I'm surprised you feel that way even if you think Warren indisputably deserves it. Some of the ACC historians can correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the only two winners to come from losing teams Len Bias and Erick Green? I'd be happy if you're right and voters recognize that even great players can't carry teams alone, but I'm not sure that's the case. I guess State can make that somewhat moot by beating BC, but 9-9 doesn't scream "excellence" either.
To me there are four players you can make solid cases for, in no special order: Warren, the best scorer; McDaniels, the most balanced (if you wonder how State would be without Warren, think about how bad Clemson would be without McDaniels--I'm not sure they'd average 50 points--and Clemson is better than State); Parker, who's played the best over the course of the whole season (which is not how I think the ACC award should work, but it's not completely unreasonable), and Brogdon, the most efficient of the bunch and on the best team. And hey look, those four have the
highest PERs, by far, in the ACC among players averaging 25 MPG (what I would consider full-time starter). Not the way I picked the four, but nice to see some stat support.