North Carolina guard RJ Davis is the unanimous alternative as The Associated Press males’s basketball participant of the 12 months within the Atlantic Coast Conference, whereas the Tar Heels’ Hubert Davis was voted as coach of the 12 months.
Wake Forest guard Hunter Sallis, a switch from Gonzaga, was named the newcomer of the 12 months in balloting launched Tuesday from 15 journalists who cowl the ACC.
RJ Davis, a 6-foot senior, and Hubert Davis claimed high honors after serving to No. 4 North Carolina win the ACC common-season title outright for the primary time since 2017. RJ Davis led the ACC in scoring at 21.1 factors per sport and has twice been chosen because the AP nationwide participant of the week this season.
Hubert Davis earned 10 votes, with Syracuse’s Adrian Autry the one different coach to obtain two votes.
A 12 months after lacking the NCAA Tournament, the Tar Heels grew to become solely the second staff to succeed in 17 league wins in a season for the reason that league expanded its schedule to 18- and 20-sport slates. They are the No. 1 seed on this week’s ACC Tournament.
Sallis averaged 18.3 factors in serving to the Demon Deacons contend for an NCAA Tournament bid. He obtained six votes to edge Notre Dame freshman Markus Burton (5) for the league’s high newcomer.
RJ Davis and Sallis have been a part of an all-ACC first staff that featured three massive males, together with Duke’s Kyle Filipowski and Clemson’s PJ Hall as first-staff picks on 14 of 15 ballots. North Carolina massive man Armando Bacot and Virginia guard Reece Beekman rounded out the primary staff after tying for the final spot.
u-RJ Davis, North Carolina, 6-0, 180, Sr., White Plains, New York.
Kyle Filipowski, Duke, 7-0, 248, So., Westtown, New York.
PJ Hall, Clemson, 6-10, 238, Sr., Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest, 6-5, 185, Jr., Omaha, Nebraska.
t-Armando Bacot, North Carolina, 6-11, 240, Gr., Richmond, Virginia.
t-Reece Beekman, Virginia, 6-3, 194, Sr., Milwaukee.
u-unanimous choice; t-tied for remaining spot
Judah Mintz, Syracuse, 6-4, 185, So., Fort Washington, Maryland.
Blake Hinson, Pittsburgh, 6-8, 230, Sr., Deltona, Florida.
Norchad Omier, Miami, 6-7, 240, Jr., Bluefields, Nicaragua.
DJ Horne, North Carolina State, 6-2, 180, Gr., Raleigh, North Carolina.
t-Quinten Post, Boston College, 7-0, 235, Gr., Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
t-Jeremy Roach, Duke, 6-2, 180, Sr., Leesburg, Virginia.
t-tied for remaining spot.
Coach of the 12 months – Hubert Davis, North Carolina
Player of the 12 months – RJ Davis, North Carolina
Newcomer of the 12 months – Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest
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AP All-ACC voting panel: Mike Barber, The Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch; Rodd Baxley, Fayetteville (North Carolina) Observer; Mark Berman, The Roanoke (Virginia) Times; Chad Bishop, Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Rick Bozich, WDRB-TV, Louisville, Kentucky; Donna Ditota, The Post-Standard of Syracuse, New York; Jerry DiPaola, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; Chapel Fowler, The State of Columbia, South Carolina; Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald; Kevin McNamara, WPRO, Providence, Rhode Island; Tom Noie, South Bend (Indiana) Tribune; J.B. Ricks, Spectrum News, Raleigh, North Carolina; Kate Rogerson, WTVD-TV, Durham, North Carolina; Jack Williams, Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee, Florida; Steve Wiseman, The Herald-Sun of Durham, North Carolina.
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