[M-EazyParticipant]

Erick Green was named ACC Player of the Year over Shane Larkin and Mason Plumlee. Both were more deserving. Yes Green leads the nation in scoring but it’s meaningless when his team is 4-14 in the ACC. I thought it would be an upset if Plumlee won over Larkin but this caught me off guard.

Is there anyone out there that agrees with this selection?

[AwardedBallerParticipant]

I don’t disagree with it, I mean he helped them start 9-0 and essentially carried the load for a terrible team.

[surveParticipant]

My pick is Larkin.

At the same time, no one has had a better individual season than Green and he deserves some recognition. VT being bad was because the team was garbage, not Green. If he was some chucker then I would be appalled. He is not though. He shot nearly 50% from the field while facing double teams every game. He averaged 4apg too, almost as many as Larkin and Paige avg on much better teams. In 6 games against Duke, Miami, and Virginia….3 of the country’s best defenses, he avg over 25ppg on over 50% shooting. He shot 40% from deep making 58 3-pointers this year. He is only the 2nd ACC player to lead the nation in scoring and only player to do so from major conference in 20 years. Sometimes a player has such a great season that it has to be acknowledged the best way possible. Congrats to him.

[CAROLINA BLUE NICKParticipant]

I am surprised but it isn’t like he didn’t deserve it. like the poster above me said, he didn’t have the best cast. And he was being doubled and sometimes triple teamed and teams still couldn’t stop him. He was easily the best player in the ACC this year. They probably would have went winless in the ACC without him.

[surveParticipant]

agreed, they wouldve went winless without him. that team was terrible. the next best player on the team was Jerell Eddie and sometimes he didnt even show up. this team was doomed after losing Greenburg and the transfer of Finney-Smith. its a feel good story about a kid who made himself into a player. from avg 2ppg as a frosh to being one of the best scorer’s in NCAA history.

[BasketballJunkie224Participant]

i dont think its a total shock. i mean he does lead the nation in scoring and even if somebody deserved it over him it wouldnt be by much

[Leonard WashingtonParticipant]

VA Tech got beat by my college..Georgia Southern. Wow…but Erick Green is a legit player of the year IMO, just think how bad they would be if he wasn’t playing.

[theprophetParticipant]

the problem is nobody stood out in the acc for a typical poy player. he’s as good a choice as everyone else.

[IknoBall12Participant]

He’s the only focal point of the team and gets the attention from opposing defenses night in and night out yet he still put up 25 a game. Very deserving

[Ghost01Participant]

Its not an MVP award….Larkin was good, but he played on a balanced team and really didn’t have overwelming statistics. Mason Plumlee was great early on but was so mediocre in ACC play its hard to ignore. Green was the best scorer, granted, VT sucked, but since no one really stuck out above the pack I’m okay with it.

[Da1potParticipant]

The accolade is entitled “ACC Player of the Year,” not “Most valuable player only on one of the best teams in the ACC.” Lets not discount the fact that he led the ENTIRE nation in scoring and had one heck of a season.

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