PITT SOLID IN PRESEASON HOOPS POLL, LEGGETT NAMED TO SECOND TEAM

Perennial powers Duke and North Carolina are ranked one and two in the AP ACC preseason poll, and Pitt is ranked number seven.  The Panthers’ Ishmael Leggett was named a second-team ALL-ACC preseason selection.

The top ten of the eighteen teams in the conference are Duke, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Clemson, Virginia, Miami, Pitt, N.C. State, Louisville, and Notre Dame.

North Carolina’s R.J. Davis is the preseason player of the year.  He’s first-team All-ACC along with Duke’s Cooper Flagg, Notre Dame’s Markus Burton, Miami’s Nigel Pack, and Wake Forest’s Hunter Sallis.  Flagg is the preseason rookie of the year.