north carolina played in the ncaa finals last year.
north carolina played in the ncaa finals last year.
who played in the ncaa finals last year?
north carolina
a 6'7" forward born in philadelphia, pennsylvania, banks starred at duke university, where he received the atlantic coast conference (acc) rookie of the year award in 1978. as a freshman starter at power forward, banks played a strong role in duke reaching the ncaa finals, where they eventually lost to joe hall's kentucky wildcats. banks was the sixth african american player in duke's history. he also received team mvp honors three times. his duke career is noteworthy in other regards as well. in 1981, during mike krzyzewski's first year in the home game against the blue devils' heated rival, the north carolina tar heels, he hit the game-tying shot as time expired, sending the crowd into a massive frenzy. duke went on to win in overtime, ushering in a new era in blue devils basketball. banks also won the acc scoring title in 1981, over such acc/ncaa all-americans as james worthy (unc) and ralph sampson (uva). he was inducted into the prestigious duke sports hall of fame in 1994 and the duke hall of honors in 1996. he was an ncaa two-time all-american during his tenure at duke and finished in the top ten of almost every statistical category of duke basketball. as of the start of the 2016-17 season, bank's 53.9% career field goal percentage ranks 28th all-time for nba players, less than one-thousandth of a percentage point behind wilt chamberlain.
gene banks
askren had a dominant junior season in 2005–06, winning all 45 of his matches and pinning in 25 of them. he won the 174 pound weight class easily at both the big 12 and ncaa championships. he won his big 12 finals match 17–6 over jacob klein of nebraska and his ncaa finals match 14–2 over future two time ncaa champion, dan hodge trophy winner, and world silver medalist jake herbert of northwestern. herbert was also undefeated going into the ncaa finals. askren's season earned him the outstanding wrestler award at the ncaa championships as well as the dan hodge trophy and the rev wrestler of the year.
ben askren