Olivier Hanlan might not think about it, but his resume for this season will be a case study in how team accomplishments and individual statistics affect the way postseason awards are handed out.

Hanlan’s case sure isn’t the first and certainly won’t be the last, but as soon as league play began for the Boston College men’s basketball team, the best player on the squad became one of the best players in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Where that lands him when the All-ACC teams are named remains to be seen. Hanlan earned a third-team selection last season, but the leading scorer in the conference is making a bid at the higher honor while playing for a team with only three conference wins.

Fascinating to some. Maybe not to the guy everyone will be talking about.

“I try not to (think about it),” Hanlan said. “Obviously around the end of each year when the media starts talking about projections of first team, second team, third team, obviously it’s fun hearing about it. But if you just focus on playing well and trying to control what you can control, then all of those things will figure itself out.”

The big names are going to be tough to beat out, especially when players like Jerian Grant (Notre Dame), Jahlil Okafor (Duke) and Malcolm Brogdon (Virginia) have put their teams in contention for big things come March Madness.

Still, Hanlan had a February that is making a case for him to join those names. In eight games, he averaged 27.5 points. He was named ACC Player of the Week on Monday after a 39-point outburst against Pittsburgh in a losing effort. He’s tied with Grant for most minutes played in the ACC at 39.1. Basically he never comes out of games, and according to KenPom.com, his minutes percentage of 92.8 puts him 11th in the country. Hanlan also leads the ACC in scoring with 22.1 points a game and is first in 3-point percentage at 43.8 percent.

The numbers are there, so even if he doesn’t want to think about it, does he feel he deserves a spot on the first team?

“I feel so,” Hanlan said. “I think I’ve been playing really good. I’m in my flow right now. I just feel like definitely I should be in that talk.”

There is the one caveat, however. The Eagles don’t have team success, and they haven’t had that during the three years when Hanlan turned himself into one of the better players in the country. If you look back at the first team a year ago, the players represented teams that all made it to the NCAA tournament, with North Carolina State’s 22 wins as a low mark. T.J. Warren, who represented N.C. State on the first team, was the ACC Player of the Year, too.

There have been big seasons on bad teams that have been celebrated before. Erick Green of Virginia Tech and Len Bias of Maryland are the only two players to win the ACC Player of the Year on a team with a losing record. Hanlan probably hasn’t merited that kind of recognition, but the case study will have a conclusion soon.

It’s a difficult balance for a player to boast about individual accolades when the team success is all that matters. Hanlan learned to deal with it, while also being pretty honest about his position in the conference at the same time.

“Definitely when your team is doing a lot better, you get a lot more attention,” Hanlan said. “Like I said, I just control what I can control, so if I control my effort and just showing up consistent every day, then that’s all I’m worried about at this point.

“It’s definitely a tough spot. Obviously I’ve been through it two years. I’ve been used to getting that attention around the end of the year and me putting up numbers and trying to be consistent. I just try to take one game at a time and try to prove myself every game and try to do my best.”