The
'Noles were not very happy about their performance against Clemson the other
night, with Alexander Johnson saying ''[t]hey punked us
on the glass,'' and coach Leonard Hamilton adding '[l]ike
most teams, they lose their focus for whatever reason. It's all we've been
talking about the last couple days, understanding the mentality you have to play
with to compete at this level.''
| School | Conf. | Pct. | Overall | Pct. | Sagarin |
| Duke | 1-0 | 1.000 | 13-0 | 1.000 | 1 |
| NC State | 1-0 | 1.000 | 12-1 | .923 | 14 |
| Clemson | 1-0 | 1.000 | 12-2 | .857 | 40 |
| Maryland | 1-0 | 1.000 | 11-2 | .846 | 17 |
| Georgia Tech | 1-0 | 1.000 | 7-4 | .636 | 97 |
| Wake Forest | 0-0 | .000 | 11-2 | .846 | 61 |
| North Carolina | 0-0 | .000 | 8-2 | .800 | 22 |
| Boston College | 0-1 | .000 | 11-2 | .846 | 19 |
| Florida State | 0-1 | .000 | 9-2 | .818 | 49 |
| Virginia Tech | 0-1 | .000 | 10-4 | .714 | 102 |
| Miami | 0-1 | .000 | 8-6 | .571 | 112 |
| Virginia | 0-1 | .000 | 6-5 | .545 | 106 |
Clemson sounds like they
know they got away with something. Oliver Purnell on going 5-23 in the
second half: âWow, thatâs an amazing stat, that shooting percentage. And we
won.â
And Shawan Robinson, with a perverse bit of pride,
adds: "Hey, at Clemson, itâs never a pretty game.â
If you say so, Shawan.
Andrew Brackman is one of our favorite ACC players. The guy is just
tremendous, and an awful lot of fun to watch. Here's
more on State's rising sophomore star.
As Dave Leitao gets into ACC play, he is finding that rebuilding Virginia
basketball is pretty tough. But
he's not backing down, and that's good news for Hoos - and for the ACC in
general. We want Duke to be the best, but we want everyone else to be
good, too.
As has been widely noted in recent times, conference
play is hard to take as seriously without the round robin. So Maryland
can forge a fairly easy path, while Wake's is quite rugged. Speaking of Wake, Skip Prosser is still trying to figure out who
should start for the Deacs, at least at point guard. Duke is up this
weekend. Better get moving!
Lenox Rawlings has an entertaining read about
conference play heating up.