Miami's Eric Brown Named an ACC Legend
Jan. 28, 2011
CORAL GABLES, FLA… Former University of Miami forward Eric Brown has been named to the 2011 ACC Basketball Tournament Legends Class announced by the Atlantic Coast Conference. Brown remains the Hurricanes’ second-leading career scorer and helped resurrect the Miami program after a 14-year hiatus.
A 6-6 forward, Brown (1986-89) scored 2,270 points in a four-year career trailing only former All-America and all-NBA star Rick Barry. Brown opted to assist former UM head coach Bill Foster in restarting the Miami basketball program in 1985, helping the Hurricanes post a 65-56 record including a 19-12 mark in his final season.
During his career at Miami, he scored 30 points on nine occasions and topped the 20-point mark no fewer than 54 times. He still is the career leader at UM in field goal percentage, having made .535 of his shots from the floor and still ranks second in career free throws made. His 24.7 scoring average as a senior in 1989 is still the fifth-highest by a Hurricane player.
Originally a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Brown currently lives in Homestead. Fla.
In all, this year’s ACC Legends contingent includes seven former NBA Draft selections–including three first-round picks–two All-Americas, three All-ACC selections, four players or coaches who appeared in a total of 19 NCAA Final Fours and seven former players who accounted for a total of 58 years of professional basketball experience.
Joining Brown in the 2011 class is longtime North Carolina assistant and head coach Bill Guthridge, former Florida State player and head coach Hugh Durham, former Duke guard Steve Vacendak, NC State’s Thurl Bailey , Maryland’s Len Elmore, Boston College guard Michael Adams, former Clemson swingman Greg Buckner, Georgia Tech forward-center John “Spider” Salley, Virginia’s Chris Williams, Virginia Tech’s Wayne Robinson and Wake Forest’s Robert O’Kelley.
The Legends will be honored at this year’s ACC’s Men’s Basketball Tournament in Greensboro, N. C., March 10-13. They will be feted at the annual ACC Legends Brunch, which will be held Saturday, March 12, beginning at 10 a.m. at the Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel, and, later that day, will be introduced to the Greensboro Coliseum crowd at halftime of the first semifinal game.
The annual ACC Basketball Legends Brunch, hosted by television personalities Tim Brant and Mike Hogewood, will be held in the Guilford Ballroom of the Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel. Tickets are priced at $35 each and tables of 10 are $350 each. Information on purchasing tickets may be obtained by going to the official ACC website–www.theACC.com/ACCtournament.
