. Roshown McLeod-DUKE 397
10. Trajan Langdon-DUKE 385
Field Goal Percentage
1. Vince Carter-NC .591
2. Antawn Jamison-NC .579
3. Greg Buckner-CLEM .537
4. Norman Nolan-VA .524
5. Roshown McLeod-DUKE .494
6. Shammond Williams-NC .488
7. Rodney Elliott-MD .485
8. Matt Harpring-GATECH .456
9. Laron Profit-MD .447
10. Dion Glover-GATECH .441
3-Point Field Goals
1. Curtis Staples-VA 130
2. Shammond Williams-NC 86
3. Trajan Langdon-DUKE 85
4. Clint Harrison-NCST 80
5. Robert O'Kelley-WAKE 77
6. Tony Rutland-WAKE 67
7. Sarunas Jasikevicius-MD 60
8. Terrell McIntyre-CLEM 56
9. Archie Miller-NCST 55
10. Tony Christie-CLEM 54
  Steve Wojciechowsk-DUKE 54
3-Point Field Goal Attempts
1. Curtis Staples-VA 333
2. Shammond Williams-NC 215
  Trajan Langdon-DUKE 215
4. Robert O'Kelley-WAKE 183
  Clint Harrison-NCST 183
6. Tony Rutland-WAKE 169
7. Matt Harpring-GATECH 168
8. Dion Glover-GATECH 166
9. Terrell McIntyre-CLEM 155
10. Sarunas Jasikevicius-MD 151
3-Point Field Goal Percentage
1. Clint Harrison-NCST .437
2. Robert O'Kelley-WAKE .421
3. Curtis Staples-VA .390
Free Throws
1. Antawn Jamison-NC 184
2. Matt Harpring-GATECH 179
3. Obinna Ekezie-MD 134
4. Shammond Williams-NC 133
5. Kenny Inge-NCST 121
6. Dion Glover-GATECH 119
7. Norman Nolan-VA 116
8. Roshown McLeod-DUKE 113
9. Robert O'Kelley-WAKE 112
10. Rodney Elliott-MD 105
Free Throw Attempts
1. Antawn Jamison-NC 276
2. Matt Harpring-GATECH 221
3. Obinna Ekezie-MD 200
4. Dion Glover-GATECH 186
5. Norman Nolan-VA 179
  Kenny Inge-NCST 179
7. Roshown McLeod-DUKE 160
8. Harold Jamison-CLEM 154
9. Rodney Elliott-MD 153
10. Laron Profit-MD 147
  Vince Carter-NC 147
Free Throw Percentage
1. Shammond Williams-NC .911
2. Trajan Langdon-DUKE .886
3. Matt Harpring-GATECH .810
4. Robert O'Kelley-WAKE .806
5. Tony Rutland-WAKE .805
6. Terrell Baker-FLST .798
7. Terrell McIntyre-CLEM .779
8. Curtis Staples-VA .765
9. Clint Harrison-NCST .735
10. Randell Jackson-FLST .720
Total Rebounds
1. Antawn Jamison-NC 389
2. Matt Harpring-GATECH 302
3. Norman Nolan-VA 276
4. Kenny Inge-NCST 238
5. Rodney Elliott-MD 236
6. Harold Jamison-CLEM 232
7. Shane Battier-DUKE 230
8. Corey Louis-FLST 225
9. Michael Maddox-GATECH 221
10. Alvin Jones-GATECH 220
Assists
1. Ed Cota-NC 274
2. Kerry Thompson-FLST 172
3. Steve Wojciechowsk-DUKE 164
4. Shammond Williams-NC 161
5. Terrell McIntyre-CLEM 154
6. Terrell Stokes-MD 149
7. Travis Spivey-GATECH 143
8. Ishua Benjamin-NCST 120
9. Sarunas Jasikevicius-MD 116
10. Laron Profit-MD 104
Steals
1. Laron Profit-MD 87
2. Steve Wojciechowsk-DUKE 74
3. Dion Glover-GATECH 70
4. Ishua Benjamin-NCST 64
5. Kerry Thompson-FLST 60
6. Terrell Baker-FLST 59
7. Ed Cota-NC 58
  Terrell McIntyre-CLEM 58
9. Shane Battier-DUKE 51
  Greg Buckner-CLEM 51
Blocks
1. Alvin Jones-GATECH 141
2. Makhtar N'Diaye-NC 54
3. Shane Battier-DUKE 53
4. Corey Louis-FLST 50
  Loren Woods-WAKE 50
6. Obinna Ekezie-MD 37
  Karim Shabazz-FLST 37
  Randell Jackson-FLST 37
9. Vince Carter-NC 36
  Laron Profit-MD 36
Points
1. Antawn Jamison-NC 822
2. Matt Harpring-GATECH 691
3. Shammond Williams-NC 637
4. Norman Nolan-VA 630
5. Dion Glover-GATECH 608
6. Vince Carter-NC 592
7. Roshown McLeod-DUKE 549
8. Curtis Staples-VA 543
9. Clint Harrison-NCST 531
10. Trajan Langdon-DUKE 528
Points Per Game
1. Antawn Jamison-NC 22.2
2. Matt Harpring-GATECH 21.6
3. Norman Nolan-VA 21.0
4. Dion Glover-GATECH 18.4
5. Curtis Staples-VA 18.1
6. Shammond Williams-NC 16.8
7. Clint Harrison-NCST 16.6
8. Robert O'Kelley-WAKE 16.6
9. Greg Buckner-CLEM 16.3
10. Laron Profit-MD 15.8
Total Rebounds Per Game
1. Antawn Jamison-NC 10.5
2. Matt Harpring-GATECH 9.4
3. Norman Nolan-VA 9.2
4. Kenny Inge-NCST 7.4
5. Rodney Elliott-MD 7.4
6. Harold Jamison-CLEM 7.2
7. Corey Louis-FLST 7.0
8. Michael Maddox-GATECH 6.7
9. Alvin Jones-GATECH 6.7
10. Obinna Ekezie-MD 6.5
Assists Per Game
1. Ed Cota-NC 7.4
2. Kerry Thompson-FLST 5.4
3. Terrell McIntyre-CLEM 5.3
4. Terrell Stokes-MD 4.7
5. Steve Wojciechowsk-DUKE 4.6
6. Travis Spivey-GATECH 4.3
7. Shammond Williams-NC 4.2
8. Ishua Benjamin-NCST 3.8
9. Sarunas Jasikevicius-MD 3.6
10. Tony Rutland-WAKE 3.3
Steals Per Game
1. Laron Profit-MD 2.7
2. Dion Glover-GATECH 2.1
3. Steve Wojciechowsk-DUKE 2.1
4. Terrell McIntyre-CLEM 2.0
  Ishua Benjamin-NCST 2.0
6. Terrell Baker-FLST 1.9
7. Kerry Thompson-FLST 1.9
8. Greg Buckner-CLEM 1.6
9. Ed Cota-NC 1.6
10. Travis Spivey-GATECH 1.5
Blocks Per Game
1. Alvin Jones-GATECH 4.3
2. Corey Louis-FLST 1.6
3. Shane Battier-DUKE 1.5
4. Makhtar N'Diaye-NC 1.4
5. Randell Jackson-FLST 1.2
6. Kris Hunter-VA 1.2
7. Karim Shabazz-FLST 1.2
  Obinna Ekezie-MD 1.2
9. Colin Ducharme-VA 1.1
10. Laron Profit-MD 1.1
Effective Field Goal Percentage
1. Vince Carter-NC .649
2. Shammond Williams-NC .589
3. Antawn Jamison-NC .584
4. Curtis Staples-VA .564
5. Greg Buckner-CLEM .562
6. Roshown McLeod-DUKE .549
7. Clint Harrison-NCST .532
8. Norman Nolan-VA .524
9. Rodney Elliott-MD .524
10. Robert O'Kelley-WAKE .522
True Shooting Percentage
1. Vince Carter-NC .659
2. Shammond Williams-NC .640
3. Terrell Baker-FLST .622
4. Antawn Jamison-NC .607
5. Trajan Langdon-DUKE .601
6. Curtis Staples-VA .588
7. Sarunas Jasikevicius-MD .587
8. Greg Buckner-CLEM .587
9. Roshown McLeod-DUKE .580
10. Tony Rutland-WAKE .576
Offensive Win Shares
1. Antawn Jamison-NC 5.2
2. Shammond Williams-NC 4.9
3. Vince Carter-NC 4.8
4. Matt Harpring-GATECH 3.5
5. Curtis Staples-VA 3.4
6. Trajan Langdon-DUKE 3.3
7. Greg Buckner-CLEM 3.2
8. Roshown McLeod-DUKE 3.0
9. Clint Harrison-NCST 3.0
10. Robert O'Kelley-WAKE 2.9
Defensive Win Shares
1. Shane Battier-DUKE 4.7
2. Roshown McLeod-DUKE 3.4
3. Antawn Jamison-NC 3.1
4. Alvin Jones-GATECH 3.0
5. Steve Wojciechowsk-DUKE 2.8
6. Elton Brand-DUKE 2.7
7. Vince Carter-NC 2.6
8. Laron Profit-MD 2.6
9. Makhtar N'Diaye-NC 2.4
10. Ed Cota-NC 2.4
Win Shares
1. Antawn Jamison-NC 8.3
2. Vince Carter-NC 7.4
3. Shammond Williams-NC 6.6
4. Roshown McLeod-DUKE 6.4
5. Shane Battier-DUKE 6.4
6. Matt Harpring-GATECH 5.4
7. Trajan Langdon-DUKE 5.1
8. Greg Buckner-CLEM 5.1
9. Elton Brand-DUKE 4.5
10. Kenny Inge-NCST 4.4