2011 ACC Tournament

[elicoleman]

Should be a fun tournament with plenty of teams still needing to add to their resume to get in.

Just like the Big 12, I think this is pretty much a two horse race as to who actually wins it. Either UNC or Duke, and I'd imagine pretty much everyone would agree.

Thursday, March 10 - First Round
Game Matchup Time Coverage
#8 Virginia vs. #9 Miami (FL) noon ACC Network
#5 Boston College vs. #12 Wake Forest 2:00 p.m.* ACC Network
#7 Maryland vs. #10 NC State 7:00 p.m. ESPN2
#6 Virginia Tech vs. #11 Georgia Tech 9:00 p.m.* ACC Network

Friday, March 11 - Quarterfinals
#1 UNC vs. Game 1 Winner noon ACC Network/ESPN2
#4 Clemson vs. Game 2 Winner 2:00 p.m.* ACC Network/ESPN2
#2 Duke vs. Game 3 Winner 7:00 p.m. ACC Network/ESPN2
#3 Florida State vs. Game 4 Winner 9:00 p.m.* ACC Network/ESPN2

Saturday, March 12 - Semifinals
ACC Semifinal 1 1:00 p.m. ACC Network/ESPN
ACC Semifinal 2 3:00 p.m.* ACC Network/ESPN

Sunday, March 13 - Championship
Championship Game 1:00 p.m. ACC Network/ESPN

[Trequartista]

Re: 2011 ACC Tournament

Duke and Carolina are obviously the two best teams, but something tells me one of the teams that needs to make a run could sneak up and grab it

[Zenigundam]

Re: 2011 ACC Tournament

My Predictions

Thursday, March 10 - First Round
Game Matchup Time Coverage
#8 Virginia vs. #9 Miami (FL)- UVA wins
#5 Boston College vs. #12 Wake Forest- Boston College wins
#7 Maryland vs. #10 NC State- Maryland wins
#6 Virginia Tech vs. #11 Georgia Tech- Georgia Tech wins

Friday, March 11 - Quarterfinals
#1 UNC vs. #8 Virginia- UNC wins
#4 Clemson vs. #5 Boston College- Boston College wins
#2 Duke vs. #7 Maryland- Duke wins
#3 Florida State vs. #11 Georgia Tech- Georgia Tech wins

Saturday, March 12 - Semifinals
#1 UNC vs. #5 Boston College- UNC wins
#2 Duke vs. #11 Georgia Tech- Georgia Tech wins

Sunday, March 13 - Championship
#1 UNC vs. #11 Georgia Tech- UNC wins

[Marino]

Re: 2011 ACC Tournament

You realize that GT is god awful right?

[elicoleman]

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With FSU beating NC State, the field is finally set.

[elicoleman]

Re: 2011 ACC Tournament

My predictions

Thursday, March 10 - First Round
#9 Miami (FL) over #8 Virginia
#12 Wake Forest over #5 Boston College
#10 NC State over #7 Maryland
#6 Virginia Tech over #11 Georgia Tech

Friday, March 11 - Quarterfinals
#1 UNC over #9 Miami (FL)
#4 Clemson over #12 Wake Forest
#2 Duke over #10 NC State
#3 Florida State over #6 Virginia Tech

Saturday, March 12 - Semifinals
#1 UNC over #4 Clemson
#2 Duke over #3 FSU

Sunday, March 13 - Championship
#2 Duke over #1 UNC

[CougarMVP]

Re: 2011 ACC Tournament

I feel like Florida State and Virginia Tech make a run. Va Tech really needs to win because they beat Duke but then flop the next week at home.

[drewbs]

Re: 2011 ACC Tournament

LOL @ NC State or Wake Forest winning a game in the ACC tournament. They're both awful.

[Marino]

Re: 2011 ACC Tournament

LOL @ NC State or Wake Forest winning a game in the ACC tournament. They're both awful.

State was awful in 07, went to the finals, state was awful last year, went to the semi finals. It could happen if they are not playing for the l u l z.

Got Duke winning it.

[p_rushing]

Re: 2011 ACC Tournament

I feel like Florida State and Virginia Tech make a run. Va Tech really needs to win because they beat Duke but then flop the next week at home.

I have the same feeling. I think either FSU or VT get by Duke if the refs/ACC allow it. UNC probably wins it all, but they need to use the bench wisely.

[drewbs]

Re: 2011 ACC Tournament

State was awful in 07, went to the finals, state was awful last year, went to the semi finals. It could happen if they are not playing for the l u l z.

Got Duke winning it.

State was awful but never shut down on their coach those years. The writing is on the wall in Raleigh, and everyone knows it.

[superjames1992]

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State was awful but never shut down on their coach those years. The writing is on the wall in Raleigh, and everyone knows it.

That is a good point, but you never know. The ACC is horrible outside of a few teams, so a decent run is not out of the question. The only team that I cannot see making any sort of run is Wake Forest because they are, quite frankly, absolutely terrible. Even NC State easily blew them out in both contests between the two teams.

[Marino]

Re: 2011 ACC Tournament

State was awful but never shut down on their coach those years. The writing is on the wall in Raleigh, and everyone knows it.

You obviously do not follow State basketball then. They shutdown on Lowe the past 3 years, and still made it to the semifinals.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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I expect Maryland to get embarrassed in either their first game or second game so either way this will be a quick out for us.

[Hooe]

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There is effectively zero chance Virginia Tech makes a run, IMO, because they don't have a bench to speak of. They have four active players averaging over 30 MPG (Dorenzo Hudson averages over 30 MPG as well, but he hasn't played since December due to injury), and Erick Green has 29.6 MPG on average. I have seen at least two games by them this year in which they have zero points off the bench.

You can't get far in the ACC Tournament unless you have a deep team which can give your star players some rest. The Hokies simply don't have this.