This Week in the ACC: Postseason Week 2

[pfrduke]

One ACC team remains in the NIT and 4 are left in the big dance. Here's a quick rundown of the pre-weekend schedule:

Tuesday
[31]Louisville (-4)* hosts [60]Mississippi State (9:00, ESPN)

*This almost certainly undersells it. Despite the game being at the Yum! Center, Pomeroy lists it as "semi-home" for Louisville, rather than "home." Treating it as a home game probably bumps the spread up to -5 or -6.

Thursday
[30]Florida State (+6) vs. [7]Gonzaga in Los Angeles (10:07, TBS)

Friday
[14]Clemson (+1) vs. [9]Kansas in Omaha (7:07, CBS)
[3]Duke (-10) vs. [44]Syracuse in Omaha (9:37, CBS)

[Truth&Justise]

*This almost certainly undersells it. Despite the game being at the Yum! Center, Pomeroy lists it as "semi-home" for Louisville, rather than "home." Treating it as a home game probably bumps the spread up to -5 or -6.

Have people actually been showing up to the games? Could make a difference in home-court advantage.

[Troublemaker]

Louisville is getting blown out at home by Mississippi St. Won't make the NIT semis in New York.

I should probably cross-post this in the Coaching Carousel thread.

[pfrduke]

At least two ACC teams will keep playing on the weekend. Here's the first.

Saturday
[26]Florida State (+4) vs. [7]Michigan in Los Angeles (8:49, TBS)

[CDu]

At least two ACC teams will keep playing on the weekend. Here's the first.

Saturday
[26]Florida State (+4) vs. [7]Michigan in Los Angeles (8:49, TBS)

Here's hoping it is 3 ACC teams playing on the weekend!

[Tripping William]

Does anyone have a sense of the timing for Sunday's games? Night like Saturday's, or old-school "done in time for 60 Minutes"?

[CDu]

Does anyone have a sense of the timing for Sunday's games? Night like Saturday's, or old-school "done in time for 60 Minutes"?

My guess would be one game in the 5-6 range and the other in the 7:30-8:30 range.

[pfrduke]

Last year the Sunday games were at 2:20 and 5:05. Not sure if that will carry over this year.

[jv001]

Last year the Sunday games were at 2:20 and 5:05. Not sure if that will carry over this year.

According to my Spectrum DVR schedule, you are correct. 2:00 and 4:30. So after all the pregame stuff, the games will probably be 2:20-2:30 and 4:30-5:00. GoDuke!

[Tripping William]

According to my Spectrum DVR schedule, you are correct. 2:00 and 4:30. So after all the pregame stuff, the games will probably be 2:20-2:30 and 4:30-5:00. GoDuke!

That's what I'm afraid of . . . .

[arnie]

According to my Spectrum DVR schedule, you are correct. 2:00 and 4:30. So after all the pregame stuff, the games will probably be 2:20-2:30 and 4:30-5:00. GoDuke!

Yea CBS info shows 2nd game around 5:15. Any betting odds on if we will be 1st game? If I recall the tines are up to CBS. If we’re playing, really hoping for 2:20.

[jv001]

Yea CBS info shows 2nd game around 5:15. Any betting odds on if we will be 1st game? If I recall the tines are up to CBS. If we’re playing, really hoping for 2:20.

I'm with you in hoping for the first game. Our church service begins at 5:30pm with choir practice for our Easter program at 4:00pm. Either way, I'll miss some of the game. Our pastor is a big Duke fan, but that doesn't change a thing. Hoping The Lord is a Duke fan. GoDuke!

[arnie]

I'm with you in hoping for the first game. Our church service begins at 5:30pm with choir practice for our Easter program at 4:00pm. Either way, I'll miss some of the game. Our pastor is a big Duke fan, but that doesn't change a thing. Hoping The Lord is a Duke fan. GoDuke!

Agree! If the pastor can’t move everything up, maybe show the game on side screens and weave the game into the sermon as neeed.

[tbyers11]

That's what I'm afraid of . . . .

Tip times are officially (https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2018-03-22/sweet-16-2018-live-stream-tv-schedule-watch-every-march) 2:20 and 5:05 for Sunday's games.

If we win tonight, I bet we are the 5:05 game
If we win tonight and Kansas wins, I bet a lot of $$$ that we are the 5:05 game

[devildeac]

I'm with you in hoping for the first game. Our church service begins at 5:30pm with choir practice for our Easter program at 4:00pm. Either way, I'll miss some of the game. Our pastor is a big Duke fan, but that doesn't change a thing. Hoping The Lord is a Duke fan. GoDuke!

Hoping?

"Roy Williams, after living a full life, died. When he got to heaven (a bit of a stretch here), God was showing him around. They came to a modest little house with a faded "u"nc flag in the window. "This house is yours for eternity, Roy, said God. This is very special; not everyone gets a house up here."

Roy felt special, indeed, and walked up to his house. On his way up the porch, he noticed another house just around the corner. It was a three-story mansion with a blue and gold sidewalk, 50-foot tall flagpole with an enormous Duke flag and, in every window, a Duke logo.

Roy looked at God and said "God, I'm not trying to be ungrateful, but I have a question. I was a good coach, I won 3 NCAA titles (not honestly, of course), 800+ games and I even got into the hall of fame. So why does Coach K get a better house than me?"

God chuckled, and said "Roy, that's not Coach K's house, it's mine!"