Originally Posted by
Olympic Fan
The votes are due in Sunday night, although many voters will vote early. The All-ACC teams and awards will be announced early next week -- the All-ACC team itself comes out Monday.
I think we can agree that Vasquez wrapped up POY last night -- not saying he SHOULD have, but I'm pretty sure that's how most voters saw it. He's finishing on a great run -- averaging 25-plus points, seven assists and five rebounds over the last month, while driving Maryland to a likely share of the title.
He's a lock. And, as much as we might disagree, I'd bet serious momney that Sweaty Gary wins his second ACC COY award. Derrick Favors has had ROY in his pocket for a month.
But first team All-ACC is still hard to call.
Vasquez, Scheyer and Delaney are locks, but I think the other two spots are up for grabs among:
Wake's Aminu -- his late slide (no points, 2 rebounds Wednesday night in a game Wake had to have at FSU and would have won with an average Aminu performance) has hurt. He's still the only guy in the league averaging a double-double, but he's also missed double figure scoring in four of Wake's 15 ACC games.
Clemson's Booker -- He's solid, although his stats are down a bit from last year's second-team All-ACC performance. Still, he's the anchor of a team that's likely to finish third or tied for third in the ACC.
Duke's Singler -- Not as good as some writers thought when they made him preseason POY, but he's been really solid -- especially late.
Not all writers do it, but I like to look at stats against other ACC teams. I have the ACC-only stats going into this week and its Aminu (15.6 ppg; 10.6 reb.), Booker (16.0 ppg., 7.9 reb.) and Singler (18.1 ppg., 7.1 reb.). Aminu has the best FG percentage of the 3 -- Singler is best from the FT line and 3-point line.
I'd say, barring a great finish this weekend, Singler and Booker get the other two first-team spots.
That pushes Aminu to the second team with Nolan Smith, Tracy Smith, Sylvan Landesberg (all locks IMHO) and either Ish Smith (like Aminu, he's slumped), Joe Trapani or maybe Dorenzo Hudson (fifth in scoring in ACC play).
The two that don't make it go to third team, which seems to me to be wide open. I like Alabi at FSU. Maybe Gani Lawal, second in ACC rebounding, but he's averaging just 11.4 ppg. in league play. Actually, I think Derrick Favors has been better in the ACC. I'd love to see Zoubek get consideration, but I'm afraid his late surge is just too late (maybe if he would have dominated Maryland last night like he did the first time ...)
UNC made the interesting choice to promote Ed Davis instead of Deon Thompson. Had he stayed healthy and maintained his stats (10.4 ppg., 8.4 rpg. in ACC), Davis would have been a good third team choice ... but he only played in 8 ACC game -- half a schedule. Will that get him a spot?
Favors heads the all-rookie team. Jordan Williams, Durand Scott and Michael Snaer should also make it. Will CJ Harris, who put up good scoring numbers early, but hasn't been able to hit anything in the last month, get a spot? I'd prefer Brian Oliver at GT -- but (just a wild guess) I think the UNC-lovers out there will express their devotion by giving John Henson a little love here.
The all-defense team starts with Alabi and Singleton at FSU. I think Lance Thomas gets a spot. After that, I don't know -- both Ginyard at UNC and Bell at Georgia Tech came into the season with reputations as defensive stoppers, but both have been awful defensively.