DURHAM, N.C. – Duke was selected as the favorite to win the 2019-20 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Championship, as chosen by media members at 2019 Operation Basketball. Picked as the preseason ACC favorite for the fourth straight season and the sixth time in seven years, the Blue Devils as the reigning ACC Tournament champion.
Duke received 51 first-place votes out of the 111 total votes and finished with 1,564 points, leading North Carolina, Louisville and Virginia atop the preseason poll.
Sophomore point guard Tre Jones earned a spot on the Preseason All-ACC First Team, while freshman center Vernon Carey Jr.