Duke's Carey, FSU's Hamilton headline AP top honors in ACC
By AARON BEARD - Mar. 10, 2020 12:09 PM EDT
FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2019, file photo, Duke center Vernon Carey Jr. dunks against Boston College during the first half of an NCAA basketball game in Durham, N.C. Carey Jr. was selected to the Associated Press All-ACC team selected Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Carey Jr. was also named AP ACC Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year in the ACC. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2019, file photo, Duke center Vernon Carey Jr. dunks against Boston College during the first half of an NCAA basketball game in Durham, N.C. Carey Jr. was selected to the Associated Press All-ACC team selected Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Carey Jr. was also named AP ACC Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year in the ACC. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
FILE - In this March 7, 2020, file photo, Florida State's head coach Leonard Hamilton celebrates with his team after their first ever ACC championship after an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College in Tallahassee, Fla. Hamilton was selected Associated Press Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)
FILE - In this March 7, 2020, file photo, Duke guard Tre Jones (3) reacts during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against North Carolina in Durham, N.C. Tre Jones was selected to the Associated Press All-ACC team selected Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2019, file photo, Duke's Vernon Carey Jr. (1) speaks with a coach during halftime of an NCAA college basketball game against Wofford in Durham, N.C. Carey Jr. was selected to the Associated Press All-ACC team selected Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Carey Jr. was also named AP ACC Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year in the ACC. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2020, file photo, Syracuse forward Elijah Hughes, right, shoots over Duke center Vernon Carey Jr. during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Syracuse, N.Y. Hughes was selected to the Associated Press All-ACC team selected Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2020, file photo, Notre Dame's John Mooney (33) gets called for a charging violation as he goes up for a shot over Pittsburgh's Xavier Johnson (1) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in South Bend, Ind. Mooney was selected to the Associated Press All-ACC team selected Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Robert Franklin, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2020, file photo, Louisville forward Jordan Nwora (33) blocks the shot of Wake Forest forward Ody Oguama (33) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Louisville, Ky. Nwora was selected to the Associated Press All-ACC team selected Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)
FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2019, file photo, Duke center Vernon Carey Jr. (1) drives to the basket against Fort Valley State during the second half of an NCAA exhibition college basketball game in Durham, N.C. Carey Jr. was selected to the Associated Press All-ACC team selected Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Carey Jr. was also named AP ACC Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year in the ACC. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2020, file photo, Duke guard Tre Jones drives to the basket against North Carolina guard Leaky Black (1) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C. Tre Jones was selected to the Associated Press All-ACC team selected Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
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Duke freshman big man Vernon Carey Jr. is both The Associated Press player and newcomer of the year in the Atlantic Coast Conference, while Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton is the coach of the year.

Carey and teammate Tre Jones were the only unanimous picks to the AP All-ACC team announced Tuesday, a day after the league named Jones its player of the year. The 6-foot-10, 270-pound Carey earned eight votes for AP player of the year while Jones earned six in voting by 15 journalists who cover the ACC throughout the league’s 10 states.

Carey was the unanimous choice for newcomer of the year after averaging team highs of 17.8 points and 8.8 rebounds while shooting nearly 58% for the 10th-ranked Blue Devils. It marks the third straight year a Duke player swept the AP awards as top ACC player and newcomer, following Marvin Bagley III in 2018 and AP national player of the year Zion Williamson last year.

Hamilton, who led the fourth-ranked Seminoles to the program’s first league regular-season title, earned 13 votes for AP ACC coach of the year while two-time reigning coach of the year Tony Bennett of Virginia earned the other two.

On the AP All-ACC teams, the Seminoles joined Duke as the only schools to have multiple picks, with Trent Forrest and Devin Vassell being second-team selections.

Syracuse’s Elijah Hughes, Notre Dame’s John Mooney and Louisville’s Jordan Nwora joined Duke’s Carey and Jones on the first team. North Carolina’s Garrison Brooks, Georgia Tech’s Michael Devoe and Virginia’s Mamadi Diakite joined FSU’s Forrest and Vassell on the second team.

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The 2019-20 AP All-ACC team, with players listed alphabetically with name, school, height, weight, class and hometown ("u-" denotes unanimous selections):

FIRST TEAM

u-Vernon Carey Jr., Duke, 6-10, 270, Fr., Southwest Ranches, Florida

Elijah Hughes, Syracuse, 6-6, 215, R-Jr., Beacon, New York

u-Tre Jones, Duke, 6-3, 185, So., Apple Valley, Minnesota

John Mooney, Notre Dame, 6-9, 245, Sr., Orlando, Florida

Jordan Nwora, Louisville, 6-7, 225, Jr., Buffalo, New York

SECOND TEAM

Garrison Brooks, North Carolina, 6-9, 235, Jr., LaFayette, Alabama

Michael Devoe, Georgia Tech, 6-5, 193, So., Orlando, Florida

Mamadi Diakite, Virginia, 6-9, 224, R-Sr., Conakry, Guinea

Trent Forrest, Florida State, 6-4, 210, Sr., Chipley, Florida

Devin Vassell, Florida State, 6-7, 194, So., Suwanee, Georgia

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Coach of the year – Leonard Hamilton, Florida State

Player of the year – Vernon Carey Jr., Duke

Newcomer of the year – Vernon Carey Jr., Duke

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AP All-ACC voting panel:

Rick Bozich, WDRB-TV, Louisville, Kentucky; Lauren Brownlow, WCMC-FM, Raleigh, North Carolina; Chris Carlson, The Post-Standard of Syracuse, New York; Bennett Conlin, The Daily Progress of Charlottesville, Virginia; Matt Connolly, The State of Columbia, South Carolina; Joe Giglio, The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina; Steve Hewitt, Boston Herald; Michele Kaufman, Miami Herald; Zach Klein, WSB-TV, Atlanta; Craig Meyer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Tom Noie, South Bend (Indiana) Tribune; Conor O’Neill, Winston-Salem (North Carolina) Journal; Curt Weiler, Tallahassee (Florida) Democrat ; Steve Wiseman, The Herald-Sun of Durham, North Carolina; Norm Wood, Daily Press of Newport News, Virginia.

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