ACC Men's Basketball Quick Hits
• The 72nd season of ACC Men's Basketball started Monday. Through the first four days of the regular season, ACC teams are a combined 21-0 and have won by an average of 23.4 points per game.
• ACC teams battle a pair of ranked foes this weekend, as No. 9 North Carolina visits No. 1 Kansas on Friday and Louisville plays host to No. 12 Tennessee on Saturday.
• Duke (No. 7 AP/5 USA Today) and North Carolina (No. 9 AP/10 USA Today) are ranked in the preseason national polls. Clemson, Louisville, Miami, Virginia and Wake Forest are receiving votes in one or both polls.
• Following a vote of the league’s media, Duke was chosen as the preseason favorite to win the 2025 ACC Championship. The Blue Devils were followed in the poll by UNC, Wake Forest, Clemson and Virginia.
• Three members of the 2024 All-ACC Team are back for the 2024-25 season: UNC's RJ Davis and Wake Forest's Hunter Sallis (first team) and Notre Dame's Markus Burton (third team). Three honorable mention honorees return: Jamir Watkins (FSU), Ian Schieffelin (Clemson) and Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (NC State).
• The ACC returns four of its 2024 season award winners: Davis (Player of Year), Burton (Rookie of Year), Schieffelin (Most Improved) and Pitt's Ishmael Leggett (Sixth Man of Year).
• Davis is the first ACC Player of the Year to return since 2009, when 2008 ACC Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough came back for his fourth and final season.
• Davis was named the Preseason ACC Player of the Year, while Duke's Cooper Flagg was tabbed Preseason Rookie of the Year.
• Davis was a unanimous selection to the Preseason All-ACC First Team and was joined by Flagg, Sallis, Burton and Miami's Nijel Pack.
• Davis and Flagg also were named Preseason All-Americans by the Associated Press.
• The conference welcomes seven of the nation’s top 26 recruiting classes in 2024, per 247Sports: No. 1 Duke, No. 7 Miami, No. 8 UNC, No. 20 Georgia Tech, No. 21 FSU, No. 25 Clemson and No. 26 Notre Dame.
• The ACC boasts seven of the top 15 freshmen in the country, per 247Sports: No. 1 Cooper Flagg, Duke; No. 6 Khaman Maluach, Duke; No. 7 Jalil Bethea, Miami; No. 8 Ian Jackson, UNC; No. 11 Drake Powell, UNC; No. 13 Donnie Freeman, Syracuse; and No. 14 Isaiah Evans, Duke.
• Four ACC head coaches are in their first seasons at the helm of their programs: Pat Kelsey (Louisville), Andy Enfield (SMU), Kyle Smith (Stanford) and Ron Sanchez (Virginia - interim).
• Miami's Jim Larrañaga (sixth, 741), Florida State's Leonard Hamilton (13th, 622), Clemson's Brad Brownell (34th, 433) and Virginia Tech's Mike Young (41st, 392) rank among the active national leaders in wins as a head coach.
• For the sixth straight season, the ACC will play a 20-game conference schedule. League play begins on Saturday, Dec. 7.
Results/Upcoming Schedule
Monday, November 4
at Stanford 85, Denver 62
at No. 7/5 Duke 96, Maine 62
at Clemson 91, Charleston Southern 64
at Florida State 74, Northern Kentucky 62
at Louisville 93, Morehead State 45
at Miami 113, Fairleigh Dickinson 72
at NC State 97, USC Upstate 66
at Pitt 96, Radford 56
at Syracuse 86, Le Moyne 82
at Boston College 69, The Citadel 60
at Virginia Tech 83, Delaware State 60
at Wake Forest 64, Coppin State 49
at SMU 96, Tarleton State 62
at No. 9/10 North Carolina 90, Elon 76
at California 86, CSU Bakersfield 73
Wednesday, November 6
at Virginia 65, Campbell 56
at Georgia Tech 85, West Georgia 62
at Notre Dame 89, Stonehill 60
Thursday, November 7
at Wake Forest 80, NC A&T 64
at SMU 102, Florida A&M 73
at California 91, Cal Poly 73
Friday, November 8
Cal State Fullerton at Stanford | ACCNX | 4 PM
Army at No. 7/5 Duke | ACCN | 6 PM
VCU vs Boston College | CBSSN | 6 PM
---Veterans Classic, Annapolis, Md.
No. 9/10 North Carolina at No. 1/1 Kansas | ESPN2 | 7 PM
Saint Francis (Pa.) at Clemson | ACCNX | 7 PM
Presbyterian at NC State | ACCNX | 7 PM
Murray State at Pitt | ACCNX | 7 PM
USC Upstate at Virginia Tech | ACCNX | 7 PM
Saturday, November 9
No. 12/12 Tennessee at Louisville | ACCN | Noon
Rice vs Florida State | ESPN+ | 7 PM
--- The Battleground 2K24, Houston, Texas
Sunday, November 10
Michigan vs Wake Forest | ESPN2 | 1 PM
--- Deacon-Wolverine Challenge, Greensboro, N.C.
North Florida at Georgia Tech | ACCNX | 1 PM
Binghamton at Miami | ACCNX | 2 PM
All times Eastern; Rankings: AP/USA Today Coaches
• The 72nd season of ACC Men's Basketball started Monday. Through the first four days of the regular season, ACC teams are a combined 21-0 and have won by an average of 23.4 points per game.
• ACC teams battle a pair of ranked foes this weekend, as No. 9 North Carolina visits No. 1 Kansas on Friday and Louisville plays host to No. 12 Tennessee on Saturday.
• Duke (No. 7 AP/5 USA Today) and North Carolina (No. 9 AP/10 USA Today) are ranked in the preseason national polls. Clemson, Louisville, Miami, Virginia and Wake Forest are receiving votes in one or both polls.
• Following a vote of the league’s media, Duke was chosen as the preseason favorite to win the 2025 ACC Championship. The Blue Devils were followed in the poll by UNC, Wake Forest, Clemson and Virginia.
• Three members of the 2024 All-ACC Team are back for the 2024-25 season: UNC's RJ Davis and Wake Forest's Hunter Sallis (first team) and Notre Dame's Markus Burton (third team). Three honorable mention honorees return: Jamir Watkins (FSU), Ian Schieffelin (Clemson) and Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (NC State).
• The ACC returns four of its 2024 season award winners: Davis (Player of Year), Burton (Rookie of Year), Schieffelin (Most Improved) and Pitt's Ishmael Leggett (Sixth Man of Year).
• Davis is the first ACC Player of the Year to return since 2009, when 2008 ACC Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough came back for his fourth and final season.
• Davis was named the Preseason ACC Player of the Year, while Duke's Cooper Flagg was tabbed Preseason Rookie of the Year.
• Davis was a unanimous selection to the Preseason All-ACC First Team and was joined by Flagg, Sallis, Burton and Miami's Nijel Pack.
• Davis and Flagg also were named Preseason All-Americans by the Associated Press.
• The conference welcomes seven of the nation’s top 26 recruiting classes in 2024, per 247Sports: No. 1 Duke, No. 7 Miami, No. 8 UNC, No. 20 Georgia Tech, No. 21 FSU, No. 25 Clemson and No. 26 Notre Dame.
• The ACC boasts seven of the top 15 freshmen in the country, per 247Sports: No. 1 Cooper Flagg, Duke; No. 6 Khaman Maluach, Duke; No. 7 Jalil Bethea, Miami; No. 8 Ian Jackson, UNC; No. 11 Drake Powell, UNC; No. 13 Donnie Freeman, Syracuse; and No. 14 Isaiah Evans, Duke.
• Four ACC head coaches are in their first seasons at the helm of their programs: Pat Kelsey (Louisville), Andy Enfield (SMU), Kyle Smith (Stanford) and Ron Sanchez (Virginia - interim).
• Miami's Jim Larrañaga (sixth, 741), Florida State's Leonard Hamilton (13th, 622), Clemson's Brad Brownell (34th, 433) and Virginia Tech's Mike Young (41st, 392) rank among the active national leaders in wins as a head coach.
• For the sixth straight season, the ACC will play a 20-game conference schedule. League play begins on Saturday, Dec. 7.
Results/Upcoming Schedule
Monday, November 4
at Stanford 85, Denver 62
at No. 7/5 Duke 96, Maine 62
at Clemson 91, Charleston Southern 64
at Florida State 74, Northern Kentucky 62
at Louisville 93, Morehead State 45
at Miami 113, Fairleigh Dickinson 72
at NC State 97, USC Upstate 66
at Pitt 96, Radford 56
at Syracuse 86, Le Moyne 82
at Boston College 69, The Citadel 60
at Virginia Tech 83, Delaware State 60
at Wake Forest 64, Coppin State 49
at SMU 96, Tarleton State 62
at No. 9/10 North Carolina 90, Elon 76
at California 86, CSU Bakersfield 73
Wednesday, November 6
at Virginia 65, Campbell 56
at Georgia Tech 85, West Georgia 62
at Notre Dame 89, Stonehill 60
Thursday, November 7
at Wake Forest 80, NC A&T 64
at SMU 102, Florida A&M 73
at California 91, Cal Poly 73
Friday, November 8
Cal State Fullerton at Stanford | ACCNX | 4 PM
Army at No. 7/5 Duke | ACCN | 6 PM
VCU vs Boston College | CBSSN | 6 PM
---Veterans Classic, Annapolis, Md.
No. 9/10 North Carolina at No. 1/1 Kansas | ESPN2 | 7 PM
Saint Francis (Pa.) at Clemson | ACCNX | 7 PM
Presbyterian at NC State | ACCNX | 7 PM
Murray State at Pitt | ACCNX | 7 PM
USC Upstate at Virginia Tech | ACCNX | 7 PM
Saturday, November 9
No. 12/12 Tennessee at Louisville | ACCN | Noon
Rice vs Florida State | ESPN+ | 7 PM
--- The Battleground 2K24, Houston, Texas
Sunday, November 10
Michigan vs Wake Forest | ESPN2 | 1 PM
--- Deacon-Wolverine Challenge, Greensboro, N.C.
North Florida at Georgia Tech | ACCNX | 1 PM
Binghamton at Miami | ACCNX | 2 PM
All times Eastern; Rankings: AP/USA Today Coaches
