This Week in the ACC - 11/22-28
The assessment last week was that this might not be a vintage ACC season. That appears to have been a serious understatement. We’re two weeks into the season and the conference has precisely two wins against teams in Kenpom’s top 100 - Duke over Kentucky on opening night and Florida State over Loyola Marymount today. That’s right - a win over Loyola Marymount is the entire conference’s second best win so far this season. Ever the optimist, this week’s set of exempt tournaments and other marquee matchups present more opportunities for big wins (or, if you’re the glass half empty type, more opportunities for rough losses).
Monday
[58]Georgia Tech (-26) hosts [342]Charleston Southern (7:00, ACCN)
[60]Virginia (-8) vs. [167]Georgia in Newark (7:00, ESPNU)
[27]Florida State (-9) vs. [112]Missouri in Jacksonville (8:30, FloHoops)
[10]Duke (-23) hosts [201]Citadel (9:00, ACCN)
[36]Notre Dame (-1) vs. [44]St. Mary’s in Las Vegas (11:30, ESPN2)
Tuesday
[55]North Carolina (-20) hosts [283]UNC Asheville (7:00, ACCNX)
[98]Wake Forest (-15) hosts [279]Kennesaw State (8:00, ACCN)
[60]Virginia vs. [39]Northwestern/[70]Providence in Newark (TBD)
[36]Notre Dame vs. [38]Oregon/[NR]Chaminade in Las Vegas (TBD)
Wednesday
[50]Syracuse (-6) vs. [110]VCU in Atlantis (5:00, ESPN2)
[27]Florida State (-16) hosts [171]Boston University (7:00, ACCN)
[169]Pittsburgh (+3) hosts [81]Vanderbilt (9:00, ACCN)
[24]Virginia Tech (+1) vs. [16]Memphis in MSG (9:30, ESPN2)
[36]Notre Dame vs. [9]Houston/[42]Wisconsin/[75]Butler/[76]Texas A&M in Las Vegas (TBD)
Thursday is dark
[84]Miami (-4) vs. [130]Dayton in Lake Buena Vista (12:00, ESPN2)
[52]Louisville (+1) vs. [43]Mississippi State in Nassau (9:30, CBSSN)
[50]Syracuse vs. [4]Baylor/[67]Arizona State in Atlantis (TBD)
Friday
[58]Georgia Tech (-15) vs. [223]Georgia Southern (12:00, ACCNX)
[48]Clemson (-26) hosts [342]Charleston Southern (2:00, ACCNX)
[131]Boston College (-17) hosts [338]Columbia (2:00, ACCNX)
[60]Virginia (-18) hosts [285]Lehigh (7:00, ACCN)
[98]Wake Forest (-1) vs. [101]Oregon State in Niceville (9:30, CBSSN)
[10]Duke (+6) vs. [1]Gonzaga in Las Vegas (10:30, ESPN)
[84]Miami vs. [2]Kansas/[116]North Texas in Lake Buena Vista (TBD)
[24]Virginia Tech vs. [32]Xavier/[111]Iowa State in MSG (TBD)
[50]Syracuse vs. [21]Michigan State/[22]Connecticut/[29]Auburn/[34]Loyola Chicago in Atlantis (TBD)
Saturday
[69]NC State (-6) hosts [102]Louisiana Tech (2:00, ACCNX)
[169]Pittsburgh (-7) hosts [248]UMBC (2:00, ACCNX)
[52]Louisville vs. [41]Maryland/[68]Richmond in Nassau (TBD)
[98]Wake Forest vs. [30]LSU/[87]Penn State in Niceville (TBD)
Sunday
[84]Miami vs. [14]Alabama/[54]Drake/[61]Belmont/[149]Iona in Lake Buena Vista (TBD)
ACC Non-Conference: 48-17
ACC v. Power 6: 2-7
AAC: 1-2
America East: 2-0
A-Sun: 1-0
A-10: 0-3
Big 12: 0-3
Big South: 8-0
B1G Ten: 0-1
Big West: 1-0
CAA: 5-0
CUSA: 2-0
Horizon: 1-0
Ivy: 3-0
MAAC: 3-0
MAC: 0-1
MEAC: 2-0
NEC: 3-0
Pac-12: 0-1
Patriot: 8-2
SEC: 2-2
Southern: 2-2
Southland: 1-0
SWAC: 2-0
WCC: 1-0
Just be you. You is enough. - K, 4/5/10, 0:13.8 to play, 60-59 Duke.
You're all jealous hypocrites. - Titus on Laettner
You see those guys? Animals. They're animals. - SIU Coach Chris Lowery, on Duke