This Week in the ACC - 11/4-11/10

[pfrduke]

Basketball! It's back! And unlike most seasons, with the expansion of conference play and the league's commendable decision to open up the season with conference games, there's a host of good ACC games this week (of course, with such heavy emphasis on ACCN broadcasts so early in the season, many viewers won't actually be able to watch). The Cupcake State games will come soon enough (including in the back half of the week), but what a start to the season. So let's see what's on tap for the week (as always, all times Eastern and all ratings and spreads Pomeroy as of time of posting).

Monday is dark - the last college basketball free day of the season

Tuesday
[65]Miami (+8) hosts [3]Louisville (6:30, ACCN)
[4]Duke (-4) vs. [10]Kansas in Madison Square Garden (7:00, ESPN)
[79]Clemson (-1) hosts [54]Virginia Tech (7:00, ESPNU)
[28]NC State (-8) hosts [66]Georgia Tech (8:30, ACCN)

Wednesday
[119]Boston College (+1) hosts [80]Wake Forest (6:00, ESPNU)
[6]North Carolina (-11) hosts [42]Notre Dame (7:00, ACCN)
[67]Pittsburgh (+2) hosts [14]Florida State (8:00, ESPNU)
[51]Syracuse (+4) hosts [5]Virginia (9:00, ACCN)

Thursday
[79]Clemson (-17) hosts [290]Presbyterian (7:00, ACCN)

Friday
[4]Duke (-23) hosts [159]Colorado State (7:00, ACCN)
[6]North Carolina (-22) at [266]UNC Wilmington (7:00)
[65]Miami (-13) hosts [177]Florida Atlantic (7:00, ACCNX)
[54]Virginia Tech (-28) hosts [328]Coppin State (7:00, ACCNX)

Saturday
[42]Notre Dame (-22) hosts [306]Robert Morris (12:00, ACCNX)
[67]Pittsburgh (-20) hosts [294]Nicholls State (12:00, ACCNX)

Sunday
[119]Boston College (+8) at [76]South Florida (12:00, CBSSN)
[14]Florida State (+4) at [12]Florida (1:00, ESPN)
[3]Louisville (-26) hosts [213]Youngstown State (2:00, ACCNX)
[80]Wake Forest (-9) hosts [151]Columbia (2:00, ACCNX)
[79]Clemson (-7) hosts [115]Colgate (3:00, ACCNX)
[28]NC State (-22) hosts [253]Detroit (4:00, ACCNX)
[5]Virginia (-24) hosts [224]James Madison (6:00, ESPNU)

[pfrduke]

Three conference games, three road wins. Louisville was an expected result but the other two not quite as much.

[TheOldBattleship]

Three conference games, three road wins. Louisville was an expected result but the other two not quite as much.

Can cut NC State a bit of slack, as they were missing Markell Johnson, but still not an auspicious start to the season for the Keatts crew. Any word on the Funderburk situation? I've pretty much missed everything there except that he's suspended; is he likely to return at all? (The classic NCState despair of the Backing the Pack article about the game is pretty fantastic, by the way.)

Good performance for both Techs, regardless.

[PackMan97]

Can cut NC State a bit of slack, as they were missing Markell Johnson, but still not an auspicious start to the season for the Keatts crew. Any word on the Funderburk situation? I've pretty much missed everything there except that he's suspended; is he likely to return at all? (The classic NCState despair of the Backing the Pack article about the game is pretty fantastic, by the way.)

Good performance for both Techs, regardless.

Funderburk should be back in a handful of games. He's already practicing with the team. Basically he parked in a few spots where he shouldn't. Got his car booted and then attempted to drive off with the boot...on multiple occasions. While the Tarheels will award you a degree in Criminal Justice for such activity, State frowns on it...so he was suspended.

We also were without freshman guard, Dereon Seaborn who was out with an ankle injury as well. 4* recruit who went to a post-grad prep school.

So, without two starters and a freshman who might have been able to contribute...we still should have won the game if not for our own bad decisions and the refs. OMG the refs. I didn't watch or listen to the game, but we lost so they must have been awful. Have we ever won a game Jamie Luckie was reffing?

[arnie]

Funderburk should be back in a handful of games. He's already practicing with the team. Basically he parked in a few spots where he shouldn't. Got his car booted and then attempted to drive off with the boot...on multiple occasions. While the Tarheels will award you a degree in Criminal Justice for such activity, State frowns on it...so he was suspended.

We also were without freshman guard, Dereon Seaborn who was out with an ankle injury as well. 4* recruit who went to a post-grad prep school.

So, without two starters and a freshman who might have been able to contribute...we still should have won the game if not for our own bad decisions and the refs. OMG the refs. I didn't watch or listen to the game, but we lost so they must have been awful. Have we ever won a game Jamie Luckie was reffing?

Just repeat the Pack’s favorite 4 words: Wait till next year.

[devildeac]

Just repeat the Pack’s favorite 4 words: Wait till next year.

Those are the Pack's second favorite 4 words with the first being: Go To Hell, c*rolina.

[PackMan97]

Sounds like Seaborn will sit out the entire season. Some issue with his eligibility that the NCAA denied.

https://twitter.com/PackPride/status...34366659891201

[jv001]

Sounds like Seaborn will sit out the entire season. Some issue with his eligibility that the NCAA denied.

https://twitter.com/PackPride/status...34366659891201

Too bad Seaborn didn't go to uncheat. He would have played last night and been freshman of the week. Different rules for different schools. GoDuke!

[duke2x]

Go Irish! (for 24 hours).

[OldPhiKap]

Go Irish! (for 24 hours).

Go Mike Brey!

[nmduke2001]

I don't particularly like these early games being conference games. It seems too early to have games that are so important.

[left_hook_lacey]

Those are the Pack's second favorite 4 words with the first being: Go To Hell, c*rolina.

What is Dorean doing?

Gotta rank up there somewhere.

[OldPhiKap]

Third favorite: “I am totally amphibious”

[JasonEvans]

I don't particularly like these early games being conference games. It seems too early to have games that are so important.

Well, it is just 5% of the conference schedule so it isn't like it is super duper important.

[devildeac]

Go Irish! (for 24 hours).

Go Mike Brey!

Does Bonzi have one more game of eligibility he can use tonight?

[ChillinDuke]

Is it not totally bizarre to OPEN the season in a conference tilt? Or are we past that already?

I get that the conference schedule expanded this year, but there seemed like plenty of room between late December conference games and opening your season in an important conference game on 11/5. To me, this gives even less meaning to the oft-bemoaned Regular Season Conference Champion.

- Chillin

[chrishoke]

Former Dukie Derryck Thornton and BC are drubbing WF 25-12.

[Bob Green]

Former Dukie Derryck Thornton and BC are drubbing WF 25-12.

Thornton is BC’s leading scorer at the half with 10.

[chris13]

Mike Brey looks like the guy who won the steak knives in Glengarry Glen Ross.

[Dr. Rosenrosen]

Carlos Boozer doing the halftime show on ACCN! Did a nice job.