UNC's Wright Unanimous Pick to ACC's All-Freshman Team

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UNC's Wright Unanimous Pick to ACC's All-Freshman Team

Mar 6, 2007

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RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's Brandan Wright and Georgia Tech's Javaris Crittenton were unanimous picks to the Atlantic Coast Conference all-freshman team Monday.

They were joined by North Carolina State forward Brandon Costner, North Carolina point guard Ty Lawson and Duke guard Jon Scheyer in voting by 106 members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association.

Wright made an ACC-best 66 percent of his shots, while Crittenton ranks second in assists and third in steals.

Costner led all league freshmen by averaging 16.3 points a game, while Lawson is second in the conference in assist-turnover ratio.

Scheyer ranked third on the Duke team with 12.3 points per game, and he is an 84 percent free-throw shooter, ranking third in the ACC.

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All-ACC Team

First team
*Jared Dudley, Boston College (106), 318
*Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina (106), 318
*Al Thornton, Florida State (106), 318
Sean Singletary, Virginia (100), 312
Zabian Dowdell, Virginia Tech (90), 302

Second team
J.R. Reynolds, Virginia (20), 232
D.J. Strawberry, Maryland (2), 180
Tyrese Rice, Boston College, 177
Josh McRoberts, Duke, 159
Brandan Wright, North Carolina, 150

Third team
Kyle Visser, Wake Forest, 120
Javaris Crittenton, Georgia Tech, 104
Brandon Costner, N.C. State, 94
Jamon Gordon, Virginia Tech, 61
Jack McClinton, Miami, 48

Honorable mention (20 or more points)
Ben McCauley, N.C. State, 36
James Mays, Clemson, 34
DeMarcus Nelson, Duke, 34
James Gist, Maryland, 28
Ekene Ibekwe, Maryland, 22

All-Freshman Team
*Javaris Crittenton, Georgia Tech, 106
*Brandan Wright, North Carolina, 106
Brandon Costner, N.C. State, 95
Ty Lawson, North Carolina, 64
Jon Scheyer, Duke, 54

Honorable mention (20 or more votes)
Thaddeus Young, Georgia Tech, 42
Greivis Vasquez, Maryland, 37

All-Defensive Team
Jamon Gordon, Virginia Tech, 96
Ekene Ibekwe, Maryland, 65
Zabian Dowdell, Virginia Tech, 59
D.J. Strawberry, Maryland, 55
Josh McRoberts, Duke, 46

Honorable mention (20 or more votes)
Mario West, Georgia Tech, 33
DeMarcus Nelson, Duke, 25
James Mays, Clemson, 24
Vernon Hamilton, Clemson, 20