Duke was selected as the favorite to win the 2019-20 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Championship, as chosen by media members at 2019 Operation Basketball. Picked as the preseason ACC favorite for the fourth straight season and the sixth time in seven years, the Blue Devils are the reigning ACC Tournament champion.
Duke received 51 first-place votes out of the 111 total votesand finished with 1,564 points, leading North Carolina, Louisville and Virginia atop the preseason poll.
Louisville forward Jordan Nwora was chosen the ACC Preseason Player of the Year,well ahead in the voting over North Carolina’s Cole Anthony and Duke’s Tre Jones.
Anthony, the former Archbishop Molloy and Oak Hill Academy (VA) star, was named Preseason Freshman of the Year.
Duke opens the 2019-20 season versus Kansas in the State Farm Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden on November 5.
ACC Preseason Order of Finish (first-place votes in parentheses) 1. Duke (51), 1564 2. North Carolina (19), 1493 3. Louisville (29), 1448 4. Virginia (12), 1405 5. Florida State, 1157 6. NC State, 1038 7. Notre Dame, 915 8. Syracuse, 910 9. Miami, 768 10. Pitt, 577 11. Clemson, 564 12. Georgia Tech, 437 13. Boston College, 382 14. Virginia Tech, 334 15. Wake Forest, 328
Preseason All-ACC Team First Team Jordan Nwora, Louisville, 95 Tre Jones, Duke, 89 Cole Anthony, North Carolina, 81 John Mooney, Notre Dame, 51 Mamadi Diakite, Virginia, 49 Second Team Markell Johnson, NC State, 39 Vernon Carey Jr., Duke, 19 Chris Lykes, Miami, 18 Garrison Brooks, North Carolina, 11 Trent Forrest, Florida State, 11 Preseason ACC Freshman of the Year Cole Anthony, North Carolina, 89 Vernon Carey Jr., Duke, 8 Wendell Moore Jr., Duke, 5 Casey Morsell, Virginia, 3 Cassius Stanley, Duke, 3 Matthew Hurt, Duke, 3 Preseason ACC Player of the Year Jordan Nwora, Louisville, 55 Cole Anthony, North Carolina, 31 Tre Jones, Duke, 19 John Mooney, Notre Dame, 3 Mamadi Diakite, Virginia, 2 Markell Johnson, NC State, 1
Duke received 51 first-place votes out of the 111 total votes
Louisville forward Jordan Nwora was chosen the ACC Preseason Player of the Year,
Duke opens the 2019-20 season versus Kansas in the State Farm Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden on November 5.
ACC Preseason Order of Finish (first-place votes in parentheses) 1. Duke (51), 1564 2. North Carolina (19), 1493 3. Louisville (29), 1448 4. Virginia (12), 1405 5. Florida State, 1157 6. NC State, 1038 7. Notre Dame, 915 8. Syracuse, 910 9. Miami, 768 10. Pitt, 577 11. Clemson, 564 12. Georgia Tech, 437 13. Boston College, 382 14. Virginia Tech, 334 15. Wake Forest, 328
Preseason All-ACC Team First Team Jordan Nwora, Louisville, 95 Tre Jones, Duke, 89 Cole Anthony, North Carolina, 81 John Mooney, Notre Dame, 51 Mamadi Diakite, Virginia, 49 Second Team Markell Johnson, NC State, 39 Vernon Carey Jr., Duke, 19 Chris Lykes, Miami, 18 Garrison Brooks, North Carolina, 11 Trent Forrest, Florida State, 11 Preseason ACC Freshman of the Year Cole Anthony, North Carolina, 89 Vernon Carey Jr., Duke, 8 Wendell Moore Jr., Duke, 5 Casey Morsell, Virginia, 3 Cassius Stanley, Duke, 3 Matthew Hurt, Duke, 3 Preseason ACC Player of the Year Jordan Nwora, Louisville, 55 Cole Anthony, North Carolina, 31 Tre Jones, Duke, 19 John Mooney, Notre Dame, 3 Mamadi Diakite, Virginia, 2 Markell Johnson, NC State, 1
