North Carolina’s front court made the All-Atlantic Coast Conference first team today but they might not have had it not been for assist man Kendall Marshall who failed to make the first team. Tyler Zeller was the leading vote getter followed by Mike Scott of Virginia. UNC teammate John Henson was next followed by Duke’s freshman Austin Rivers with Tar Heel Harrison Barnes rounding out the first team.

Marshall led the voting for the second team followed by Maryland’s Terrell Stoglin, Florida State’s Michael Snaer, N.C. State’s C.J. Leslie and Virginia Tech’s Erick Green.

Those 10 players as the top 10 are hard to argue but I would have put Kendall Marshall on the first team over Austin Rivers or Harrison Barnes. Yes, I thought Barnes was the fourth best player on the Tar Heels this year.

I imagine voters didn’t like the idea of putting four Tar Heels on the first team but Barnes scored more points than Rivers and had a better field goal percentage than Rivers. Marshall had 100 assists more than anyone else in the league and his assists to turnover ratio was far ahead of anyone else. I also think Rivers shot in Chapel Hill to defeat the Tar Heels – that one shot – was worth enough points to put him on the first team.

My top 10 in order would be Tyler Zeller, Mike Scott, John Henson, Kendall Marshall, Harrison Barnes, Austin Rivers, Michael Snaer, Terrell Stoglin, C.J. Leslie and Erick Green. Zeller should definitely be player of the year in the ACC.

FIRST TEAM
Tyler Zeller, North Carolina (186)
Mike Scott, Virginia (184)
John Henson, North Carolina (170)
Austin Rivers, Duke (164)
Harrison Barnes, North Carolina (153)

SECOND TEAM
Kendall Marshall, North Carolina (151)
Terrell Stoglin, Maryland (131)
Michael Snaer, Florida State (127)
C.J. Leslie, NC State (99)
Erick Green, Virginia Tech (70)

THIRD TEAM
Seth Curry, Duke (65)
C.J. Harris, Wake Forest (57)
Lorenzo Brown, NC State (52)
Kenny Kadji, Miami (45)
Mason Plumlee, Duke (43)

HONORABLE MENTION
Bernard James, Florida State (42); Andre Young, Clemson (35); Travis McKie, Wake Forest (26); Durand Scott, Miami (26).

ACC ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM*
John Henson, North Carolina (61)
Bernard James, Florida State (54)
Jontel Evans, Virginia (39)
Michael Snaer, Florida State (31)
Andre Young, Clemson (29)

ACC ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM*
Austin Rivers, Duke (61)
Ryan Anderson, Boston College (61)
Dorian Finney-Smith, Virginia Tech (53)
Shane Larkin, Miami (43)
Nick Faust, Maryland (41)