With things so tight for so many ACC teams, it’s worth checking on the standings after each game. While it wasn’t a good week for the bubble teams – BC, Virginia, Florida State and Clemson all damaged their standings – things are quite as bad as most would have you believe. If you listen to the TV folks and read what’s being written in the papers, you might think that UVA, BC, Clemson and Florida State are all out of the tourney right now. Not so.
From what I’m seeing, only Florida State has played their way out of the tournament at this point. Georgia Tech, Clemson and UVA are all iffy, but still in, while Boston College is in perfectly fine shape. Obviously, each of those teams needs to win another game or two, but they will. They pretty much have to, since some will play each other both in the regular season and in the ACC Tournament.
The current ratings:
| Team | Overall | ACC | Postseason | Trend | ||||
| North Carolina | 24-4 |
10-3 |
1 |
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 Seed |
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| Duke | 21-7 |
8-6 |
10 |
15 | 10 | 9 | 4 Seed |
|
| Maryland | 21-7 |
7-6 |
12 |
21 | 13 | 17 | 5 Seed |
|
| Virginia Tech | 19-8 |
9-4 |
27 |
19 | 20 | 22 | 6 Seed |
|
| Boston College | 18-9 |
9-5 |
35 |
23 | 28 | 29 | 7 Seed |
|
| Clemson | 19-8 |
5-8 |
24 |
28 | 25 | 35 | 9 Seed |
|
| Georgia Tech | 18-9 |
6-7 |
15 |
40 | 19 | 44 | 10 Seed |
|
| Virginia | 18-8 |
9-4 |
48 |
33 | 31 | 47 | 10 Seed |
|
| Florida St. | 17-11 |
5-9 |
39 |
63 | 44 | 41 | NIT |
|
| North Carolina St. | 14-12 |
4-9 |
74 |
107 | 93 | 119 | NIT |
|
| Wake Forest | 13-14 |
4-10 |
91 |
113 | 91 | 121 | Wishing for a new coach? |
|
| Miami FL | 11-16 |
5-9 |
96 |
131 | 128 | 149 | South Beach |
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Final games for bubble teams:
BC: Clemson, @GT (Pomeroy says 1-1) – One win probably clinches things
VT: Miami, @UVA, Clemson (Pomeroy says 2-1) – Probably already in, but one win cements it
Clemson: @BC, Miami, @VT (Pomeroy says 1-2) – Despite their collapse, one win puts them in pretty good shape. A road upset would be really nice.
GT: @UVA, UNC, BC (Pomeroy says 2-1) – They might need two to feel really good about things, but that could be tough. One here and one in the ACC Tourney might be enough.
UVA: GT, VT, @WF (Pomeroy says 2-1) – They blew one easy chance, but they still have three winnable games. Two would clinch things.
FSU: NCSU, @Miami (Pomeroy says 2-0) – They absolutely need both games and will probably need at least one ACC Tourney win too.
BTW, I’ll ask again, nicely this time. ACC cellar dwellers, please, please stop winning games. Just take one (two or three) for the team. The ACC thanks you and your budgets will too. Remember, more Tourney teams means more money.
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