All-ACC 2010-11 predictions
Since it is the summer, and I need other things to keep me occupied until the season starts, I was wondering how many of Duke's players would make one of the three all-ACC teams next year (not including freshmen of the year, or the all defensive team.)
I did a bit of research (and it would have been a lot easier if I had seen the ACC media guide online sooner http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskb...cmbkguide.html, and as far as I can tell, there have only been 3 all-ACC teams since 1989-90.
I was looking at some of Duke's better teams and the most all-ACC players Duke has had was 5, in 1998-99 (Brand and Langdon first team, Avery 2nd team, Battier and Carrawell third team).
The 1991-92 team had 4 all-ACC players (Laettner first team, Grant Hill and Hurley 2nd team, Thomas Hill third team) as did the 2003-04 team (Duhon first team, Redick and Williams second team, and Deng third team - Ewing was honorable mention.)
Most of our other top teams have had 3 all-ACC performers, including:
1990-91 (Laettner 1st team, Hurley and T. Hill 3rd team)
2000-01 (Battier and Williams 1st team, James 3rd team - Dunleavy and Boozer honorable mention)
2001-02 (3 1st teamers Williams, Boozer and Dunleavy)
2007-08 (DMarc 1st team, Paulus and Singler 3rd team)
Another of our top teams (2005-06) had only 2 all-ACC performers, (Redick and Williams 1st team) but they were both all-American candidates.
As most are aware, Kyle (1st team) and Nolan (2nd team) are Duke's returning all-ACC players. I believe there are 5 other all-ACC players returning (Delaney-VT 1st, T.Smith-NCSt 2nd, Hudson-VT 3rd, Trapani-BC 3rd and Singleton-FSU 3rd.)
Because I enjoy any Duke basketball discussion, I thought this could be a good forum for discussing how many all-ACC players people think we will have next year.
Will this be a year where there are two dominant first team all-ACC players and nobody else making an all-ACC?
Will Kyrie be one of the few freshmen (Singler, Deng, Redick and Williams were all 3rd team from Duke since Dawkins was 2nd team in 1983) to make an all-ACC team?
Is Curry good enough to make an all conference team?
Will Miles make enough of a jump to be a dominant big man in the conference?
Will Mason make a big freshman to sophomore jump, show his great versatility and be one of the best big men in the conference?
Will Andre or Ryan make it into the discussion?
How many players from Duke's 2010-11 team will make an all-conference team?
Edit: I didn't realize I could do a multiple choice poll so I did that instead of just picking how many people you think will be all-ACC.