ACC Basketball Rankings: December 18, 2012
This is particularly complex with Pitt, Louisville, Notre Dame, and Syracuse not yet in the ACC, but it can still be done. This is how the Confidential ranks the ACC basketball teams as of December 18, 2012:
1. Duke (9-0)–The Blue Devils are sitting pretty at 9-0, with plenty of good victories. An easy choice for #1.
2. Syracuse (10-0)–The Orange are 10-0, which is great. Next up, Temple. Congrats to Jim Boeheim on win #900 too.
3. Louisville (9-1)–So far, only #1 Duke has toppled Louisville. With wins over Missouri and Memphis, Louisville has an argument to be #2. But undefeated trumps one loss.
4.Notre Dame (10-1)—The Irish have now beaten Purdue and Kentucky. That’s good enough for #4 here.
5. Pittsburgh (9-1)--The Panthers are off to a good start, but lacking a real quality win yet. Only loss is to a very very good Michigan team.
6. Maryland (7-1)–The Terps have been good, losing only to Kentucky. Still waiting on an impressive win though. Northwestern is it right now.
7. Miami (6-1)–Not sure why Miami only has 7 games, but they have won 6 of them. A bad loss, but a nice win over Michigan State.
8.North Carolina State (8-2)–The wins over Stanford and UConn look good. The two losses are reasonable.
9. North Carolina (8-2)–At 8-2, the Tar Heels really lack a quality win. Losses to Butler and Indiana are understandable though.
10. Virginia (8-2)–10 through 12 are a toss-up. The Wahoos have terrible losses early, but now have wins over Tennessee and Wisconsin.
11. Virginia Tech (8-2)— Va Tech has ugly losses, but a great win–over Oklahoma State. Gives them the slide edge over Georgia Tech.
12. Georgia Tech (7-2)–No shame in the two losses, but it’s hard to find even a decent win for the Yellow Jackets. The worst of the two loss teams so far.
13. Clemson (6-3)–The Tigers have tough losses–Gonzaga, Illinois, and Arizona. Clear edge over the rest.
14. Florida State (6-4)–At 6-4, the Seminoles are still the ACC’s disappointment so far. Not sure what the deal is.
15. Wake Forest (5-5)–At least Wake is at .500.
16. Boston College (5-5)–At least BC is at .500.
Right/wrong? Disagree? If not, let us know.
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