GREENSBORO -- Virginia senior center Jerome Meyinsse has been named the winner of the Skip Prosser Award as the top scholar-athlete in ACC men's basketball, the conference has announced.

Meyinsse is a three-time Academic All-ACC and ACC Academic Honor Roll selection. He is a member of the President of Virginia's student-athlete advisory committee and an economic major.

He is averaging 6.3 points and 4.1 rebounds, including 15.8 points and 5.5 rebounds over Virginia's final four regular-season games.

GREENSBORO — Don't forget to join N&O sportswriter J.P. Giglio online at noon today for a live chat from the Greensboro Coliseum.

Please keep him company as he suffers courtside at the Greensboro Coliseum during the first half of the No. 8 Boston College-No. 9 Virginia game.

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GREENSBORO -- While the four top seeds – Duke, Maryland, Florida State and Virginia Tech – watch and relax, seeds 5-12 in the ACC will try to survive their dreaded first-round conference tournament games Wednesday in Greensboro.

Roy Williams will try one more time to rouse his underachieving North Carolina team against an opponent (Georgia Tech) that’s defeated the Tar Heels twice. A surging N.C. State team will attempt to recapture the magic from its run to the finals from its first season (2007) under coach Sidney Lowe.

Wake Forest has a chance to continue the momentum from a win over Clemson in the regular-season finale that was preceded by four straight losses. Here are five things to watch on the opening day of the ACC tournament:

GREENSBORO -- If Virginia wasn’t already struggling with the suspension of leading scorer Sylven Landesberg and the nine-game losing streak the Cavaliers bring into the tournament, they will also be without senior guard Calvin Baker, who has left the team to deal with an illness in his family.

At 14-15, the Cavaliers could still squeeze their way into one of the postseason tournaments, but it’s going to take a win over Boston College on Thursday at the minimum. And to do that, Virginia is going to need a big game from freshman point guard Jontel Evans.

One of the best days of the ACC basketball season happens on the eve of the ACC tournament.

That's when teams hold a one-hour shootaround practice at the tournament site that's free and open to the media and the public. It's a good chance for fans who can't get seats for the games to see the players and coaches in a relaxed environment. Duke and North Carolina are the only teams that aren't participating in the open practices this year.

Here's the schedule for Wednesday's open practices at the Greensboro Coliseum:

GREENSBORO - With every put-back, every shot as the shot clock
expires, every loose ball collected diving on the ground, the N.C.
State women’s basketball team is gaining the confidence of a dangerous
basketball team.

Just ask third-seeded Virginia, which the sixth-seeded Wolfpack knocked
off 66-59 in the quarterfinal round of the ACC Tournament on Friday
night at Greensboro Coliseum.

GREENSBORO - Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie has been named the 2010 ACC women's basketball coach of the year.

It's McCallie's first ACC coach of the year honor.  In her third season with the Blue Devils, she has guided her team to a 24-5 overall record and the top seed in this week's ACC Tournament in Greensboro.

Virginia's Monica Wright was named the ACC women's basketball defensive player of the year on Wednesday.

Duke senior guard Keturah Jackson was named to the all-defensive team. 

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The message heading into the
biggest game of the ACC season was unmistakable Sunday night as
fifth-ranked Duke crushed Virginia 67-49 at John Paul Jones Arena.

Maryland will have a chance to grab a share of first place in the ACC
on Wednesday night if it can defeat the Blue Devils at College Park,
Md. But the Terrapins will have to defeat the hottest team in the ACC
to do it.

Sophomore guard Sylven Landesberg, Virginia's leading scorer, did not play against  No. 5 Duke on Sunday because of a thigh bruise, a Virginia spokesman said.

Landesberg is averaging 17.4 points per game, fifth best in the ACC.