2010–11 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

The 2010–11 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season was the 58th season for the league.

Preseason The AP preseason All-American team was named on November 1. Duke's Kyle Singler was the leading vote-getter with 62 of a possible 65 votes. North Carolina forward Harrison Barnes received 17 votes and became the first freshman in history to be named to the preseason team.Preseason All-Americans announced, accessed November 1, 2010

Records Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski won his 800th game at Duke on November 24, making him the fifth ever coach to reach that milestone at one school. Kyle SinglerKyle Singler scores 2,000th career point in Duke's win, accessed January 5. 2011 and Virginia Tech guard Malcolm Delaney each passed the 2,000 point mark for their careers.

Rankings Duke was the preseason #1 in the AP and ESPN/USA Today Coaches Polls while North Carolina was ranked #9 and Virginia Tech was #23. However, Duke later dropped to #3 and then #5, but eventually regained the #1 ranking for one week before dropping again to #4. North Carolina dropped out of the rankings after week 3 and Virginia Tech dropped out after week 2 leaving Duke as the only ACC school in the top 25 until week 11 when Florida State spent one week at #22 before dropping back out of the rankings. North Carolina reappeared at #24 in week 12 and has since moved up to #6.

Season awards Player of the Year

Nolan Smith

Rookie of the Year Harrison Barnes

Coach of the Year Roy Williams

Defensive Player of the Year John Henson

All-Atlantic Coast Conference.Top seed UNC left off All-ACC first team, accessed March 8, 2011

First Team Nolan Smith1 – Duke Jordan Williams – Maryland Malcolm Delaney – Virginia Tech Kyle Singler – Duke Reggie Jackson – Boston College 1 – Denotes unanimous selection Second Team Tyler Zeller – North Carolina John Henson – North Carolina Harrison Barnes – North Carolina Iman Shumpert – Georgia Tech Jeff Allen – Virginia Tech Third Team Chris Singleton – Florida State Demontez Stitt – Clemson Joe Trapani – Boston College Malcolm Grant – Miami Kendall Marshall – North Carolina

All-ACC Freshman team Harrison Barnes1 – North Carolina Travis McKie – Wake Forest Kendall Marshall – North Carolina Terrell Stoglin – Maryland C. J. Leslie – N.C. State 1 – Denotes unanimous selection

All-ACC Defensive team John Henson1 – North Carolina Chris Singleton – Florida State Iman Shumpert – Georgia Tech Nolan Smith – Duke Jerai Grant – Clemson 1 – Denotes unanimous selection

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