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Erick Green Named ACC Player of the Year!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted on12 March 2013. Tags: ,

Virginia Tech guard Erick Green

Congratulations to Virginia Tech senior guard Erick “The Winchester Rifle” Green for being named the ACC Player of the Year!  And he not only won it, he dominated it, getting half of all the votes:
ACC POTY Votes (76 total)

  • Erick Green – 38
  • Shane Larkin (miami) – 23
  • Mason Plumlee (duke) – 12
I've arm curled an ACC POTY!

I’ve arm curled an ACC POTY!

Erick becomes the first ever Hokie basketball player to win the ACC Player of the Year.  He’s also the third Hokie to win a conference player of the year honor ever:

  • Erick Green – ACC – 2012-13
  • Bimbo Coles – Metro – 1987-88 (co-POTY)
  • Dell Curry – Metro – 1985-86

Erick is also just the second ACC player ever to win this award while playing for a team in the lower half of the standings, joining the late Len Bias of maryland back in 1986 (there’s a great ESPN 30-for-30 moving about Len).  I’m assuming Green is the first player to win POTY on a team that finished dead last in the ACC, which speaks to how great of a season he had.

Here are a few links/articles of note:

Some other accomplishments by Green this season:

  • Averaged 25.4 ppg, more than 8 ppg better than the ACC’s second leading scorer
  • Set the school’s single-season scoring record with 786 points, breaking Coles’ record of 785 by scoring 35 points in his final regular season game, a road loss to wake forest.
  • Passed Ace Custis for 10th on the career scoring list
  • First ACC player to lead the nation in scoring since 1957 (South Carolina’s Grady Wallace)
  • Scored at least 20 points in 28 of 31 games during his season season
  • Scored in double figures in 34 straight games and 64 of last 65 games

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  • DuffHokie

    Congrats to Erick… he made the season worth watching. You will be missed.

  • Chris

    Erick couldn’t be more deserving of this award. Seeing him get it today literally made my day. It’s sad that he’s not even going to get to play in the NIT with the season he’s having. Thankfully he’ll always have this award to remember how his hard work paid off. Couldn’t be more happy for him.

  • Ed Kelley

    To be the best player by far on a bad team, having to play against defenses designed to stop him and to still lead the conference and nation in scoring is an incredible achievement! He also was a great team player, not just a black hole who never passed to teammates. Kudos to Erick Green!

  • Blue Collar Hokie

    congrats eg! let the blue devil tears fall like rain!

  • VTTX

    Congrats to Erick, that kid was grinding all year…good for him.

  • Blue Collar Hokie

    hey niemo and or cope,

    why cant we talk about notre dame?

    • Niemo

      Huh? I don’t know of any reason why you can’t. Did you get a post deleted? I’ll check with Cope — I didn’t see it if you did or maybe it just didn’t post.

    • http://www.thegarycope.com/ Cope

      What are you talking about?

      • Blue Collar Hokie

        the notre dame story has comments turned off. i was just curious

        • http://www.thegarycope.com/ Cope

          Strange. Not sure what happened there, but they’ve been turned on. Feel free to rip on the irish.

    • samlottsforprez

      Heard they’re having a pope pickin’ in the vatican. That something like a pig pickin’?

  • samlottsforprez

    Really proud of eg. He’s a joy to watch. Hope he gets a huge nba contract. We will miss him.

    As to poy, rest assured ol’ roy didn’t vote for him. Heard him on the radio the other night saying although he liked eg and recognized his talent, the accpoy should come from a winning team.

    Couple other thoughts about some defensive players this year smothering our guys. There should be two more legal offensive moves: stiff arm to the face and kick to the nads.

  • hooleyhoopty

    I was very excited to see Erick win this award. It’s well deserved. I’m glad the voters saw around the team’s record to award the most deserving player. Erick, it’s been a joy to watch you. As a Hokie and fellow Virginian I’m proud of ya!

  • King

    JJ and Erick’s teammates should be embarrassed, quite frankly, that they couldn’t do more to help their team win while playing alongside one the best players in the country. We might not have another opportunity like that in my lifetime.

  • HipHop_Hokie

    While I don’t know that I necessarily agree with this based on the fact that we finished last place in the league, as a Hokie and huge fan of Erick I’ll certainly take it! So wild that he manned up and led the NATION in scoring, the first time that the ACC has had since like the 50s… just too bad that it wasn’t in a more successful season. It’s been a real pleasure watching him work so hard and develop over the years, and I am beyond excited to see him go rep VT in the league and get PAAAAIIIIDDDD!!!

    Go Erick! Go Hokies!! Beat the Pack and then dominate the Cavs!!


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2012-13 Schedule

November
11/10 Hokies 80, etsu 62
11/12 Hokies 69, rhode island 50
11/15 Hokies 95, vmi 80
11/19 Hokies 96, unc-g 87
11/23 Hokies 87, appalachian state 76
**ACC/BIG Ten Challenge**
11/27 Hokies 95, iowa 79
December
12/1 Hokies 81, #15 oklahoma state 71
12/8 wvu 68, Hokies 67
**Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic**
12/10 Hokies 70, mvsu 49
12/15 Georgia Southern 78, Hokies 73
12/22 Hokies 66, bradley 65, OT
12/23 colorado state 88, Hokies 52
**Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic**
12/29 byu 97, Hokies 71
January
1/5 maryland 94, Hokies 71
1/9 boston college 86, Hokies 75
1/12 Hokies 70, georgia tech 65
1/19 Hokies 66, wake forest 65
1/24 virginia 74, Hokies 58
1/27 clemson 77, Hokies 70
1/30 miami 73, Hokies 64
February
2/2 unc 72, Hokies 60, OT
2/7 maryland 60, Hokies 55
2/9 Georgia Tech 64, hokies 54
2/12 virginia 73, Hokies 55
2/16 nc state 90, Hokies 86
2/21 duke 88, Hokies 56
2/24 Hokies 80, fsu 70
2/27 miami 76, Hokies 58
March
3/2 Hokies 69, clemson 61
3/5 duke 85, Hokies 57
3/10 wake 90, Hokies 79
**ACC Tournament in Greensboro**
3/14 vs. nc state, 2:30 p.m.
3/15 Quarterfinals
3/16 Semifinals
3/17 Finals

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