Miami Hurricanes hoops picked by ACC media to finish 2nd in conference behind Duke; Omier a first team pick, Pack second team
Coming off the first Final Four trip in program history, Miami’s basketball team earned five first-place votes and totaled 693 points to finish second in the ACC media preseason poll. It marked the Hurricanes’ top preseason projection in program history (the previous high was fourth in 2009, 2018 and 2023).
Miami also placed Norchad Omier on the All-ACC first team and Nijel Pack on the second team. Omier averaged 13.1 points and 10.0 rebounds last year, while Pack averaged 13.6 points per game. Omier was a Third Team All-ACC selection and NABC Second Team All-District 2 honoree in 2022-23; Pack scored in double figures 22 times in 2022-23, averaging 13.6 points per game and shooting 40.4 percent from 3-point range.
Miami has now placed a player on the Preseason All-ACC First Team in each of the last four seasons.
Duke was voted the preseason favorite to win the 2023-24 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Championship. Ranked No. 2 nationally in the preseason Associated Press poll, the Blue Devils are the preseason ACC favorites for the eighth time in the last 11 seasons.
The media panelists selected Duke’s Kyle Filipowski as the ACC Preseason Player of the Year, while North Carolina’s Elliot Cadeau was chosen as ACC Preseason Rookie of the Year.
The reigning ACC champions, Duke claimed 44 of the 51 first-place votes, accumulating 757 points.
North Carolina earned one first-place vote and 670 points to finish third in the poll, while Virginia earned the other first-place vote and totaled 593 points to take fourth. Clemson finished with 570 points to notch fifth in the preseason poll.
Wake Forest (440 points) was sixth in the poll and was followed in seventh through 15th place, respectively, by NC State, Virginia Tech, Pitt, Syracuse, Florida State, Boston College, Georgia Tech, Louisville and Notre Dame.
A First-Team All-ACC honoree last season, Filipowski leads the Preseason All-ACC Team and is joined on the first team by Clemson’s PJ Hall, Omier, North Carolina’s Armando Bacot and Virginia’s Reece Beekman. The second team is comprised of Boston College’s Quinten Post, Duke’s Tyrese Proctor, Pack, Pitt’s Blake Hinson and Syracuse’s Judah Mintz.
Also named a First-Team Associated Press Preseason All-American, Filipowski returns for his sophomore season after being named ACC Rookie of the Year, ACC Tournament MVP, an honorable mention All-American and the Kyle Macy National Freshman of the Year following the 2022-23 season. The 7-foot center led the Blue Devils in scoring and rebounding last season, averaging 15.1 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. He finished the year with 31 double-digit scoring efforts and his 15.1 points per game were seventh most by a freshman nationally. He led all Division I freshmen with his 16 double-doubles, which ranked 11th nationally among all players.
2023 ACC Preseason Poll
School, Points
1. Duke (44), 757
2. Miami (5), 693
3. North Carolina (1), 670
4. Virginia (1), 593
5. Clemson, 570
6. Wake Forest, 440
7. NC State, 420
8. Virginia Tech, 390
9. Pitt, 380
10. Syracuse, 321
11. Florida State, 294
12. Boston College, 227
13. Georgia Tech, 157
14. Louisville, 108
15. Notre Dame, 100
First-place votes in parentheses
51 total voters
Preseason All-ACC First Team
Kyle Filipowski, Duke, 51
Armando Bacot, North Carolina, 50
PJ Hall, Clemson, 48
Reece Beekman, Virginia, 44
Norchad Omier, Miami, 42
Second Team
Judah Mintz, Syracuse, 39
Nijel Pack, Miami, 34
Blake Hinson, Pitt, 33
Tyrese Proctor, Duke, 24
Quinten Post, Boston College, 23
ACC Preseason Player of the Year
Kyle Filipowski, Duke, 35 votes
Armando Bacot, North Carolina, 13
PJ Hall, Clemson, 2
Tyrese Proctor, Duke, 1
ACC Preseason Rookie of the Year
Elliot Cadeau, North Carolina, 40 votes
Jared McCain, Duke, 6
Caleb Foster, Duke, 3
Donald Hand Jr., Boston College, 1
Carlton Carrington, Pitt, 1
