Last season was the fourth straight in which the ACC scoring leader, in 2023 Wake Forest’s Tyree Appleby, averaged fewer than 20 points per game. (That’s fewer, not less, for all you language manglers.) Appleby, a one-year senior just passing through Winston-Salem, contributed 18.9 per outing, a tad fewer in conference play (18.95).
Historically, players displaying modest offensive punch haven’t topped the league all that often. In fact, until recently it was relatively uncommon, happening just about one season in five over the course of conference history. But lately that’s changed, becoming a trend – six times in the past nine years, to be exact.