ACC Roundup - UNC at Wake Forest And Louisville At SMU Are The Higlight Games
Boston College and Virginia is likely to be dull
Three games on Tuesday as Boston College goes to Virginia, Louisville visits SMU and UNC checks in with Wake Forest.
BC and Virginia is a weird one. Virginia has lost five straight and really only the SMU game was close.
As for the Eagles, they’ve lost four straight, none of them particularly close although they did play fairly well against a much better Duke team.
We’d probably go with Boston College here because the coaching is more stable. And Virginia seems a bit demoralized in general, which isn’t helpful.
Louisville and SMU is a very interesting game. After getting smacked around by Duke, SMU has played very well against Georgia Tech and Miami. Only Virginia, ironically, gave them a good game, but the Mustangs still won.
However, Louisville is playing with not just confidence but swagger and Chucky Hepburn is likely going to strangle Boopie Miller defensively. And as Al McGuire taught us, if you cut off the head, the body dies.
Pat Kelsey has done a tremendous job to date. It’s not that Andy Enfield hasn’t done a great job at SMU - he really has. But Louisville was really in the crapper emotionally - and we mean players, fans, everyone - and he’s completely turned that around. It’s really impressive and you can see that team growing before your eyes. In fact, the Cardinals are now ranked: Louisville is #25 in this week’s AP Poll.
UNC and Wake Forest should be interesting. The Tar Heels just lost to Stanford at home and part of the reason for that was that they couldn’t control Maxime Raynaud. It won’t be quite the same thing with Effron Reid, but he’s still big and strong.
The real question is whether Wake’s guards can stop UNC’s perimeter. And here’s another major concern for UNC: they had been improving their NCAA resume before the Stanford loss. They can’t afford many more at this point. There’s a lot more pressure on the Tar Heels than there is on Wake Forest in this one.
Tuesday’s ACC Action
- Boston College @ Virginia || 7:00 || ACCN
- Louisville @ SMU || 9:00 || ACCN
- UNC @ Wake Forest || 9:00 || ESPN
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- Louisville basketball in AP Top 25 for 1st time since 2021. Cards 1 of 2 ranked ACC teams
- Updated ACC Basketball Standings: Duke Remains on Top, But Louisville, Clemson, and Wake Forest Still in the Hunt
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- NIL era has overhauled ACC basketball coaching ranks and positioned Pat Kelsey to thrive
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- What Needs to Change for Pitt MBB? Jeff Capel Answers
- Pitt Drops to Season-Low NET Ranking
- WATCH: Pitt HC Jeff Capel Talks Losing Streak on ACC Coaches Call
- Damian Dunn Shows Impact After Breaking Shooting Slump
- Pitt Among ‘Last Four In’ in Latest Bracketology
- Michalowski: What is Pitt Missing?