All-ACC teams announced

The 2008-2009 All-ACC teams were announced on Monday and here was who made the first, second, third, and all-defensive and all-freshman teams:

All-ACC First Team
Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina (unanimous selection, four time unanimous selection)
Ty Lawson, North Carolina (224/228 possible votes)
Toney Douglas, Florida State (226/228 possible votes)
Gerald Henderson, Duke (210/228)
Jack McClinton, Miami (188/228)

All-ACC Second Team
Jeff Teague, Wake Forest (185/228)
Trevor Booker, Clemson (156/228)
Tyrese Rice, Boston College (151/228)
Kyle Singler, Duke (128/228)
Greivis Vasquez, Maryland (116/228)

All-ACC Third Team
James Johnson, Wake Forest (100/228)
Malcolm Delaney, Virginia Tech (83/228)
A.D. Vassallo, Virginia Tech (81/228)
Danny Green, North Carolina (48/228)
Gani Lawal, Georgia Tech (46/228)

Honorable Mention
Wayne Ellington, North Carolina (41/228)
K.C. Rivers, Clemson (33/228)
Sylven Landesberg, Virginia (15/228)

All-Freshman Team
Sylven Landesberg, Virginia (unanimous selection)
Al-Farouq Aminu, Wake Forest (unanimous selection)
Iman Shumpert, Georgia Tech (70/76 possible votes)
Solomon Alabi, Florida State (59/76)
Ed Davis, North Carolina (55/76)

All-Defensive Team
Trevor Booker, Clemson (67/76)
Toney Douglas, Florida State (67/76)
Solomon Alabi, Florida State (53/76)
Danny Green, North Carolina (28/76)
L.D. Williams, Wake Forest (26/76)


The first team was what I thought it was going to be. I would have voted Tyrese Rice first team over McClinton. I just think that BC would have been much worse off without Rice and he led his team to more wins and I always side with wins where, in my mind, it is a close vote between two guys.

The second team was also pretty fair in my opinion. I really have no complaints with that team other than I would have had McClinton on second team with Rice on first.

The third team again was pretty good. I am not sure how Jon Scheyer (Duke) did not at least make honorable mention. He has been very solid for them and I thought his performance all year, but especially in the last few weeks, would have at least warranted some votes. However, the ACC had unbelievable talent across the board this year and was extremely deep. I am pretty sure that in most years Wayne Ellington from UNC would have made at least third team but there was just not room this year.

The All-Freshman team was pretty much what I expected. Landesberg will no doubt be ACC rookie of the year. The defensive team was also pretty good. My only wonder is how Ty Lawson almost made the defensive team. He has been the best point guard in the ACC this year, but no one has talked about how great of a defender he is. Some opposing lead guards had career nights against UNC and Lawson would have at least been guarding some of those guys. He is quick, however, and did come up with a fair amount of steals this year.

ACC Player of the year, defensive player of the year, and rookie of the year will be announced later. Here are my votes:

Player of the year: Toney Douglas, Florida State
Most likely media pick: Ty Lawson, North Carolina

Defensive Player of the year: Toney Douglas, Florida State
Most likely media pick: Toney Douglas, Florida State

Rookie of the year: Sylven Landesberg, Virginia
Most likely media pick: Sylven Landesberg, Virginia

Douglas simply did everything for Florida State this year. He averaged 20.8 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3 assists, 1.9 steals, and 0.5 blocks. He was the unquestioned leader of a Florida State team that surprised many people this year finishing fourth in the conference. To see Douglas' value to FSU just look at their points per game averages. Douglas averaged 20.8 and no one else on their team averaged double figures for the year. Without Douglas, Florida State doesn't win five conference games and therefore he, to me, should be player of the year. I think he probably will win defensive player of the year (as he should), but for the media that will be a concession from them as they will probably vote Lawson, or maybe Hansbrough, player of the year because they come from the best team (and both had good years).