In Wednesday night ACC action, Clemson beat Florida State, 61-55, and Maryland
smacked Texas A&M-Corpus Christi around, 99-77.
| School | Conf. | Overall |
| Duke | 1-0 | 13-0 |
| NC State | 1-0 | 12-1 |
| Clemson | 1-0 | 12-2 |
| Maryland | 1-0 | 11-2 |
| Georgia Tech | 1-0 | 7-4 |
| Wake Forest | 0-0 | 11-2 |
| North Carolina | 0-0 | 8-2 |
| Boston College | 0-1 | 11-2 |
| Florida State | 0-1 | 9-1 |
| Virginia Tech | 0-1 | 10-4 |
| Miami | 0-1 | 8-6 |
| Virginia | 0-1 | 6-5 |
Clemson beat Florida State despite a second half which saw the Tigers shoot
only 22% and score only 5 baskets. They had 19 turnovers for
the game. Pretty bad performance, but good enough for the win.
They outrebounded FSU 40-24, which is pretty good for a team which probably lost
its best rebounder when James Mays was declared ineligible.
It's also a nice win after the Elon debacle. Clemson moves to 12-2, and
FSU falls to 9-2.
Clemson's upcoming schedule breaks pretty well for the Tigers - they get
Virginia this weekend, probably the conference's weakest team, then Wake, a team
with a powerful frontcourt but shaky point play, Duke, a tough game for anyone,
but then road games with Miami and Georgia Tech. Clemson has a shot at
winning, we're guessing, 3-4 of those games. If they pull that off and are
sitting at 16-2 or 15-3, well, that's a pretty solid record in January, wouldn't
you say?
There's not a whole lot to say about Maryland's win. Maybe the
highlight was Will Bower hitting a three pointer. It's a warm-up.
Wake still has some serious issues to deal with, ballhandling being among
them, and after the near-miss against ECU, they are very focused on Duke and
Sunday's big game.
Ol' Roy Williams is
still in a bad mood over the Davidson game and what he sees as a lot of
stupid basketball.
There are no ACC games until Saturday, when Maryland and Miami face off, FSU
gets a chance to make up the Clemson loss when they host Virginia Tech, Clemson
gets a chance to clock 13 wins early with a win over Virginia, and the big one,
State taking their hoity-toity selves to Chapel Hill to try and stick it to the
Heels. Fun day!