Nobody knows Anything

UVA Wins the league, UNC follows the Florida plan to get ready for NCAA, and Duke plays on Thursday. Who Knew? The answer is Nobody.

There were several different organizations that predicted finish order for the ACC. Most of them look pretty much like this.

1. UNC
2. Duke
3. BC
4. FSU
5. GaTech
6. UVA
7. VaTech
8. Maryland
9. Clemson
10. NCState
11. Wake
12. Miami

How is it really looking?

(As Of March 1)
School	Conf.	Pct.	Overall	Pct.
Virginia	11-4	.733	20-8	.714
North Carolina	10-5	.667	24-6	.800
Virginia Tech	10-5	.667	20-9	.690
Boston College	10-5	.667	19-9	.679
Maryland	9-6	.600	23-7	.767
Duke	8-7	.533	22-8	.733
Georgia Tech	7-8	.467	19-10	.655
Clemson	6-9	.400	20-9	.690
Florida State	6-9	.400	18-11	.621
NC State	5-10	.333	15-13	.536
Wake Forest	4-11	.267	13-15	.464
Miami	4-11	.267	11-18	.379

They got the bottom mostly right, but not much else. I won't even attempt to disect what went wrong, but can you imagine a year that the ACC Tournament is more wide open. You'd think Carolina would be the favorite, but they are completely lost at the moment. Anyone think Duke CAN'T win it? They've owned the tournament of late. Virginia, Maryland and GaTech are all hot. BC and FSU each have game changing stars capable of Randolf Childress/John Gilchrest type tournaments. And while it is easy to write off Clemsons early season run as a mirage because of scheduling, but it really was more than that. If they somehow regain some confidence, they are deep enough to make a 4 day run. And while Miami is down to 7 players and Wake just simply bad, the wolfpack might have at least a one game suprise left in the tank.

I've been to the ACC Tournament for at least 15 years in a row. Most years of late, I've shown up for NC State games and maybe caught one or two others, and spent the rest of the time enjoying the scene and friends outside the arenas. This may be the year that the basketball is too compelling to miss. Tampa, here we come.