ACC Awards

[feldspar]

COY: Dave Leitao
POY: Al Thornton
ROY (they don't actually do this one, do they?): Jon Scheyer
All-ACC 1st team: Hansblahblah, Jared Dudley, J.R. Reynolds, Zabian Dowdell, Javaris Crittenton.

I just threw these out there for the sake of discussion...so....discuss.

[DukeDevilsBB]

COY - Dave Leitao
POY - Jared Dudley
ROY - Brandan Wright

All ACC 1st Team - Singletary, Dowdell, Dudley, Thornton, Hanstravel


feldspar - My only disagreement with your list 1st team list would be that you have Thornton as POY but not 1st team ACC.


*edited - meant to put Singletary not Reynolds

[patentgeek]

COY - Leitao (Skinner a close second - he had to handle a mid-season crisis)

POY - Dudley (this is tought - could also have gone with Thornton)

ROY - Wright - he's had the biggest impact

1st Team - Thornton, Dudley, Singletary, The Traveling Man, Dowdell

[feldspar]

feldspar - My only disagreement with your list 1st team list would be that you have Thornton as POY but not 1st team ACC.

I couldn't remember if the ACC does like other leagues and does not inlcude the POY in the All-Conference selection.

[rthomas]

I think the ROY award should go to his Coka-cola commercial where he tells the story of his mother leaving him dimes on the counter each morning so he could have a drink after school with his buddies.

It brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it.

[bird]

POY: Sean Singletary

Three reasons:

Carried the load at Virginia.

Freakishly good individual play at times.

Other candidates have worse defects. Particularly Dudley. Really think he showed mental weakness in Duke loss and other recent games.

Leito is more likely to get COY than Singletary to get POY, where it should be reversed, IMO.

[mullslaw6383]

COY: Leitao
POY: Thornton
ROY: Wright, Scheyer close 2nd

1st Team: Thornton, Singletary, Dudley, Hansbrough, Dowdell
2nd Team: McRoberts, Crittenton, Wright, Reynolds, Nelson

[Carlos]

Bird - I'm not sure you can say that Singletary carried the load at Virginia when JR Reynolds has been averaging 21 ppg in ACC games.

Plus, he has Jason Cain you know...

[DukeDevilsBB]

I couldn't remember if the ACC does like other leagues and does not inlcude the POY in the All-Conference selection.

Im 100% sure you can be both POY and 1st Team all ACC....JJ was last year.

[feldspar]

Im 100% sure you can be both POY and 1st Team all ACC....JJ was last year.

Then I'd definitely replace Crittenton with Thornton. Also, I must have been reading theACC.com's stats wrong, because I could have sworn that Reynolds actually had better numbers than Singletary, but looking back I guess not.

So, I'm going with Thornton as POY, All-ACC: Singletary, Dudley, Dowdell, Thornton, Hansblahblah.

[Duvall]

I couldn't remember if the ACC does like other leagues and does not inlcude the POY in the All-Conference selection.

What league does this?

POY: Singletary
COY: Winner of Thursday night's UVa-VPI game.
All-ACC: Hansbrough, Singletary, Thornton, Dudley, Dowdell

[DukeDevilsBB]

It seems the first team all acc is pretty much a consensus pick.

Dowdell, Singletary, Thornton, Dudley, Hanstravel

[blazindw]

I think in the ACC, the top vote getter for 1st team All-ACC is crowned the POY. I believe that's how it usually works

[Duvall]

I think in the ACC, the top vote getter for 1st team All-ACC is crowned the POY. I believe that's how it usually works

No, I'm pretty sure it's a separate ballot. The two awards are announced separately.

[bird]

Carlos says: "Bird - I'm not sure you can say that Singletary carried the load at Virginia when JR Reynolds has been averaging 21 ppg in ACC games."

You are correct, of course. Looking at the season stats, Singleltary and Reynolds have similar profiles:

Season:

Scoring

Singletary – 18.2 per game
Reynolds – 18.5 per game (Reynolds edged up in ACC play)

Minutes played:

Singletary – 32.9
Reynolds – 32.0

Rebounds

Singletary –4.4 per game
Reynolds – 4.2 per game

Assists

Singletary – 128 total
Reynolds – 103 total

Steals

Singletary – 36 total
Reynolds – 23 total

[gw67]

I believe that the sportswriters pick three teams. My choices:

1st team: Dudley, Thornton, Dowdell, Singletary and Hansbrough
2nd team: Reynolds, McRoberts, Rice, Visser, Crittenton
3rd team: Wright, Gist, Nelson, Strawberry, Costner

POY – Singletary

COY – Leitao

gw67

[CMS2478]

The last time I saw the stats Dudley led the ACC in scoring and rebounding, so it is hard not to give it to him......even though I would love to see someone else get it like Thornton or Singletary bc they show some class and don't whine and brag 24/7.

[Troublemaker]

Too many votes for Leitao, imo. What's his signature win? The 2-pt squeaker against Duke at home? Greenberg has two scalps of UNC and a victory over Duke in Cameron. He's a no-brainer choice if he completes the sweep of UVA/Leitao this week.

[ElDuke]

POY will go to Dudley
ROY will go to Wright
COY will go to Greenberg

[dukelifer]

If you don't get your guys up to win against Wake for the outright title- that should do you in right there. I think Gary Williams might get it given how they have played down the stretch.