Duke (2), UNC (15), Clemson (24) Pitt (37) had the highest ACC preseason efficiency ratings in KenPom. Houston was first…North Carolina will sell beer and wine for basketball games at Carmichael Arena and the Smith Center…UNC alums Vince Carter and the late Walter Davis were inducted into the Naismith Memorial HOF last month in Springfield, MA. Carter will be part of the broadcast crew for select Toronto NBA games this season…Carolina is the only major program in the country whose six coaches all played and are coaching at their alma mater. Hubert Davis played for Hall of Famer Dean Smith (1988-92). Jeff Lebo (1985-89) and Pat Sullivan (1990-95) also played at UNC for Smith, Brad Frederick played for Smith and Bill Guthridge (1996-99) and Sean May (2002-05) and Marcus Paige (2012-16) played for Hall of Famer Roy Williams. Frederick is the senior coach in terms of years coaching in Chapel Hill (12). Paige is the JV coach…Carolina returns five players (two starters) from last year and has ten newcomers–five freshmen and five transfers including Elijah Davis, the coach’s son, from Lynchburg, who may redshirt this year…After two years at Louisville, Duke’s Nolan Smith is an assistant coach at Memphis…For Duke men’s basketball, Chris Carrawell and Jai Lucas are associate head coach, Will Avery and Emanuel Dildy assistant coach, Mike Schrange, special assistant to the head coach, Justin Robinson, director of player development…Coach K is a special advisor to the NBA…Former ACC basketball official (three decades) and Little League Baseball manager from Greenville, Raymie Earl Styons Jr., 67, passed away last summer. ACC officials are wearing green wristbands in his honor…