This Week in the ACC - 1/6-1/12

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We’re now in conference play for the foreseeable future and already there has started to be some separation without a ton of surprises. The teams with the best pre-season performances are sitting at the top of the table; the teams with the worst are down at the bottom. Some big matchups toward the top this week to see if the standings will further stratify.

Monday was dark

Tuesday
[2]Duke (4-0) (-12) hosts [22]Pittsburgh (3-0) (7:00, ESPN)
[125]Syracuse (0-3) (-1) hosts [101]Georgia Tech (2-2) (7:00, ACCN)
[40]Louisville (3-1) (-1) hosts [31]Clemson (4-0) (7:00, ESPNU)
[35]North Carolina (2-1) (-6) hosts [51]SMU (2-1) (9:00, ACCN)

Wednesday
[111]Miami (0-3) (+2) hosts [69]Florida State (1-2) (7:00, ACCN)
[93]NC State (1-2) (-4) hosts [91]Notre Dame (1-2) (7:00, ESPNU)
[98]Stanford (1-2) (-8) hosts [161]Virginia Tech (1-2) (9:00, ACCN)
[132]California (0-3) (-2) hosts [105]Virginia (1-2) (11:00, ESPNU)

Thursday and Friday are dark

Saturday
[2]Duke (4-0) (-20) hosts [91]Notre Dame (1-2) (12:00, ESPN)
[22]Pittsburgh (3-0) (-7) hosts [40]Louisville (3-1) (12:00, ESPN2)
[31]Clemson (4-0) (-9) hosts [69]Florida State (1-2) (2:00, ACCN)
[187]Boston College (1-3) (+1) hosts [125]Syracuse (0-3) (3:00, CW)
[51]SMU (2-1) (-10) hosts [101]Georgia Tech (2-2) (4:00, ESPN2)
[98]Stanford (1-2) (-5) hosts [105]Virginia (1-2) (4:00, ESPNU)
[93]NC State (1-2) (+3) hosts [35]North Carolina (2-1) (4:00, ACCN)
[111]Miami (0-3) (+1) hosts [83]Wake Forest (3-1) (5:15, CW)
[132]California (0-3) (-5) hosts [161]Virginia Tech (1-2) (6:00, ACCN)

Sunday is dark

ACC v. Non-Conf: 129-70
ACC v. Power 5: 16-53

ACC Conference-Only Efficiency Margin
Duke: +33.3
Clemson: +18.1
Pittsburgh: +16.2
Louisville: +13.3
Wake Forest: +8.4
SMU: +5.5
Georgia Tech: +1.0
Notre Dame: -3.5
Florida State: -3.9
North Carolina: -4.1
NC State: -5.8
Stanford: -10.5
Miami: -10.6
Virginia Tech: -13.8
Syracuse: -14.5
Boston College: -15.2
Virginia: -16.0
California: -16.6
 
pfrduke said:
Thursday and Friday are dark
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i realize that most on the board don't care, but it might be worth interjecting here that, while the men don't play Thursday and Friday, the women most certainly do, and not just any game. The Duke women will be heading down Tobacco Road on Thursday to take on the Holes at 7:00pm. The game will be carried on ACCN, if you need a basketball fix on Thursday.

And GTHC, GTH!!
 
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Phredd3 said:
i realize that most on the board don't care, but it might be worth interjecting here that, while the men don't play Thursday and Friday, the women most certainly do, and not just any game. The Duke women will be heading down Tobacco Road on Thursday to take on the Holes at 7:00pm. The game will be carried on ACCN, if you need a basketball fix on Thursday.

And GTHC, GTH!!
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I'll be watching. 9F!!!!
 
Syracuse wins over GT. JJ Starling has come back, which helps them. I only care how good they are when we're looking ahead to UNC in the land of frozen finger lakes.

Louisville beats Clemson at home. Duke has a 1+ game lead over a bunch of teams in the ACC. 8 home, 7 away remain.
 
Daggum, seriously. This is fear - RJ shooting back.. Trimble back, UNC can win a lot of games now. They are quite talented. Seriously. Could easily finish second in conference now.
 
Relax, folks. UNC is almost never as bad as you want them to be. They are a top flight college program with an excellent coaching staff and very good players. This is the way of things and it doesn’t mean anything bad for Duke.
 
FSU's next three games should tell us whether they are an NCAAT contender or not. They are currently #68 KP at 10-4 and 1-2. But they haven't won a game all season against a team in the top-100. Their best wins are #121 Temple and #125 (sigh) Syracuse. In conference, they lost to NC State (in OT) and L'Ville, and OOC they lost to Florida (by a fairly respectable 13) and at LSU (by 10, again respectable).

Coming up they're at Miami, at Clemson, and vs Pitt. They'll need at least two of those games to consider them as a potential tourney team.

The tourney teams from the ACC at the moment appear to be: Duke, Pitt, Clemson, and probably Louisville and UNC.

The only other realistic possibilities left are SMU, Wake, and maybe FSU - depending on these next 3 games. If they lose 2 of 3, FSU is likely out and we're down to a maximum of 7 NCAAT teams from the conference.

- Chillin
 
PackMan97 said:
State has a little fight left in them. Take down the Irish by 1. 66-65
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The Wolfpack are 9-1 at home (lost to Texas in the ACC-SEC Challenge), but 0-5 in road and neutral games. Next up is UNC in Raleigh on Saturday; they have a rematch in Chapel Hill in February.
 
arnie said:
Stanford with 4 points at the 1st half 10 minute mark at home against VaT. Horrible offense.
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There must be at least 500 people in the arena. I will say that the few fans in attendance were enthusiastic although I don’t know why. The Cards are pretty bad.
 
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