malpearl31
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I referenced this in one of the recruiting threads, where there was some discussion about the ACC having been down this past season (which it was) and the ease of our ACC schedule this past season. How will the ACC look next season? Who's leaving? And who's coming in? Below, I'm listing each ACC team (in order of finish/seeding in this year's conference tourney) with a summary of projected key losses and key incoming players.
For the purposes of this analysis, I'm assuming any player that has entered the transfer portal is leaving - and I'm putting any non-seniors projected to be a 1st or 2nd round pick in the NBA Draft in the "could lose" category (as projected by Sam Vecenie of the Athletic in his latest mock draft):
We should have one of the more experienced teams in the ACC next season. Hughes will be very difficult to replace, no doubt, but there aren't many other teams projected to have 4 starters returning. Hopefully that experience will translate into some better late-game production - allowing us to maybe steal some Ws that we couldn't get last season (at Clemson and Miami, vs ND, Va Tech and NC St).
For the purposes of this analysis, I'm assuming any player that has entered the transfer portal is leaving - and I'm putting any non-seniors projected to be a 1st or 2nd round pick in the NBA Draft in the "could lose" category (as projected by Sam Vecenie of the Athletic in his latest mock draft):
- 1.) Florida St – loses Trent Forrest – could lose Devin Vassell, Patrick Williams. Incoming: Scottie Barnes (SF, 5-stars), Sardaar Calhoun (SG, 4-stars)
- 2.) Virginia – loses Mamadi Diakite, Braxton Key. Incoming: Sam Hauser (PF, Marquette transfer), Jabri Abdur-Rahim (Shareef’s kid! – SF, 4-stars)
- 3.) Louisville – loses Seven Enoch, Lamarr Kimble, Dwayne Sutton, Ryan McMahon – could lose Jordan Nwora. Incoming: Jay Scrubb (SF, JC transfer), JJ Traynor (PF, 4-stars), D’Andre Davis (SF/SG, 4-stars)
- 4.) Duke – loses Javin DeLaurier, Jack White – could lose Vernon Carey, Tre Jones, Cassius Stanley. Incoming: Jalen Johnson (SF, 5-stars), Jeremy Roach (PG, 5-stars), D.J. Steward (SG, 5-stars), Jaemyn Brakefield (PF, 5-stars)
- 5.) Georgia Tech – loses James Banks. Incoming: Saba Gigiberia (C, 4-stars)
- 6.) NC State – loses Markell Johnson, CJ Bryce. Incoming: Josh Hall (SF, 4-stars), Cam Hayes (PG, 4-stars), Shakeel Moore (PG, 4-stars)
- 7.) Syracuse – loses Brycen Goodine, Jalen Carey, Howard Washingon – could lose Elijah Hughes. Incoming: Kadary Richmond (PG, 4-stars), Woody Newton (PF, 4-stars)
- 8.) Notre Dame – loses John Mooney, TJ Gibbs, Rex Pflueger, Juwan Durham. Incoming: No 5-star or 4-star recruits
- 9.) Clemson – loses Tevin Mack. Incoming: P.J. Hall (C, 4-stars)
- 10.) Miami – loses Dejan Vasilijevic. Incoming Earl Timberlake (SF, 4-stars), Matt Cross (PF, 4-stars)
- 11.) Boston College – loses Derryck Thornton, Nik Popovic, Jared Hamilton. Incoming: Demarr Langford (SF, 4-stars)
- 12.) Virginia Tech – loses Landers Nolley. Incoming: Joe Bamisile (SG, 4-stars), Darius Maddox (SG, 4-stars)
- 13.) Wake Forest – loses Brandon Childress, Andrien White, Torry Johnson. Incoming: No 5-star or 4-star recruits
- 14.) Pittsburgh – loses Trey McGowens, Eric Hamilton. Incoming: John Hugley IV (C, 4-stars), Noah Collier (SF, 4-stars)
- 15.) North Carolina – loses Brandon Robinson, Christian Keeling, Justin Pierce – could lose Cole Anthony. Incoming: Day’Ron Sharpe (C, 5-stars), Walker Kessler (C, 5-stars), Caleb Love (PG, 5-stars), R.J. Davis (PG, 4-stars), Donovan Johnson (SF, 4-stars)
We should have one of the more experienced teams in the ACC next season. Hughes will be very difficult to replace, no doubt, but there aren't many other teams projected to have 4 starters returning. Hopefully that experience will translate into some better late-game production - allowing us to maybe steal some Ws that we couldn't get last season (at Clemson and Miami, vs ND, Va Tech and NC St).
