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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 damn 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 damn good right now.
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