ACC Tournament Thread

[mstranahan]

When you have Berry, Jackson and Britt trying to guard Allen, Kennard and Tatum, you either get uncontested layups or FTs. TarHole perimeter D is atrocious outside Pinson

 

[BigDaddyBuzz]

I don't think I've ever seen that many FTs attempted

I was glad to hear the espn guys calling out the officials. For the acc to have the best basketball, their officiating is suspect. One reason it is so difficult to win on the road in this league is all the home cooking.

 

[Milwaukee]

When you have Berry, Jackson and Britt trying to guard Allen, Kennard and Tatum, you either get uncontested layups or FTs. TarHole perimeter D is atrocious outside Pinson

Berry sat the majority of the 2nd half. That's when Duke made their run.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I recall a Tech coach, maybe Hewitt, pointing out the sick differential between fouls called in favor of Duke. Freud the rest of the ACC. It would be suggestive to see a long term study of that and foul differentials generally.

 

[awbuzz]

38-34 Duke in the lead at the Half.

 

[awbuzz]

75-69 Duke wins FOUR games in Four days..

 

[tsrich]

I recall a Tech coach, maybe Hewitt, pointing out the sick differential between fouls called in favor of Duke. Freud the rest of the ACC. It would be suggestive to see a long term study of that and foul differentials generally.

I'm sure there is some small bias, but a lot of these stats come from the fact that Duke aggressively drives the ball at defenders, forcing the refs to make calls. In general, the more aggressive team tends to get the benefit of the calls. It also helps when you have all 5 and 4 stars out there.

 

[lv20gt]

I recall a Tech coach, maybe Hewitt, pointing out the sick differential between fouls called in favor of Duke. Freud the rest of the ACC. It would be suggestive to see a long term study of that and foul differentials generally.

Duke shot 778 FTs in 34 games. 22.9/game
GT 635 in 32. 19.9/game.
BC 556 in 32. 17.4/game.
Clemson 655 in 32. 20.5/game.
FSU 766 in 33. 23.2/game.
UL 632 in 32. 19.8/game
Miami 600 in 32. 18.8/game.
NCSU 635 in 32. 19.8/game.
UNC 753 in 34. 22.1/game.
ND 561 in 33. 17/game,
Pitt 719 in 33. 21.8/game
UVA 442 in 32. 13.9/game.
VT 715 in 32. 22.3/game.
Wake 764 in 32. 23.9/game.

Obviously not anywhere near complete information but tifwiw.

 

[mstranahan]

Notre Dame had 2 fouls in the second half until they started hacking in the last 2 minutes. Wonder when that gets pointed out? Obviously the conspiracy theory didn't get to the refs in this game.....

 

[mstranahan]

Berry sat the majority of the 2nd half. That's when Duke made their run.

Berry sat out about 9 minutes after he got burned again and got called for his fourth hack. Duke made their run in about 150 seconds when they went from down 12 to down up 1 (I think that's right. It was about 12:30 to 10:50 of second half 62-50 to 65-66) Outscored the Holes 16-3, I believe

Biggest thing that went Duke's way was ND beating FSU. Duke matched up much better with ND than FSU

 

[CuseJacket]

Anyone else think Duke has a better case for a 1 seed than UNC? I'd probably also put Zona ahead of the Heels.

 

[Peacone36]

I don't think Duke should be allowed in the tournament.

 

[RamblinRed]

Palm moved Duke to a 1 seed in his bracket this morning. Seems like 3 are locked with Nova, Kansas and Gonzaga and then bracket forecasters split between Duke and UNC for the last #1.

Syracuse may be the most interesting team to follow. Almost every bracket right now has them as either the last team in or first team out. Syracuse fans should be rooting hard for VCU today as a RI win could cost them a potential bid.

 

[mstranahan]

1 vs 2 seed isn't a huge deal in terms of opponents, so doubt Duke is sweating that too hard . Much better than the 4 or 5 seed they were projected to be a couple weeks ago.

Agree with Red... biggest ACC intrigue will be Cuse. Nine ACC teams are locks, I think. Clemson is lock for NIT. Cuse is teetering between the two

 

[CuseJacket]

Cuse fans are rooting for VCU no doubt, but who knows how much it'll matter. The Orange have a weird resume and not much precedent. Last year they weren't supposed to get in and ended up a 10 seed.

As ACC fans we should want 'Cuse in the tournament. Last year GT earned ~$111K for every NCAAT game the ACC participated in.

 

[Peacone36]

Both URI and VCU are in regardless of outcome today I think

 

[CuseJacket]

URI will be interesting. Last team in per BracketMatrix. ('Cuse first out.)

http://bracketmatrix.com/

 

[RamblinRed]

I want Cuse in the Tourney. The more teams, the more potential wins, the more potential money for the conference

 

[RamblinRed]

It really feels like there are only 3-4 teams for 1-2 spots and it's just a matter of how the committee parses it. Everything else feels pretty settled.

 

[Milwaukee]

Cuse is getting a bid. The drama is all for nothing.