ACC Basketball: Breaking down the 2017-18 star on each team in the conference

ACC basketball is among the best in the entire country. Who are the stars on each team in the conference heading into the 2017-18 season?

Every season, ACC basketball takes up several spots in the preseason top-25. That will be no different this upcoming season. In fact, Notre Dame, Miami, North Carolina, Louisville, and Duke are all ranked in my preseason top-25, which was updated after the NBA Draft in late June (Quick update: With the signing of Marvin Bagley, Duke would jump to #1 in these rankings).

With all of these teams taking up major headlines, it is important to note the stars that each of these teams has. It is impossible to win a conference or national title without star players, and the ACC is not short on stars. Each team has several top players who can take over games in the clutch and each of these players will make highlight plays this season.

In the past several years, we have seen a ton of talent come through the ACC as “one-and-done” players and we will once again, but no freshman are considered for this list of the top star on every team in the conference. As we do not know how easily these players will translate their game to the collegiate level, only returning players are considered to be stars on their respective teams.

For these stars, there are several questions entering this season: Which players will be able to carry their team to the NCAA Tournament? Which players will have their team contending for a conference title this year? Which players can assert themselves as National Player of the Year candidates? And, of the course, the most important question of all: Can this star lead his team to the National Championship?

Let’s take a look at each ACC team’s star and how far they might able to take their team during the 2017-18 campaign.