ACC Tournament Projection and Regular Season Awards

The ACC regular season ended this weekend, with Carolina taking the title with a record of 14-2.  While some UNC fans are mad that there weren't any Tar Heels on the All-ACC first team, I was fine with the selections.  The Tar Heels were pretty bad for the first half of the season, and I really think Roy Williams cost Harrison Barnes a 1st team selection by playing Drew so much.  Once Marshall took over at the point, Barnes was clearly one of the best players in the league and would have made it had Kendall been playing those minutes all season.  The Heels did get the first three guys on the 2nd team, and if it were me it would have been 4 (Kendall Marshall over Jeff Allen of Virginia Tech).  Other than that, I think the media got it right with the players.  I've already given my thoughts on the coaching award, so I'll leave that one alone here.  Here's the 3 teams, with predictions for the ACC Tournament below.


1st team
Nolan Smith, Duke *(player of the year)
Jordan Williams, Maryland
Malcolm Delaney, Virginia Tech
Kyle Singler, Duke
Reggie Jackson, Boston College

2nd team
Tyler Zeller, UNC
John Henson, UNC
Harrison Barnes, UNC
Iman Shumpert, Georgia Tech
Jeff Allen, Virginia Tech

3rd team
Chris Singleton, Florida St.
Demontez Stitt, Clemson
Joe Trapani, Boston College
Malcolm Grant, Miami
Kendall Marshall, UNC

ACC Tournament Projections

First Round
Virginia (8) over Miami (9)
Boston College (5) over Wake Forest (12)
N.C. State (10) over Maryland (7)
Virginia Tech (5) over Georgia Tech (11)

Second Round
UNC (1) over Virginia (8)
Boston College (5) over Clemson (4)
Duke (2) over N.C. State (10)
Florida State (3) over Virginia Tech (5)

Semifinals

UNC (1) over Boston College (5)
Duke (2) over Florida State (3)

Final
UNC (1) over Duke (2)