This Week in the ACC - 1/20-1/26

[pfrduke]

Louisville, FSU, and Duke remain clear of the rest of the field, although the Devils fell back toward the pack (and the Pack, who had a nice week) a bit. The rest of the standings are starting to normalize - no longer is one of the worst teams in the league toward the top of the conference. Every team with a winning record in conference play has an overall rating better than every team with a losing record.

Monday
[44]Virginia (4-3) (-3) hosts [46]NC State (4-3) (7:00, ESPN)

Tuesday
[81]Clemson (3-4) (-6) hosts [107]Wake Forest (2-5) (8:00, ACCN)
[2]Duke (5-2) (-19) hosts [97]Miami (2-5) (9:00, ESPN)

Wednesday
[61]Notre Dame (2-4) (-3) hosts [52]Syracuse (4-3) (7:00, ESPN2)
[6]Louisville (6-1) (-14) hosts [89]Georgia Tech (3-5) (7:00, ACCNX)
[55]Virginia Tech (4-3) (-7) hosts [91]North Carolina (1-5) (8:00, ACCN)
[67]Pittsburgh (3-4) (-11) hosts [179]Boston College (3-4) (9:00, ACCNX)

Thursday and Friday are dark

Saturday
[91]North Carolina (1-5) (-4) hosts [97]Miami (2-5) (12:00, TBD)
[52]Syracuse (4-3) (-5) hosts [67]Pittsburgh (3-4) (12:00, ACCN)
[6]Louisville (6-1) (-13) hosts [81]Clemson (3-4) (2:00, ACCNX)
[179]Boston College (3-4) (+6) hosts [55]Virginia Tech (4-3) (2:00, ESPN2/ESPNU)
[89]Georgia Tech (3-5) (+1) hosts [46]NC State (4-3) (4:00, ACCNX)
[16]Florida State (6-1) (-10) hosts [61]Notre Dame (2-4) (8:00, ACCN)

Sunday
[107]Wake Forest (2-5) (+2) hosts [44]Virginia (4-3) (12:00, ACCN)

ACC Non-Conference: 119-41
ACC vs. Power 5: 23-26

Efficiency Margin in Conference Play:
Duke - +22.4
Florida State - +12.6
Syracuse - +11.0
Louisville - +10.0
Virginia - +8.0
NC State - +2.2
Virginia Tech - -1.5
Pittsburgh - -2.4
Clemson - -3.2
Notre Dame - -3.6
Georgia Tech - -5.4
North Carolina - -8.7
Wake Forest - -9.0
Miami - -14.2
Boston College - -17.9

[devildeac]

Wednesday, we will all be turkeys. Well, most of us on DBR will be anyway.

[PackMan97]

Injuries have taken a toll this year.

[BD80]

Wednesday, we will all be turkeys. Well, most of us on DBR will be anyway.

Gobble the heels?

[PackMan97]

State is 3-0 in the ACC this season when playing with a full compliment of players. Unfortunately, they will be without Manny Bates and Pat Andre.

Hates took an unintentional elbow to the neck and Andre did something to his foot/ankle.

[devildeac]

NCSU well on their way to gacking this one up having not scored in about 6 minutes and seeing an 11 point lead cut to 3 .

[robed deity]

That call on Funderburk was awful.

[Tripping William]

Tonight was the night the lights went out in C’ville.

[Ultrarunner]

That call on Funderburk was awful.

Foul calls have been wildly inconsistent this year. Really tough for players to adapt to.

[arnie]

That call on Funderburk was awful.

Don’t know what’s worse, ACC officiating or State composure.

[devildeac]

That call on Funderburk was awful.

I'm not watching but it looked like he picked up 2 PF and a T in < 30 seconds, reaching the college limit of 5 fouls in one game.

[Ultrarunner]

Tonight was the night the lights went out in C’ville.

I thought the lights were supposed to go out when the visiting team had the ball.
Bill Cosby had a joke about that, decades ago.

[devildeac]

Don’t know what’s worse, ACC officiating or State composure.

We'll call it a draw.

[devildeac]

No NCSU points in >9.5 minutes now, being outscored 15-0 in that time. Amazing.

[Dr. Rosenrosen]

This replay stuff is out of hand.

[arnie]

This replay stuff is out of hand.

As is Bilas commentary

[robed deity]

Tried to give it away, but big win for State.

[CameronDuke]

NCSU wins 53-51 at UVa.

UVa falls to 12-6, 4-4.

NCSU improves to 14-5, 5-3.

UVa was 3-12 (25.0%) from 3 with 10 turnovers.

[Dr. Rosenrosen]

Tried to give it away, but big win for State.

CJ Bryce is impressive.

[PackMan97]

Darnit! I had a 2,000 word post ready to go complaining about the refs and we had to go and win the game. It's maddening being an NC State fan.