The ACC Thread

[elijah]

That might be an ACL tear for McCullough. Would kill any progress syracuse had made

 

[jonvi]

Duke loses one on the road to NC State. The ACC has no mercy.

 

[jonvi]

Bad day for Big East defectors. 0-4 today.

Yeah...It's too bad the bball only schools fucked up that conference.

 

[UVA_Guy81]

I really wish that we could stop with some of this awful shot selection. Definitely part of the reason why we get in these long scoring droughts in games.

 

[jeffro151]

Goodness. We were up by 6 at halftime. Now we are up by 28 with 7 minutes left.

 

[jonvi]

And SU is down by four to Wake. Losing McCollough is going to punish SU. Bummer. They were a bubble team. Now.....

 

[jonvi]

Damn....into OT against a 9 - 8 Wake Forest team. I'm halfway through the JD. Time for the sleeping pills.

 

[Hitman Hart]

I like what I am seeing right now. It is an improving young team. Tough loss on the road, but that is to be expected.

 

[jonvi]

Man....Your boys came to play. GG Brett.

 

[jeffro151]

Duke getting punched in the mouth. Miami up by 11 in Durham.

 

[jonvi]

Duke doing a melt down. OMG. I'm officially putting douggie on suicide watch.

 

[jeffro151]

Miami up 15 with 3:57 left

 

[jeffro151]

Fouling when you are down by 15 with just 1 17 left. Duke y'all have no shame.

 

[ericd7633]

Given the way Duke has been playing could UVA realistically have a shot at entering the ACC Tournament undefeated? Toughest road games left appear to be UNC and Louisville. One tricky game @NC State, if they do manage to get through Duke, UNC and Louisville unscathed could that potentially be a let down game, and NC State played them somewhat tough in C-Ville.

 

[douggie]

[Given the way Duke has been playing could UVA realistically have a shot at entering the ACC Tournament undefeated?

No.

 

[douggie]

Duke doing a melt down. OMG. I'm officially putting douggie on suicide watch.

I'm alive jonvi. Duke is in a funk. No question about it. But I had a talk with Coach K after the game. I hope he took my advice and we shall see how they play against UofL Saturday.

 

[HoHumHokie]

Duke seemed to have the air taken out of them when Miami went on that initial run to go up by 11, but man did Miami look like a world beater last night.....fast and athletic....street ball at its best. That Miami PG was unstoppable. How the heck did Miami lose to a few no-names?

 

[Bend_The_Rim]

Virginia has a brutal stretch coming up starting Jan 31st. While they should be 19-0 heading into their contest with Duke, they have absolutely zero chance of going through the regular season undefeated. After Duke, they head into a meat-grinder: @UNC, LOU, @NCST, WAKE, PITT...@Wake again 2 weeks later. Not to mention closing out the season @SYR and @LOU. Good luck with all that. They are a very good squad, but they are by no means the type of dominant squad that marches through the ACC undefeated.

However, I'll now give them as much respect as I can give any unit not named Kentucky. UVA could very well be the best "team" in the country. While there are still several squads like Kentucky with far more talent, outside of perhaps Gonzaga, which plays together flawlessly and is full of seniors and juniors, Virginia's starting rotation seems to play the game together as well as almost any other program. What they accomplish without a true offensive star is quite remarkable. Although Anderson has obviously become their go-to-guy, as it were. When watching them last year, I was sure Gil would take the reins as their lead horse once Harris departed, but that hasn't really happened with Anderson's ascension.

That being said, Virginia could have a precipitous fall down the rankings over the final 2 months. I still see 5 or even 6 losses over that span. That would still amount to a very good season considering their schedule, but once the air gets let out of their undefeated season, it will likely cause a bit of a domino effect.

We shall see. UVA finished very strong last season. It will likely be the opposite this year.

 

[ericd7633]

Virginia has a brutal stretch coming up starting Jan 31st. While they should be 19-0 heading into their contest with Duke, they have absolutely zero chance of going through the regular season undefeated. After Duke, they head into a meat-grinder: @UNC, LOU, @NCST, WAKE, PITT...@Wake again 2 weeks later. Not to mention closing out the season @SYR and @LOU. Good luck with all that. They are a very good squad, but they are by no means the type of dominant squad that marches through the ACC undefeated.

However, I'll now give them as much respect as I can give any unit not named Kentucky. UVA could very well be the best "team" in the country. While there are still several squads like Kentucky with far more talent, outside of perhaps Gonzaga, which plays together flawlessly and is full of seniors and juniors, Virginia's starting rotation seems to play the game together as well as almost any other program. What they accomplish without a true offensive star is quite remarkable. Although Anderson has obviously become their go-to-guy, as it were. When watching them last year, I was sure Gil would take the reins as their lead horse once Harris departed, but that hasn't really happened with Anderson's ascension.

That being said, Virginia could have a precipitous fall down the rankings over the final 2 months. I still see 5 or even 6 losses over that span. That would still amount to a very good season considering their schedule, but once the air gets let out of their undefeated season, it will likely cause a bit of a domino effect.

We shall see. UVA finished very strong last season. It will likely be the opposite this year.

I just don't see UVA finishing with 6 losses. They would practically have to go 0-6 in their remaining 6 toughest games: Duke, @UNC, UL, @NC State, @Syracuse, @UL if that were to happen. Wake Forest and Pitt aren't any good this year. There is a reason they are favored in the remainder of their games, they are very good.

 

[purguy12]

i like how UNC is playing. This jackson kid looks like he is going to be a good one.