ACC Tournament (Men's)

[Notsince1985]

With Duke choking at home in Coach K's final game, Miami finishes in 4th, not 3rd.

First 4 get double bye
5-9 get a single bye
10-14 play in the first round

1. Duke
2. Notre Dame
3. UNC
4. Miami
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5. Wake Forest
6. UVA
7. VT
8. FSU
9. Syracuse
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10. Clemson
11. Louisville
12. Pitt
13. BC
14. GT
15. NC State

First Round

Pitt-BC (winner plays Wake)
Clemson-NC State (winner plays VT)
Louisville-GT (winner plays UVA)

Miami plays the Wake vs. Pitt/BC winner on Thursday at 230. Other teams on Miami's side are FSU/Syracuse who play each other as 8/9 and Duke.

 

[Miami04]

That VT game still costing us.

 

[JZCane0825]

That VT game still costing us.

Think you are putting too much weight into the ACC Tourney. We got the double bye and won our last two. We are in regardless

 

[TheRichtShow]

That VT game still costing us.

We literally won the "VT game" today though, so it kind've evened out.

Also, the 4 seed is a much, much better matchup for us. We're 2-0 vs Wake and 0-2 vs VA

 

[Notsince1985]

Let the VT game go........

 

[scane]

@TheRichtShow is right. I kinda prefer being the four seed from a chalk standpoint. I know you have to play Duke earlier, but I like a quarterfinal matchup for us against Wake much more than UVA.

 

[Notsince1985]

We match up better with Wake. It's also hard to beat a team three times in one season. Whatever. Just win.

 

[swampcougar1]

We match up better with Wake. It's also hard to beat a team three times in one season. Whatever. Just win.

Over the last ten years teams 2-0 against another team in college basketball won the third game 72% of the time. I like the odds of beating a team the third time.
PS: That was 891 games over a ten year period that this happened. Not just a one season stat

 

[AmherstCane]

Over the last ten years teams 2-0 against another team in college basketball won the third game 72% of the time. I like the odds of beating a team the third time.

Great stat. It’s just a better matchup for us in every regard. Lose to wake and people shrug shoulders and say we’re still 2-1 and it’s hard to beat a team 3 times. Lose to UVA and the knives come out 0-3 vs. them is a bad look on selection Sunday if the bubble moves inward.

 

[Da_Lucky_One]

 

[hotshot]

Double Bye is nice but I always thought the teams getting those byes are at a little disadvantage to teams with a Tourney win already under their belt from the day before. Takes a quarter to shake off the rust (and we seem to be a slow starting team lately already).