Impressions of ACC Awards

Excuse me if I sound like Dickie V here but Christmas came early baby for Virginia Coach Dave Leitto when the ACC gave him Coach of the Year. How is he COY? Why, because they tied for first in the ACC when they had the weakest schedule in the conference. I'm sorry but a Coach that doesn't get his team up to beat Appalachian State and Purdue is not a very good coach not to mention losing to a very young Wake Forest team on the last day of the year when they had the title in their grasp. Also, don't forget, Singletary and Reynolds are NOT his guys. Pete Guillen, who got the ax at UVA, recruited those studs.

I know this is a Duke blog but how can you not give the award to Seth Greenberg from Virginia Tech. They had two wins over powerhouse Carolina and a win at Duke, the site of the heartbreaking Sean Dockery shot that probably doomed their season even if it was in early December. Seth has taken a football school and made it into a legitimate Final 4 contender in a very short period of time. His backcourt tandem is tremendous and their wing players are very underrated. He's built a solid program and this team finished 3rd in the ACC with all of Seth's players. Considering what happened to this program last season with all of the deaths, illnesses, and even having a player come down with cancer, this guy deserved the award and it sickens me that a man who abandoned his kids at Depaul (Leitto) could win this award.

As for the 1st team, I was dead on but the selections were pretty obvious. Maybe, DJ Strawberry and JR Reynolds deserved some consideration but they got the team right. As for POY, Dudley deserved it because he's been the heart and soul of that BC team. However, Al Thorton is clearly the best player in the ACC and he is by far the best pro prospect on that 1st-team list. Maybe, only Brandon Wright is a better pro prospect in the ACC altogether.

This Clemson/FSU game has been epic and you can see Thorton is trying to carry his team. The winner has a pulse, the loser flatlines. This is what March is all about.

Go Duke!