2010–11 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

2010–11 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationNovember 8, 2010
through March 6, 2011
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)ACC Network (Raycom Sports), ESPN, Raycom Sports, Learfield Sports
Regular Season
First placeNorth Carolina (14–2)
Conference ChampionDuke
  Runners-upDuke (13–3)
Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball seasons
2010–11 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 North Carolina 14 2   .875 29 8   .784
No. 3 Duke 13 3   .813 32 5   .865
Florida State 11 5   .688 23 11   .676
Clemson 9 7   .563 22 12   .647
Boston College 9 7   .563 21 13   .618
Virginia Tech 9 7   .563 22 12   .647
Maryland 7 9   .438 19 14   .576
Virginia 7 9   .438 16 15   .516
Miami (FL) 6 10   .375 21 15   .583
NC State 5 11   .313 15 16   .484
Georgia Tech 5 11   .313 13 18   .419
Wake Forest 1 15   .063 8 24   .250
2011 ACC tournament winner
As of March 27, 2011[1]
Rankings from AP poll[2]

The 2010–11 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season was the 58th season for the league.

Preseason

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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.[3]

Records

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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.[4] Kyle Singler[5] and Virginia Tech guard Malcolm Delaney each passed the 2,000 point mark for their careers.

Rankings

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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.[6]
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

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Player of the Year[7]

Rookie of the Year[7]

Coach of the Year[7]

Defensive Player of the Year[7]

All-Atlantic Coast Conference.[8]

All-ACC Freshman team

1 – Denotes unanimous selection

All-ACC Defensive team

1 – Denotes unanimous selection

References

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  1. ^ "ACC Standings - 2010-11". ESPN. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
  2. ^ "2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
  3. ^ Preseason All-Americans announced, accessed November 1, 2010
  4. ^ "Top-ranked Blue Devils club Kansas State for Coach K's 800th win at Duke". Associated Press. ESPN.com. November 23, 2010. Retrieved November 24, 2010.[dead link]
  5. ^ Kyle Singler scores 2,000th career point in Duke's win[dead link], accessed January 5. 2011
  6. ^ "2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings (Oct. 30)". ESPN. Archived from the original on November 13, 2009. Retrieved October 29, 2009.
  7. ^ a b c d "ACSMA Announces 2010–11 Individual Awards for ACC Men's Basketball". theacc.com. March 8, 2011. Archived from the original on December 9, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
  8. ^ Top seed UNC left off All-ACC first team, accessed March 8, 2011