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March 10, 2008

Greensboro, NC - Clemson guards K.C. Rivers and Cliff Hammonds were among the players selected for the All-ACC teams announced on Monday by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA). Rivers was a second-team selection, while Hammonds was a third-team choice by voters.

It marks the first year since 1998 that Clemson placed two players on the all-conference teams. Greg Buckner was a second-team selection that season, while Terrell McIntyre was a third-team honoree. Rivers and Hammonds are the first players from Clemson to be named All-ACC since Sharrod Ford was a third-team selection in 2005.

Rivers leads the Tigers in overall scoring at 14.5 points per game, and in league scoring at 13.9 points per game. He ranks 12th in the league in points per game and also ranks sixth in three-point goals per game (2.27), sixth in offensive rebounds per game (2.6), eighth in steals per game (1.77), and ninth in field goal percentage (44.4).

Rivers, a junior from Charlotte, NC, was announced by the NABC as a second-team All-District V selection last week. He is one of five players in school history with at least 200 three-point goals and ranks among the top 25 on the Tigers' all-time scoring list with 1,167 points. He tied a school record with eight three-pointers at Virginia in a road win earlier this season.

Hammonds is second on the team in scoring at 11.7 points per game, but he increased his output to 13.1 points per game during conference play. He ranks second in the ACC in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.33), third in steals per game (1.93), and seventh in assists per game (4.03). Hammonds received honorable mention for the ACC's All-Defensive team as well Monday.

Hammonds is one of only five players in ACC history with at least 1,400 points, 400 rebounds, 400 assists, and 200 steals in a career. The senior from Cairo, GA ranks in the top 10 in Clemson history in games, starts, minutes played, three-point goals, steals, assists, and assist-to-turnover ratio. He has started a school record 126 consecutive games. Terrence Oglesby was named honorable mention All-Freshman. The sharpshooter from Cleveland, TN has amassed a Clemson freshman record 77 three-point goals this season, breaking the existing mark of 75 set by Tony Stockman in 2000-01. Oglesby is averaging 10.6 points per game and shooting 41.6 percent on three-point attempts. He hit the game-winning three-pointer with 2.3 seconds left in the Tigers' record-breaking, 20-point comeback win at Maryland.

James Mays garnered honorable mention for the league's All-Defensive team for the second straight year. He ranks fifth in the ACC in steals per game (1.84) from his power forward position. Mays holds the Clemson career record for steals (162) by a frontcourt player and also ranks among the top 10 in school history in blocked shots (92).

2008 All-ACC Men's Basketball Teams (90 total votes)
All-ACC (1st Team Vote - 3 points; 2nd Team Vote - 2 points; 3rd Team Vote - 1 point)
First Team (1st Team Votes)
Name	Class	School	Points
Tyler Hansbrough* (90)	Junior	North Carolina	270
Tyrese Rice (82)	Junior	Boston College	261
Sean Singletary (80)	Senior	Virginia	257
DeMarcus Nelson (74)	Senior	Duke	250
Jack McClinton (37)	Junior	Miami	208
*unanimous 1st team
Second Team
Greivis Vasquez	Sophomore	Maryland	199
James Gist	Senior	Maryland	186
Wayne Ellington	Sophomore	North Carolina	158
A.D. Vassallo	Junior	Virginia Tech	120
K.C. Rivers	Junior	Clemson	115
Third Team
Kyle Singler	Freshman	Duke	107
Cliff Hammonds	Senior	Clemson	101
Toney Douglas	Junior	Florida State	98
James Johnson	Freshman	Wake Forest	69
Greg Paulus	Junior	Duke	64
Honorable Mention (20 or more points)
Ty Lawson	Sophomore	North Carolina	59
J.J. Hickson	Freshman	N.C. State	43
Deron Washington	Senior	Virginia Tech	28
Anthony Morrow	Senior	Georgia Tech	25
All-Freshman (89 votes)
Name		School	Votes
Kyle Singler*		Duke	89
James Johnson*		Wake Forest	89
J.J. Hickson*		N.C. State	89
Jeff Allen		Virginia Tech	82
Jeff Teague		Wake Forest	79
*unanimous
Honorable Mention (15 or more votes)
Terrence Oglesby		Clemson	15
All-Defensive
Name	Class	School	Votes
DeMarcus Nelson	Senior	Duke	68
Toney Douglas	Junior	Florida State	66
Tyrelle Blair	Senior	Boston College	56
Marcus Ginyard	Junior	North Carolina	46
James Gist	Senior	Maryland	40
Honorable Mention (15 or more votes)
Cliff Hammonds	Senior	Clemson	31
D'Andre Bell	Junior	Georgia Tech	27
Tyler Hansbrough	Junior	North Carolina	24
Jeff Allen	Freshman	Virginia Tech	22
Deron Washington	Senior	Virginia Tech	16
James Mays	Senior	Clemson	15