ACC Men's Basketball Quick Hits
• Duke (No. 4 AP/No. 6 USA Today) and Clemson (No. 16 AP and USA Today) are ranked in the latest national polls. North Carolina and Pitt are receiving votes.
• The Blue Devils (No. 1) and Tigers (No. 6) rank among the top 10 teams nationally in KenPom's adjusted defensive efficiency.
• Clemson's Ian Schieffelin (12.5) leads Division I in rebounds per game, while Stanford's Maxime Raynaud (11.3) is tied for fourth. Raynaud tops the nation in double-doubles (8), while Schieffelin (5) is sixth.
• Raynaud leads the ACC and ranks eighth nationally in scoring at 22.1 points per game.
• Louisville's Chucky Hepburn ranks second nationally in steals per game (3.22) and total steals (29).
• Conference play opened last weekend and resumes Saturday, Dec. 21, with four games. The bulk of league play continues on New Year's Eve. For the sixth straight season, the ACC will play a 20-game conference schedule.
• Three ACC teams have captured MTE titles this season: Boston College (Cayman Islands Classic), Clemson (Sunshine Slam in Daytona Beach, Calif.) and SMU (Acrisure Invitational in Palm Springs, Calif.).
• Following a vote of the league’s media, Duke was chosen as the preseason favorite to win the 2025 ACC Championship. The Blue Devils were followed in the poll by UNC, Wake Forest, Clemson and Virginia.
• UNC's RJ Davis and Duke's Cooper Flagg were named Preseason All-Americans by the Associated Press. Davis and Flagg also were tabbed First-Team All-Americans by the Sporting News, while Wake Forest's Hunter Sallis was a third-team pick.
• Davis is the first ACC Player of the Year to return since 2009, when 2008 ACC Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough came back for his fourth and final season.
• The conference welcomes seven of the nation’s top 26 recruiting classes in 2024, per 247Sports: No. 1 Duke, No. 7 Miami, No. 8 UNC, No. 20 Georgia Tech, No. 21 FSU, No. 25 Clemson and No. 26 Notre Dame.
• The ACC boasts seven of the top 15 freshmen in the country, per 247Sports: No. 1 Cooper Flagg, Duke; No. 6 Khaman Maluach, Duke; No. 7 Jalil Bethea, Miami; No. 8 Ian Jackson, UNC; No. 11 Drake Powell, UNC; No. 13 Donnie Freeman, Syracuse; and No. 14 Isaiah Evans, Duke.
• Four ACC head coaches are in their first seasons at the helm of their programs: Pat Kelsey (Louisville), Andy Enfield (SMU), Kyle Smith (Stanford) and Ron Sanchez (Virginia - interim).
• Miami's Jim Larrañaga (sixth, 743), Florida State's Leonard Hamilton (13th, 628), Clemson's Brad Brownell (34th, 441) and Virginia Tech's Mike Young (41st, 394) rank among the active national leaders in wins as a head coach.
Results/Upcoming Schedule
Saturday, December 7
at Wake Forest 72, Boston College 66
Clemson 65, at Miami 55
at Notre Dame 69, Syracuse 64
at No. 20/22 North Carolina 68, Georgia Tech 65
No. 18/19 Pitt 64, at Virginia Tech 59
at SMU 63, Virginia 51
Stanford 89, at California 81
at NC State 84, Florida State 74 (OT)
Sunday, December 8
No. 9/9 Duke 76, at Louisville 65
Tuesday, December 10
No. 1/1 Tennessee vs Miami | ESPN | 6:30 PM
Jimmy V Classic, New York, N.Y.
Albany at Syracuse | ESPN2 | 7 PM
Incarnate Word at No. 4/6 Duke | ACCN | 7 PM
Coppin State at NC State | ACCNX | 7 PM
Reynolds Coliseum
Cornell at California | ACCNX | 10 PM
Wednesday, December 11
UTEP at Louisville | ACCNX | 7 PM
Eastern Kentucky at Pitt | ACCNX | 7 PM
Dartmouth at Notre Dame | ACCNX | 7 PM
Thursday, December 12
Bethune Cookman at Virginia | ACCN | 7 PM
NC A&T at Virginia Tech | ACCNX | 7 PM
Saturday, December 14
Memphis at No. 16/16 Clemson | ESPN2 | 11 AM
Georgetown at Syracuse | ACCN | 2:30 PM
Northwestern State at California | ACCNX | 3 PM
NC State at No. 10/10 Kansas | ESPN | 3:15 PM
LSU vs SMU | ESPNU | 4 PM
Frisco, Texas
La Salle at North Carolina | The CW | 4 PM
Tulane vs Florida State | ACCN | 4:30 PM
Orange Bowl Classic, Sunrise, Fla.
Louisville at No. 5/5 Kentucky | ESPN | 5:15 PM
Sunday, December 15
Navy at Virginia Tech | ACCNX | Noon
Presbyterian at Miami | ACCNX | 2 PM
Northwestern vs Georgia Tech | BTN | 4 PM
MKE Tip-Off, Milwaukee, Wis.
Stonehill at Boston College | ACCNX | 4 PM
All times Eastern; Rankings: AP/USA Today