GREENSBORO - Media members at the ACC's Operation Basketball event on Sunday placed their votes for the conference's 2009-10 predicted order of finish and it was the first time in 41 years there's ever been a tie for first place. Duke and North Carolina both received 545 points.
Here's the predicted order of finish, with first-place votes and total points:
1. Duke (25), 545
1. UNC (20), 545
3. Clemson, 409
4. Georgia Tech (2), 387
5. Maryland, 378
6. Wake Forest (1), 315
7. Florida State, 314
8. Virginia Tech, 273
9. Boston College, 251
10. Miami, 135
11. Virginia, 116
12. N.C. State, 76
2009 ACC pre-season all-conference team
Greivis Vasquez, Maryland, 45
Trevor Booker, Clemson, 44
Kyle Singler, Duke, 43
Malcolm Delaney, Virginia Tech, 24
Ed Davis, North Carolina, 21
2009-10 ACC pre-season player and rookie of the year
Player of the year:
Kyle Singler, Duke, 19
Greivis Vasquez, Maryland, 15
Trevor Booker, Clemson, 8
Rookie of the year:
Derrick Favors, Georgia Tech, 40
John Henson, North Carolina, 8
Edward joined the News & Observer staff in 2004. He is a graduate of American University and Johns Hopkins University. He covers Wake Forest football and women's college basketball for the N&O. Edward is a native of Washington, D.C. He can be reached at 829-4781 or
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NCSU
Mon, 10/26/2009 - 16:04 — SurferNo way State finishes last. Somebody else will certainly be worse.