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ACC Power Rankings: 2.1

Another crazy week in the ACC and some teams have definitely moved all over the place. Let's give it a go, shall we? 

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1.) Duke Blue Devils

Duke is staying in this spot. The Blue Devils looked downright bad in their loss to Georgetown and there are some flaws in Duke's game. Kyle Singler, everyone's choice for All-ACC, has been pretty bad in ACC play and I'm hoping that the pundits start to realize this. He went 4-14 in the loss and he's shooting 40% from the floor on the year. In ACC play, he's shooting 39% and 29% from 3PT. Despite his poor 3PT%, he still finds a way to shoot over 5 threes a game. Duke is as good as their shooters, but their defense is going to need to dictate the game if they hope to make a deep NCAA run.

2.) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Why not? GT earned it this week with a big win against Wake Forest and they looked good doing it. Derrick Favors played a terrific game and the supporting cast added a lot of production. If the Jackets are hitting from long range, they can beat any team in the nation. But the key for Georgia Tech is to maintain some sort of consistency.

3.) Florida State Seminoles

Florida State moves up to three because their defense keeps them in games. They match up well against a lot of the ACC teams and Solomon Alabi is a terrific player. But Chris Singleton needs to be hitting shots for the 'Noles to win their big ball games.

4.) Clemson Tigers

After three straight losses, the Tigers looked like they were back on track with a win over Maryland. Clemson's press, when effective, is a great weapon for them and they just need to be healthy to finish strong in the ACC. 

5.) Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Wake looked ugly in their loss to Georgia Tech. They couldn't hit anything and GT was hitting all their shots and out-muscling the Demon Deacons. The reason Wake is above Virginia and Maryland though is because Wake captured wins against both teams and their schedule is very favorable in their last 9 games.

6.) Virginia Cavaliers

Virginia put a whooping on UNC and their moving up because of, yeah you guessed it, consistent defense. Tony Bennett is doing more with less than anyone in the conference and this team doesn't look like they're going away any time soon.

7.) Maryland Terrapins

I'm sure someone will come along and tell me that Maryland deserves to be higher because they are tied for second in the league, but they just aren't doing it for me. Their remaining schedule sees them playing @FSU, two games against Duke and games against Clemson and Georgia Tech. They also have two games against UVA in there. They have a chance to prove me wrong if they beat FSU and UNC this week, but they just haven't shown me anything against top opponents to earn a higher ranking. 

8.) Virginia Tech Hokies

Virginia Tech is just hanging around. They're 3-3. They're 16-4 with a couple quality wins, but no marquee win. Somehow they lost to Miami. They might finish 8-8, but they need to win the games they are supposed to win.

9.) Boston College Eagles

Their win against Clemson moves them up a few spots in the rankings here. They've got a murderer's row in their next three games: Duke, @Wake, @Florida State. BC won't finish with more than 5 or 6 wins in conference.

10.) North Carolina Tar Heels

The wins against Michigan State and Ohio State feel like forever ago. UNC has won 2 of its last 7 games and is going nowhere fast. 

11.) Miami Hurricanes

The 'Canes grabbed a nice win over VT on Sunday, ending their four game losing streak. They've got a rough stretch coming up too: @Wake, @FSU, GT, @Clemson, Duke. The schedule gods really screwed Miami this year. 

12.) N.C. State Wolfpack

State is not very good, but it is just strange that their two conference wins are against Florida State and Duke, two NCAA Tournament teams. And they beat Marquette. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but something tells me their struggles might have something to do with coaching...

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Maryland deserves to be higher because they are tied for second in the league

by Sexton on Feb 1, 2010 1:14 PM EST reply actions  

i would put MD higher, but also put Clemson lower

we have no semblance of a half court offense, maryland just tried to run with us and the athletic difference was apparent

by DrB on Feb 1, 2010 1:20 PM EST reply actions  

Joe Lunardi has us as a 6 seed (same as last week).
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology

also, we are 29th in the AP poll (not mentioned in the coach’s poll at all tho)
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings

by Sexton on Feb 1, 2010 1:26 PM EST reply actions  

No one's good

As an ACC fan it hurts to say it, but there are no really good teams in the conference this year. I would be very surprised if any ACC team this year makes the sweet 16. But I will HOPE.

by olddeac on Feb 1, 2010 2:01 PM EST reply actions  

I think the ACC is just as powerfull a conference 1-8 as any in the country, i think the Big 12 is extremely overrated. The ACC has one top 10 team, and 5-7 teams that could be ranked at any time, who constantly beat each other up. Our 2-8 is stronger than most (although 2-8 are not dominant, they are all ranked 20-60~ in RPI).

by Sexton on Feb 1, 2010 2:16 PM EST up reply actions  

quick stats - let me know if I messed up

ACC OOC Record: 136-31 broken down as such…

ACC is 8-4 against Big East
ACC is 7-5 against SEC
ACC is 7-7 against Big 10
ACC is 1-2 against Big 12
ACC is 2-2 against Pac 10
ACC is 111-11 against the rest.

Pretty interesting. Not much data from Big 12/Pac 10 games.

I guess the atmosphere that I've tried to create here is that I'm a friend first and a boss second, and probably an entertainer third.

by BirdGT on Feb 1, 2010 3:45 PM EST up reply actions  

That is interesting, thanks for compiling that Bird.

Love seeing that 8-4 record against the BE. Really wish we would have won the ACC/Big Ten Challenge this year.

Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.

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by Martin Rickman on Feb 1, 2010 4:41 PM EST up reply actions  

Looks Good to me....

Now let’s have the Deacs put on a good showing tomorrow night, and the Jackets run Duke out of Cameron on Thursday!

and although it is not nearly as much fun to say this year….Go to Hell Carolina.

by GTJOSH on Feb 1, 2010 7:41 PM EST reply actions  

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