No. 4 Virginia picked as ACC favorite ahead of No. 9 Duke
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Fourth-ranked Virginia is the preseason favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference race while North Carolina’s Garrison Brooks is the preseason pick as player of the year.
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Tony Bennett’s Cavaliers were picked first on 97 ballots to finish ahead of ninth-ranked Duke, while No. 21 Florida State was third and No. 16 North Carolina was fourth.
Louisville was picked fifth, followed by Syracuse, Miami, North Carolina State, Georgia Tech, and Clemson. Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Boston College and Wake Forest rounded out the last five teams in the 15-school league.
Brooks, a 6-10 senior, was picked as top player on 102 ballots after averaging 16.8 points and 8.5 rebounds. Virginia’s Sam Hauser, a fifth-year senior who transferred from Marquette after averaging 14.9 points in 2019, was the second-highest vote getter with 24.
Brooks and Hauser were joined on the preseason all-conference first team by Florida State’s Scottie Barnes – who was picked as preseason freshman of the year – Duke’s Jalen Johnson, Clemson’s Aamir Simms and Miami’s Chris Lykes.
The preseason second team included: Louisville’s David Johnson, Georgia Tech’s Jose Alvarado, Florida State’s M.J. Walker, Virginia’s Kihei Clark and Duke’s Wendell Moore Jr.
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