43-29 SMU at the half and I was summoning my inner Alanis with my comment. Pitt has turned into a roulette wheel of a team and they're not the house.
This Week in the ACC - 2/10-2/16
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SkyBrickey
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SMU looking like the great 4th bid hope.
Pitt tried to come back, but nope. Without Dunn for the rest of the season, they don’t have enough of anything. Capel looks calm, or maybe it's just the dull realization that his team’s only hope after tonight is to win out, including @ UofL.
SMU is in the driver’s seat, with home games left against Wake and Clemson. They’ve got balanced scoring tonight and through the season, including multiple 3-bombers.
SMU is in the driver’s seat, with home games left against Wake and Clemson. They’ve got balanced scoring tonight and through the season, including multiple 3-bombers.
JasonEvans
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I doubt it. This season is hardly a disaster and the injuries to Dunn really derailed their season. The past two years have been pretty decent. He's got at least another year, IMO.
JasonEvans
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This weekend's home game with Wake is big for SMU. The winner of that will be in the best spot to earn the ACC's 4th bid (assuming the conference can get 4 bids).
But beyond that, SMU really, really, really needs to beat Clemson at home on Feb 22nd (a week from Saturday). If they don't win that game they will enter the ACC tourney with... wait for it... 0 quad 1 wins. Zero. Nada. None. Zip. Their best win would be last night's home victory over a reeling Pitt club. After that, it would be the neutral court win over LSU (the worst team in the SEC).
SMU has done a fabulous job beating the teams they should... but they are yet to post a single win over a team that is even close to the bubble.
I could be wrong, but I don't this a team has ever gotten an at large bid without a single quad 1 victory.
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Dr. Maturin
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Pitt rolled into Cameron at 12-2 (3-0). They had wins over WVU, Ohio State, and LSU, and looked like they might be the #2 team in the league. We beat them by 29 points and they have now lost 8 out of 10. Whatever Jeff is doing isn't working.
As for SMU, it is wild that you can play a full ACC schedule and only end up with 5 Q1 games. And by the way, Clemson is #27 in NET, so that game isn't guaranteed to be Q1. SMU may be ACC, but they have a mid-major profile: nice record, but a bunch of empty-calories wins, and they've gotten blown out in all of their Q1 games.
As for SMU, it is wild that you can play a full ACC schedule and only end up with 5 Q1 games. And by the way, Clemson is #27 in NET, so that game isn't guaranteed to be Q1. SMU may be ACC, but they have a mid-major profile: nice record, but a bunch of empty-calories wins, and they've gotten blown out in all of their Q1 games.
Norman Pfyster
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I could care less if only cared enough to try.
smumustang
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Maybe we get a shot you guys again in ACC
Be careful what you wish for.
DukieInBrasil
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Pitt's hopes of reaching the NCAAT are over, unless they win the ACCT. Duke broke them and they haven't played worth a damn since.
smumustang
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Who knows ,one of our guy may get HOT
You will actually have to play decent teams outside Moody first. By far the best ACC team you've played on the road is UNC. It didn't end well.
smumustang
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sure no disagreement,
Welcome all the same, smumustang.
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OldPhiKap
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Welcome!
DrChainsaw
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[ref: 2022 Final Four]
As a long-time reader of this forum (and a poster only recently), I am struck by the paucity of paticipation by fans of other ACC teams. There have been some contributors over the years. Some Virginia fans have posted fairly often in the last few years. But they have disappeared this year. It has seemed only PackWolf remains. The Lone Wolf as it were. So it is nice to see an SMU fan join the fray.
CameronBornAndBred
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Solid band name.