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Battier and Carrawell on All-ACC Squad; Williams Tabbed Rookie of the Year
GREENSBORO, N.C. (October 25) -- Duke's Shane Battier and Chris Carrawell
were both
placed on the All-ACC teams while Maryland junior forward Terence Morris
heads up the 1999-2000 pre-season squad as voted on by the attending
media at the Conference's 38th annual Operation Basketball held October
24 in Greensboro.
Duke's Jason Williams led all balloting for the 1999-2000 ACC Rookie of the Year with 47 votes. NC State's Damien Wilkins was second with 26 votes.
In the team projections, Duke was picked second behind North Carolina. The Blue Devils had 16 media members picking them to capture a third straight ACC regular season title. North Carolina received 74 first place votes.
In the probable order of finish in the 1999-2000 conference race, North
Carolina picked up 74 of the 90 first- place votes and out-distanced
second place Duke by a 792-to-712 margin. The Blue Devils garnered 16
first-place votes. Wake Forest was picked third, receiving 577 points.
Maryland (481) edged NC State (442) for fourth while Georgia Tech (396)
was the media's choice for sixth, followed by Virginia (358), Florida
State (179) and Clemson (113).
Morris, an honorable mention AP All-America and first team All-ACC as a
sophomore a year ago, out-distanced Duke's Shane Battier and Wake
Forest's Robert O'Kelley in ACC Player of the Year balloting by 28
votes. One of the most versatile players in the ACC, Morris finished
third among league leaders in field goal percentage (.554), third in
blocked shots (2.3), fourth in free throw percentage (.825), eighth in
rebounds (7.1), tenth in steals (1.6) and tenth in scoring (15.4).
Joining Morris the first team are North Carolina's Ed Cota who earned
second-team All-ACC honors a year ago after averaging a career-high 10.5
points and 7.4 assists. Cota enters his senior season only 330 assists
shy of tying the ACC and NCAA career assist record and is bidding to
become the first player in ACC history to lead the league in assists
four times.
Wake Forest's Robert O'Kelley is the league's leading returning scorer
after finishing third in the ACC a year ago with a 17.5 per game average
. A second-team All-ACC choice in 1998-99, O'Kelley led the Deacs in
assists (2.0) and minutes played (35.0).
Duke's Shane Battier tallied 9.1 points and 4.9 rebounds per game while
shooting .545 from the floor in 1998-99. Battier earned first-team
Basketball News All-Defensive Team honors a year ago.
Georgia Tech senior Jason Collier averaged 17.2 points and 7.3 rebounds
and earned second-team All-ACC honors a year ago after transferring from
Indiana.
1999-2000 Media Pre-Season
All-ACC Selections
(89 ballots)
First Team
Terence Morris, Jr., Md. 87
Ed Cota, Sr., UNC 83
Robert O'Kelley, Jr., WF 77
Shane Battier, Jr., Duke 68
Jason Collier, Sr., GaT 32
Second Team
Chris Carrawell, Sr., Duke 26
Chris Williams, So., UVa 21
Brendan Haywood, Jr., UNC 20
Alvin Jones, Jr., GaT 8
Ron Hale, Sr., FSU 7
Honorable Mention: Kris Lang, So., UNC (6), Anthony Grundy, So., NCS
(3), Donald Hand, Jr., Virginia (2), Justin Gainey, Sr., NCS (1), Kenny
Inge, Jr., NCS (1), Max Owens, Jr., UNC (1), Damon Thornton, Jr., NCS
(1).
1999-2000 Media Pre-Season
Predicted Team Finish
(90 ballots)
Team Points
1. North Carolina (74) 792
2. Duke (16) 712
3. Wake Forest 577
4. Maryland 481
5. NC State 442
6. Georgia Tech 396
7. Virginia 358
8. Florida State 179
9. Clemson 113
1999-2000 Media Pre-Season
ACC Player of Year
(88 ballots)
Terence Morris, Jr., Md. 42
Shane Battier, Jr., Duke 14
Robert O'Kelley, Jr., WF 14
Ed Cota, Sr., UNC 13
Brendan Haywood, Jr., UNC 2
Chris Carrawell, Sr., Duke 1
Alvin Jones, Jr., GaT 1
Chris Williams, So., UVa 1
1999-2000 Media Pre-Season
ACC Rookie of Year
(85 ballots)
Jason Williams, Duke 47
Damien Wilkins, NC State 26
Mike Dunleavy, Jr., Duke 5
Majestic Mapp, Virginia 3
Roger Mason, Virginia 2
Joseph Forte, North Carolina 1
Travis Watson, Virginia 1
