MBB: ACC regular season race
UNC 11-3 ... Lville, @Pitt, @UVa, Duke
Duke 10-4 ... @Syr, @Miami, FSU, @UNC
Louisville 10-4 ... @UNC, Syr, @WFU, ND
ND 10-5 ... GT, BC, @Lville
FSU 9-5 ... BC, @Clemson, @Duke, Miami
Just win, baby. Make 7 in a row 11 in a row. It's not going to be easy, but Duke has the best talent in the country. They have beaten Notre Dame, North Carolina and Virginia in the last two weeks. I don't think anyone in the country wants to play this Duke team.
MBB: ACC regular season race
UNC 11-3 ... Lville, @Pitt, @UVa, Duke
Duke 10-4 ... @Syr, @Miami, FSU, @UNC
Louisville 10-4 ... @UNC, Syr, @WFU, ND
ND 10-5 ... GT, BC, @Lville
FSU 10-5 ... @Clemson, @Duke, Miami
MBB: ACC regular season race
UNC 12-3 ... @Pitt, @UVa, Duke
Duke 10-5 ... @Miami, FSU, @UNC
Louisville 10-5 ... Syr, @WFU, ND
ND 10-5 ... GT, BC, @Lville
FSU 10-5 ... @Clemson, @Duke, Miami
Despite the loss last night things still could get interesting. Obviously Duke needs to win out but they also need UNC and Louisville to lose another game before the March 4 match up. UNC has Pitt and UVA on the road and both teams are certainly capable of winning. Louisville has Syracuse at home, Wake on the road, and Notre Dame at home. A few things have to fall into place but a chance at winning the ACC regular season is still there.
If a 5-loss team comes in first, that'll be the first time in the 18-game conference schedule era:
2016: UNC 14-4
2015: UVA 16-2
2014: UVA 16-2
2013: Miami 15-3
So we're already in the midst of K's longest ACC regular-season crown drought:
2011-2016: 6 years (and possibly counting)
1981-1985: 5 years
1986-1990: 4 years
2007-2009: 3 years
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. - Winston Churchill
President of the "Nolan Smith Should Have His Jersey in The Rafters" Club
We cannot forget scheduling. The last few years it was Virginia with a soft schedule, now it's UNC. It's no surprise UNC is winning this league if you only play two of the top 6-7 teams on the road.