Was the ACC Overrated?

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Unless UVa pulls of a serious comeback, the only ACC teams left are the 3 playing tomorrow (us, Louisville and Duke).

Oh, and Ga Tech in the NIT.

That's 3 left out of 9 in the NCAA, 1 out of 3 in the NIT.

Will that hurt the conference next year? Seems like it should.

 

[dgheel57]

Yeah,they really stunk it up in the tourney that's for sure,UNC and Dook will be only teams left after Sunday I'm afraid.

 

[mikeirbyusa]

Was Nova overrated?

See how that works?

 

[TarHeelMark]

As long as we win, I don't really care about the rest of 'em.

 

[Heelicious]

For sure notre dame messed up my bracket. I had them beating the zags. Even had VT winning but expected uva and FSU not to get to second weekend.

 

[MCPO_Tarheel]

I expected more from ND and FSU, welcome to the crucible.

 

[Heelicious]

Uva didn't even get to 40 against what I assume is an average fla team. UVA gets 17 in first half and 22 in 2nd for 39. 39 is a below average half for us. Not sure how we lost to a team with so little scoring. I guess Bennett should be commended for playing slow down grind it out pace with good defense

But it is super ugly and boring to watch

And there is no way to get even to final four with this slow limited scoring style. Last year with a much better team UVA proved that.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Was Nova overrated?

See how that works?

Not really the same thing. Any high-rated individual team can suffer a loss. But we're talking about a high-rated conference. Some losses are to be expected, but if the conference is as good as its hype, more teams should make it out of the first couple of rounds.

An argument can be made that a few ACC teams got in the tournament because they were from the ACC. An extra loss or 2 didn't knock them out because they got credit for playing in the toughest league. But this performance suggests maybe the league wasn't as tough as advertised.

 

[Heeelz46]

Just remember the acc had 4 in the elite 8 and 2 in the final four a year ago.
It aint over yet.

 

[HeelFan58]

FSU and UVa's performances were just plain embarrassing.

 

[dadika13]

Was Nova overrated?

See how that works?

I mean...that was one game. We're talking about multiple games which leads to a better argument when you consider UVA, ND, FSU, Va Tech, Wake, Ga Tech.

 

[mikeirbyusa]

I mean...that was one game. We're talking about multiple games which leads to a better argument when you consider UVA, ND, FSU, Va Tech, Wake, Ga Tech.

How many of those lost to a lower seed?

 

[mikeirbyusa]

FSU and UVa's performances were just plain embarrassing.

Yep. Agree with that. Many sing Bennett's praises but I say NO THANKS!

FSU always has been and always will be a Football school. hey really don't care about their Basketball team.

 

[Tru Blu Tar Heel]

I expected more from ND and FSU, welcome to the crucible.

Same here. Had both in the Elite 8. DIdn't get to watch the ND/WVU game, but as far as Florida State, it's hard to beat a team when they shoot nearly 70% from 3 regardless of defense and especially considering FSU shot 20% themselves from distance.

 

[uncblueball]

I expected more from ND and FSU, welcome to the crucible.

If west Virginia Xavier and Florida had been wearing Carolina blue all those acc teams would have played lights out.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

Louisville goes down. ACC pitching an 0-fer in the 2nd round.

 

[Ozheelfan]

Louisville goes down. ACC pitching an 0-fer in the 2nd round.

All I care about is the Heels playing next weekend.... ACC Splitting these last two '32 games would just be a bonus.

 

[GoNtheDistance]

I wouldn't necessarily say overrated although it's a fair assessment at this point. I'd contribute a lot of it to matchups in the sense that many of the higher seeded acc teams who have lost have had challenges all year in consistently scoring the basketball. Good defensive teams but for whatever reason they simply couldn't throw it in the ocean at times during the season and the tourney. They faced teams who could score at a nice clip which didn't help.

 

[gary-7]

Unless UVa pulls of a serious comeback, the only ACC teams left are the 3 playing tomorrow (us, Louisville and Duke).

Oh, and Ga Tech in the NIT.

That's 3 left out of 9 in the NCAA, 1 out of 3 in the NIT.

Will that hurt the conference next year? Seems like it should.

No.

 

[superstar57]

I only picked 2 ACC to be in the final four, and they are still playing.

IS HAVING TWO TEAMS IN THE FINAL 4 OVERRATED..

 

[HeelFan58]

I only picked 2 ACC to be in the final four, and they are still playing.

IS HAVING TWO TEAMS IN THE FINAL 4 OVERRATED..

Aren't you putting the cart before the horse??r

 

[HeelFan58]

Wonder what the odds are dook and UNC in F4?

 

[TarHeelMark]

Wonder what the odds are dook and UNC in F4?

I heard it was a 3.4% chance of them playing in the finals. But not sure about FF.

ETA: the 3.4% chance was that we would play dook in the finals.

 

[RoseHeel]

I heard it was a 3.4% chance of them playing in the finals. But not sure about FF.

UNC was like 12 or 15% at the start of the tourney.

 

[superstar57]

Watching the Duke game now. It ain't looking good for the ACC. Lol

Going Great for the Tarheels though.

 

[HeelFan58]

dook was definitely overrated. Sad thing is we lost to those chumps 2x.

 

[tarh33ls]

dook was definitely overrated. Sad thing is we lost to those chumps 2x.

Yep but we're still playing and they're not. They can hang a banner for those two wins.

 

[Ozheelfan]

So the ACC season winner is the only team left dancing..... that's about right.

 

[Travis2262]

dook was definitely overrated. Sad thing is we lost to those chumps 2x.

Lost to them three times. Dook just beat Unc back home

 

[hills5]

Won't effect next year in the least, but I don't know how anyone can not see this as evidence the ACC was overrated and the Big 10 was underrated.

 

[Archer2]

Frankly, I expected much more from the ACC. I expected UofL, UNC, and FSU to all survive this weekend. In my bracket, I had SC beating the dookies. A lot of pool brackets were shot to shite tonight. Thankfully the Heels are still dancing.

 

[gauchoheel]

Not really. Tournament sample size is too small. Either way it won't impact anything next year.

 

[heelmanwilm]

Yes the acc was over rated. Ball dont lie. And i'm afraid with that our sense of how good we were/are is off as well since its mainly built on a resume of beating a bunch of teams that didnt make it past the 2nd rd of the tourney.

 

[HeelFan58]

Not really. Tournament sample size is too small. Either way it won't impact anything next year.

64 teams is too small?

Yes the acc was over rated. Ball dont lie. And i'm afraid with that our sense of how good we were/are is off as well since its mainly built on a resume of beating a bunch of teams that didnt make it past the 2nd rd of the tourney.

I agree and in this case the truth hurts.

 

[TheCainer]

Yes the acc was over rated. Ball dont lie. And i'm afraid with that our sense of how good we were/are is off as well since its mainly built on a resume of beating a bunch of teams that didnt make it past the 2nd rd of the tourney.

Yeah, I agree that it could be cause for concern. To be frank, I am still trying to figure out how both UNC and Kansas lost to Indiana this year, although UNC's loss was a true road game. Given that though, IU lost home games to Wisconsin, Purdue, and Michigan which isn't totally unexpected given that those 3 teams are still alive, plus Wisconsin and Purdue are the type of physical teams that grind their opponents down. IU was pretty much a finesse team. However, they also lost at home to Nebraska which makes no sense. Granted, IU lost one of their better players before the Big 10 season started in Anunoby and that made them an even more finesse type of team. They were a finesse team with bad chemistry to boot.

 

[UNC-75]

Yes the acc was over rated. Ball dont lie. And i'm afraid with that our sense of how good we were/are is off as well since its mainly built on a resume of beating a bunch of teams that didnt make it past the 2nd rd of the tourney.

Perhaps over rated since only one left standing. So it's hard not to argue it was over rated. But, it is still the best and most competitive league. Literally there were 5-6 teams that could have ended up at the top even with a wrk or so left in the schedule. Most other conferences have 2-3 teams at most that can compete at the top. I think parity is what we are seeing in today's game

 

[Heelicious]

I won't go back and check it all out, but I think teams like ND, FSU, Lou, even UVA, beat (or blew the doors off) some really good teams out of conference. Same for sure, for Dook and UNC.

I know all conferences have conference tourneys to compete in, and the conference tourney seemed to help Big Ten teams (NW, Mich, MSU, Wisc) and some Big East teams (X, Butler).....

but I got a sense from teams like ND and Louisville (and maybe Dook) that they were tired and the ACC tourney games (on top of a really deep conference schedule - only 1 real "gimme" team in BC) ....maybe took a lot out of them, and they were regressing, or out of gas this week.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

I expected more from ND and FSU, welcome to the crucible.

I have felt that Notre Dame was overachieving all year. It finally caught up with them.

 

[gauchoheel]

64 teams is too small?



I agree and in this case the truth hurts.

In terms of games, not teams. 75% of the teams only get 1-2 games in the tournament. Florida State going 1-1 in the tournament tells you very little in comparison to the 34 games sample we already have on them that us they are a very good team.

So yeah, I wouldn't read much into a few ACC teams being upset over the course of a weekend.

 

[JimmyinVA]

dook was definitely overrated. Sad thing is we lost to those chumps 2x.

we didn't lose to dook in the acc tourn. we lost to some refs with an agenda.