Raycom ACC Basketball Power Poll Ballot, week 6
by DrB on Dec 20, 2009 9:54 PM EST
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Sponsored by the Raycom Maryland blog & Testudo Times we'll be ranking the ACC teams each week. Feel free to complain and argue with how we rank 'em.
1. Duke - Fresh off a 76-41 drubbing of Gonzaga and a sound thumping of Gardner-Webb, we have to move them up to the top spot.
2. UNC - last week's #1 moves down after being out-efforted by Texas. I watched it and it seemed like they were totally outmatched and played terribly sloppy. Plus, Roy is a bitch.
3. FSU - Whether I think Clemson is better or not seems irrelevant, they just defeated Georgia Tech in Atlanta in OT, so they've beaten someone in the ACC on the road and deserve it. They also defeated Auburn (who beat UVA) and Georgia State this week.
4. Georgia Tech - beat UT-C, Arkansas Pine-Bluff, and lost to FSU in OT at home.
5. Clemson - beat Furman, ECU on the road, and CofC pretty soundly.
6. Wake Forest - will have beaten NC State at home, UNC-Wilmington and Elon
7. Maryland - difficult to get a good read on exactly where to put the Terps. Their 3 losses have been to Cinci, 'Nova, and Wisconsin.
8. V. Tech - Beat Penn State last week, Charleston Southern this week
9. Miami - beat Stetson and FAU soundly
10. NC State - loses to Wake on the road, beat Elon by 3. Also beat Auburn earlier this year. Hard to get a great read on them so far.
11. BC - lost to Rhode Island 80-69, beat Bryant....wherever the hell that is. However they have beaten Miami 61-60 in Mass.
12. Virginia - is pretty bad.
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I agree with these rankings...
Roy Williams teams struggle when they don’t have a decisive talent advantage over other teams, because then he is required to out-coach the other coach, and that isn’t his strong suit. I watched the game on Saturday and his team plays absolutely no defense, they don’t hustle after loose balls or rebounds, they play weak inside, and they turn the ball over a lot. Those are all things that can be coached up during the week with drills.
Clemson has a great opportunity this year because the ACC is down compared to past years.
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