Junior Bridgeman Named an ACC Men's Basketball Legend
February 03, 2015 | Men's Basketball
Louisville, Ky. - The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Tuesday that former University of Louisville All-American Junior Bridgeman has been selected as one of 13 ACC Men's Basketball Legends Presented by New York Life.
This year's ACC Legends class includes two National Players of the Year, a Final Four MVP, seven players who earned conference player of the year honors and a pair of ACC Tournament MVPs. The group combined to make eight NCAA Final Four appearances and capture 10 ACC Tournament titles. The two coaches in this year's class own a combined 971 wins in 51 collegiate seasons.
The Legends will be recognized during the 2015 New York Life ACC Tournament, which will be held March 10-14 at the Greensboro Coliseum. They will be featured at the annual ACC Legends Luncheon, which will be held Friday, March 13, beginning at noon in the Guilford Ballroom of the Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel. They will then be introduced that evening to the Greensboro Coliseum crowd during halftime of the first semifinal game.
Bridgeman, an East Chicago, Indiana, native was twice named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year during his tenure with the Cardinals, earning recognition following both the 1974 and 1975 seasons. He scored 1,348 career points while leading Louisville to a 72-17 record over his three seasons at the school, including a pair of MVC titles and a berth in the 1975 Final Four.
Bridgeman still ranks 28th on Louisville's all-time scoring list. In addition to averaging 15.5 points per game as a collegian, the 6-foot-5 Bridgeman shot .517 from the field and pulled down 7.6 rebounds per game. After earning All-America honors in 1975, Bridgeman was a first-round pick of the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Draft.
Bridgeman spent 12 seasons in the NBA with the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Clippers, and the Bucks retired his jersey number (No. 2) following the end of this playing career. Bridgeman, who now makes his home in Louisville, is President of Bridgeman Foods LLC and owns and oversees the operation of close to 300 restaurants nation-wide.
The 2015 ACC Legends Class:
Malcolm Huckaby, Guard, Boston College
Horace Grant, Forward, Clemson
Shane Battier, Forward, Duke
Doug Edwards, Forward, Florida State
Bobby Cremins, Head Coach, Georgia Tech
Junior Bridgeman, Guard/Forward, Louisville
Darius Rice, Forward, Miami
Franklin "Rusty" Clark, Center, North Carolina
Vinny Del Negro, Guard, NC State
Troy Murphy, Forward, Notre Dame
Billy Knight, Guard/Forward, Pitt
Derrick Coleman, Forward, Syracuse
Donald Hand, Guard, Virginia
Charlie Moir, Head Coach, Virginia Tech
Dave Budd, Forward, Wake Forest
LEGENDS LUNCHEON
The Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Legends presented by New York Life will be honored at a luncheon on Friday, March 13. The luncheon, begins at noon in the Guilford Ballroom of the Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel in Greensboro and the event will conclude with a short autograph session. Tickets for the ACC Basketball Legends Luncheon are $35 each, and tables of 10 are available for $350 each. Information on purchasing tickets may be obtained at the official ACC website-- Here
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