Tar Heels Top ACC Preseason Poll Posted Oct 22, 2007 The University of North Carolina was the unanimous pick as the favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference championship in men's basketball in 2007-08 and Tyler Hansbrough was voted the preseason ACC player of the year when the ACC's media convened in Greensboro on Sunday for the annual ACC Operation Basketball. UNC sophomore point guard Ty Lawson joined Hansbrough on the ACC preseason team. (Tar Heel Blue)