dook fans are scared S#%&less we may join the ACC.

[Scot-e]

Duck Fuke.

 

[kobebeanbryant]

if we hug them a few times we should get in easily.

 

[ctchamps]

Kinda balances are fear of not getting into the ACC!

 

[slumdog]

ding ding ding ding ding

that would be my only fear. but at some point, once you start watering down the original bunch of , what was once the wuss conference might grow a pair of nuts. you have to include miami, va tech, and florida state with the out of towners here. add cuse, pitt, and UConn, and even BC, and that's roughly half the conference. tip one of the originals, like clemson, away from calling touch fouls, and we'll see.

 

[slumdog]

I'm declaring that with a bunch of head-banging, "I'm gonna choke you while I slam you to the floor and not get called for it" Big East teams in the ACC, they will have no option other than to welcome a good beating, and do their damndest to dish one out. I just can't see Pitt and UConn doing a lot of -style flopping, floor-slapping and the like. In tournament play, it seems to me that you have more Big East/Big Ten style officiating.

(For the experts out there...) Is that true, and in your opinion will some of the officiating and officials transfer to the ACC as well?

 

[Scot-e]

I do not think it is an issue for us (if that ever matters). We are not a team that beats you down we use length, quickness and athletic ability on D.

PITT is going to get killed- their style of play is the polar opposite to the ACC style.
Quse uses a lot of hand checks in their zone D- if they call that sort of ticky tack BS in the ACC they will have some adjustments to make as well.

 

[intlzncster]

I do not think it is an issue for us (if that ever matters). We are not a team that beats you down we use length, quickness and athletic ability on D.

PITT is going to get killed- their style of play is the polar opposite to the ACC style.
Quse uses a lot of hand checks in their zone D- if they call that sort of ticky tack BS in the ACC they will have some adjustments to make as well.

Yep. Agree here. Pitt will require a major adjustment, which will require them to get a different type of recruit. Not so many blue collar scrabblers. Being in the ACC might help them recruit farther afield though, which is what they'll need to do.

Cuse will be OK from a physical perspective imo. They can reduce the hand checking, grabbing easily enough. What may be difficult for them, is that ACC teams (particularly Duke and UNC) can typically shoot the lights out from outside. Once these guys see the zone on a regular basis, they should be able to pick it apart (a la UConn). Cuse gets a lot of non conference wins through lack of familiarity alone.

We've proven time and again in tournaments that we can play any type of game and clean house. No worries there.

 

[ctchamps]

I do not think it is an issue for us (if that ever matters). We are not a team that beats you down we use length, quickness and athletic ability on D.

PITT is going to get killed- their style of play is the polar opposite to the ACC style.
Quse uses a lot of hand checks in their zone D- if they call that sort of ticky tack BS in the ACC they will have some adjustments to make as well.

+1.

Although Kemba would have struggled driving to the lane with all the floppers.