Maryland Sweep: Greivis Vasquez Named ACC Player Of The Year, Gary Williams Coach Of The Year

After a surprising season, it was a clean sweep for the Maryland Terrapins in the ACC Player and Coach of the Year awards. Greivis Vasquez, who led the Terps to a share of the ACC regular-season crown, has been named the ACC Player Of The Year, according to Comcast’s Chick Hernandez. Vasquez finished second in the conference at 19.6 points per game, while propelling Maryland to a 13-3 conference mark.

Meanwhile, Gary Williams took home the ACC Coach of the Year award for the second time in his career (the other came during Maryland’s championship year in 2002). The Terps outperformed expectations this year, finished in a tie with Duke atop the ACC, despite being picked to finish fifth in the preseason ACC poll. This award is something of a matter of vindication for Williams, who came under fire last season, before the Terps made a last-season push for the NCAAs, for not successfully recruiting enough top players as the team floundered in its post-Juan Dixon years.