This Week in the ACC: 11/5-11/11

[pfrduke]

Basketball is back! And starting on a Tuesday this year (Friday tip-offs have been the recent norm), so it's more than just a weekend to get things going. Cupcakes abound, with only two teams predicted to have even close games. Let's take a look at the lineups - as always, all rankings/spreads are Pomeroy (which is higher on the ACC teams than many ranking systems, as reflected by 4 teams in the top 8 and 8 in the top 22) and all times are eastern.

Monday is dark. Everyone take care of those last few to do items before they get swallowed up by more important activities until the second week of April.

Tuesday has all the post-voting action a fan could want:

[4]Virginia (-24) hosts [230]Towson (7:00, ACCNE)
[3]North Carolina (-12) at [121]Wofford (7:00, ESPN2)
[8]Syracuse (-21) hosts [186]Eastern Washington (7:00, ACCNE)
[14]Clemson (-25) hosts [260]The Citadel (7:00, ACCNE)
[66]Boston College (-17) hosts [261]Milwaukee (7:00, ACCNE)
[139]Pittsburgh (-15) hosts [326]Youngstown State (7:00, ACCNE)
[59]Notre Dame (-14) hosts [190]Illinois Chicago (7:00, ACCNE)
[36]NC State (-25) hosts [324]Mount St. Mary's (7:00, ACCNE)
[15]Florida State (-5) hosts [19]Florida (9:00, ESPN2)
[2]Duke (-1) vs. [7]Kentucky in Indianapolis (9:30, ESPN)

Wednesday is dark.

Thursday

[59]Notre Dame (-26) hosts [344]Chicago State (7:00, ACCNE)
[63]Louisville (-20) hosts [294]Nicholls State (7:00, ACCNE)

Friday

[3]North Carolina (-19) at [216]Elon (7:00, ESPNU)
[22]Virginia Tech (-22) hosts [259]Gardner-Webb (7:00, ACCNE)
[14]Clemson (-24) hosts [280]North Carolina Central (7:00, ACCNE)
[139]Pittsburgh (-14) hosts [305]VMI (7:00, ACCNE)
[21]Miami (-18) hosts [187]Lehigh (7:00, ACCNE)
[92]Georgia Tech (-13) hosts [246]Lamar (7:30, ACCNE)

Saturday

[36]NC State (-27) hosts [339]Maryland Eastern Shore (12:00, ACCNE)
[91]Wake Forest (-24) hosts [346]North Carolina A&T (2:00, ACCNE)
[8]Syracuse (-22) hosts [208]Morehead State (7:00, ACCNE)

Sunday

[2]Duke (-26) hosts [223]Army (1:00, ESPN)
[66]Boston College (-22) hosts [328]St. Francis NY (1:00, ACCNE)
[4]Virginia (-21) hosts [194]George Washington (2:00, ACCNE)
[15]Florida State (-13) at [189]Tulane (7:00, ESPN3)

[PackMan97]

Glad to see NC State is working to improve that strength of schedule this season.

[Reddevil]

Yuck. I see nothing there not involving Duke to waste time on. I will be looking for other games at the national level, or continuing to get those chores done until it gets better. I get that coaches want a few gimme's before getting competitive, but wow that's bad. Bring on the 20-game ACC schedule.

[tbyers11]

Yuck. I see nothing there not involving Duke to waste time on. I will be looking for other games at the national level, or continuing to get those chores done until it gets better. I get that coaches want a few gimme's before getting competitive, but wow that's bad. Bring on the 20-game ACC schedule.

Florida/Florida St is a legit game. But as it overlaps at least partially with Duke I probably won't be watching much of it

[HereBeforeCoachK]

Yuck. I see nothing there not involving Duke to waste time on. I will be looking for other games at the national level, or continuing to get those chores done until it gets better. I get that coaches want a few gimme's before getting competitive, but wow that's bad. Bring on the 20-game ACC schedule.

Give the Heels credit for daring to take on Wofford again...

[JasonEvans]

Saturday[8]Syracuse (-22) hosts [208]Syracuse (7:00, ACCNE)

I don't know about the rest of y'all but I am betting the house on Syracuse winning this game.

In reference to the post about the matchups all being lousy. Other than Duke-Ky and the battle for the Sunshine state, there is no other matchup where an ACC team plays anyone ranked in the KenPom top 100. Carolina's match with #121 Wofford is the 3rd best contest of the week. Blech!

[OldPhiKap]

[8]Syracuse (-22) hosts [208]Syracuse (7:00, ACCNE)

I don't know about the rest of y'all but I am betting the house on Syracuse winning this game.

They should play that game in Greensboro.



(pfr, thanks for putting the list together. That is always a useful list every week of every season!)

[devildeac]

I don't know about the rest of y'all but I am betting the house on Syracuse winning this game.

In reference to the post about the matchups all being lousy. Other than Duke-Ky and the battle for the Sunshine state, there is no other matchup where an ACC team plays anyone ranked in the KenPom top 100. Carolina's match with #121 Wofford is the 3rd best contest of the week. Blech!

12/20/17: North Carolina 75 vs. Wofford 79

Lightning may not strike twice but I'm sure hoping for an autumn atmospheric upheaval.

[OldPhiKap]

12/20/17: North Carolina 75 vs. Wofford 79

Lightning may not strike twice but I'm sure hoping for an autumn atmospheric upheaval.

I thought you were holding out for an autumnal mead.

[devildeac]

I thought you were holding out for an autumnal mead.

I'll cheerfully sip a mead to celebrate such an upset should it occur.

[Wahoo2000]

Yuck. I see nothing there not involving Duke to waste time on. I will be looking for other games at the national level, or continuing to get those chores done until it gets better. I get that coaches want a few gimme's before getting competitive, but wow that's bad. Bring on the 20-game ACC schedule.

I don't know if it's wanting the "gimmies" for win-padding sake, moreso to extend the bench and get those younger guys some more experience (assuming that MOST teams aren't like Duke and primarily playing all frosh prominent roles). I know in Bennett's case specifically, he likes to play some of the smaller local schools and give them the scheduling opportunity that most P5 coaches won't. We've played ROAD games with George Washington, VCU, George Mason, and JMU in the last few years alone.

[Neals384]

Give the Heels credit for daring to take on Wofford again...

Yeah look for some serious smack talk from the Heels if they win this one. Brave of them to take on their rivals in a road game! BTW my Directv guide for the game says heels “seek revenge when they visit Wofford.” Ha ha

[BLPOG]

I don't know about the rest of y'all but I am betting the house on Syracuse winning this game.

In reference to the post about the matchups all being lousy. Other than Duke-Ky and the battle for the Sunshine state, there is no other matchup where an ACC team plays anyone ranked in the KenPom top 100. Carolina's match with #121 Wofford is the 3rd best contest of the week. Blech!

They should play that game in Greensboro.



(pfr, thanks for putting the list together. That is always a useful list every week of every season!)

I tried sporking Jason. DENIED.

Tried sporking OPK. DENIED.

The spork limits are too damn low!

[OldPhiKap]

I tried sporking Jason. DENIED.

Tried sporking OPK. DENIED.

DE-FENSE!!!! {clap} {clap}
DE-FENSE!!!! {clap} {clap}
DE-FENSE!!!! {clap} {clap}

[PackMan97]

I tried sporking Jason. DENIED.

Tried sporking OPK. DENIED.

The spork limits are too damn low!

Or perhaps the rest of us need to step up our game so Jason and OPK aren't the only ones being awesome?

[BandAlum83]

Or perhaps the rest of us need to step up our game so Jason and OPK aren't the only ones being awesome?

You must spread comments...

[DarkstarWahoo]

I just can't believe you guys aren't enthralled at UVA's revenge tour against every school in Baltimore County except for those guys. I think Tony is on the phone with the Johns Hopkins AD as we speak.

[MChambers]

Give the Heels credit for daring to take on Wofford again...

Give UVa credit for taking on another obscure Maryland school.

[flyingdutchdevil]

Do UVA players ever graduate?

[53n206]

T 10.00, or so, Carolina up by 2. Why does UNC play an away game there? Sure they will win, but attendance, money (except for TV) makes no sense.