You may recall that I picked Florida State’s Michael Snaer to be this season’s ACC Player of the Year. When I get it wrong, I get it wrong. But the bulk of the ACC media picked NC State’s C.J. Leslie to win that award and that’s not going to happen, either. If post-season voting were to take place now, neither would make first-team All-ACC. Plumlee is averaging 18.2 points and 10.7 boards per game for the Blue Devils. (Credit: Duke Photography) Instead, the prohibitive favorite as the ACC enters its stretch run is Duke center Mason Plumlee. This isn’t a total shocker. Plumlee was picked to be first-team All-ACC. But Plumlee has put an enormous amount of sweat equity into his senior year and has emerged as a short-list candidate for national player of the year. Plumlee came to Duke as a superb run-jump athlete, with an unrefined skill-set. As a freshman, he was a key reserve on Duke’s 2010 NCAA champions and led the 2011 and 2012 Duke teams in rebounds and blocked shots. Plumlee...
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