Rodney McCray Honored in 2017 ACC Basketball Legends Class
January 25, 2017 | Men's Basketball
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Former University of Louisville star forward Rodney McCray is among 14 former standout players and one coach that comprise this year's class of Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Legends presented by New York Life.
The Legends will be recognized during the 2017 New York Life ACC Tournament, which will be held March 7-11 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Joining McCray in the 2017 ACC Legends Class includes Troy Bell, Boston College; Edward Scott, Clemson; Shelden Williams, Duke; Tim Pickett, Florida State; Matt Harpring, Georgia Tech; Wayne Beckner, Miami; Antawn Jamison, North Carolina; Jim Valvano, NC State; Gary Brokaw, Notre Dame; Curtis Aiken, Pitt; Pearl Washington, Syracuse; Junior Burrough, Virginia; Bobby Beecher, Virginia Tech; and Josh Howard, Wake Forest.
A starter on UofL's 1980 NCAA Championship team, McCray is one of just four Cardinals to surpass both 1,000 career points (1,247) and rebounds (1,029). He helped Louisville to a combined 109-26 record and three NCAA Final Four appearances in four seasons, starting 132 consecutive games.
The 1982-83 Metro Conference Player of the Year, McCray was the third player taken in the 1983 NBA Draft and played 10 seasons in the NBA with the Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings, Dallas Mavericks and Chicago Bulls. He was named to the Final Four All-Decade Team of the 1980s. He is one of a select group of former Louisville players with honored jerseys hanging in the KFC Yum! Center and was voted as one of the top 10 players in Cardinal history in a recent fan poll.
McCray was a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic team, although the U.S. did not compete that year due to a boycott over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
This year's ACC Legends class includes two individual that were integral parts of NCAA Championship teams, two National Players of the Year, one National Defensive Player of the Year, four conference Players of the Year and two ACC Tournament MVPs. The complete announcement with information on each honoree is included here, and information on current and past ACC Legends Classes is available here.
The Legends will be recognized during the 2017 New York Life ACC Tournament, which will be held March 7-11 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Joining McCray in the 2017 ACC Legends Class includes Troy Bell, Boston College; Edward Scott, Clemson; Shelden Williams, Duke; Tim Pickett, Florida State; Matt Harpring, Georgia Tech; Wayne Beckner, Miami; Antawn Jamison, North Carolina; Jim Valvano, NC State; Gary Brokaw, Notre Dame; Curtis Aiken, Pitt; Pearl Washington, Syracuse; Junior Burrough, Virginia; Bobby Beecher, Virginia Tech; and Josh Howard, Wake Forest.
A starter on UofL's 1980 NCAA Championship team, McCray is one of just four Cardinals to surpass both 1,000 career points (1,247) and rebounds (1,029). He helped Louisville to a combined 109-26 record and three NCAA Final Four appearances in four seasons, starting 132 consecutive games.
The 1982-83 Metro Conference Player of the Year, McCray was the third player taken in the 1983 NBA Draft and played 10 seasons in the NBA with the Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings, Dallas Mavericks and Chicago Bulls. He was named to the Final Four All-Decade Team of the 1980s. He is one of a select group of former Louisville players with honored jerseys hanging in the KFC Yum! Center and was voted as one of the top 10 players in Cardinal history in a recent fan poll.
McCray was a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic team, although the U.S. did not compete that year due to a boycott over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
This year's ACC Legends class includes two individual that were integral parts of NCAA Championship teams, two National Players of the Year, one National Defensive Player of the Year, four conference Players of the Year and two ACC Tournament MVPs. The complete announcement with information on each honoree is included here, and information on current and past ACC Legends Classes is available here.
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