Brownlow: Virginia, UNC's Marcus Paige headline preseason All-ACC ballot
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Preseason All-ACC projections and projected standings were released Wednesday afternoon at ACC Media Day in Charlotte. I voted, and the media's overall votes -- if different from mine -- are in parentheses.
Noteworthy results included: Duke received 41 of 65 first-place votes, North Carolina was second with 12 votes while last year's champion Virginia got seven votes. Just be sure to save for reference so you can make fun of the media for how wrong we all were at the end of the season.
STANDINGS
1. Virginia (Duke)
2. North Carolina
3. Louisville
4. Duke (Virginia)
5. Syracuse (Syracuse)
6. NC State (Pittsburgh)
7. Pittsburgh (Notre Dame)
8. Florida State
9. Notre Dame (NC State)
10. Miami
11. Clemson
12. Georgia Tech (Wake Forest)
13. Boston College (Georgia Tech)
14. Wake Forest (Boston College)
15. Virginia Tech
ALL-ACC FIRST TEAM
Marcus Paige, North Carolina
Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia
Montrezl Harrell, Louisville
Aaron Thomas, Florida State (Jahlil Okafor, Duke)
Olivier Hanlan, Boston College (Jerian Grant, Notre Dame)
ACC PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Marcus Paige, North Carolina
ACC ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Jahlil Okafor, Duke
