Crazy ACC Basketball Names

 Ah, tournament time. My favorite time of the year.

Watching some of the initial games, I couldn’t help but be impressed by some of the names.  And seeing as there are now 82 teams in the ACC, there are plenty of ‘em.

So, here they are … I’ve picked one for each team, ranking them from least crazy to most crazy. Enjoy!

Chauncey Wiggins

Clemson

• Pos:  F
• Class:  Junior
• Birth:  USA

Brandon Huntley-Hatfield

NC State

• Pos:  F
• Class:  Senior
• Birth:  USA
• Fun fact:  Has also played for Louisville and Tennessee

Kyle Cuffe Jr.

Syracuse

• Pos:  G
• Class:  Junior
• Birth:  USA
• Fun fact:  Dad played for St. John’s and professionally (G League & overseas)

Elijah Gertrude

UVA

• Pos:  G
• Class:  Soph
• Birth:  USA
• Fun fact:  Out all season with a knee injury

Kany Tchanda

BC

• Pos:  F
• Class:  Freshman
• Birth:  DRC
• Fun fact:  Played 3 years of HS ball in the US

Tallis Toure

Stanford

• Pos:  F
• Class:  Freshman
• Birth:  USA

Khani Rooths

Louisville

• Pos:  F
• Class:  Freshman
• Birth:  USA
• Fun fact:  “He enjoys playing Call of Duty, cookouts, and watching YouTube and Netflix” (gocards.com)

Omaha Biliew

Wake

• Pos:  F
• Class:  Sophmore
• Birth:  USA
• Fun fact:  Played for 4 different high schools

Amsal Delalic

Pitt

• Pos:  G
• Class:  Freshman
• Birth:  Bosnia
• Fun fact:  Played professionally with Borac Nektar for 4 years (he’s 22)

Waka Mbatch

FL State

• Pos:  F
• Class:  Sophmore
• Birth:  Gambia
• Fun fact:  Spellcheck suggests Match, Batch & Ambatch

Ven-Allen Lubin

UNC

• Pos:  F
• Class:  Junior
• Birth:  USA
• Fun fact:  Also played at Notre Dame & Vanderbilt

Doryan Onwuchekwa

GA Tech

• Pos:  C
• Class:  Freshman
• Birth:  USA
• Fun fact:  Pronounced “On-woo-CHECK-wa”

Nikita Konstantynovskyi

ND

• Pos:  F
• Class:  Senior
• Birth:  Ukraine
• Fun fact:  Has also played for Northeastern A&M, Monmouth & Tulsa

Kon Knueppel

Duke

• Pos:  G/F
• Class:  Freshman
• Birth:  USA
• Fun fact:  His father Kon and uncles Klint, Klay, and Kole were known as the Flying Knoeppel Brothers

Mylyjael Poteat

VA Tech

• Pos:  C
• Class:  Senior
• Birth:  USA
• Fun fact:  Has an older brother Myjel

Rytis Petraitis

Cal

• Pos:  F
• Class:  Junior
• Birth:  USA
• Fun fact:  Formerly at the Air Force Academy

Divine Ugochukwu

Miami

• Pos:  G
• Class:  Freshman
• Birth:  USA
• Fun fact:  Twitter handle is @TheDivineUgo