{"id":6851,"date":"2014-03-11T12:41:55","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T16:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=6851"},"modified":"2014-03-11T13:46:37","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T17:46:37","slug":"warren-beats-out-parker-for-acc-player-of-the-year-uva-coach-honored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=6851","title":{"rendered":"Warren beats out Parker for ACC player of the year; UVA coach honored"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TJ Warren.<\/figcaption><\/figure>NC State sophomore T.J. Warren has been chosen as the 2013-14 Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Player of the Year, as announced today by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA).<\/p>\n

Warren was the choice of 48 members casting ballots. The Durham, N.C., native finished ahead of Duke freshman Jabari Parker, who placed second with 25 votes.<\/p>\n

Parker was voted the ACC Freshman of the Year, while Virginia\u2019s Tony Bennett received ACC Coach of the Year honors and Clemson\u2019s K.J. McDaniels was voted the ACC Defensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n

NC State\u2019s Warren leads the ACC in scoring at 24.8 points per game and in field goal percentage at .532. The 6-foot-8 forward closed the regular season with back-to-back scoring games of 41 and 42 points in wins over Pitt and Boston College. Warren has scored at least 20 points in 26 of the 30 games in which he played, and has scored more than 30 points on nine occasions.<\/p>\n

Warren is on pace to join Clemson\u2019s Horace Grant (1987) and Wake Forest\u2019s Tim Duncan (1997) as only the third player in ACC history to lead the conference in both scoring and field goal percentage. He ranks third nationally in scoring, and his 9.8 field goals made per game ranks first.<\/p>\n

Warren also ranks eighth among ACC rebounders with 7.1 per game \u2013 including an ACC-high 3.17 offensive rebounds per game \u2013 and is eighth in minutes played at 34.9 per game.<\/p>\n

This marks the eighth time that an NC State student-athlete has been honored as the ACC Basketball Player of the Year. Warren joins Ronnie Shavlik (1956), Lou Pucillo (1959), three-time winner David Thompson (1973-75), Rodney Monroe (1991) and Julius Hodge (2004).<\/p>\n

Duke\u2019s Parker, who was named the ACC Rookie of the Week a record-tying 10 times during the regular season, ranks second in the ACC in scoring at 19.2 points per game and leads in rebounding at 9.0 per contest. The Chicago native leads the ACC with 14 double-doubles on the season and will take a 15-game double-figure scoring streak into this week\u2019s ACC Tournament.<\/p>\n

Parker received 72 of a possible 77 votes, with fellow Wooden Watch Award finalist Tyler Ennis receiving four. Parker becomes the seventh Duke Freshman of the Year honoree, joining Jim Spanarkel (1976), Mike Gminski (1977), Gene Banks (1978), Chris Duhon (2001), Kyle Singler (2008) and Austin Rivers (2012).<\/p>\n

Bennett led Virginia to a 25-6 overall record and a 16-2 ACC finish that produced the program\u2019s first outright regular-season conference title since 1981. The Cavaliers, who were picked to finish fourth in the preseason by media in attendance at the ACC\u2019s Operation Basketball, tied the conference record for league wins in a season and will head to this week\u2019s ACC Tournament in Greensboro as the No. 1 seed.<\/p>\n

Bennett\u2019s Virginia team has allowed an ACC-low 55.4 points per game and opponents to shoot a collective .384 percent. Virginia\u2019s 13 consecutive wins from January 18 through March 1 represented the school\u2019s longest streak since 1981. Bennett was the choice of 68 ACSMA voters as the ACC Coach of the Year. North Carolina\u2019s Roy Williams was second with six votes.<\/p>\n

Virginia claimed ACC Coach of the Year honors for the fifth time. Bill Gibson received the award in 1972, followed by Terry Holland in 1981 and 1982, and Dave Leitao in 2007.<\/p>\n

Clemson\u2019s McDaniels was voted the ACC Defensive Player of the Year after leading the ACC in blocked shots during the regular season (2.8) per game. The leading vote-getter on both the ACSMA and the Coaches\u2019 All-ACC Defensive Teams announced on Monday, the Birmingham, Ala., native also leads the Tigers in steals with 1.2 per game.<\/p>\n

McDaniels was named on 39 ballots for ACC Defensive Player of the Year. Virginia\u2019s Akil Mitchell was next with 21.<\/p>\n

Compare the All-ACC team to CapitalSportsNC’s Cliff Barnes’ ballot by clicking here<\/b><\/a>. In short, he also chose Warren as player of the year, Bennett as coach of the year and Parker as rookie of the year.<\/p>\n

ACSMA 2013-14 ACC Player of the Year Voting
\nT.J. Warren, So., NC State (48)
\nJabari Parker, Fr., Duke (25)
\nMarcus Paige, So., North Carolina (2)
\nC.J. Fair, Sr., Syracuse (1)
\nK.J. McDaniels, Jr., Clemson (1)<\/p>\n

ACSMA 2013-14 ACC Freshman of the Year Voting
\nJabari Parker, Duke (72)
\nTyler Ennis, Syracuse (4)
\nLondon Perrantes, Virginia (1)<\/p>\n

ACSMA 2013-14 Coach of the Year Voting
\nTony Bennett, Virginia (68)
\nRoy Williams, North Carolina (6)
\nJamie Dixon, Pitt (1)
\nBrad Brownell, Clemson (1)
\nJim Larra\u00f1aga, Miami (1)<\/p>\n

ACSMA 2013-14 Defensive Player of the Year Voting
\nK.J. McDaniels, Jr., Clemson (39)
\nAkil Mitchell, Sr., Virginia (21)
\nDaniel Miller, Sr., Georgia Tech (5)
\nJabari Parker, Fr., Duke (4)
\nTyler Ennis, Fr., Syracuse (3)
\nT.J. Warren, So., NC State (1)
\nCameron Wright, Jr., Pitt (1)
\nDevin Thomas, So., Wake Forest (1)
\nJustin Anderson, So., Virginia (1)
\nMarcus Paige, So., North Carolina (1)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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