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DAVID THOMPSON      North Carolina State, 1972-73 to 1974-75

Close your eyes and you can still picture him: gliding over the rim to guide in the follow shot that beat Maryland in that memorable game on Super Bowl Sunday, 1973. Or rising straight into the air, copter-like, to release the most righteous-looking jumper in college hoops history. Or plummeting frighteningly to earth the time he had his feet cut out from under him at the height of his 42-inch vertical leap. The ACC has produced more great players than any other conference, but none of them, not even Michael Jordan, was a better collegian than the versatile, all-but-unguardable 6'4" Thompson, who in his first two seasons led the Wolfpack to a 57-1 record and an NCAA championship.

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