These guys aren't walking through that door.

After the beating that Wake Forest took at home this week to Florida State, the Deacs look to get back on their feet as they travel to Death Valley to face the Clemson Tigers.

Clemson comes into the game with a 10-9 record overall, and 2-3 record in the ACC. They did, however, beat Florida State by 20 in their first ACC game of the year, and just snuck by Georgia Tech this past week.

Most betting sites have Clemson -11.5 (O/U 125.5), but if Ty Walker is healthy (which according to the latest Winston-Salem Journal article is still up in the air) then I would take the Deacs at the line.

Tune in at high noon tomorrow to watch our Deacs take on the Tigers and cheer them on!

More analysis after the jump

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So, another blowout loss has people understandably up in arms...again. People like me are telling people we need to wait...again. Honestly, I was rather furious at points last night. I was all but ready to say that if we don't at least make the NIT next year, Jeff Bzdelik's future probably shouldn't be with this program,

But today, I don't feel as upset about it. Don't misunderstand, my stance on Coach Bzdelik is largely the same. But that's not what I'm thinking about. I definitely still think Coach Bzdelik got dealt an immensely bad hand, and that there have been points in his tenure where he got criticism that, while not necessarily undue, was vitriolic to a level I didn't quite understand, or seemed like something that was (and frankly, is) a fixation for some.

However, I also concede that all signs point currently to Coach Bzdelik being in over his head and that he's more than likely not the long-term solution Wake Forest needs. But I'm gonna wait it out. Why? Not because I'm content with mediocrity (if you're being kind, frankly). Not because I necessarily think things are going to miraculously turn around next year, though I'd love to be proven wrong.

But I'm not getting angry. To the contrary, I'm smiling, at least a little. Why on Earth would that be the case when I'm suffering through this with the rest of you? What is my major malfunction, you may ask?

Find out after the jump...

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Well, I was right about one thing: this game was WEIRD. Unfortunately, it was the bad kind of weird. Ty Walker got a concussion and Travis McKie had more fouls than points on a night that started out hotly contested and ended as an absolute shaming. I oversimplified a lot when I said Michael Snaer going bonkers was the only reason FSU was winning, but that was definitely the thing that finally put the Deacs to bed.

Of course, part of what opened the perimeter game was the absence of Ty Walker, who got concussed on an elbow to the face (that didn't get any sort of foul call though to be fair it happened so quickly I don't know if it occurred in the flow of play or not) in the first half. Peculiarly, Ty played the rest of the first and didn't get diagnosed until halftime. It won't be a haiku this time, but it will be a rather brief recap since frankly there's not all that much to talk about. However...

After the jump, I talk some brief specifics about this disappointing but not exactly shocking effort...

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Everybody Dulkys, Every-Everybody Dulkys

Here's hoping this one doesn't get ugly fast. Game is in Winston-Salem, at 7PM EST, on RSN/ESPN3.

#GoDeacs

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(Them? We're playing them? Yeah we got this)

Wake Forest will take the floor looking to win back-to-back games in the conference for the first time since early February of 2010. Unfortunately (or opportunistically) the Deacons are tasked with taking on the Florida State Seminoles, arguably one of the nation's hottest teams. The Seminoles enter the game with a four game winning streak, including wins against North Carolina (by 33) and Duke (in Cameron).

Florida State sits atop the conference standings at 4-1 alongside Duke, and N.C. State. Wake is currently jammed in the middle of the standings in a four-way tie for 7th place.

Location: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, NC

Information: 7 P.M., RSN, ESPN3.com

Click through for statistical analysis, discussions about the matchup, and game predictions

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The Florida State Seminoles find themselves entering Winston-Salem on Wednesday ranked and coming off a red hot week that saw wins against UNC, Maryland and Duke at Cameron. Are the 'Noles poised for a letdown game, or will Leonard Hamilton's bunch use its length and strong defense to beat the Deacs? To get an answer, we reached out to the best FSU blog out there, Tomahawk Nation, and spoke with Michael Rogner, who also does terrific work at Run The Floor.

Give Michael a follow on Twitter, and read more about the 'Noles after the jump...

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After another crazy week in the ACC where anything could --and did--happen,I decided to start up my power rankings again. The top teams are largely the same as you would expect (four ACC teams are still in the polls), but much like a bag of Scrabble letters, any combination can come out when you shake it up.

There's a new number one after the jump...

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