It seems to be Maryland's year. Senior guard Greivis Vasquez just won ACC Player of the Year and Gary Williams won coach of the year.
I think voters -- there were 53 media voters, by the way -- looked at the broad context. Gary Williams' Terps went 7-9 in the conference last season. This season, they jumped to 13-3, tying a Duke team that is much larger in the front court and was coming off an ACC tournament title last season.
In Vasquez's case, you had to look at much more than points. His versatility -- his assists and rebounds -- raises the team that much higher. Vasquez has his detractors, but It's hard to imagine the Terps enjoying this sort of success without him.
Vasquez got 39 votes, Duke's Jon Scheyer got 12 and Virginia Tech's Malcolm Delaney got two.
We'll have comments from Vasquez and Williams -- who are probably almost as excited for each other as for themselves -- later this afternoon.