ACC Basketball Awards: Virginia Wins Two Awards, Three All-ACC Selections

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Today, after finishing the season as the No.1-ranked team via KenPom, the Virginia Cavaliers were prominently featured in the ACC’s end-of-season awards. De’Andre Hunter was honored as the ACC Defensive Player of the Year and on the ACC All-Defensive Team, Tony Bennett won ACC Coach of the Year, and Hunter, Kyle Guy, and Ty Jerome all made All-ACC teams.

Hunter and Braxton Key received votes in other categories — ACC Player of the Year (Hunter); ACC Sixth Man of the Year (Key) — but failed to win.

2018-19 ACC Basketball Awards: Results

BOLD = Virginia

First Team All-ACC 

  • Zion Williamson, Duke, 350 (unanimous)
  • RJ Barrett, Duke, 346
  • De’Andre Hunter, Virginia, 302
  • Cameron Johnson, North Carolina, 277
  • Kyle Guy, Virginia, 231

Second Team All-ACC

Third Team All-ACC

Honorable Mention All-ACC

ACC All-Defensive Team

  • De’Andre Hunter, Virginia, 60
  • Tre Jones, Duke, 56
  • Zion Williamson, Duke, 53
  • Elijah Thomas, Clemson, 31
  • James Banks III, Georgia Tech, 29

ACC All-Freshman Team

  • Zion Williamson, Duke, 70 (unanimous)
  • Coby White, North Carolina, 67
  • RJ Barrett, Duke, 66
  • Xavier Johnson, Pitt, 40
  • Tre Jones, Duke, 38

ACC Player of the Year

  • Zion Williamson, Duke, 49 (winner)
  • RJ Barrett, Duke, 16
  • De’Andre Hunter, Virginia, 4
  • Ky Bowman, BC, 1

ACC Coach of the Year

ACC Defensive Player of the Year

  • De’Andre Hunter, Virginia, 46 (winner)
  • Tre Jones, Duke, 19
  • David Skara, Clemson, 3
  • Trent Forrest, Florida State, 2

ACC Rookie of the Year

  • Zion Williamson, Duke, 47 (winner)
  • RJ Barrett, Duke, 21
  • Coby White, North Carolina, 2

ACC Most Improved Player

  • Jordan Nwora, Louisville, 30 (winner)
  • John Mooney, Notre Dame, 27
  • Cameron Johnson, North Carolina, 5
  • Mfiondu Kabengele, Florida State, 4
  • Kerry Blackshear Jr., Virginia Tech, 2
  • Chris Lykes, Miami, 2

ACC Sixth Man of the Year

(via TheACC.com)

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