Welcome, everyone to my ACC Preview for the 2022-23 season, a 6500+ word novel that should keep you fairly prepared for the season upcoming.It should be an exciting season for many fans, and one full of many questions. Can Jon Scheyer continue the succe s Coach K founded at Duke? Can Florida State and Virginia rebound after down seasons? Can Miami stay hot? Will Virginia Tech have anyone mi s a 3-pointer this season? Will Pitt not be weird? We'll discu s all of these things and more, first starting with a team-by-team breakdown, before going into my official Preseason ACC Ballot as I submitted to the conference.Returners: Makai Ashton-Langford, TJ Bickerstaff, DeMarr Langford, Quinten Post, Jaeden ZackeryDepartures: Brevin Galloway, James KarnikArrivals: Prince Aligbe, Donald Hand Jr, Chas Nate Archibald Jersey Kelley, Mason Madsen (Cincinnati), Devin McGlockton, Armani Mighty, CJ Penha Jr (Trevecca Nazarene, D2)Another year, another bad Boston College team. They slow the pace down so much that they can make games ugly, much like they did with Florida State last season, but overall its just not a very good team. They had an in-conference point differential of -5.2, and had 9 lo ses of 10 points or more a season ago. To me, this roster is either just as bad, or just a hair above what they were last year. Mason Madsen didnt provide much at Cincinnati, and while CJ Penha Jr. put up good stats at his last stop, it was at a Division 2 school, and you cant project him to put up even 50% of those numbers a season ago. Its really going to come down to the freshmen. Prince Aligbe and Donald Hand Jr. enter as 4-star prospects ranked outside the top-100, and BC is going to need them to be good immediately Nemanja Bjelica Jersey if they want to have any kind of succe s. The Langford brothers have their moments as guys that can do a little bit of everything, Quinten Post is a solid big, and TJ Bickerstaff is a pretty good rebounder, I just really have no idea where the scoring is coming from on this team outside of Jaeden Zackery who was good as a freshman, and should take another step forward this year. X-Factor: Jaeden Zackery. He shot 47.7% from 3 as a freshman, which gives the perimeter something they dont have with the Langford's, and its a much needed skillset as only Madsen shot above 35% from 3 of players with college experience on this roster. Hes one player that other teams really have to gameplan for. Projected Finish: Bottom 5 ACC FinishReturners: Joshua Beadle, PJ Hall, Alex Hemenway, Chase Hunter, Ben Middlebrooks, Ian Schieffelin, Hunter TysonDepartures: Naz Bohannon, David Collins, Al-Amir Dawes, Nick HonorArrivals: Brevin Galloway (Boston College), Dillon Hunter, RJ Godfrey, Chauncey Gibson, Chauncey WigginsBrad Brownell has his work cut out for him this year, as this team has a lot of inexperience coming off of the bench, their best player in PJ Hall is coming off of surgery on his knee, and Alex Hemenway is the only known steady shooter on this roster. Theres not enough top-end talent on the roster to help Hall out as he gets back in the groove of playing basketball. At least last year, Al-Amir Dawes and David Collins could provide steady double figures, I think Hunter Tyson is the only one you can project to do that this season. Brevin Galloway was a slight disappointment at Boston College last year, who followed his head coach from Charleston to BC, and if he cant have succe s following his coach to another league in the exact same system, I really dont see him having more succe s at a completely new system in the same conference, and hes a projected starter on this team. Hes really the only traditional guard on this roster, but he only averaged 1.4 APG last year, so this may be another team that struggles to play make and score, which youll see a few times in this ACC Preview with other teams. Chase Hunter is a solid, do-it-all player, but is he going to be able to do enough playmaking to DaQuan Jeffries Jersey help this team move the ball efficiently? Hunter Tyson and his brother Dillon, an incoming freshman, are going to have to do a lot until Hall makes his return to the lineup and is at full strength. I just think there is too much production going out, and no obvious answers on this roster as Coach Brownell decided to go after freshmen instead of transfers. X-Factor: Hunter Tyson. Hes going to have a lot on his plate until Hall is 100%, which may not be until the end of Trevor Ariza Jersey November. Once they roll into ACC play, hopefully some of these freshmen are contributing at a high level, but theres not anything to suggest they will as we stand right now.Projected Finish: Bottom 5 ACC FinishReturners: Jaylen Blakes, Jeremy RoachDepartures: Joey Baker, Paolo Banchero, AJ Griffin, Theo John, Trevor Keels, Wendell Moore, Mark WilliamsArrivals: Kale Catchings (Harvard), Kyle Filipkowski, Jacob Grandison (Illinois), Max Johns (Princeton), Dereck Lively II, Mark Mitchell, Tyrese Proctor, Christian Reeves, Jaden Schutt, Dariq Whitehead, Ryan Young (Northwestern)The talent on this roster is unreal, with Duke bringing in 7 total freshmen, 6 of them being top-70 recruits and four 5-stars (Whitehead, Lively II, Mitchell, Filipowski). They also have three transfers, none of whom will play that many minutes besides maybe Jacob Grandison. As usual, Duke is going to rely on the young guns to carry this team to succe s. Can Jon Scheyer have succe s with this much inexperience in his first season? Hes going to have to rely a lot on his one key returning player, Jeremy Roach. Roach knows what to do and is a steady-handed guard, he impre sed me with his play down the stretch when the Blue Devils needed him. With this many young players, theyre bound to make some Reggie Theus Jersey mistakes, and itll be up to Roach to keep everyone aligned and level-headed while on the floor. There may also be some mistakes Scheyer makes in his first season. Sometimes it takes a little while for first-time head coaches to round into form, especially younger coaches. Its likely going to take some time for him to figure out which players work best in certain spots, which sets work best for his guys, and just how dominant the freshmen will be. This should be a team rounding into form as March comes around. Leading those freshmen are the top 2 prospects in the country, Dereck Lively II and Dariq Whitehead, both of which Florida State was after and are very familiar with. Lively, the number one ranked prospect, po se ses incredible athleticism for someone his size, has a great motor and rebounding ability, and is still budding with potential on the perimeter. Hes going to be a unit down low on the block. Then theres Whitehead, a product out of Montverde Academy, who is as smooth of an athlete as y