2010–11 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

Preseason

The AP preseason All-American team was named on November 1. Duke's Kyle Singler was the leading vote-getter with 62 of a possible 65 votes. North Carolina forward Harrison Barnes received 17 votes and became the first freshman in history to be named to the preseason team.

Records

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski won his 800th game at Duke on November 24, making him the fifth ever coach to reach that milestone at one school. Kyle Singler and Virginia Tech guard Malcolm Delaney each passed the 2,000 point mark for their careers.

Rankings

Duke was the preseason #1 in the AP and ESPN/USA Today Coaches Polls while North Carolina was ranked #9 and Virginia Tech was #23.

However, Duke later dropped to #3 and then #5, but eventually regained the #1 ranking for one week before dropping again to #4.

North Carolina dropped out of the rankings after week 3 and Virginia Tech dropped out after week 2 leaving Duke as the only ACC school in the top 25 until week 11 when Florida State spent one week at #22 before dropping back out of the rankings.

North Carolina reappeared at #24 in week 12 and has since moved up to #6.

Season awards

Player of the Year

• Nolan Smith

Rookie of the Year

• Harrison Barnes

Coach of the Year

• Roy Williams

Defensive Player of the Year

• John Henson

All-Atlantic Coast Conference.

First Team

• Nolan Smith1 – Duke
• Jordan Williams – Maryland
• Malcolm Delaney – Virginia Tech
• Kyle Singler – Duke
• Reggie Jackson – Boston College 1 – Denotes unanimous selection Second Team
• Tyler Zeller – North Carolina
• John Henson – North Carolina
• Harrison Barnes – North Carolina
• Iman Shumpert – Georgia Tech
• Jeff Allen – Virginia Tech Third Team
• Chris Singleton – Florida State
• Demontez Stitt – Clemson
• Joe Trapani – Boston College
• Malcolm Grant – Miami
• Kendall Marshall – North Carolina

All-ACC Freshman team

• Harrison Barnes1 – North Carolina
• Travis McKie – Wake Forest
• Kendall Marshall – North Carolina
• Terrell Stoglin – Maryland
• C. J. Leslie – N.C. State 1 – Denotes unanimous selection

All-ACC Defensive team

• John Henson1 – North Carolina
• Chris Singleton – Florida State
• Iman Shumpert – Georgia Tech
• Nolan Smith – Duke
• Jerai Grant – Clemson 1 – Denotes unanimous selection

References

References

1. [https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=5752533 Preseason All-Americans announced], accessed November 1, 2010
2. (November 23, 2010). "Top-ranked Blue Devils club Kansas State for Coach K's 800th win at Duke". [[ESPN.com]].
3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20241130234314/https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310050150 Kyle Singler scores 2,000th career point in Duke's win], accessed January 5. 2011
4. "2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings (Oct. 30)". ESPN.
5. (March 8, 2011). "ACSMA Announces 2010–11 Individual Awards for ACC Men's Basketball". theacc.com.
6. [http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/03/08/1037248/tar-heels-absent-from-all-acc.html# Top seed UNC left off All-ACC first team], accessed March 8, 2011