{"id":8053,"date":"2015-03-09T18:06:36","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T22:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=8053"},"modified":"2015-03-10T21:29:21","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T01:29:21","slug":"coaches-all-acc-first-team-mirrors-writers-poll-while-paige-lacey-switch-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=8053","title":{"rendered":"Coaches’ All-ACC first team mirrors writer’s poll while Paige, Lacey switch spots"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Marcus Paige.<\/figcaption><\/figure>The Atlantic Coast Conference announced the 2015 All-ACC Team, as voted upon by the league\u2019s 15 head coaches, Monday and the first team is exactly the same as the ACC basketball writer’s poll that came out Saturday. However, UNC’s Marcus Paige moves up to the second team on the coaches’ poll while NC State’s Trevor Lacey falls to the third team.<\/p>\n

Duke freshman Jahlil Okafor, Notre Dame senior Jerian Grant, Syracuse forward Rakeem Christmas, Virginia guard Malcolm Brogdon and Boston College guard Olivier Hanlan comprise the first team.<\/p>\n

Duke\u2019s Okafor, a 6-foot-11 center from Chicago, ranks second among ACC scorers at 17.6 points per game and third in rebounding at 9.2 per contest. Okafor has scored 10 or more points in 29 of his 30 games coming into this week\u2019s New York Life ACC Tournament, and his 11 \u201cdouble doubles\u201d in points\/rebounds rank fourth in the conference.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame\u2019s Grant leads the ACC in assists at 6.7 per game, in assists-to-turnover ratio (3.23:1) and in fifth in scoring at 16.8 points per game. The 6-foot-5 guard from Bowie, Maryland, closed the season with a 19-point, eight-assist, five-rebound effort in an 81-67 victory over Clemson Saturday and has scored in double-figures in all but three games this season.<\/p>\n

Syracuse\u2019s Christmas led the Orange and ranks third among ACC scorers at 17.5 points per game and is fourth in rebounding at 9.1 boards per contest. In addition, the 6-foot-9 senior from Philadelphia, is second in the ACC with 2.5 blocked shots per game and fifth in field goal percentage (.552).<\/p>\n

Virginia\u2019s Brogdon, a second-team selection a year ago, leads the second-ranked Cavaliers in scoring at 13.7 points per game and is second in assists at 2.6 per game. The 6-foot-5 Atlanta, Georgia, junior is averaging 4.0 rebounds per game and is second in the ACC in free throw percentage at .860.<\/p>\n

Boston College\u2019s Hanlan leads the ACC in scoring at 19.4 points per game and is ninth in assists at 4.2 per game. The Aylmer, Quebec, junior closed out the regular season having scored in double figures 24 straight games and has scored 10-or-more points in all but one game this season.<\/p>\n

Louisville\u2019s Montrezl Harrell (15.8 ppg, 9.4 rpg) and Terry Rozier (17.0 ppg, 2.0 steals), Duke\u2019s Quinn Cook (16.0 ppg, .885 FT percentage), North Carolina\u2019s Marcus Paige (13.5 ppg, 4.4 apg) and Virginia\u2019s Justin Anderson (13.4 ppg, .484 3-point field goal percentage) were voted to the second team.<\/p>\n

NC State\u2019s Trevor Lacey (16.1 ppg) was voted to the third team, along with Duke\u2019s Tyus Jones (11.8 ppg, 5.7 apg), Notre Dame\u2019s Pat Connaughton (12.6 ppg), Pitt\u2019s Jamel Artis (13.8) ppg) and North Carolina\u2019s Brice Johnson (12.6 ppg).<\/p>\n

First Team All-ACC
\nOlivier Hanlan, Jr., Boston College
\nJahlil Okafor, Fr., Duke
\nJerian Grant, Sr., Notre Dame
\nRakeem Christmas, Sr. Syracuse
\nMalcolm Brogdon, Jr., Virginia <\/p>\n

Second Team All-ACC
\nQuinn Cook, Sr., Duke
\nMontrezl Harrell, Jr., Louisville
\nTerry Rozier, So., Louisville
\nMarcus Paige, Jr., North Carolina
\nJustin Anderson, Jr., Virginia<\/p>\n

Third Team All-ACC
\nTyus Jones, Fr., Duke
\nBrice Johnson, Jr., North Carolina
\nTrevor Lacey, Jr., NC State
\nPat Connaughton, Sr., Notre Dame
\nJamel Artis, So., Pitt <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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