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ACC SHOULD BE EVEN BETTER THIS YEAR
Interesting comment from VT head coach:

"The more you study it, the more impressed you are," Virginia Tech coach Seth Greenberg said. "This is the most aggressive league I've ever seen, on both sides of the ball. This league is more about making plays, rather than running plays."

AP PRE-SEASON ALL-AMERICA TEAM
BJ Elder, J.Jack and Luke Schenscher all receiver votes but do not make 1st team.

ACC PREVIEW
On GT:

GEORGIA TECH - Paul Hewitt led his Yellow Jackets to a magical season in 2003-04, as Georgia Tech won 28 games and made it all the way to the national title game, before falling to UConn. The maturation process in Atlanta was certainly sped up by the extraordinary play of guard B.J. Elder. The 6-4 senior averaged 14.9 points per game last season and if the team had a healthy Elder in the lineup in the Final Four (missed one game and was hobbled against the Huskies), who knows what would have happened. With Elder at 100-percent, the sky is the limit for the Yellow Jackets. The Yellow Jackets will probably run small once again this year, with point guard Jarrett Jack (12.5 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 5.6 apg) running the offense and senior Will Bynum (9.6 ppg) completing a wonderful three-guard set. The inside game will fall on the shoulders of emerging center Luke Schenscher (9.2 ppg, 6.6 rpg) and active forwards Anthony McHenry and Isma'il Muhammad. At 7-1, 250 pounds, Schenscher really came on strong in the latter parts of last season and will certainly present interior matchup problems for most opponents this year. No longer the hunter, the Yellow Jackets will certainly not sneak up on anyone this time around. How the team handles the role of the "hunted" will go a long way in determining just how far it will go in 2004-05.