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DCF in LA said:
JefeGringo said:
This is not a meaningless game. We are playing lights out at home and have 4 games left in the Gables. That leaves three games on the road, which we have a 3 game lead over Duke. Winning the ACC is in our sights, lose this game and it give Duke new life.
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Well, I hate to tell you, but you're wrong. It really is meaningless. There is no ACC regular season title; it was abolished a long time ago. Winning the ACC Tournament is the only sort of "champion" that the league recognizes, so we only need to lock up a 1 or 2 seed to get a day of rest, which is pretty much a lock at this point.

I mean, sure, for momentum and national polls and such, it matters. But in the grand scheme? It's about as irrelevant of a game as you can possibly have in mid-February.
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I'm sorry, but that is lunacy. We have a chance to have a choke hold on the ACC and be number 2 in the polls. Being number 1 in the regular season means you are seeded higher in the tourney, making other teams do the heavy lifting. I'm quite positive Larranaga would like to have the number 2 team in the country and remain unbeaten in the ACC. But you are entitled to your opinion
 
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USNAVYCANE said:
It's not a question of talking about how bad we are playing, because are clearly playing like ****, its the fact that even if we lose this game it in the larger picture it doesnt mean ANYTHING
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And nobody is saying we want to lose. It's just that IF we lose.... it really doesn't mean ****. It's different than losing a game in the football season, where one bad loss can cost you the national title or conference title. One regular season loss in the ACC means NADA. Can't stress this enough.
 
DCF in LA said:
USNAVYCANE said:
It's not a question of talking about how bad we are playing, because are clearly playing like ****, its the fact that even if we lose this game it in the larger picture it doesnt mean ANYTHING
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And nobody is saying we want to lose. It's just that IF we lose.... it really doesn't mean ****. It's different than losing a game in the football season, where one bad loss can cost you the national title or conference title. One regular season loss in the ACC means NADA. Can't stress this enough.
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LOSING COULD PLANT THE SEED OF DOUBT
 
DCF in LA said:
JefeGringo said:
This is not a meaningless game. We are playing lights out at home and have 4 games left in the Gables. That leaves three games on the road, which we have a 3 game lead over Duke. Winning the ACC is in our sights, lose this game and it give Duke new life.
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Well, I hate to tell you, but you're wrong. It really is meaningless. There is no ACC regular season title; it was abolished a long time ago. Winning the ACC Tournament is the only sort of "champion" that the league recognizes, so we only need to lock up a 1 or 2 seed to get a day of rest, which is pretty much a lock at this point.

I mean, sure, for momentum and national polls and such, it matters. But in the grand scheme? It's about as irrelevant of a game as you can possibly have in mid-February.
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People don't realize how hard it is to go undefeated in the ACC, it rarely happens and if we lose a game the "fans" may not be able to handle it.
 
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JefeGringo said:
DCF in LA said:
JefeGringo said:
This is not a meaningless game. We are playing lights out at home and have 4 games left in the Gables. That leaves three games on the road, which we have a 3 game lead over Duke. Winning the ACC is in our sights, lose this game and it give Duke new life.
Click to expand...


Well, I hate to tell you, but you're wrong. It really is meaningless. There is no ACC regular season title; it was abolished a long time ago. Winning the ACC Tournament is the only sort of "champion" that the league recognizes, so we only need to lock up a 1 or 2 seed to get a day of rest, which is pretty much a lock at this point.

I mean, sure, for momentum and national polls and such, it matters. But in the grand scheme? It's about as irrelevant of a game as you can possibly have in mid-February.
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I'm sorry, but that is lunacy. We have a chance to have a choke hold on the ACC and be number 2 in the polls. Being number 1 in the regular season means you are seeded higher in the tourney, making other teams do the heavy lifting. I'm quite positive Larranaga would like to have the number 2 team in the country and remain unbeaten in the ACC. But you are entitled to your opinion
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LULZ if you think a loss tonight would significantly affect our NCAA seeding. We would have to lose several times to fall below a 2 seed at this point, that's how far ahead of the pack we are right now. Take a longer view.
 
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JefeGringo said:
For the record, I'll take a one point win and walk around like we just beat the '91 Runnin Rebels.
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That's your problem though, you have no middle ground. It's a regular season conference game. Nothing more, nothing less.
 
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