Corn here. Gotta love ACC Hoops.
Umm......... Yeah....... I'm gonna need you guys to study for finals instead of play basketball this week. Riiiiiiight!
Damn Finals Week. Don't they know that these kids are only on campus to play ball and hook up with dancers? Gosh, what are these places? "Academic institutions." Sounds more to me like they are Cuckoo's nests. Anyways, I have somehow managed to scrape together some insight on the league during this tenuous stretch.
Team of the Week: Duke
Not trying to sound like a homer, but they did put up the most impressive win of the week, throttling Michigan at Cameron and showing a depth and fluidity most Duke teams (since 2001) haven't shown. And don't look now, but these boys might be the most feared on Tobacco Road.
Team with the Worst Week: Maryland (again)
Drumroll, please......... I hate to keep picking on the Terps (lie), but after losing their first conference game, to an up and down BC team, the turtles managed to self destruct against Ohio. At Home. Yeah, not Kosta Koufos and OSU, but ordinary Ohio. Of course this makes me as giddy as a snot-nosed pre-teen getting a brand new iPhone and Facebook account for Christmas, but Gary Williams seems to be doing one of his worst coaching jobs ever. Maryland has had teams with a similar talent level before (late 90's) that had more cohesion and heart than this. All is not lost, as the ACC is a long season. I'm just saying...
Player of the Week: Take Your Pick
Isiah Swann drops 20 against FIU. Nolan Smith has a break out game for Duke against Michigan. Jack McClinton pummels Mississippi State with 29, including back to back 3s to take the lead down the stretch. Sean Singletary upped his winning streak in Madden to 47 games over the rest of the UVA squad. And Deon Thompson now holds the record for most chicken fingers consumed in one sitting at Sutton's Drugstore, with 824. And well, if that ain't good enough, Santa is on his way soon. Maybe some of the other ACC players can ask him for a better week AND MORE GAMES!!
Games to Watch:
12/15: SC State @ NC State (can the Wolfpack drop another inconcievable game this early in the season? State!)
12/16: Va. Tech @ Old Dominion
12/16: (1) UNC @ Rutgers (all my i-banking friends in New York will be there. Yay!)
12/19: 4 cupcakes @ 4 ACC schools (if you are realllllllly desperate for some ACC Hoops)
12/20: (6) Duke @ (11) Pitt (Finally, a marquee matchup. Should be a bruiser.)
I promise these will get better soon. I promise. Enjoy the week.
1 comments:
I'd say you are right, Duke is the scariest team in the ACC right now, but I think Miami's win at Mississippi State was more impressive than Duke over Michigan.
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