ACC Basketball: Analyzing each team's overall offense for 2020-21 season

ACC Basketball: Analyzing each team’s overall offense for 2020-21 season

DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - FEBRUARY 10: Teammates Jordan Goldwire #14, Wendell Moore Jr. #0 and Tre Jones #3 of the Duke Blue Devils react after a play against the Florida State Seminoles during their game at Cameron Indoor Stadium on February 10, 2020 in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

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LAHAINA, HI – NOVEMBER 27: Wabissa Bede #3 of the Virginia Tech Hokies (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /

Virginia Tech Hokies

2019-20: 65.2 ppg in ACC play

Virginia Tech owned the thirteenth best offense in the ACC last season, a position they will remain despite the fact that they will be putting more points up on the board. The two areas that are going to prevent the Hokies from busting through the ceiling is the transfer of ACC All-Freshman and leading scorer Landers Nolley II (15.5 ppg) to Memphis, starter PJ Horne (7.6 ppg) moving onto Georgia and that Coach Mike Young is going to have to play guys out of position.

To counter the loss of the two starters, the Hokies’ strengthened their bench with the addition of six players who were not on their roster last season and at some point in the college career redshirted.

Horne and Landers II were playing in the frontcourt out of necessity, which ultimately was the reason for Nolley II transferring. Offensively the 6’9 Keve Aluma is the better option than 6’10 John Ojiako at center, neither are the level of Nolley II, but at least Coach Young is filling positions. When the 6’8 Delaware transfer Justyn Mutts (12.2 ppg) replaces 6’5 Horne at power forward he is less of a threat to shoot from deep, but his ability to take forwards off the dribble will still occupy some attention.

The three-point shooting responsibility will fall to 6’3 Nahiem Alleyne who created a three-guard front along with 6’1 Wabissa Bede and 6’2 Tyrece Radford last season. Alleyne shot 39 percent from the arc last season and with bigger bodies at the forward spots, it will contribute to keeping him on the court.

Whether Radford (10.5) is officially listed at shooting guard or small forward, he will continue to attack the basketball and get to the rim for all but twelve shot attempts last season. Wabissa Bede (5.5 apg) will continue to run the offense that will be less focused on swinging the ball on the perimeter deep into the shot clock trying to find Nolley II as well as being so dependant upon the three-point shot as they attempted the most in the ACC.