2011–12 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

Preseason

The conference hosted its 50th annual media event, "Operation Basketball", on October 19 at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. At this event, the ACC media votes on how they believe each team will finish in the conference, the preseason All-ACC team, the preseason Player of the Year, and the preseason Rookie of the Year.

Preseason Poll

1. North Carolina (57 first place votes)
2. Duke (2)
3. Florida State
4. Virginia
5. Miami
6. Virginia Tech
7. Clemson
8. NC State
9. Maryland
10. Georgia Tech
11. Wake Forest
12. Boston College

Preseason All-ACC

Harrison Barnes (59 votes)– North Carolina

John Henson (47)– North Carolina

Tyler Zeller (46)– North Carolina

Malcolm Grant (32)– Miami

Mike Scott (20t)– Virginia

Seth Curry (20t)– Duke

Preseason Player of the Year

Harrison Barnes (57)- North Carolina

John Henson (2)- North Carolina

Preseason Rookie of the Year

Austin Rivers (57)– Duke

James Michael McAdoo (1)- North Carolina

Nick Faust (1)- Maryland

Composite Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.

Season awards

Player of the Year

Tyler Zeller

Rookie of the Year

Austin Rivers

Coach of the Year

Leonard Hamilton

Defensive Player of the Year

John Henson

All-Atlantic Coast Conference

All-ACC Freshman team

Austin Rivers¹ – Duke

Ryan Anderson ¹– Boston College

Dorian Finney-Smith – Virginia Tech

Shane Larkin – Miami

Nick Faust – Maryland

1 – Denotes unanimous selection

All-ACC Defensive team

John Henson¹ – North Carolina

Bernard James – Florida State

Jontel Evans – Virginia

Michael Snaer – Florida State

Andre Young – Clemson

1 – Denotes unanimous selection

2012 NBA draft

The following 1st, 2nd & 3rd team All-ACC performers were listed as seniors: Tyler Zeller, Mike Scott. The deadline for entering the NBA draft is April 29, but once one has declared, the deadline for withdrawing the declaration and retaining NCAA eligibility is April 10. The deadline for submitting information to the NBA Advisory Committee for a 72-hour response is April 3. The following ACC underclassmen have sought the advice of the NBA's undergraduate advisory committee to determine his draft prospects: The following ACC underclassmen declared early for the 2012 draft: Austin Rivers, Harrison Barnes, Kendall Marshall, John Henson, Terrell Stoglin The following ACC underclassmen entered their name in the draft but who did not hire agents and opted to return to college: