The 2011–12

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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

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hotel in

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. 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 #

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(''57 first place votes'') #

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(''2'') #

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# Clemson #

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# Wake Forest #

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Preseason All-ACC *

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(59 votes)– North Carolina * John Henson (47)– North Carolina *

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(46)– North Carolina *

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(32)– Miami * Mike Scott (20t)– Virginia * Seth Curry (20t)– Duke Preseason Player of the Year *Harrison Barnes (57)- North Carolina *John Henson (2)- North Carolina Preseason Rookie of the Year *

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(57)– Duke *

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(1)- North Carolina * Nick Faust (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
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Coach of the Year *

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

¹ – North Carolina * Mike Scott – Virginia * John Henson – North Carolina *

– Duke *

– North Carolina ''1 – Denotes unanimous selection'' Second Team *

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– North Carolina *

Terrell Stoglin Terrell DeVon Stoglin (born November 10, 1991) is an American professional basketball player. He served as the starting shooting guard for the University of Maryland, College Park, University of Maryland, where he played college basketball for tw ...

– 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, ear ...

– Florida State * C. J. Leslie – North Carolina State *

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– Virginia Tech Third Team * Seth Curry – Duke * C. J. Harris – Wake Forest *

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– North Carolina State * Kenny Kadji – Miami *

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– Duke All-ACC Freshman team *

¹ – Duke * Ryan Anderson ¹– Boston College *

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– Virginia Tech *

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

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– Florida State *Jontel Evans – Virginia *

– Florida State * Andre Young – Clemson ''1 – Denotes unanimous selection''

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: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:

, John Henson,

: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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