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We are halfway through the ACC schedule, so it is safe to take a look at how the second half of the conference schedule sets up for us. I honestly believe that we can finish #1 in the ACC for the regular season. We have a pretty easy remaining schedule against a pretty weak ACC.
2 conference losses thus far, both by 1 point to F$U. We haven't lost a game by double-digits since NOVEMBER. We have now played TWO FULL MONTHS with only 2 1-point losses, otherwise we would be undefeated for two months.
10 games left (4 at home, 6 on the road), 5 against teams in the Top 9 of the ACC currently, 5 against the bottom 6 teams.
#2 Duke - do not play again
#3 Notre Dame - next game AT HOME on February 2
#4 Wake - on the road on February 12, probably our toughest remaining challenge
#5 North Carolina - do not play again
#6 F$U - do not play again
#7 UVA - 2 remaining games, away on February 5, then home on February 19
#8 Louisville - on the road on February 16 (sub-.500 in the ACC)
#9 Clemson - do not play again
Against the bottom teams (all sub-.500 in the ACC and all but one sub-.500 overall, VaTech is 11-10), we get #15 GaTech again (at home) on February 9, and then our final four games are at #12 Pitt, home for #13 VaTech and then at #11 BC and at #10 Syracuse.
We have played incredibly well, particularly in the second halves of games, and lost a one-point game to F$U on a bad foul call and another one-point game to F$U on a final shot that didn't fall. It would be very attainable to win the final 10 games (and if we do, we are guaranteed the #1 seed in the ACC Tournament), but 8 or 9 wins would give us either our best-ever ACC finish, or at least put us on a par with the 2012-2013 team that went 15-3 and finished first in the ACC regular season (and ACC Tournament champions).
Obviously, we have to play the last 10 games like we played the first 10, but it's looking **** good right now.
2 conference losses thus far, both by 1 point to F$U. We haven't lost a game by double-digits since NOVEMBER. We have now played TWO FULL MONTHS with only 2 1-point losses, otherwise we would be undefeated for two months.
10 games left (4 at home, 6 on the road), 5 against teams in the Top 9 of the ACC currently, 5 against the bottom 6 teams.
#2 Duke - do not play again
#3 Notre Dame - next game AT HOME on February 2
#4 Wake - on the road on February 12, probably our toughest remaining challenge
#5 North Carolina - do not play again
#6 F$U - do not play again
#7 UVA - 2 remaining games, away on February 5, then home on February 19
#8 Louisville - on the road on February 16 (sub-.500 in the ACC)
#9 Clemson - do not play again
Against the bottom teams (all sub-.500 in the ACC and all but one sub-.500 overall, VaTech is 11-10), we get #15 GaTech again (at home) on February 9, and then our final four games are at #12 Pitt, home for #13 VaTech and then at #11 BC and at #10 Syracuse.
We have played incredibly well, particularly in the second halves of games, and lost a one-point game to F$U on a bad foul call and another one-point game to F$U on a final shot that didn't fall. It would be very attainable to win the final 10 games (and if we do, we are guaranteed the #1 seed in the ACC Tournament), but 8 or 9 wins would give us either our best-ever ACC finish, or at least put us on a par with the 2012-2013 team that went 15-3 and finished first in the ACC regular season (and ACC Tournament champions).
Obviously, we have to play the last 10 games like we played the first 10, but it's looking **** good right now.
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