Yesterday, we saw that Wake Forest has produced more points in this year’s NBA Playoffs than any other current ACC school.
But where does Wake rank all-time among ACC schools in the postseason?
The 15 current ACC members have produced 512 NBA players all-time. They’ve combined for 1.6 million points in the regular season and just under 100,000 in the playoffs. ( 1,618,239 and 97,557 respectively, to be exact)
|
School |
NBA Players |
Postseason points |
Scoring Leader (Second, third) |
|
North Carolina |
81 |
32,864 |
Michael Jordan 5,987 (James Worthy, Rasheed Wallace) |
|
Duke |
60 |
9,183 |
Carlos Boozer 1,420 (Jeff Mullins, Luol Deng) |
|
Wake Forest |
28 |
8,791 |
Tim Duncan 4,688 (Josh Howard, Chris Paul) |
|
Notre Dame |
52 |
7,248 |
Adrian Dantley 1,558 (BIll Laimbeer, Tom Hawkins) |
|
Georgia Tech |
37 |
6,591 |
Chris Bosh 1,148 (John Salley, Mark Price) |
|
Clemson |
15 |
5,452 |
Horace Grant 1,907 (Larry Nance, Dale Davis) |
|
Louisville |
49 |
5,190 |
Wes Unseld 1,260 (Junior Bridgeman, Jack Coleman) |
|
Syracuse |
42 |
4,528 |
Carmelo Anthony 1,693 (Derrick Coleman, Danny Schayes) |
|
NC State |
40 |
4,417 |
David Thompson 962 (Thurl Bailey, Nate McMillan) |
|
Florida State |
30 |
4,380 |
Dave Cowens 1,684 (Sam Cassell, Charlie Ward) |
|
Miami |
10 |
3,558 |
Rick Barry 2,870 (James Jones, John Salmons) |
|
Virginia |
18 |
1,855 |
Ralph Sampson 711 (Wally Walker, Olden Polynice) |
|
Pittsburgh |
17 |
1,655 |
Charles Smith 616 (Billy Knight, DeJuan Blair) |
|
Boston College |
22 |
1,602 |
Howard Eisley 461 (Michael Adams, Reggie Jackson) |
|
Virginia Tech |
11 |
1,437 |
Glen Combs 769 (Dell Curry, Allan Bristow) |
Bitter Knick fans will recall that Pitt postseason scoring leader Charles Smith’s total should be two points higher.
North Carolina alumni have one third of the points scored by ACC schools, and the Tar Heels’ postseason scoring leader, Michael Jordan, has scored more postseason points than 10 ACC schools.
Jordan also heads the list of 13 players who have scored more points in the playoffs than all 11 of Virginia Tech’s players combined.
Wake Forest’s strong 2014 NBA postseason is not an aberration. Despite having the ninth-most players make it to the league, the Deacs have the third-most points scored. If Duncan and Paul advance far enough, Wake has an outside chance of passing Duke into second place.
Clearly, the key reason behind Wake’s placing is Duncan. The Demon Deacons are one of only three ACC schools to have one player with more than half of their alumni points in the playoffs. Virginia Tech and Miami are the others.