Oct 26, 2008
North Carolina was the unanimous choice to win the ACC in men’s basketball, with Duke picked second and N.C. State picked ninth.
The voting was held Sunday in Atlanta by the media at Operation Basketball.
UNC’s Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson and Duke’s Gerald Henderson were named to the preseason All-ACC team, and Wake Forest’s Al-Farouq Aminu was the preseason rookie of the year.
ACC basketball preseason poll
Operation Basketball, Atlanta (40 total ballots)
1. North Carolina (40) 480
2. Duke 436
3. Wake Forest 354
4. Miami 344
5. Clemson 306
6. Virginia Tech 298
7. Maryland 192
8. Georgia Tech 186
9. N.C. State 179
10. Florida State 145
11. Boston College 123
12. Virginia 79
Preseason all-conference team
(37 ballots)
C Tyler Hansbrough, UNC
G Tyrese Rice,Boston College
G Jack McClinton, Miami
G Ty Lawson, UNC
G-F Gerald Henderson, Duke
Preseason Player of the Year
Tyler Hansbrough (unanimous)
Preseason Rookie of the Year
Al-Farouq Aminu, Wake Forest