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OrangetieFatface

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Our first 4 are UVA, BC, Duke and ND.

In the early bracketology I believe we're first 4 out.

If we don't split and start 1-3(already 0-1), is there any chance, even with a late surge, that we could put it together?

I think we need 2-2. The BC game on Saturday is a must win.
 
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OrangetieFatface said:
Our first 4 are UVA, BC, Duke and ND.

In the early bracketology I believe we're first 4 out.

If we don't split and start 1-3(already 0-1), is there any chance, even with a late surge, that we could put it together?

I think we need 2-2. The BC game on Saturday is a must win.
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Way too small of a sample size but I think the magic number will be 10 wins in the ACC. It helps to beat the easy ones BC.

We get Cruz Uceda back for Duke.
 
Consigliere said:
OrangetieFatface said:
Our first 4 are UVA, BC, Duke and ND.

In the early bracketology I believe we're first 4 out.

If we don't split and start 1-3(already 0-1), is there any chance, even with a late surge, that we could put it together?

I think we need 2-2. The BC game on Saturday is a must win.
Click to expand...

Way too small of a sample size but I think the magic number will be 10 wins in the ACC. It helps to beat the easy ones BC.

We get Cruz Uceda back for Duke.
Click to expand...

I cant see us getting in the tourney with 10. That would have us 19-11 and with a really bad out of conference resume. No real quality wins and some rlly bad losses
 
[]_[] swag;2147790 said:
Consigliere said:
OrangetieFatface said:
Our first 4 are UVA, BC, Duke and ND.

In the early bracketology I believe we're first 4 out.

If we don't split and start 1-3(already 0-1), is there any chance, even with a late surge, that we could put it together?

I think we need 2-2. The BC game on Saturday is a must win.
Click to expand...

Way too small of a sample size but I think the magic number will be 10 wins in the ACC. It helps to beat the easy ones BC.

We get Cruz Uceda back for Duke.
Click to expand...

I cant see us getting in the tourney with 10. That would have us 19-11 and with a really bad out of conference resume. No real quality wins and some rlly bad losses
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The ACC is deep, 10 wins is significant and well have a beefy resume. There might be 8-10 teams from the ACC dancing this year. Getting those 10 wins isn't realistic though, especially if we start 1-3, without a magical turn around.
 
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Four posessions in a row, up by 4 in the first OT against UVA, when we had three TOs and a missed layup by Jekiri probably doomed the season.
 
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We have guards everywhere yet the team frustratingly inconsistent from the perimeter. Way too streaky.
 
Syracuse lost McCoullough for the season torn ACL. That may be a winnable game in the dome now. Cuse is down a little this year but still a tourney team
 
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So, if we beat ND do we get back into the madness tourney picture with an near win in double OT against UVA, big margin victory at Duke, and (hopefully) ND?

Thoughts?
 
bozcane said:
So, if we beat ND do we get back into the madness tourney picture with an near win in double OT against UVA, big margin victory at Duke, and (hopefully) ND?

Thoughts?
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We need 2 more quality wins, and 10 ACC wins to be a lock. I think were on schedule.
 
OrangetieFatface said:
bozcane said:
So, if we beat ND do we get back into the madness tourney picture with an near win in double OT against UVA, big margin victory at Duke, and (hopefully) ND?

Thoughts?
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We need 2 more quality wins, and 10 ACC wins to be a lock. I think were on schedule.
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I disagree. If Duke finishes top 10, then I think 9 ACC games will secure a Tourney Bid. That is our 3rd win against a ranked opponent and it was on the road.
 
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Consigliere said:
OrangetieFatface said:
bozcane said:
So, if we beat ND do we get back into the madness tourney picture with an near win in double OT against UVA, big margin victory at Duke, and (hopefully) ND?

Thoughts?
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We need 2 more quality wins, and 10 ACC wins to be a lock. I think were on schedule.
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I disagree. If Duke finishes top 10, then I think 9 ACC games will secure a Tourney Bid. That is our 3rd win against a ranked opponent and it was on the road.
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Depends. We got Louisville x2, UNC and ND. I think notching 2 more quality wins we can go 9-9. If we drop all of those(5 ACC loses) we cant lose more then 2 or 3 more(8 losses). If it was UNC with our resume, 9 ACC wins would be a lock.

Regardless, I think 8 or 9 wins and a ACC tourney win or two will have us on the fence(10-12 seed). But 10 wins and 4 or 5 quality W's is an absolute lock(5-7 seed).

The season is young, but Im already developing and affliction. A madness of sorts. A March Madness.
 
We are 2-1 in conference. Florida will be in the tourney given the SEC sucks and they'll finish in the top 2-3. I think Illinois gets in too. If you count Duke, that's 3 wins against tourney teams and im leaving out a team like Akron that could win their league as well.

Looking at the schedule, here is what I think needs to happen:

Beat NC State, GT, Clemson, FSU and VT at home, which will get us to 7 ACC wins. Go 3-5 on the road. That's 10 ACC wins right there
 
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