Around the ACC | Niemo’s Power Poll | 1.24.10

Yet again this week the conference action left you wondering if anyone wants to win the league or even get a first round bye in the ACC Tournament.  clemson, who I had #2 coming into the week, lost both their games.  duke, who I thought was a solid #1, lost in Raleigh to a crappy nc state team.  And georgia tech, who I was going to move up to #2 after beating clemson at home, proved yet again that Paul Hewitt has no idea how to win outside of Atlanta when they lost at fsu on Sunday (the noles swept the jackets).  Hewitt and his jackets are now 6-29 over the last five seasons on the road in ACC play.

Games were not as competitive this week.  After close bc over miami and gt over clemson games on Tuesday, five of the final seven ACC games of the week were decided by double digits.

uva finally lost, getting blown out at wake thanks to foul trouble for star Landesberg.  And they almost lost at home to a lousy unc-wilmington team.  Still not buying into them as a contender.

At the bottom, I said whomever lost the miami-bc game would go to the #12.  And the u earned that last place moniker by blowing a 17-point second half lead to get swept by the eagles.

With each ACC team having played between four and six games, uva and maryland sit in first place, both at 3-1.  Ugh, even though it is early and won’t last, it still stings my eyes to see that.

Here is what I think the ACC rankings should be right now:

  1. nobody
  2. nobody
  3. duke
  4. maryland
  5. to 9. everyone but bc, nc state, and miami, whom I have 10 to 12.

But let’s go ahead and rank the teams just for the heck of it.  Movement since last week’s poll is as follows: ^ = moving up, – = same, v = moving down.

  1. duke (4-2) (-): lost at nc state, won at clemson
  2. maryland (3-1) (^^): won OOC, won vs. nc state
  3. wake forest (4-2) (^^): won at unc, won vs. uva
  4. clemson (3-3) (v): lost at gt, lost vs. duke
  5. georgia tech (3-3) (-) – won a home nail-biter vs. clemson, lost a nail-biter at fsu
  6. unc (1-3) (vv) – blown out by wake at home, but to be fair, didn’t have Zeller or Davis
  7. florida state (3-2) (^): won vs. gt
  8. Virginia Tech (2-2) (v): won OOC, won vs. bc
  9. uva (3-1) (-): won OOC, lost at wake
  10. nc state (2-4) (^): won vs. duke, lost at maryland
  11. boston college (2-4) (^): won at miami, lost at VT
  12. miami (1-4) (v): lost vs. bc

That said, you’d probably have a better shot right now of picking the final ACC standings if you grabbed my flat-brim VT hat, threw each school’s name in the hat, and saw what you got (that is about as scientific as I think you can be right now).

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Niemo is a member of the VT Class of '98. Graduated as a Commonwealth Scholar from the Pamplin School of Business. Majored in Management Science & Information Technology. Attended every home basketball game during his 4 years at VT after missing the first home game. Has attended 103 straight VT football home games (every game since '94), with #100 was the miami game this past September. During the final home basketball game of his senior year, he was brought onto the court and was awarded 2 passes to the Atlantic 10 Basketball Tournament in Philly during a timeout. The Hokie Bird made the award on behalf of Athletic Director Jim Weaver. Niemo was known to be in the front row of every home game with his familiar red afro hairdo. Niemo currently lives in NOVA and speaks the Hokie gospel as often as possible.

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2010-11 Schedule

October
10/15 Late Night with the Hokies, 9p
November
11/12 vs. campbell, 7:30p
11/16 @ kansas state 4p, ESPN
11/21 @unc-greensboro 1p, CSN
76 Classic in Anaheim, Calif.
11/25 vs. cal state northridge 2p, ESPNU
11/26 vs. depaul/oklahoma state 2:30p, ESPN2/U
11/28 76 Classic TBD
December
12/01 vs. purdue 7:30p, ESPN
12/05 vs. uva 6p, FSN
12/12 vs. penn state, 1p, CSN
12/18 vs. mississippi state (Bahamas) TBD
12/23 vs. st. bonaventure (Rochester, NY) 7p
12/30 vs. usc upstate 2p
January
01/02 vs. mount st. mary's 2p
01/08 vs. florida state 3p, ESPN2
01/13 @ unc 9p, ESPN/ESPN2
01/15 vs. wake forest 8p, Raycom
01/20 @ maryland 9p, ESPN/ESPN2
01/22 vs. longwood 7p
01/30 vs. miami 5:30p, FSN
February
02/02 @ nc state 7p, ESPN/ESPN2
02/05 @ boston college 1p
02/13 vs. georgia tech 1p, Raycom
02/15 vs. maryland 8p, Raycom
02/19 @ uva 1p, Raycom
02/22 @ wake forest 7p, ESPN2
02/26 vs. duke 9p, ESPN College Gameday
March
03/01 vs. boston college 9p, ESPNU
03/05 @ clemson noon, ESPN/ESPN2
03/10-13 ACC Tournament, Greensboro, NC

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