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| Harrison Barnes, National Player of the Year Candidate? Teammate John Henson says yes, but some ACC media members don't see it. Robert Willett photo. |
The funny thing about that is there’s a large segment of media members and fans who think that Harrison Barnes wouldn’t be worthy of a spot on the All-ACC first-team, let alone deserve to be in the national player of the year discussion.
Barnes was on my mid-season All-ACC team – the first team – and I engaged in some healthy debate with other members of the ACC press corps who didn’t believe he was deserving of first team. The knock on Barnes is that he’s not an overly impressive defender and that no one area of his game stands out as much as his scoring.
Still, I’d find it extremely difficult to leave him off my first team if I had a vote (and, for the record, I don’t). Barnes has scored at least 20 points in seven of UNC’s 12 conference games, and he has most often done his best work in the second half, when the Heels need his contributions the most.
Barnes was clutch in the second halves of victories at Virginia Tech, at Maryland and at Miami – and UNC trailed in the second half in all of them – and if not for Austin Rivers’ 3 and Duke’s improbable comeback in Chapel Hill, it would have been Barnes’ 19 second-half points on a gimpy left ankle that would have created headlines the next day (that was my story until the final minutes happened).
-- Andrew Carter
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Haha no.
Best player in the ACC. #2 NBA Draft pick.
GIVE ME A BREAK
Shows the intelligence of the media...as usual.
No way he's not a first teamer!
D.i.s.s.a.p.o.i.n.t.m.e.n.t.
Who cares. I'm sure he could care less. I would rather have a team player that doesn't force a ton of shots but rather lets the game come to him and turns it on when it counts.
I think it's funny...that he turned down Dook to go to UNC...Lol...he'll get his Championship this year!
can u say underperformed?
Davis on KY should win pretty much all awards.
Davis at UK should win the awards, but I saw an interview with him, and this kid needs to take an English class. Not very smart, but I guess that's why he went to UK.
Davis will win the awards, but Barnes will win the NCAA Championship!
nice slam on Davis for being a "dummy".....real mature.
it has been well documented that JR Reid couldn't even read.
Who's J.R. Reid? I'm Nole Fan...stupid
to be honest, i'm not sure barnes could start on 'Cuse of KY.
he has not lived up to his potential, kinda like henson. zeller has had a nice yr.
That's funny...b/c Cuse' and UK won't be in the NCAA National Championship game..both will get bounced in the Elite Eight...
UK's youth will catch up to them as well as the pg play...Wall and Knight could not do it. Davis can not do it by himself. As for Cuse'...that zone defense will not last...they'll get blasted eventually...
oh great bracketologist, do share your bracket predictions with us now......yawn.
No need to share my bracket...yawn...it's BUSTED! I had Dook winning it ALL...Lol... I am a dummy. I should have know the Rivers, Curry, Kelly, Dawkins, the Mason clowns could not do it. I miss Kyle Singler! What NBA team does he play for?
You know what's funnier than Barnes turning down Dook for the Heels??
Rivers turning down the Heels scholarship offer to go to Dook and drop a dagger 3 in the Dean Dome on National TV. Now that was funny!!
There just arent any standouts this year in the ACC, a lot of really good players, but no Duncans, Jamisons, or Hansbroughs. I will say that Barnes has the potential to be one of those guys, but he just hasn't done it. Not sure if his jersey goes up in the rafters when he leaves after this season. From a Heels Fan.
Above poster: you're joking right? Barnes up in the rafters?
Then again, UNCheat puts up banners for 1973 3rd place finishes...
"Duncans, Jamisons, or Hansbroughs"...??
Random...you just named like the thirteenth, seventeenth, and eighth best players in ACC history.
More like this conference has no Thompsons, Sampsons, or Laettners.
Too soft usually settling for the jump shot. 2nd team ACC.
Doesn't UNC put NIT 2nd and 3rd place showings up in their rafters? No making fun, I'm actually being serious...google it.
Who cares? The ACC is barely better this year than the A10. Out of 32 conferences, the ACC is ranked 5th and the A10 is ranked 6th. Expansion was the worst thing the ACC ever did. it ruined what used to always be one of the 2 top conferences.
I heard a lot of rumors about this, and in my opinion I think that Harrison Barnes is a rather good NPOY candidate
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