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Virginia tops ACC Men’s Basketball preseason poll

We’re now just two weeks away from tipoff for the 2020-2021 college basketball season! The Virginia Cavaliers are predicted by the ACC media members to finish first in the league, receiving 97 of the 155 first-place votes.

Duke was picked to finish second with 34 votes, reigning regular-season champions Florida State was picked third with 15 votes, and North Carolina (7) and Louisville (2) each also received votes.

Virginia’s Sam Hauser, the transfer out of Marquette, was named to the Preseason All-ACC First Team, finishing second in Preseason ACC Player of the Year voting with 24 votes, behind North Carolina’s Garrison Brooks with 102 votes.