ACC Handbook Preseason Top 25

UMI Publications' ACC Basketball Handbook announces its preseason National Top-25 and All-Conference ACC selections for the coming 2004-05 season. The Top 25 section this year includes detailed analysis from former North Carolina player and coach Matt Doherty.

The Handbook's preseason All-ACC teams and projected standings are complied using ballots from participating writers and magazine correspondents.

 

Listed below are the top 25 teams and ACC Conference selections.

 

National Top 25

  1. Georgia Tech

  2. Illinois

  3. Kansas

  4. Wake Forest

  5. Duke

  6. Connecticut 

  7. North Carolina

  8. Texas

  9. Syracuse

10. Arizona

11. NC State

12. Oklahoma State

13. Kentucky

14. Maryland

15. Louisville

16. Wisconsin

17. Alabama

18. Providence

19. Michigan State

20. Mississippi State

21. Pittsburgh

22. Charlotte

23. Stanford

24. Gonzaga

25. Oklahoma

 

Projected ACC Standings

Georgia Tech

Wake Forest

Duke

North Carolina

N.C. State

Maryland

Florida State

Virginia

Clemson

Virginia Tech

Miami

 

ACC Player of the Year

Rashad McCants-UNC

 

ACC Rookie of the Year

Marvin Williams-UNC

 

 

ACC-First Team

Rashad McCants-UNC

Julius Hodge-NC State

Chris Paul-WFU

Jarrett Jack-Georgia Tech

Shelden Williams-Duke

 

ACC Second Team

John Gilcrest-Maryland

Sean May-UNC

B.J. Elder-Georgia Tech

Justin Gray-WFU

Daniel Ewing-Duke

 

ACC Third Team

Jawad Williams-UNC

J.J. Redick-Duke

Raymond Felton-UNC

Ilian Evtimov-NC State

Jamal Levy-WFU

 

All-ACC Rookie Team

DeMarcus Nelson-Duke

Marvin Williams-UNC

Cedric Simmons-NC State

Ra'Sean Dickey-Georgia Tech

Isaiah Swann-FSU

  

The ACC Basketball Handbook is currently in its 31^st year covering ACC Hoops. Published by UMI Publications in Charlotte, NC, the handbook can be purchased by calling 1-800-747-9287 or by visiting the website www.acchandbook.com. The magazine will be on newsstands nationally the first week of October.