| NOT READY TO RING OUT THE OLD | |||||
| Top Five ACC Scorers Returning From Previous Season, Since Freshmen Became Eligible in 1973 |
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| 5 of 5 | 4 of 5 | 3 of 5 | 2 of 5 | 1 of 5 | 0 of 5 |
| 1995* | 2005* | 2006* | 2002* | 2004 | 2003 |
| 1980* | 1994 | 2001* | 2000 | 1999 | 1996 |
| 1989* | 1997 | 1998 | 1988 | 1993 | |
| 1984* | 1991 | 1992 | 1982 | 1987 | |
| 1974* | 1986* | 1990 | |||
| 1985 | 1983 | ||||
| 1979 | 1981* | ||||
| 1978 | 1975* | ||||
| 1977* | 1973* | ||||
| 1976 | |||||
| * Top scorer returned from previous season. | |||||
- This is the second straight season in which a majority of the ACCâs top five scorers return. From 2000 through 2004, that happened just once.
- Duke returns ACC leader J.J. Redick (21.8 points per game), while Miami returns a pair of top-five scorers, #2 Guillermo Diaz (18.6) and #4 Robert Hite (17.3). Gone from the top five are UNCâs Sean May and N.C. Stateâs Julius Hodge, both first-round NBA draft choices.
- Redickâs scoring average was the highest to lead the ACC since UNCâs Antawn Jamison had 22.2 in 1998., and the second-highest since Marylandâs Walt Williams notched 26.8 in 1992.
- Six of the top 10 scorers return from last season.
- The ACCâs top scorer has returned 14 times in the 34 seasons in which freshmen have been eligible.
- Only twice since 2000 have fewer top 10 scorers returned than in 2006. Hereâs the breakdown: 8 of top 10 coming back (2005); 7 of top 10 (2002, 2001); 6 of top 10 (2006, 2000); 5 of top 10 (2004); and 0 of top 10 (2003). Not surprisingly, 2003 was the only year since 1996 in which the ACC failed to place a squad in the Final Four.