MBB: Week 6 of the ACC Schedule (Feb. 1-7)

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Standings as of Monday, Feb. 1:

The Upper Half
1. North Carolina 8-0
2. Louisville 6-2
T3. Notre Dame 6-3
T3. Virginia 6-3
T3. Pittsburgh 6-3
T3. Clemson 6-3
7. Miami 5-3

Hovering Around .500
T8. Syracuse 5-5
T8. Duke 4-4
T10. Florida State 4-5
T10. Virginia Tech 4-5

Very Smelly
12. Georgia Tech 2-6
13. NC State 2-7
14. Wake Forest 1-8
15. Boston College 0-8
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Midweek Off: Pittsburgh

Mon. 7:00 ESPN: North Carolina at Louisville... #1 at #2 currently in the conference...Cards coming off blowout loss at home to the French 2 days ago...Tar Holes are getting a point at the books
Mon. 9:00 ESPN-U: NC State at Florida State...Noles can get back to .500 in the conference as 5-pt favorites and win their 3rd game in a row...Pack coming off 2nd conference win (in impressive fashion over Miami)

Tue. 8:00 Conference Network: Clemson at Wake Forest...important game for Clemson to keep their NCAAT hopes alive...2nd of 3-game road stand for Tigers (lost Saturday at FSU)
Tue. 8:00 Conference Network: Virginia Tech at Syracuse...Hokies have lost 4 straight after defeating the Jackets by 1...VPI&SU looked really bad being dominated at Pitt last night...quick turnaround on the road...Cuse plays 3rd of 4-game home stand
Tue. 9:00 ESPN-U: Duke at Georgia Tech...Duke has had a week off for Ratface's back to heal some...huge game for both teams...Duke likely is out of the top 25 for the first time in a very long time

Wed. 7:00 ESPN-2: Notre Dame at Miami...two upper-division teams in a very important game for conference and NCAA tournament positioning
Wed. 7:00 RSN: Boston College at Virginia...this Eagles team is on the verge of being the first conference team to ever go 0-18 in conference play...but, there's hope...they host the Jackets near the end of February

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Weekend off: Syracuse

Sat. 12:00 Conference Network: Boston College at Louisville
Sat. 12:00 Conference Network: Virginia at Pittsburgh
Sat. 12:00 RSN: Florida State at Wake Forest
Sat. 2:00 ESPN: NC State at Duke
Sat. 4:00 RSN: Clemson at Virginia Tech
Sat. 7:00 ESPN: North Carolina at Notre Dame

Sun. 1:00 ESPN-U: Miami at Georgia Tech...Conference Sunday Night ESPN-U Game of the Week moved up from normal 6:30 slot to 1pm due to Super Bowl Sunday

 

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A whopping NINE A.C.C. teams in this week's Joe Lunardi Bracketology forecast... http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology/_/iteration/216

And, a 10th A.C.C. team (FSU) in the "First Four Out". Speaks highly of the depth of the A.C.C. this year.

Cheaters (1-seed)
French (2)
Canes (4)
Cards (5)
Duck Fuke (7)
Irish (8)
Pitt (8)
Orangenecks (11)
Orange Fruit (12)

Others of note...
Nova (1)
VCU (9)

 

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Cheaters vs Cards game is fun to watch. Lead see-sawing back and forth and neither team able to get more than a 2 or 3 pt lead. Epitome so far of a game that is going to go down to the wire. Top 2 teams in the A.C.C. to date. Huge game for UofL in particular being at home and coming off a bad beat down at home by the French 2 days ago.

 

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Duke coming to Atlanta and not being ranked. Probably a decade since that has happened.

 

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Saturday afternoon results...

-The French stay hot as they easily handle Pitt on the road
-BC loses another one big - this time to postseason-banned UofL by 32
-Noles stay hot and strengthen their resume' for a NCAAT bid with a road win at Wake
-Rutgers Durham handles the Pack at home
-The Hokies get it done at home over the Orangenecks

Tonight's game (Cheaters at Irish) should be a high-scoring up-and-down fun game to watch.