We have already had a lot of conversation about the upcoming basketball season, but the ACC’s Operation Basketball will most definitely raise the conversation for a few days. (Pack Pride has some NC State coverage at this link.) Coach Sidney Lowe continues to impress with some fantastic comments and statements.
The following are some of the results from Operation Basketball and the ACC Basketball rankings FINALLY look as they should look – UNC, Duke and NC State sitting at the top. Welcome back to Tobacco Road! If you want related audio then just click here.
2007-08 ACC Predicted Order of Finish
1. North Carolina (768)
2. Duke (653)
3. NC State (641)
4. Clemson (514)
5. Virginia (492)
6. Maryland (447)
7. Georgia Tech (389)
8. Boston College (332)
9. Florida State (284)
10. Virginia Tech (162)
11. Wake Forest (157)
12. Miami (153)
Pre-Season All-Conference Team
Tyler Hansbrough, Jr., North Carolina
Sean Singletary, Sr., Virginia
Tyrese Rice, Jr., Boston College
Brandon Costner, So., NC State
Ty Lawson, So., North Carolina
Pre-Season Player of the Year:
Tyler Hansbrough, Jr., North Carolina (60)
Sean Singletary, Sr., Virginia (4)
Pre-Season Rookie of the Year:
Kyle Singler, Duke (36)
J.J. Hickson, NC State (15)
Nolan Smith, Duke (5)
5 others with 8 votes
For fun, we thought that it would be interesting to look back at previous posts related to the ACC’s Operation Basketball.
* On October 24, 2005, NC State was chosen to finish fourth in the ACC (Link)
* On October 22, 2006, NC State was chosen to finish last in the ACC (Link)