Weekend Preview: February 4-5
As is often the case this time of year, there are a number of ACC games this weekend in college basketball.
Saturday
At noon, Syracuse travels to New York City–its home away from home–to play St. Johns.
There are three 1:00 games. Boston College travels to Georgia Tech in a game featuring teams that are a combined 15-29 on the year. North Carolina State hosts Wake Forest as it tries to improve to 17-7 on the season. And the big game of the day is #16 Virginia at #21 Florida State. While Virginia’s season has been a bit of a surprise, Florida State disappointed early but really has things working right now. Virginia’s tough defense will look to stop the Seminoles.
At 4pm, #5 North Carolina travels to Maryland for its final tune-up before hosting Duke. The Tar Heels have to be careful to not look past Maryland though. Clemson travels to struggling Virginia Tech as well.
Sunday
At 2pm, Pittsburgh hosts its in-state rival Villanova. Both teams are struggling through subpar, disappointing seasons. Someone is coming away slightly happier.
At 3pm, Miami travels to #7 Duke and tries to get the game over well before the Super Bowl. Miami has been OK this year, but has not shown signs of being ready to defeat a top 20 team on the road.
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