Dividing the players in the ACC by the educational institution they attend is a pretty logical way to set up teams. However, dividing teams by the thematic properties of the players’ names also seems like a strong and totally appropriate way to set up teams. Here are some examples of how that breakdown might work.

The All-Initial Team

CJ Leslie Leads the All-Initial Team

• P.J. Hairston
• C.J. Harris
• K.J. McDaniels
• C.J. Leslie
• T.J. Warren

Off the bench: C.J. Barksdale, KC Caudill, J.P. Tokoto, T.J. Sapp

Last year, the ACC was one C.J. short of an all-C.J. starting five, but the departure of C.J. Williams put an end to that dream. Instead, we get a team that is rich in forwards and “J’s.” As a an actual team, their lack of ball-handling would be somewhat problematic, but there is little doubt that this team would be able to score and rebound. Just about all the initialed players in the ACC are solid rotation players. If Harris and Hairston get hot from the arc, this team could really run up the score as long as they could get someone to bring the ball up. Also, someone should probably tell KC Caudill that he isn’t allowed to use any initials unless one of them is a “J.”

The All-Prismatic Team

• Lorenzo Brown
• Erick Green
• Robert Brown
• Rion Brown
• Okaro White

Granted, this team isn’t actually all that colorful unless you get really creative with your hues of brown, but the one advantage this team has over some of the others is how good this team would be. Sure, a little undersized down low, but this side of Seth Curry, this is an incredible backcourt. Add in the scoring punch of the two other Browns and the post experience of White and you have a very interesting team.

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