Harrison Barnes, Consensus Pre-Season All-American
The basketball elite at ESPN have made their votes and Harrison Barnes of North Carolina was deemed a consensus Preseason All-American. All fifteen voters agreed that Barnes should be a first-team All-American. Three of the fifteen even voted him as the Preseason Player of the Year.
It should also be noted that a few other ACC players received some recognition too. Barnes’ teammate, Tyler Zeller, was named to the second-team on several ballots. Two more Tarheels, Kendall Marshall and John Henson, appeared on a second-team ballots as well. It is easy to see why North Carolina is a consensus preseason #1.
No other current ACC team placed any players on the list. Instead, it was the North Carolina show.
But in terms of future ACC members, Syracuse and Pitt were represented. Kris Joseph (Syracuse) and Ashton Gibbs (Pitt) each appeared in several ballots. Joe Lunardi even placed Gibbs on his preseason first-team.
Congrats to all of these players. Let’s hope that they all stay healthy and have the opportunity to prove the voters right in providing these accolades. The pressure is on to live up to the hype.
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