The 2011–12

Atlantic Coast Conference The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC's fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Associa ...

men's basketball season is the 59th season for the league.

Preseason

The conference hosted its 50th annual media event, "Operation Basketball", on October 19 at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. At this event, the ACC media votes on how they believe each team will finish in the conference, the preseason All-ACC team, the preseason Player of the Year, and the preseason Rookie of the Year. Preseason Poll # North Carolina (''57 first place votes'') # Duke (''2'') # Florida State # Virginia # Miami # Virginia Tech # Clemson # NC State # Maryland # Georgia Tech # Wake Forest #

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

Preseason All-ACC * Harrison Barnes (59 votes)– North Carolina * John Henson (47)– North Carolina *

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 ...

(46)– North Carolina *

Malcolm Grant Sir Malcolm John Grant, , (born 29 November 1947) is a barrister, academic lawyer, and former law professor. Born and educated in New Zealand, he was the ninth President and Provost of University College London – the head as well as principa ...

(32)– Miami * Mike Scott (20t)– Virginia *

Seth Curry Seth Adham Curry (born August 23, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for one year at Liberty University before transferring to Duke. ...

(20t)– Duke Preseason Player of the Year *Harrison Barnes (57)- North Carolina *John Henson (2)- North Carolina Preseason Rookie of the Year * Austin Rivers (57)– Duke * James Michael McAdoo (1)- North Carolina *

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(1)- Maryland

Rankings

Conference schedules

Composite matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.

Boston College

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Clemson

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Duke

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Florida State

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Georgia Tech

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Maryland

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Miami

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North Carolina

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NC State

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Virginia

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Virginia Tech

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Wake Forest

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Postseason

Season awards

Player of the Year
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Rookie of the Year
* Austin Rivers Coach of the Year *

Leonard Hamilton James Leonard Hamilton (born August 4, 1948) is an American basketball coach and the current men's basketball head coach at Florida State University. He is a former head coach at Oklahoma State University, the University of Miami, and for the Nat ...

Defensive Player of the Year * John Henson All-Atlantic Coast Conference
First Team *

¹ – North Carolina * Mike Scott – Virginia * John Henson – North Carolina * Austin Rivers – Duke * Harrison Barnes – North Carolina ''1 – Denotes unanimous selection'' Second Team *

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 * Terrell Stoglin – Maryland *

Michael Snaer Michael Snaer (born June 21, 1990) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Karpoš Sokoli in Macedonia. As a college player, he led Florida State University to their first ACC tournament championship in 2012, ea ...

– Florida State *

C. J. Leslie Calvin "C. J." Leslie (born June 25, 1991) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for North Carolina State. High school career Leslie attended Word of God Christian Academy for three years where he pla ...

– North Carolina State * Erick Green – Virginia Tech Third Team *

– Duke * C. J. Harris – Wake Forest * Lorenzo Brown – North Carolina State * Kenny Kadji – Miami *

Mason Plumlee Mason Alexander Plumlee (born March 5, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He primarily plays the forward and center positions. As a freshman in 2009–10, h ...

– Duke All-ACC Freshman team * Austin Rivers¹ – Duke * Ryan Anderson ¹– Boston College *

Dorian Finney-Smith Dorian Lawrence Finney-Smith (born May 4, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Virginia Tech and Florida. After spending his first ...

– Virginia Tech * Shane Larkin – Miami *

– Maryland ''1 – Denotes unanimous selection'' All-ACC Defensive team * John Henson¹ – North Carolina *

Bernard James Bernard Ronald James (born February 7, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Florida State University. He is also the oldest player ever to be drafted in the National Basketball Association ( ...

– Florida State *Jontel Evans – Virginia *

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– Clemson ''1 – Denotes unanimous selection''

2012 NBA draft The 2012 NBA draft was held on June 28, 2012, at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The draft started at 7:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (2300 UTC), and was broadcast in the United States on ESPN. In this draft, National Basketball Asso ...

:The following 1st, 2nd & 3rd team All-ACC performers were listed as seniors:

, Mike Scott. The deadline for entering the NBA draft is April 29, but once one has declared, the deadline for withdrawing the declaration and retaining NCAA eligibility is April 10. The deadline for submitting information to the NBA Advisory Committee for a 72-hour response is April 3. :The following ACC underclassmen have sought the advice of the NBA's undergraduate advisory committee to determine his draft prospects: :The following ACC underclassmen declared early for the 2012 draft: Austin Rivers, Harrison Barnes,

, John Henson, Terrell Stoglin :The following ACC underclassmen entered their name in the draft but who did not hire agents and opted to return to college:

References

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