North Carolina was also named preseason favorite in the ACC.
North Carolina senior guard Marcus Paige and Virginia senior guard Malcolm Brogdon were voted ACC Preseason co-Player of the Year.
The 6-foot-1 Paige averaged 14.2 points and 4.5 assists per game during the 2014-15 season. Brogdon posted 14.0 points, 3.9 boards and 2.4 assists a night, leading the Cavaliers to ACC regular season and conference tournament titles last year.
Those two seniors were joined by Florida State's Xavier Rathan-Mays, Notre Dame's Demetrius Jackson and Duke's Brandon Ingram, who was picked as the ACC Preseason Freshman of the Year, on the Preseason All-ACC First Team.