ACC Basketball Rankings: January 15, 2013
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 January 8, 2013:
1. Duke (15-1)–The Blue Devils lost. But they have beaten Louisville–so how can the Cardinals slide up to #1. Yet.
2. Louisville (16-1)–The ACC’s newest addition is now #1 in the country. They beat UConn on Monday and get Syracuse this weekend.
3.Syracuse (16-1)–The Orange have another academic casualty–James Southerland. They still did pretty well without Fab Melo last year though.
4.North Carolina State (14-2)–The Wolfpack did what nobody else could do this year–beat Duke. Still, with two losses, hard to move them into the top 3.
5. Notre Dame (14-2)--The Irish were on a roll, but then they ran into UConn. The Irish will hold onto a top 5 spot for now.
6. Miami (12-3)–Miami has nice wins over Michigan State, North Carolina, and Maryland. 3-0 in the ACC is a great start.
7. Maryland (13-3)–The Terps do not have many good wins. The losses to Miami and Florida State do not help the resume either.
8. Pittsburgh (13-4)–The Panthers were looking good at 12-1 with its only loss being to Michigan. They have now lost 3 of 4 Big East games. The win over Georgetown is nice though.
9. Virginia (11-5)–The Wahoos do not have a more impressive resume than North Carolina. But they did beat North Carolina, whose resume is not that great either.
10. North Carolina (11-5)–North Carolina is not looking great this year at all. It is going to be a battle to make the Big Dance.
11. Florida State (10-6)—The Seminoles are looking decent at 10-6, at least compared to how the season started. A win over UNC would have been nicer though.
12. Wake Forest (9-6)–The Demon Deacons were #16 a week ago. But now they are 2-1 in conference, with the only loss being to Duke. 12-16 is a crapshoot anyway.
13. Clemson (9-6)–The Tigers have the best win among the bottom 4–Virginia. Better than nothing.
14. Boston College (9-7)–The Eagles have a win over Virginia Tech. So that gets them the #14 spot this week.
15. Virginia Tech (10-6)–After starting 7-0, the Hokies have lost 6 of 9. They even lost to Boston College.
16. Georgia Tech (10-5)–The Yellow Jackets are 0-3 in conference play, so that means the cellar.
Right/wrong? Disagree? If not, let us know.
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