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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
FIRST TEAM
\nTyler Zeller, North Carolina (186)
\nMike Scott, Virginia (184)
\nJohn Henson, North Carolina (170)
\nAustin Rivers, Duke (164)
\nHarrison Barnes, North Carolina (153)<\/p>\n
SECOND TEAM
\nKendall Marshall, North Carolina (151)
\nTerrell Stoglin, Maryland (131)
\nMichael Snaer, Florida State (127)
\nC.J. Leslie, NC State (99)
\nErick Green, Virginia Tech (70)<\/p>\n
THIRD TEAM
\nSeth Curry, Duke (65)
\nC.J. Harris, Wake Forest (57)
\nLorenzo Brown, NC State (52)
\nKenny Kadji, Miami (45)
\nMason Plumlee, Duke (43)<\/p>\n
HONORABLE MENTION
\nBernard James, Florida State (42); Andre Young, Clemson (35); Travis McKie, Wake Forest (26); Durand Scott, Miami (26).<\/p>\n
ACC ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM*
\nJohn Henson, North Carolina (61)
\nBernard James, Florida State (54)
\nJontel Evans, Virginia (39)
\nMichael Snaer, Florida State (31)
\nAndre Young, Clemson (29)<\/p>\n
ACC ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM*
\nAustin Rivers, Duke (61)
\nRyan Anderson, Boston College (61)
\nDorian Finney-Smith, Virginia Tech (53)
\nShane Larkin, Miami (43)
\nNick Faust, Maryland (41)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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