ACC Roundup – Final Saturday Of The Regular Season And Coaching Moves Begin
and somebody has to win but odds are it won’t be a great game.
Finally, Virginia goes up to Syracuse and both teams have shown a pulse lately. Virginia has won two of their last three. Meanwhile, Syracuse beat NC State, lost to Virginia Tech in OT and almost beat SMU.
We’re not sure Virginia has a good answer for Eddie Lampkin, who can be a real force around the basket.
On the other hand, Syracuse has a habit of fading late. We’ll still go with the homies here, but it’s a tough call.
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We don’t know yet just how many ACC coaches will be dismissed following the season, but presumably it will be more than Miami, Florida State and Virginia. Miami of course has hired Duke assistant Jai Lucas and he may prove to be a home run. He’s been terrific as an assistant at Kentucky and Duke and great things are expected from him.
Florida State is still looking but reports emerged late this week that former FSU guard Luke Loucks, currently an assistant with the Sacramento Kings. It’s hard to know how well he’ll do. He is highly thought of, but most of his coaching experience is in the NBA. It’s always tough to go from that to college and it’s much more difficult now than it was just a few years ago. We’ll have to see how things work out.
Saturday’s ACC Action
- NC State at Miami || 12:00 || CW
- Stanford at Louisville || 2:00 || ESPNU
- Georgia Tech at Wake Forest || 2:15 || CW
- SMU at Florida State || 4:00 || ESPNU
- Cal at Notre Dame || 4:00 || ACCN
- Virginia Tech at Clemson || 6:00 || ESPNU
- Boston College at Pitt || 6:00 || ACCN
- Duke at UNC || 6:30 || ESPN
- Virginia at Syracuse || 8:00 || ACCN
