The 2010–11

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men's basketball season was the 58th season for the league.

Preseason

The AP preseason All-American team was named on November 1. Duke's

Kyle Singler Kyle Edward Singler (born May 4, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player. Singler was a four-year starter for the Duke men's basketball team and was instrumental in their 2010 NCAA championship run, earning Most Outstanding Pl ...

was the leading vote-getter with 62 of a possible 65 votes.

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forward

Harrison Barnes Harrison Bryce Jordan Barnes (born May 30, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels before being sele ...

received 17 votes and became the first freshman in history to be named to the preseason team.

Records

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coach

Mike Krzyzewski Michael William Krzyzewski ( ; born February 13, 1947), nicknamed "Coach K", is an American former college basketball coach. He served as the head coach at Duke University from 1980 to 2022, during which he led the Blue Devils to five natio ...

won his 800th game at Duke on November 24, making him the fifth ever coach to reach that milestone at one school. Kyle Singler and

Virginia Tech Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also ...

guard

Malcolm Delaney Malcolm Hakeem Delaney (born March 11, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He is from Baltimore, Maryland, and attended Towson Catholi ...

each passed the 2,000 point mark for their careers.

Rankings

was the preseason #1 in the AP and ESPN/USA Today Coaches Polls while

was ranked #9 and

was #23.
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 Florida State University (FSU) is a public university, public research university in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher e ...

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

Player of the Year
*

Nolan Smith Nolan Derek Smith (born July 25, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player who is currently an assistant men's basketball coach for the Louisville Cardinals. He played college basketball for Duke before being drafted 21st overa ...

Rookie of the Year *

Coach of the Year * Roy Williams Defensive Player of the Year * John Henson All-Atlantic Coast Conference.Top seed UNC left off All-ACC first team
accessed March 8, 2011
First Team *

¹ – Duke * Jordan Williams – Maryland *

– Virginia Tech *

– Duke *

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– Boston College ''1 – Denotes unanimous selection'' Second Team *

Tyler Zeller Tyler Paul Zeller (born January 17, 1990) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at the University of North Carolina, where as a freshman he played on their 2009 national championship team and as a seni ...

– North Carolina * John Henson – North Carolina *

– North Carolina *

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– Georgia Tech * Jeff Allen – Virginia Tech Third Team * Chris Singleton – Florida State *Demontez Stitt – Clemson *

Joe Trapani Joseph Charles Trapani (born July 1, 1988) is an American-Italian basketball player. He played college basketball for Vermont and Boston College. College career Trapani played at Daniel Hand High School in Madison, Connecticut and initially chose ...

– Boston College *

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– Miami *

Kendall Marshall Kendall Dewan Marshall (born August 19, 1991) is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He was born in Dumfries, Virginia, and attended Bishop O'Connell High School in Arlington, Virginia. He played college basketball for th ...

– North Carolina All-ACC Freshman team *

¹ – North Carolina *Travis McKie – Wake Forest *

– North Carolina *

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– Maryland * C. J. Leslie – N.C. State ''1 – Denotes unanimous selection'' All-ACC Defensive team * John Henson¹ – North Carolina * Chris Singleton – Florida State *

– Georgia Tech *

– Duke *

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– Clemson ''1 – Denotes unanimous selection''

References

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