This Week in the ACC - 1/17-1/23

[Stray Gator]

Halftime score:

FSU - 43
Miami - 19

Here are the Noles next 5 games: @ GT, vs. VT, @ Clem, vs Wake, vs Pitt

I would expect them to be 5+ point favorites in every one of those games. Florida State is for real.

That 24-point halftime lead is down to 10, and dropping fast. FSU trying hard to give this one away with turnovers, missed free throws, and general lack of energetic play.

[Stray Gator]

That 24-point halftime lead is down to 10, and dropping fast. FSU trying hard to give this one away with turnovers, missed free throws, and general lack of energetic play.

Lead is now down to 6. I'm not sure I've ever seen a team fritter away a big lead this quickly. It's really quite amazing, because it's not a case of Miami making big plays, but FSU just playing like crap.

[MarkD83]

Is it too late to delete my post regarding Duke needing FSU to win?

[CameronDuke]

Miami, FL is down 5.

FSU’s bullpen stinks. They have no closer.

[CameronDuke]

Not really any moreso than at 2-5 (since they should be expected to lose those next 3 games).

It is WAAAAAAAY too early to pronounce that he stinks. We are less than a calendar year from him getting Coach of the Year for crying out loud.

I don’t have a lot of feel for how good or bad he will be yet. But I think it is a knee-jerk response to be writing him off so quickly.

That’s fair. But as far as coach of the year, he got predicted to stink by the media (non coaches) and picked 11th and finished 3rd. That doesn’t make him a great coach to me. That’s not enough in my book. Good coach but not great.

[JasonEvans]

Miami ball, down 1, 8 seconds left.

Wow... did not see this coming!

[dukelifer]

Miami ball, down 1, 8 seconds left.

Wow... did not see this coming!

Nope- FSU stopped playing

[SavDukeGrad]

Miami Fla St. down to 1. Miami with the ball with a chance to win. 8 sec. left. Unbelievable

[JasonEvans]

FSU hangs on... as an opponent with a shot to win again refuses to make a single pass.

[Stray Gator]

Miami comes back from a 24-point halftime deficit to cut the lead to 1 point, but the Canes miss their last shot and FSU hangs on, 61-60.

[burnspbesq]

FSU hangs on... as an opponent with a shot to win again refuses to make a single pass.

Wong had a decent look, but it wouldn’t fall.

The ACC may not be good, but it sure is competitive.

[heyman25]

Florida State are the Winners. Duke focuses prepares and we could beat both of these teams. We just need to keep improving.

[CDu]

That’s fair. But as far as coach of the year, he got predicted to stink by the media (non coaches) and picked 11th and finished 3rd. That doesn’t make him a great coach to me. That’s not enough in my book. Good coach but not great.

Nobody is saying he's a great coach. Heck, I'm not even saying he's a good coach yet. I am just saying that "stinks as a coach in the ACC" is too far based on his relatively brief ACC career.

[chrishoke]

Louisville 45-38 over ND at the half.

[CameronDuke]

NCSU is throttling UVa in Raleigh.

43-32 NCSU at the half.

Louisville is up 45-38 at the half vs Notre Dame.

[CameronDuke]

NCSU skunked UVa 77-63 in Raleigh.

UVa is 11-8, 5-4.

NCSU is 10-10, 3-6.

[chrishoke]

NCS shot 60% from the field against the Cavs.

[CDu]

NCS shot 60% from the field against the Cavs.

It is UVA’s 6th ACC game (out of 9) with an adjusted defensive efficiency of over 100.

[sagegrouse]

Nobody is saying he's a great coach. Heck, I'm not even saying he's a good coach yet. I am just saying that "stinks as a coach in the ACC" is too far based on his relatively brief ACC career.

And also the demeaning of SoCon coaches -- I mean, Lefty, Terry Holland, Norm Sloan, Fred Schaus (WVa) etc., etc.

[Bay Area Duke Fan]

Where will Capel be coaching next year?