Virginia Basketball Picked to Finish 3rd in ACC Preseason Poll

The outcomes of the preseason media ballot for the 2022-2023 ACC males’s basketball season had been introduced on Tuesday. Virginia was picked to complete third within the ACC, behind No. 2 Duke and No. 1 North Carolina. The Tar Heels collected 93 first-place votes, whereas the Cavaliers acquired six first-place votes. 

ACC Males’s Basketball 2022 Predicted Order of End

1. North Carolina (90)
2. Duke (2)
3. Virginia (6)
4. Miami (2)
5. Florida State
6. Notre Dame
7. Virginia Tech (1)
8. Syracuse
9. Wake Forest
10. NC State
11. Clemson
12. Louisville
13. Boston School
14. Pittsburgh
15. Georgia Tech

North Carolina’s Armando Bacot was the landslide choose because the ACC Preseason Participant of the 12 months, receiving 82 votes. Duke’s Dereck Energetic II was voted the ACC Preseason Rookie of the 12 months, receiving 52 votes. Virginia’s Isaac McKneely acquired one vote for ACC Rookie of the 12 months.

See the roster for the preseason All-ACC First and Second Groups beneath. Virginia’s Jayden Gardner simply barely missed the reduce for the primary crew, as Duke’s Jeremy Roach took the ultimate spot on the primary crew with 35 votes, whereas Gardner was the highest participant listed on the Preseason All-ACC Second Crew with 32 votes. 

Preseason All-ACC First Crew

Armando Bacot, North Carolina (100)
Isaiah Wong, Miami (81)
Caleb Love, North Carolina (58)
Terquavion Smith, NC State (46)
Jeremy Roach, Duke (35)

Preseason All-ACC Second Crew

Jayden Gardner, Virginia (32)
Dereck Energetic II, Duke (19)
Justyn Mutts, Virginia Tech (18)
PJ Corridor, Clemson (17)
RJ Davis, North Carolina (14)

The ACC preseason ballot was voted on by the attending media eventually week’s ACC Basketball Tipoff occasion. 

On the finish of final season, Jayden Gardner was chosen to the All-ACC Third Crew, whereas Reece Beekman was an All-ACC honorable point out, was chosen to the All-ACC Defensive Crew, and was 2nd in ACC Defensive Participant of the 12 months voting. 

Virginia was predicted to complete 4th within the ACC earlier than the 2021-2022 season and ended up going 12-8 in ACC play and completed sixth within the convention standings. 

Virginia is ranked No. 18 within the preseason AP High 25 males’s basketball ballot. 

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