Virginia Tech's Erick Green has been named the 2013 ACC Player of the Year.

Green was joined on the All-ACC First Team by Virginia's Joe Harris, N.C. State's Richard Howell, Duke's Mason Plumlee and Miami's Shane Larkin.

Miami's Durand Scott was named Defensive Player of the Year, while Boston College's Olivier Hanlan was named Freshman of the Year.

Virginia Tech added a commitment from Ben Emelogu, a 6-foot-5 guard out of South Grand Prairie (TX) High School.

Emelogu turned down scholarship offers from Marquette, Washington, Texas-Christian, Weber State, Albany, Texas-Arlington and Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

Emelogu brings Texas Tech’s number of commitments for the 2013 class to four.

Maurice Kirby, a 6-foot-9, 215-pound forward, gave a verbal commitment to Virginia Tech on Thursday.

Kirby originally committed to Arizona State when he was a sophomore at Poston Butte (AZ) High School.

Kirby held offers from Brown, Northern Arizona and Loyola Chicago.

Trevor Thompson has verbally committed to Virginia Tech.

Thompson is a 6-11 center on the postgraduate team of St. John's Northwestern Military Academy in Wisconsin.

"I just love everything about Virginia Tech," he said. "And it's my home state."

Thompson said he also had scholarship offers from Kansas State, Arizona State, Mississippi State, Auburn and Southern California.

The ACC/Big Ten Challenge announced their schedule for the 12-13 season.

November 27th

- Iowa at Virginia Tech
- Minnesota at Florida State
- N.C. State at Michigan
- Nebraska at Wake Forest
- Maryland at Northwestern
- North Carolina at Indiana

November 28th

- Virginia at Wisconsin
- Purdue at Clemson
- Georgia Tech at Illinois
- Boston College at Penn State
- Ohio State at Duke