This is a hard one to call because the Yellow Jackets have wins over Clemson, Duke and Mississippi State but have lost 8 of their last 9 games and are 2-7 currently in the ACC. They could have sweep the Blue Devils. They have a good shooting guard averaging about 14 a game and they can really rebound which helps them stay in games.

I am a believer that the guards of Davis and Cadeau will be too much even at home with a sellout for the Yellow Jackets to handle but as they say on any given night a upset can happen but I do not believe tonight that is happening. My battle cry for this game is : Take no prisoners and leave no doubt…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Four-time All-ACC Academic Football Team members Porter Wilson of Duke and Taylor Morin of Wake Forest headline the 2023 All-ACC Academic Team, announced Wednesday by the league office.

In addition to Wilson and Morin earning their fourth All-ACC Academic Team honor, three-time selections include Clemson’s Will Shipley (RB), Duke’s Graham Barton (OL) and Charlie Ham (K), Florida State’s Ryan Fitzgerald (K), NC State’s Dylan McMahon (OL), and Wake Forest’s Justin Ellison (RB) and Michael Jurgens (OL).

Duke redshirt senior defensive tackle DeWayne Carter was named the recipient of the 2023 Jim Tatum Award in November. The award is given annually in memory of the late Jim Tatum to the top senior student-athlete among the league's football players.

All 14 ACC Football member institutions were represented on the team. Duke and Wake Forest led all schools with 29 selections, followed by Clemson (27) and Virginia (27). Florida State (26) and Louisville (23) had over 20 selections as well. The ACC has selected an All-ACC Academic Football Team every year since 1954.

A total of 43 members of the All-ACC Academic Football Team also earned some form of all-conference recognition. Clemson’s Tyler Davis (DT), Duke’s Wilson (P), Florida State’s Keon Coleman (WR/SP), Louisville’s Bryan Hudson (C), Louisville’s Ashton Gillotte (DE), and Virginia’s Malik Washington (WR) were first-team all-conference players in addition to All-ACC Academic Team honorees. The 2023 ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year Rueben Bain, Jr. of Miami was also named to the academic team.

Five All-ACC Academic Team selections were also recognized as 2023 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-Americans following the fall season in Shipley of Clemson (first team), Washington of Virginia (first team), Eric Miller of Louisville (first team), Gillotte of Louisville (first team), and Barton of Duke (second team).

Academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one’s academic career. In addition, student-athletes must have competed in at least 50 percent of their team’s contests during the season.

Coming apart faster and faster.

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You never want to lose a game but this is probably the best thing that could have happened to us going into this weekends game against Dook. As bad as we played and we played really bad we were a missed shot away from a win . We honestly didn't deserve to win that game . Tech did . We outrebounded Tech and had more assist than them but we couldn't throw the ball in the ocean most of the game . They out hustled us and flat out wanted it more. It was our worst game of the year . The great thing is the kids are really disappointed in themselves and feeling the sting ( excuse the pun ) of defeat right before Saturdays game with Dook should give them even more juice than they would have had.
I can remember the old days , Dean's team would be on a roll heading into the NCAA tourney and I'd hope for a loss so it was fresh in their minds . Still think that feeling just gives you extra motivation. Let's hope that the iron is more friendly to us Sat. Always a GDTBATH . 😎 🥁✌️

AJ is flying solo again. Apparently GT’s accomplished engineers have yet to figure out how to install usable WiFi in their basketball arena.

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Discussion
We've seen several games where the opponent just couldn't shoot, but that black ball landed in UNC's laps against Georgia Tech. UNC shot 36% from the field, something we've only witnessed 75 times in the last 1011 games. While the team was 29% from behind the arc, they were a putrid 41% inside the arc. That's happened 101 times in that period. When the ball wasn't in play the Heels couldn't shoot, either, making only 53% of those attempts. We've only seen that happen 69 times in the last 1011 games.

While the Heels only turned it over on 11% of the possessions, it all mounted to a paltry 0.76 points per possession performance. That (or worse) has happened 99 times in the last 1011 games.

Georgia Tech wasn't great, either, shooting 41% from the field: 45% from 3 and 39% from inside the arc. The real difference came at the free throw line where GT was 88%.

This was a 174-possession game, the 49th-fastest game in the last 1011 games. 166.1 is the average number of possession for this team, and 169.0 is the 28-year average.

Had the Heels performed to Dean Smith's offensive efficiency goal of 0.95, they would have scored 91 points. GT definitely doesn't look like a tournament team, and UNC should have won 91-74, so there is still much work to do for this team to be that really good, reliable team going into March.

The three-point shooting of Chapel-Hill-Cormac is becoming a chronic problem. In his 5 years of college, Ryan has shot 31.6%, 34.4, 40.7, 34.4, and now 30.0, respectively, from "3" each season. He's averaged 5.5 attempts per game at UNC, but against GT he threw it up 10 attempts. Yes, others shot around 30%, too, but this is a problem over several games that has to get corrected.

While the shooting woes are a big problem, the PG play is still an inconsistent entity. Cadeau has had several really good stretches as of late, especially with dribble penetration. He is still a long way from being a good defender, and that took its toll on the team last night (all 5 of his fouls were good calls). He has to learn how to defend without fouling, especially outside of the 3-point arc. There are too many of the "silly" variety, 45' from the basket. Those should improve over time, but they have to, because this team has to have Cadeau on the floor to be that team everyone scripted in mid-January. If I were an opposing coach, I'd go after Cadeau every possession and draw fouls like crazy.

Saturday will be a great litmus test for this team. Can't wait!