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SEC vs ACC challenge (Predictions and Discussion)

My guesses:

Kentucky
Auburn
Georgia
Oklahoma
Vandy
GaTech
Tennessee
Florida
Mississippi State
South Carolina
Arkansas
Texas
LSU

I think it likely that a couple of Florida State, NCState, Texas A&M, VaTech, and/or SMU will win, so I'll go with

SEC 11 ACC 2
 
Unfortunately I fear this will be ugly. I was doing the math (always risky) but I’m pretty sure the ACC is 6-29 vs p4 competition this year (also included UConn as an honorary p4 member).

It’s been an ugly season, but shouldn’t be overly surprising. ND, Duke, UNC, State, FSU, GT, Cal and UL were the best teams last year. ND got gutted, Duke lost a top player to the portal and a starter to graduation, UNC lost 3 starters to graduation, State lost 3 starters to graduation, 2 were first round picks, FSU lost 2 starters to graduation and their best player to the portal, Cal had their best player portal, GT lost their coach and basically entire team …

The portal was not kind. State landed Pierre, but that’s about the only big get anyone in the ACC got. Meanwhile they lost ALOT.
 
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FanInNC said:
Unfortunately I fear this will be ugly. I was doing the math (always risky) but I’m pretty sure the ACC is 6-29 vs p4 competition this year (also included UConn as an honorary p4 member).

It’s been an ugly season, but shouldn’t be overly surprising. ND, Duke, UNC, State, FSU, GT, Cal and UL were the best teams last year. ND got gutted, Duke lost a top player to the portal and a starter to graduation, UNC lost 3 starters to graduation, State lost 3 starters to graduation, 2 were first round picks, FSU lost 2 starters to graduation and their best player to the portal, Cal had their best player portal, GT lost their coach and basically entire team …

The portal was not kind. State landed Pierre, but that’s about the only big get anyone in the ACC got. Meanwhile they lost ALOT.
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Fortunately a lot of the ACC schools are reloading with highly ranked fresh blood next season. And hey, at least no one will be poaching our leftovers this coming off-season. 😂
 
TheFarmFan said:
Fortunately a lot of the ACC schools are reloading with highly ranked fresh blood next season. And hey, at least no one will be poaching our leftovers this coming off-season. 😂
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I’m with you, overall this seems like a bump in the road and the conference seems to be reloading. Exciting to see Clemson on the rise within the conference and seems like Miami could be too. UVA seems to have made a commitment to WBB. Hopefully schools like that can rise up and FSU can reload and the usual suspects of ND, Duke, UL, Stanford and State can produce as we’ve come to expect.
 
Unfortunately I predict carnage. I would say something mean about the $EC and their greedy, expletive-deleted, poaching members.....but I will refrain.

nwhoopfan said:
Hasn't every week been a rough week for the ACC so far?
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Just remember that Festivus is three weeks away. Accumulating my list for the Airing of Greivances
 
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Close games at halftime. Vandy leading UVA by 4. Kentucky leading Miami by 3.
 
Except for Georgia/Florida State, the matchups in the first round of games in the ACC/SEC challenge are kind of close at halftime. Kentucky and Vanderbilt have small leads; Syracuse leads Auburn by 6 and Florida State no match so far for Georgia.
 
Nell Fortner is the analyst of the Kentucky v Miami game.
 
It’s falling apart quickly. UVA, Miami and FSU all down double figures.
 
What’s the status of Smith for UVa? She’s yet to play this year, anyone know ?
 
I really don't see the ACC doing all that well in this challenge.

Day One I got:
Kentucky over Miami
Auburn over Syracuse
FSU over Georgia
Oklahoma over NC State
Vandy over UVA
Texas A&M Over Georgia Tech
Stanford over Tennessee

SEC-5-2
ACC-2-5
 
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Kentucky pulled away from Miami in the second half to get the win, 64-48.
 
Eric Frede doing the play by play for the NC State at Oklahoma game.
 
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Here's what I posted last week, expecting about 13-3.

So far 5-1.

SEC Wins 9
Va @ Vandy
NCSt @ Okla
GaT @ TAMU
Pitt @ MsSt

KY @ Mia
Tn @ Stan
SC @ Lou
Ark @ SMU
LSU @ Duke

ACC Wins 0

Tossups 7
Aub @ Syr
Ga @ FSU
Fla @ VT

UNC @ Tx
Clem @ Ala
ND @ Miss
Cal @ Mo
 
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Centerstream said:
Eric Frede doing the play by play for the NC State at Oklahoma game.
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And listening, you wouldn't know NC State has any talent at all. All of the talk has been about Oklahoma. The only time NC State has been mentioned when the game play warrants it.

BLAH BLAH BLAH.
 
Vowelguy said:
Here's what I posted last week, expecting about 13-3.

So far 3-1.

SEC Wins 9
Va @ Vandy
NCSt @ Okla
GaT @ TAMU
Pitt @ MsSt

KY @ Mia
Tn @ Stan
SC @ Lou
Ark @ SMU
LSU @ Duke

ACC Wins 0

Tossups 7
Aub @ Syr
Ga @ FSU
Fla @ VT

UNC @ Tx
Clem @ Ala
ND @ Miss
Cal @ Mo
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13-3? I can see it happening.
 
LETTERL said:
And listening, you wouldn't know NC State has any talent at all. All of the talk has been about Oklahoma. The only time NC State has been mentioned when the game play warrants it.

BLAH BLAH BLAH.
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So true. They make it seem like NC State is like Northwest Directional University being led by a bunch of church league players fresh off a shift from Dunkin Doughnuts.
 
Oklahoma should make more effort to exploit the physical dominance of Beers in the post. They are settling for 3s early in the shot clock.

After a little slow start in transition D I think State has improved. Samuels with a few deflections and steals on some ambitious passes from OU.

Tilda and Pierre are having nice games. And Zoe and Zam are doing what they do. Need Samuels and/or Quigley to be able to knock down those open 3s because they will get them over and over with this team. 0-4 in the first out of those 2 first half.
 
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