Boston College Athletics
Hooley Named ACC Legend
January 28, 2016 | Men's Basketball
Averaged 21.6 points per game in three seasons
Former men's basketball standout Jim Hooley has been named Boston College's representative for the 2016 ACC Basketball Legends presented by New York Life.
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The Legends will be recognized during the 2016 New York Life ACC Tournament, which will be held March 8-12 at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. They will be featured at the annual ACC Legends Luncheon, which will be held Friday, March 11, beginning at noon at the Washington Marriott Marquis hotel. They will then be introduced that evening to the Verizon Center crowd during halftime of the first semifinal game. Ticket information for the ACC Legends Luncheon is available at theACC.com.
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A local high school star from Roxbury, Hooley averaged 30 points per game as a senior and did not disappoint the Boston College faithful when he decided to stay "home" to play collegiately. The 6-5 sharp-shooting forward scored 1,209 career points in his three varsity seasons, averaging 21.6 per game. He connected on 20 field goal attempts and finished with 46 points in a win over Brandeis during his senior year, a scoring performance that still ranks as the second-highest in Boston College history.
Hooley averaged 24.2 points per game in both 1960-61 and 1961-62, clearly distinguishing himself as the highest scoring Eagle of his day, and graduated holding what were then school records for career, single-game and single-season scoring. He was the third player in school history to reach the 1,000-point mark.
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The 2015 ACC Legends Class
Jim Hooley, Forward, Boston College
Grayson Marshall, Guard, Clemson
Jason Willams, Guard, Duke
Rowland Garrett, Forward, Florida State
BJ Elder, Guard, Georgia Tech
Darrell Griffith, Guard, Louisville
John Salmons, Forward, Miami
James Worthy, Forward, North Carolina
Anthony "Spud" Webb, Guard, NC State
Adrian Dantley, Forward, Notre Dame
Charles Smith, Forward, Pitt
Derrick Coleman, Forward, Syracuse
Norman Nolan, Forward, Virginia
Howard Pardue, Forward, Virginia Tech
Dave Odom, Head Coach, Wake Forest
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The Legends will be recognized during the 2016 New York Life ACC Tournament, which will be held March 8-12 at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. They will be featured at the annual ACC Legends Luncheon, which will be held Friday, March 11, beginning at noon at the Washington Marriott Marquis hotel. They will then be introduced that evening to the Verizon Center crowd during halftime of the first semifinal game. Ticket information for the ACC Legends Luncheon is available at theACC.com.
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A local high school star from Roxbury, Hooley averaged 30 points per game as a senior and did not disappoint the Boston College faithful when he decided to stay "home" to play collegiately. The 6-5 sharp-shooting forward scored 1,209 career points in his three varsity seasons, averaging 21.6 per game. He connected on 20 field goal attempts and finished with 46 points in a win over Brandeis during his senior year, a scoring performance that still ranks as the second-highest in Boston College history.
Hooley averaged 24.2 points per game in both 1960-61 and 1961-62, clearly distinguishing himself as the highest scoring Eagle of his day, and graduated holding what were then school records for career, single-game and single-season scoring. He was the third player in school history to reach the 1,000-point mark.
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The 2015 ACC Legends Class
Jim Hooley, Forward, Boston College
Grayson Marshall, Guard, Clemson
Jason Willams, Guard, Duke
Rowland Garrett, Forward, Florida State
BJ Elder, Guard, Georgia Tech
Darrell Griffith, Guard, Louisville
John Salmons, Forward, Miami
James Worthy, Forward, North Carolina
Anthony "Spud" Webb, Guard, NC State
Adrian Dantley, Forward, Notre Dame
Charles Smith, Forward, Pitt
Derrick Coleman, Forward, Syracuse
Norman Nolan, Forward, Virginia
Howard Pardue, Forward, Virginia Tech
Dave Odom, Head Coach, Wake Forest
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