Acie Law

Acie Law IV (born January 25, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player.

In his four seasons at Texas A&M University, Law scored 1,653 points and was credited with 540 assists.

He was named for his great-grandfather (Acie Law, Sr.), whom he never met; his grandfather (Acie Law, Jr.), who died in 1997 after suffering a heart attack from the excitement of watching a boxing match with young Acie IV; and his father, Acie III, who played point guard at Xavier University.

Law has an older brother and two younger sisters.

Law is the great-nephew of Chicago Cubs great Ernie Banks.

Law has a tattoo on his right arm that reads "Lord's Favorite Lawman," and one on his left arm that is from Psalms 91 and 93.

Law was recruited by the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, University of Connecticut, University of Texas at Austin and Georgia Tech.

In order to stay close to home, and because he wanted to have an immediate impact, Law chose to play for Texas A&M under Coach Melvin Watkins.

As a junior at Kimball High School in Dallas, Law led his team to a 29–7 record and the state Class 5A championship game, averaging 17.8 points per game and 6.0 assists.

Law's team lost the state championship game when the other team's point guard, Chris Ross of San Antonio John Jay High School, made a shot from half-court at the buzzer as time expired.

Law's performance was enough to earn him all-state honors, as well as district Most Valuable Player.

Law also had the distinction of being the only junior to be named to The Dallas Morning News All-Area Team.

Despite a broken wrist that caused Law to miss the first part of his senior season, his performance in the sixteen remaining games in the school's season earned him first-team Class 5A all-state honors.

In those sixteen games, Law averaged 16.6 points per game (19.5 ppg in district play) and 6.5 assists per game.

In the Texas State High School All-Star Game Law scored 35 points, leading his team to victory.

Although the Aggies were an undeveloped team during Law's first year and failed to win a single conference game, Law's performance stacked up well against his fellow conference players.

As a freshman, Law started 12 of the team's 27 games, including 10 of the last 11.

With an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.00, Law ranked fourth in the Big 12 Conference, and was the leading freshman in the conference.

His average 3.9 assists per game ranked eighth in the conference.

Law averaged 7.5 points and 2.1 rebounds per game, and by the final ten games of the season Law was averaging double-digit points.

In his two best games of the year, Law scored a then-career-high 19 points against Tennessee and put up 18 points against Grambling.

Following the 2003–2004 season, Coach Melvin Watkins was replaced by UTEP coach Billy Gillispie, who came to the school insisting that the Aggies could win in basketball.

Gillispie's intense coaching style was very different from that of Watkins, and after an initial two-week boot camp Law seriously considered transferring to a different school.

After seeing a video of UTEP's NCAA trip the year before Law decided that he wanted to experience that feeling too, and committed to staying at A&M.

Law's commitment paid off, as under Gillispie the team improved from 7–21 to 21–10, winning half of their conference games and earning an invitation to the NIT.

Law started in 30 games, earning a spot on the Big 12's All-Improved Team as well as honorable-mention All-Big 12 honors.

He completed 49.3% of his shots from the field, 38.4% of three's (28 of 73) and converted 71.6% of his free-throw shots.

With a team best 153 assists, Law ranked third in the Big 12.

Law scored in double figures in 20 games, including four games where he earned over twenty points.

With the help of his 24 points and six assists, the team beat then Number 9 Texas.

In his best game of the season, against Houston, Law earned nine assists and scored 25 points, making all twelve of his free throw shots.

Against Missouri, Law scored 11 points and a then-career-high 14 assists, one shy of the school record.

Law also cemented the team's victory against Penn State, making the winning free throws with 11 seconds left in a 62–60 win.

Nicknamed "Captain Clutch" for his ability to take over the game late, Law is well known among Texas A&M Aggie basketball fans for "The Shot," his buzzer-beating 3-pointer to beat the arch-rival Texas Longhorns at Reed Arena on March 1, 2006, as well as for his play in the Aggies' 69–66 upset win against Kansas on February 3, 2007.

Due to his contributions to Texas A&M, the Texas A&M athletic department hung Law's No. 1 jersey on the rafters in Reed Arena.

He became the first Aggie in any sport to have the honor.

After his time at Texas A&M, Law was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the 2007 NBA draft.

He spent time with several National Basketball Association (NBA) teams between 2007 and 2010.

Following his NBA period, he had a very successful career in Europe between 2011 and 2014, winning the EuroLeague twice in 2012 and 2013 with Olympiacos.

Acie Law IV was born in Dallas to Acie and Dolores Law.