Obviously there are still a couple weeks to go, but it's pretty clear who's going to earn ACC honors. What are your thoughts?

My predictions:

1st Team
G: Shane Larkin
G: Erick Green
F: Kenny Kadji
F: Richard Howell
C: Mason Plumlee

2nd Team
G: Lo Brown
G: Seth Curry
F: Joe Harris
F: Ryan Anderson
C: Reggie Fatass Johnson

3rd Team
G: Reggie Bullock
G: Michael Snaer
F: James Michael McAdoo
F: CJ Leslie
C: Alex Len

Honorable Mentions: Scott Wood, Durand Scott, Travis McKie, Mitchell from UVa, Quinn Cook

I know I am overlooking some guys like maybe Booker or Sulaimon, but overall I think I got it fairly close.

ACC Rookie Team will be tough:

G: Hanlan
G: Paige
G: Sulaimon
F: TJ Warren
F: ???

ACC POY = Plumlee although it could be a variety of guys

ACC ROY = Sulaimon

2/27/2013 4:43:49 PM

Coach: Larranaga.

2/27/2013 4:45:51 PM

I have absolutely no issue with Green being POY while on a last place team

dude is legit and way more consistent than Plumlee

2/27/2013 4:53:26 PM

I know we haven't lived up to expectations, but I'd love to see Howell get some kind of push for ACC POY. He outplayed Plumlee in two meetings and has been the one consistent on this team.

Although I have zero issues with it going to Green. Just think Howell deserves some mentions.

[Edited on February 27, 2013 at 5:23 PM. Reason : TBDV]

2/27/2013 5:22:44 PM

^^^ Yeah that will be unanimous

^^ I agee with Green too although he does shoot a shit ton in order to get his points. No real clear cut favorite. I hope Howell gets a few POY votes just for being a fucking beast.



[Edited on February 27, 2013 at 5:26 PM. Reason : df]

2/27/2013 5:26:24 PM

He does shoot a lot, but he's almost shooting 50%, 38% from 3 and 82% from the line.

2/27/2013 5:38:13 PM

Take McAdoo off third team. He fucking sucks and it's a disgrace to even speculate he'd make it

2/27/2013 5:40:45 PM

go ahead and toss Bullock on the 2nd team

no way there are no UNC players on the first two teams

bump fatass off the 2nd team for lack of minutes, but good luck bumping him off yourself, you'll need a skidsteer

2/27/2013 5:56:22 PM

Am I crazy for thinking Quinn Cook is more important than Seth Curry? I was shocked to see Curry as a Naismith finalist.

* and I seriously loathe Cook more than other player in recent memory. He's a cockchode of the highest order on the court... but he's been key to Duke this year.

[Edited on February 27, 2013 at 10:37 PM. Reason : x]

2/27/2013 10:36:59 PM

I think Cook's gotta be on there somewhere.

2/27/2013 10:46:30 PM

I could see Cook on the 3rd team easily. Not sure if the ACC will just put the 5 best players on a team or if they try and fill it out by position. If they just take the best players and segregate them in 5s, then Cook could even make 2nd team.

There has been some good guard play in the ACC this year which should bode well for the ACC going into the tourney.

2/28/2013 9:31:15 AM

I don't think Leslie should be on any team

2/28/2013 10:43:51 AM

Green-POY
Howell
Plumlee
Larkin
Curry


Kenny K
Zomentum
Harris
Cook
Calvin

Len
JMM
Snaer
CJ Harris
Bullock

[Edited on February 28, 2013 at 11:02 AM. Reason : add another note ]

2/28/2013 11:00:08 AM

^^not sure if serious or ... he is in the top ten in the ACC in pts and rebs.

[Edited on February 28, 2013 at 11:02 AM. Reason : d]

2/28/2013 11:01:59 AM

I put Seth Curry on the first team based on hype alone. Snaer on the 2nd for his clutchness. Quinn Cook and CJ Harris on the 3rd, because both seem like the most indispensable player on their team. Also, there's no way CJL doesn't at least make the third team ...he's top 10 in scoring, rebounding, and FG percentage in the league.


1st Team:
G: Shane Larkin
G: Erick Green
G: Seth Curry
F: Richard Howell
F: Mason Plumlee

2nd Team:
G: Lo Brown
G: Michael Snaer
F: Reggie Bullock
F: Kenny Kadji
F: Ryan Anderson

3rd Team:
G: Quinn Cook
G: CJ Harris
F: James Michael McAdoo
F: CJ Leslie
C: Alex Len

Honorables: Scott Wood, Devin Booker, Reggie Johnson, Durand Scott, Travis McKie, Sulaimon, Hanlan

Rookies:
G: Hanlan
G: Paige
G: Sulaimon
F: TJ Warren
F: Devin Thomas

ACC POY: Green
ACC ROY: Sulaimon



[Edited on February 28, 2013 at 11:26 AM. Reason : ]

2/28/2013 11:04:07 AM

no way will Green win POY playing on the worst team in the ACC

2/28/2013 11:15:39 AM

Probably not, but you can't help but be amazed by the guy. He leads the nation in scoring but never seems to force his shot. If he could get ANY help from his teammates, he might be leading the league in assists too. He plays great defense too.

Take him off VT, and they'd be a high-school level team.

2/28/2013 11:25:05 AM

Leslie will end up higher than people are predicting. 1st or 2nd team, Howell will be 3rd or HM.

Name recognition and reputation factor way to much into these conference teams, Howell won't get the love he deserves, but I hope I'm wrong.

2/28/2013 11:26:38 AM

I agree that Howell should be first team

And that he won't be selected. He totally deserves it though. He brings it every night. He's just an under the radar workhorse that had no pre-season media hype, so he'll be ignored come All ACC time. Which is bullshit.

2/28/2013 11:48:26 AM

Quote :

"no way will Green win POY playing on the worst team in the ACC"

any other year, i would agree. but this year there hasn't been anyone close to being as good as he is in the conference. he is literally the only not terrible player for VT. and he isn't a guy who gets points with 30% FG and shooting 25 times a game *cough* terrell stoglin *cough*

that said, plumlee will probably win, but that's a damn joke. he hasn't been terribly good lately and pads his stats in garbage time.

2/28/2013 11:54:43 AM

^^ and ^^^
You'll be happy because you're very wrong. No well in hell barring injury Howell isn't at least 2nd team. Your point is still valid many times though.

[Edited on February 28, 2013 at 11:59 AM. Reason : add another note ]

2/28/2013 11:58:18 AM

Maverick1024 you don't have Joe Harris at all? He's gotta be first team.

Larkin
Green
Harris
Howell
Plumlee

2/28/2013 12:09:03 PM

^^ I really hope so he deserves it.

2/28/2013 12:15:03 PM

Quote :

"Howell will be 3rd or HM. "

No way in hell.

2/28/2013 12:15:21 PM

Yeah, dude is leading the ACC in offensive and defensive rebounds by a pretty substantial margin. Probably 1st or 2nd in the league in double-doubles too. And 21st in scoring. Better at least make the 2nd team.

2/28/2013 12:27:04 PM

^^^^Wow, not sure how I left Harris off. I had him on the 2nd team but cut him out somehow.

Harris 2nd team, Bullock 3rd team, CJ Harris to honorable mention.

2/28/2013 12:39:36 PM

Most of the ACC media types on twitter have been preaching Howell first team all season.

2/28/2013 12:41:19 PM

Again, hope I'm wrong(has nothing to do with deserving it) but I don't see it being that far fetched for a hard working/non-flashy under hyped player from NC State to get snubbed. In fact, that sounds just about right to me, #NCStateShit.

2/28/2013 12:51:07 PM

Honorable Mention: Jevoni Robinson

2/28/2013 12:54:59 PM

not only will Howell make 1st team, he will get at least 2 votes for POY

you heard it here first

2/28/2013 1:57:24 PM

No Dylan joke yet? I'm disappoint.

2/28/2013 2:11:23 PM

just saw this interesting comparison of plumlee to cjl on PP

Quote :

"He's [CJL] only had 3 games with single-digit scoring (OKST, vs. Clemson, @UNC) -- same as Plumlee (vs. Clemson, @FSU, @UMd) He's had 7 games with 5 or more TOs -- Plumlee's had 6. They've both fouled out of 2 games."

2/28/2013 5:33:27 PM

Calvin Plumlee

2/28/2013 5:38:38 PM

Quote :

"G: Shane Larkin G: Erick Green G: Seth Curry F: Richard Howell F: Mason Plumlee "

I think this is pretty well locked in for first team. Brown has actually had a slightly better year than Larkin, but Miami is having a much, much better year than we are.

2/28/2013 5:50:01 PM

i think boozie's 1st team is better

even though its 80% the same

[Edited on February 28, 2013 at 5:55 PM. Reason : .]

2/28/2013 5:54:52 PM

Can we discuss the fact that Plumlee shouldn't be ACC PotY? He has disappeared in as many games as Leslie.

Green, last place team or not, should win.

[Edited on February 28, 2013 at 10:17 PM. Reason : Oops, I didn't see bullets post. Spot on.]

2/28/2013 10:10:05 PM

Yeah, I have to agree. When I first saw that he was leading the nation in scoring on a last place team I was all,

But then when I got interested and saw him play, I was like

2/28/2013 10:16:55 PM

i don't see pj hairston on any of these lists...i think he'll get at least honorable mention

2/28/2013 10:36:24 PM

Joe Fucking Harris

2/28/2013 10:40:09 PM

Yeah, this game might push Harris onto the 1st team.

2/28/2013 10:48:36 PM

setch curry does not deserve 1st team. period.

2/28/2013 10:53:04 PM

Redoing my first team (sorry Seth Curry).

G: Shane Larkin
G: Erick Green
F: Joe Harris
F: Richard Howell
F: Mason Plumlee

If Harris and UVA finish the season strong, he's the MVP

2/28/2013 11:33:57 PM

If Plumlee and Harris fall off and we finish strong like we should, I think Howell for POY and Purvis or Warren ROY still are possibilities.

If Purvis starts the last three and continues double digits I think he makes the rookie first-team with Warren over Paige.

3/1/2013 1:01:30 AM

i doubt Purvis starts any of the last 3 games barring injury, I think Gott found his starting lineup with Bacca/Alice In Chains/Warren G/Calvin Klein/Dick Towel

I do expect Purvis to get more minutes though if he continues to build on last game

Warren is our best chance at Freshman of the Year, though we would all trade that for winning our next 3 games

3/1/2013 1:03:52 AM

Yeah I have got to modify my prediction too. Joe Harris was insane last night. No doubt he'll be first team. I am starting to be worried that they'll put Seth Curry on the 1st team over Howell though which would be damn shame.

1st Team
G: Shane Larkin
G: Erick Green
F: Joe Harris
F: Richard Howell
C: Mason Plumlee

3/1/2013 9:00:50 AM

TJ should win RotY but it'll be Sulaimon.

TJ is having a remarkably consistent second half of ACC season.

3/4/2013 9:56:01 AM

^ I agree. Sulaimon has had some real shit games lately although he had a couple big plays against Miami on Saturday. TJ's biggest problem is that State has so many solid players that he gets overlooked.

3/4/2013 10:21:58 AM

Howell is averaging 13 pts, 11 rebounds and 2 assists per game, and his numbers are even better in ACC play. No way in hell he doesn't make First Team All-ACC. Every talking head/writer out there that I have heard on the radio has mentioned that as of right now, you HAVE to include Howell on the first team. There is no post player in the ACC having a better season than Howell.

I think rflong has a good prediction.

3/4/2013 12:32:18 PM

heard some talking heads earlier saying Larkin was the frontrunner for PoTY

better than Plumlee I guess

3/4/2013 12:37:50 PM

^really? Blah, Larkin would be a crappy POTY winner. Without all the 24 year old 6th year seniors, Miami would be nothing. Larkin is a good player, but not POTY type if you ask me. Id give it to Joe Harris, Erick Green or Howell over Larkin

3/4/2013 12:41:16 PM