Feb. 20, 2000

GENERAL INFORMATION

Date and Site: The 2000 Atlantic Coast Conference Wrestling Championship will be hosted by the University of Maryland at Cole Field House in College Park, Md. on March 4, 2000.

Teams:
Duke University
  Head coach Clar Anderson
  (To the Blue Devil web site)
North Carolina State University
  Head coach Bob Guzzo
  (To the Wolfpack web site)
University of Maryland
  Head coach John McHugh
  (To the Terrapin web site)
University of North Carolina
  Head coach Bill Lam
  (To the Tar Heel web site)
University of Virginia
  Head coach Lenny Bernstein
  (To the Cavalier web site)

Schedule:
MARCH 3 - FRIDAY
12:00 noon - 8:00 p.m.	Open Mats and Scales (Cole Wrestling Room)
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	Seeding Meeting (Tyser Tower)
7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.	Coaches/Officials Dinner (Tyser Tower)


MARCH 4 - SATURDAY
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon	Open Mats and Scales
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Skin checks (Cole Wrestling Room)
10:00 a.m.	        Weigh-in (Cole Wrestling Room)

Session I:
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.	First Round Matches
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Semifinals
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Semifinals consolation

Session II:
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.	Consolation Finals
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 	Finals
9:00 p.m. - 	        Coaches Meeting for Wild Cards (Cole Basketball Lounge)
	                Dinner for Student-Athletes (Cole Press Room)

Admission: There will be no admission charge for the Championship.

Individual Match Scoring Individual match points will be awarded as follows:
Takedown	 2 points
Escape		 1 point
Reversal	 2 points
Near Fall	 2 or 3 points
Time Advantage	 1 point (max. one full minute)

Awards Ceremony: The awards ceremony will take place as soon as possible after the championship finals.

The following awards will be presented:
1.  Championship team plaque	(16 individual plaques for winning team members)
2.  Plaque for each weight class - Champion, second place and third place.
3.  Plague to the Most Valuable Wrestler (Selected by a vote of head coaches)