All-Decade Teams: ACC

2001-02 through 2010-11 seasons

Each team includes the top 5 players from that program over the course of the past 10 years. I have not attempted to put together teams that fill all 5 positions on the floor. As a result - Maryland is guard-heavy; Miami lacks a post presence; and NC State starts 3 power forwards.

The order in which the programs are listed corresponds to the power rankings from my previous post, "A Decade of ACC Basketball." This order should not be construed to mean that I think NC State's top five players from the last decade are better than the top players from the programs listed in spots 7 through 12. In fact, I believe Virginia (ranked 12th in the power rankings) has a more impressive top 5 than the Wolf Pack. That being said, I have ranked the players within each program.

Where part of a player's career came before the 2001-02 season, I have taken those years into consideration for purposes of this post.

Where a player transferred to an ACC program, I have not taken into account the year(s) prior to the transfer. So, for example, Jack McClinton's freshman season at Siena is not included in the span of years following his name.

One more thing - the second 5 for Duke would likely be the 3rd best 5 in the conference (after UNC and Duke's A-team). Chris Duhon, Jon Scheyer, Gerald Henderson, Mike Dunleavy, and Shelden Williams would make up the Blue Devil B-team (with Dahntay Jones and Luol Deng missing the second cut). Pretty incredible.

1. Duke
1. Jason Williams (00-02)
2. J.J. Redick (03-06)
3. Kyle Singler (08-11)
4. Carlos Boozer (00-02)
5. Nolan Smith (08-11)

2. North Carolina
1. Tyler Hansbrough (06-09)
2. Sean May (03-05)
3. Ty Lawson (07-09)
4. Raymond Felton (03-05)
5. Rashad McCants (03-05)

3. Maryland
1. Juan Dixon (99-02)
2. Greivis Vasquez (07-10)
3. Lonny Baxter (99-02)
4. Steve Blake (00-03)
5. John Gilchrist (03-05)

4. Boston College
1. Troy Bell (00-03)
2. Craig Smith (03-06)
3. Jared Dudley (04-07)
4. Reggie Jackson (09-11)
5. Tyrese Rice (06-09)

5. Wake Forest
1. Chris Paul (04-05)
2. Josh Howard (00-03)
3. Jeff Teague (08-09)
4. Justin Gray (03-06)
5. Eric Williams (03-06)

6. North Carolina State
1. Julius Hodge (02-05)
2. Anthony Grundy (99-02)
3. Tracy Smith (08-11)
4. Marcus Melvin (01-04)
5. Brandon Costner (06-09)

7. Georgia Tech
1. B.J. Elder (02-05)
2. Jarrett Jack (03-05)
3. Gani Lawal (08-10)
4. Iman Shumpert (09-11)
5. Chris Bosh (03)

8. Clemson
1. Trevor Booker (07-10)
2. K.C. Rivers (06-09)
3. Edward Scott (00-03)
4. Sharrod Ford (02-05)
5. Demontez Stitt (08-11)

9. Florida State
1. Toney Douglas (07-09)
2. Chris Singleton (09-11)
3. Al Thornton (04-07)
4. Tim Pickett (03-04)
5. Jason Rich (05-08)

10. Virginia Tech
1. Zabian Dowdell (04-07)
2. Malcolm Delaney (08-11)
3. Bryant Matthews (01-04)
4. Deron Washington (05-08)
5. A.D. Vassallo (06-09)

11. Miami
1. Darius Rice (01-04)
2. Jack McClinton (07-09)
3. Robert Hite (03-06)
4. Guillermo Diaz (04-06)
5. James Jones (00-03)

12. Virginia
1. Sean Singletary (05-08)
2. Roger Mason (00-02)
3. J.R. Reynolds (04-07)
4. Travis Watson (00-03)
5. Sylven Landesberg (09-10)