ACC Announces ALL-Conference Team, Postseason Awards

[OrangeXtreme]

2016-17 All-ACC Teams, Honors

All-Atlantic Coast Conference
(5 points per 1st team vote, 3 points per 2nd team vote, 1 point per 3rd team vote)
FIRST TEAM, School, Points
Luke Kennard, Duke, *265
Justin Jackson, North Carolina, 256
John Collins, Wake Forest, 255
Bonzie Colson, Notre Dame, 253
Donovan Mitchell, Louisville, 231

SECOND TEAM
Dwayne Bacon, Florida State, 141
Dennis Smith Jr., NC State, 126
Ben Lammers, Georgia Tech, 109
Joel Berry II, North Carolina, 102
London Perrantes, Virginia, 90

THIRD TEAM
Michael Young, Pittsburgh, 85
Jaron Blossomgame, Clemson, 67
Andrew White III, Syracuse, 67
Davon Reed, Miami, 66
Jayson Tatum, Duke, 51

ALL-HONORABLE MENTION (10-or-more points)
Kennedy Meeks, North Carolina, 34
Matt Farrell, Notre Dame, 25
Zach LeDay, Virginia Tech, 24
Jerome Robinson, Boston College, 23
Jonathan Isaac, Florida State, 20
Seth Allen, Virginia Tech, 18
Jamel Artis, Pittsburgh, 17
V.J. Beachem, Notre Dame, 12
Steve Vasturia, Notre Dame, 11
Tyler Lydon, Syracuse, 10

ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
Ben Lammers, Georgia Tech, 50
Isaiah Wilkins, Virginia, 41
Donovan Mitchell, Louisville, 39
Davon Reed, Miami, 25
Xavier Rathan-Mayes, Florida State, 19
Matt Jones, Duke, 19

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Dennis Smith, NC State, 51
Jonathan Isaac, Florida State, 51
Jayson Tatum, Duke, 50
Josh Okogie, Georgia Tech, 49
Ky Bowman, Boston College, 32

ACC PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Justin Jackson, North Carolina, 24
John Collins, Wake Forest, 15
Bonzie Colson, Notre Dame, 8
Luke Kennard, Duke, 5
Donovan Mitchell, Louisville, 1

ACC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Dennis Smith, NC State, 36
Jayson Tatum, Duke, 8
Josh Okogie, Georgia Tech, 3
Ky Bowman, Boston College, 3
Jonathan Isaac, Florida State, 3

ACC COACH OF THE YEAR
Josh Pastner, Georgia Tech, 24
Roy Williams, North Carolina, 8
Mike Brey, Notre Dame, 7
Leonard Hamilton, Florida State, 4
Danny Manning, Wake Forest, 3
Buzz Williams, Virginia Tech, 3
Jim Larrañaga, Miami, 2
Rick Pitino, Louisville, 2

ACC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Ben Lammers, Georgia Tech, 37
Isaiah Wilkins, Virginia, 6
Kamari Murphy, Miami, 4
Matt Jones, Duke, 3
Xavier Rathan-Mayes, Florida State, 1
Dennis Smith, NC State, 1
Steve Vasturia, Notre Dame, 1

ACC MOST IMPROVED
John Collins, Wake Forest, 26
Ben Lammers, Georgia Tech, 15
Matt Farrell, Notre Dame, 9
Justin Jackson, North Carolina, 1
Luke Kennard, Duke, 1
Donovan Mitchell, Louisville, 1

ACC SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR
Seth Allen, Virginia Tech, 43
Tadric Jackson, Georgia Tech, 4
Frank Jackson, Duke, 3
Marcquise Reed, Clemson, 2
Markell Johnson, NC State, 1

ACC Announces All-Conference Team, Postseason Awards | News

 

[Alsacs]

Kennard is unanimous first team and thankfully the coaches got it right and gave POY to Josh Jackson.

Don't get how any coach could leave Jackson off first team.

Lydon wasn't our best player in ACC play. Coaches picked the right SU guy I think he was 2nd team good though.

Tatum 3rd team was all potential outside a few games like the game against SU he wasn't a top 15 player in the ACC.

Ky Bowman's stats got him the 5th Fr spot over Battle. I think Battle is better but he wasn't on till halfway thru conference play.

 

[jdubs30]

Wow we only had 1 guy and 1 honorable mention.

Agree with Alsacs about Battle - he turned it on later in conference play

 

[raf4488]

If John Collins played for UNC instead of Wake he'd be unanimous POY. He deserved it.

Pastner went 8-10 and will be in the NIT. That's not COY worthy, should've gone to Brey or Roy Williams

 

[Madbiker]

Looks like TV announcers had a lot more respect for Lydon than ACC coaches (10 points?).
Maybe NBA scouts have a similar view.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Looks like TV announcers had a lot more respect for Lydon than ACC coaches (10 points?).
Maybe NBA scouts have a similar view.

Not 10 ** Points. Not 10.

 

[721Comstock]

If John Collins played for UNC instead of Wake he'd be unanimous POY. He deserved it.

Pastner went 8-10 and will be in the NIT. That's not COY worthy, should've gone to Brey or Roy Williams

That's literally 8 more wins than anybody expected coming into the season.
With no major upgrade in talent.

CoY isn't simply 'the coach of the very good team that played up to expectations'.

 

[Eric15]

I'm just happy the ACC has five guys on the first, second and third teams. The old Big East having like 9 guys on the first team was just so fundamentally stupid.

 

[OrangeDW]

Andrew White >>>> that Virginia kid with the funny haircut

 

[Madbiker]

Remember the days SU would have like 4 guys on the Big East 1st/2nd teams. Seems long ago. Is the ACC so much better or has our talent level fallen down? Reality...8th place teams aren't loaded with all conference talent.

 

[OrangeDW]

Remember the days SU would have like 4 guys on the Big East 1st/2nd teams. Seems long ago. Is the ACC so much better or has our talent level fallen down? Reality...8th place teams aren't loaded with all conference talent.

We haven't had our best talents stay in school long enough since we've been in the ACC. Ennis, Malachi, and McCollough I think would've all projected as first team ACC types by the time they were juniors/seniors. Our best recruits talent has been one and done types that aren't anywhere near Carmelo good.

Battle will be a first team player next year.

 

[Chris02M]

Remember the days SU would have like 4 guys on the Big East 1st/2nd teams. Seems long ago. Is the ACC so much better or has our talent level fallen down? Reality...8th place teams aren't loaded with all conference talent.

Those teams had 7 or 8 per team which is 6 to 9 more players

 

[dasher]

If John Collins played for UNC instead of Wake he'd be unanimous POY. He deserved it.

Pastner went 8-10 and will be in the NIT. That's not COY worthy, should've gone to Brey or Roy Williams

I liked that for an instant. Pastner was clearly the COY. His team sucked and he got the most out of them.

 

[Briancuse]

Battle has to be on the all freshman team.

 

[OrangeDW]

Those teams had 7 or 8 per team which is 6 to 9 more players

And back in the day the Big East only had 8-9 teams.

 

[OrangeDW]

Battle has to be on the all freshman team.

I think he's a better player than Bowman and Okogie, but they had better stats due to more opportunities. They were on weaker teams and also Battle was slowed by the foot injury and the flu, which kept his numbers down.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Battle has to be on the all freshman team.

I hear you, but hard to be too upset as all those guys had better numbers and were more consistent.

 

[Cusefan0307]

I don't get how Perrantes was 2nd team. He had a rather average year. That's based off reputation.

 

[DonLightfoot]

OH MY!!!!

We had no credibility whatsoever. Probably didn't deserve any to be honest. Time to play MAD and get to the final four.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Looks like TV announcers had a lot more respect for Lydon than ACC coaches (10 points?).
Maybe NBA scouts have a similar view.

As which group?

 

[Jake]

ACC pre-season player of the year pick no where to be found. Not even honorable mention.

 

[MSOrange]

ACC pre-season player of the year pick no where to be found. Not even honorable mention.

Now that's just trippin

 

[raf4488]

ACC pre-season player of the year pick no where to be found. Not even honorable mention.

Imagine how bad Duke would've been if they got what they expected from Kennard in the preseason instead of the first-team All-ACC performer they actually got

 

[jncuse]

ACC pre-season player of the year pick no where to be found. Not even honorable mention.

 

[SoBeCuse]

I don't get how Perrantes was 2nd team. He had a rather average year. That's based off reputation.

Yeah, agreed. Other than that I didn't really have an issue with any of the lists. Maybe that ND PG could've been chosen instead of Perrantes.