Preseason All-ACC Basketball Picks |
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Duke All-America guard Jason Williams heads up the
2001-02 All-Atlantic Coast Conference pre-season squad as voted on by the attending media at the Conference's 40th annual Operation Basketball held Sunday, October 28, at the Grandover Resort & Conference Center in Greensboro, N.C. Williams, a 6-2, 195-pound junior was the media's unanimous choice as the pre-season ACC Player of the year, receiving all 74 votes. Williams was a consensus first-team All-America selection as a sophomore a year ago, after becoming the first Blue Devil since Danny Ferry in 1989 to lead the ACC in scoring with a 21.6 points per game average. The Plainfield, N.J., product led Duke and was second in the ACC in assists (6.2) and was the only player to rank among the top 20 nationally in scoring (15th) and assists (19th). Joining Williams on the media pre-season first-team are Maryland's Juan Dixon and Lonny Baxter and Duke teammates Mike Dunleavy and Carlos Boozer. Dixon led the Terps and was fifth in the ACC in scoring (18.2) a year ago and has earned first-team All-ACC honors in each of the past two seasons while Baxter earned second-team All-ACC recognition last year after averaging 15.6 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. Dunleavy earned honorable mention All-ACC honors after averaging 13.3 points and 6.5 rebounds as a sophomore in 2000-01. Boozer was also an honorable mention All-ACC performer last season averaging 13.3 points and 6.5 rebounds. NC State's Julius Hodge, a 6-6, 180-pound freshman from Bronx, N.Y., was the media choice for the pre-season ACC Rookie of the Year, out-distancing North Carolina's Jawad Williams by 20 votes. 2001-02 Media Pre-Season All-ACC Selections First Team Jason Williams, Duke 74# Juan Dixon, Maryland 69 Lonny Baxter, Maryland 58 Lonny Baxter, Maryland 58 Carlos Boozer, Duke 37 Mike Dunleavy, Duke 35 Second Team Chris Duhon, Duke 24 Roger Mason, Jr., Virginia 24 Jason Capel, North Carolina 14 Josh Howard, Wake Forest 11 Travis Watson, Virginia 11 #Denotes unanimous selection 2001-02 Media Pre-Season ACC Player of Year Jason Williams, Duke 74 2001-02 Media Pre-Season ACC Rookie of Year Julius Hodge, NC State 40 Jawad Williams, North Carolina 20 Anthony Richardson, Florida State 5 Chey Christie, Clemson 3 Elton Brown, Virginia 2 Barry Elder, Georgia Tech 1 3 no votes
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