ACC Announces Predicted Order of Finish & Preseason Honors

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Boston College was picked to finish 13th on the 2022-23 ACC Men's Basketball Predicted Order of Finish. The poll was voted on by the 101 credentialed media members from the league's media Tipoff event held last week in Charlotte and was announced live on the ACC PM program on ACC Network.

North Carolina - the preseason number one ranked team in the country - tops the ACC poll, followed by Duke, Virginia, and Miami in the top four.

The Eagles open ACC play on Saturday, Dec. 3 at Duke. Tipoff is set for 4 p.m. at Cameron Indoor Stadium and the game will air live on ACC Network. BC hosts Virginia Tech on Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 6:30 in the home ACC opener. The game will also broadcast live nationally on ACC Network.

Freshman Prince Aligbe received one vote for ACC Preseason Rookie of the Year. Duke's Dereck Lively II was tabbed as the league's top newcomer. North Carolina's Armando Bacot was selected as the conference's Preseason Player of the Year.

Predicted Order of Finish (101 total votes)
1. North Carolina (90), 1504
2. Duke (2), 1339
3. Virginia (6), 1310
4. Miami (2), 1138
5. Florida State, 1064
6. Notre Dame, 971
7. Virginia Tech (1), 921
8. Syracuse, 700
9. Wake Forest, 672
10. NC State, 548
11. Clemson, 528
12. Louisville, 477
13. Boston College, 368
14. Pitt, 320
15. Georgia Tech, 260
First-place votes in parentheses

Preseason All-ACC (101 total votes)
First Team
Name, School, Votes
Armando Bacot, North Carolina, 100
Isaiah Wong, Miami, 81
Caleb Love, North Carolina, 58
Terquavion Smith, NC State, 46
Jeremy Roach, Duke, 35

Second Team
Name, School, Votes
Jayden Gardner, Virginia, 32
Dereck Lively II, Duke, 19
Justyn Mutts, Virginia Tech, 18
PJ Hall, Clemson, 17
RJ Davis, North Carolina, 14

Preseason Player of the Year
Name, School, Votes
Armando Bacot, North Carolina, 82
Isaiah Wong, Miami, 5
Caleb Love, North Carolina, 4
Jeremy Roach, Duke, 3
PJ Hall, Clemson, 2
RJ Davis, North Carolina, 2
Terquavion Smith, NC State, 1
Hunter Cattoor, Virginia Tech, 1
Dariq Whitehead, Duke, 1

Preseason Rookie of the Year
Name, School, Votes
Dereck Lively II, Duke, 57
Dariq Whitehead, Duke, 25
Tyrese Proctor, Duke, 5
Mark Mitchell, Duke, 3
Tyler Nickel, North Carolina, 2
Jalen Washington, North Carolina, 2
JJ Starling, Notre Dame, 2
Kyle Filipowski, Duke, 2
Prince Aligbe, Boston College, 1
Isaac McKneely, Virginia, 1
Seth Trimble, North Carolina, 1

ACC Announces Predicted Order of Finish & Preseason Honors

Players Mentioned

Prince Aligbe

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