The Atlantic Coast Conference announced the 2021-2022 men’s basketball team awards winners for all ACC team members and award winners Monday morning. The All-ACC team was voted on by a 78-person panel consisting of the conference’s 15 coaches and 63 members of the media.
Alondes Williams from Wake Forest was named Best player in ACC by 41 votes, ten votes ahead of Armando Bacot of North Carolina (31 votes). Paolo Banchero won by Duke ACC Rookie of the YearHe received 71 out of 78 possible votes.
Wake Forest coach Steve Forbes has been named ACC Coach of the Yearand get more than half of the votes for the award.
Duke Mark Williams Center is ACC Defensive Player of the Year By 46 votes. Virginia’s guard, Rhys Beckman, was the runner-up for the award with 20 votes.
Derion Cebron of NC State won Most improved playerbeating Clemson’s PJ Hall by just five votes.
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The ACC Man of the Year 6 It is Matthew Cleveland by an overwhelming majority, with 52 votes.
First Team ACCArmando Bacot, Alonds Williams, Paolo Panchero, Cameron McGusty, Paddy Boehme
First Team ACC: Kev Aluma, Derion Sabron, Wendell Moore Jr., Blake Wesley, Jake Lavia
All third ACC team.: Dean Goodwin, Mark Williams, Isaiah Wong, Jayden Gardner, Michael Defoe
Here is the full list of ACC and All-ACC men’s basketball award winners:
2021-22 ACC Prize Winners
player of the year: Alonds Williams, Wake Forest
General beginner: Paolo Banchero, Duke
General coach: Steve Forbes, Wake Forest
Defensive Player of the Year: Mark Williams, Duke
Most improved player: Derion Cyprion, North Carolina
Sixth man of the year: Matthew Cleveland, Florida
2021-22 All-ACC Team
First team
Armando Bacot, North Carolina, 380
Alonds Williams, Wake Forest 373
Paolo Panchero, Duke, 372
Cameron McGusty, Miami, 315
Body Boeheim, Syracuse, 241
second team
Kev Aluma, Virginia Tech, 192
Derion Cyprion, NC State, 166
Wendell Moore Jr., Duke, 161
Blake Wesley, Notre Dame 148
Jake LaRavia, Wake Forest 147
Third team
Dane Goodwin, Notre Dame 131
Mark Williams, Duke, 119
Isaiah Wong, Miami, 119
Jayden Gardner, Virginia, 106
Michael Defoe, Georgia Tech 105
honorary
Caleb Love, North Carolina, 84
PJ Hall, Clemson, 72
John Hugley, Pete, 54
Charlie Moore, Miami, 42
Brady Mannick, North Carolina, 38
Kehee Clark, Virginia, 22
AJ Griffin, Duke, 22
Paul Atkinson Jr., Notre Dame, 20
Terracovion Smith, NC State, 15
Reese Beckman, Virginia, 15
Note: All ACC team points are determined on a 5-3-1 system (five points for team one, three points for team two, and one point for team three).
Best player in ACC
Alonds Williams, Wake Forest, 41 votes
Armando Bacot, North Carolina, 31
Paolo Banchero, Duke, 6
ACC Student of the Year
Paolo Banchero, Duke, 72 votes
Blake Wesley, Notre Dame, 4
Terracovion Smith, NC State, 1
Trevor Kells, Duke, 1
ACC Defensive Player of the Year
Mark Williams, Duke, 46 votes
Reese Beckman, Virginia, 20
Liky Black, North Carolina, 7
Wendell Moore Jr., Duke, 3
Charlie Moore, Miami, 2
ACC’s Best Improved Player
Derion Cebron, NC State, 33 votes
PJ Hall, Clemson, 28
Mark Williams, Duke, 4
John Hugley, Pete, 4
Dane Goodwin, Notre Dame, 3
Jesse Edwards, Syracuse, 2
Wendell Moore Jr., Duke, 2
James Karnick, Boston College, 1
RJ Davis, North Carolina, 1
ACC Man of the Year 6
Matthew Cleveland, Florida, 52 votes
Ellis, Louisville, 6
Anthony Walker, Miami, 6
C Server, Wake Forest, 6
Kaden Shedrick, Virginia, 5
Quentin Post, Boston College, 2
Cam Hayes, NC State, 1
ACC Coach of the Year
Steve Forbes, Wake Forest, 40 votes
Mike Krzyzewski, Duke, 19
Mike Bree, Notre Dame, 13
Jim Laranaga, Miami, 3
Mike Young, Virginia Tech, 1
Hubert Davis, North Carolina, 1
Tony Bennett, Virginia, 1
Comprehensive defensive team
Mark Williams, Duke, 77 votes
Reese Beckman, Virginia, 69
Liky Black, North Carolina, 55
Charlie Moore, Miami, 45
Wendell Moore Jr., Duke, 33
All beginners team
Paolo Banchero, Duke, 77 votes
Terracovion Smith, NC State, 73
Blake Wesley, Notre Dame, 72
AJ Griffin, Duke, 66
Trevor Kells, Duke, 50 years old
