{"id":31,"date":"2016-03-07T13:11:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T19:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/67.227.157.91\/~kenpom\/wp_blog\/2016-acc-tournament-preview\/"},"modified":"2016-03-07T13:11:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T19:11:14","slug":"2016-acc-tournament-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/2016-acc-tournament-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 ACC tournament preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Atlantic Coast Conference<br \/>\nMarch 8-12. All games at Washington, D.C. <br \/>\nkPOY: Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ACC gets underway on Tuesday afternoon with two first-round games at the Verizon Center.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia\u2019s bludgeoning of Louisville on Saturday vaulted it to the top of the ratings and added about 3% to its chances of winning this event. No team is more disappointed about the Cardinals\u2019 absence from this event than the Cavaliers. They were responsible for Louisville\u2019s two-worst offensive games of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The ACC finished with a whopping 12 teams ranked in the top 100. So there\u2019s some strength in the middle of the field that is capable of challenging the top seeds. There\u2019s about an 80% chance that the winner comes from Virginia, North Carolina, or Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Boston College was the only team in the country that didn\u2019t win a conference game. <em>(edit: Actually, Chicago State also went winless.) <\/em>Interestingly, the three teams with just one win &#8211; Rutgers, St. John\u2019s, and Washington State &#8211; also came from power conferences. To the Eagles\u2019 credit, their scoring margin in conference play was a full three points per game better than Rutgers. Unlike Rutgers, they didn\u2019t have the luxury of playing a season finale against a team of benchwarmers. <\/p>\n<p>I guess all eyes are on the quarterfinal game between Syracuse and Pitt since both teams are not sure things to get an at-large bid. Although, the consensus has them both in at this point, and it\u2019s odd that a loss to a team that will be in the tournament could actually damage one\u2019s portfolio to the point where it would not get a bid. This is one of many reasons I don\u2019t do bracketology.<\/p>\n<pre>                        Rd1  Qtrs Semis Final Champ\n 2 Virginia             100   100  83.5  59.7  39.8\n 1 North Carolina       100   100  74.9  51.6  26.3\n 3 Miami FL             100   100  72.5  28.7  14.7\n 5 Duke                 100  79.3  49.6  21.8   8.4\n 4 Notre Dame           100   100  44.0  14.4   4.2\n 9 Syracuse             100  50.6  12.8   5.6   1.5\n 8 Pittsburgh           100  49.4  12.4   5.3   1.4\n11 Florida St.         89.9  52.3  16.2   3.9   1.2\n 7 Clemson              100  54.8   9.7   3.5   1.1\n10 Georgia Tech         100  45.2   6.8   2.2   0.6\n 6 Virginia Tech        100  46.4  11.2   2.1   0.5\n12 North Carolina St.  64.3  15.5   5.3   1.1   0.2\n13 Wake Forest         35.7   5.2   1.2   0.2   0.02\n14 Boston College      10.1   1.4   0.07  0.003 <.001\n\n<\/pre>\n<p><u><strong>ACC tourney records (since 1999)<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<pre>Duke               37- 7\nNotre Dame          3- 1\nNorth Carolina     23-15\nNorth Carolina St. 21-17\nMiami FL           12-10\nPittsburgh          2- 2\nFlorida St.        14-16\nBoston College      8-10\nVirginia Tech       7-11\nGeorgia Tech       10-17\nVirginia            8-16\nWake Forest         7-17\nClemson             6-17\nSyracuse            0- 1\nLouisville          0- 1\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlantic Coast Conference March 8-12. All games at Washington, D.C. kPOY: Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia. The ACC gets underway on Tuesday afternoon with two first-round games at the Verizon Center. Virginia\u2019s bludgeoning of Louisville on Saturday vaulted it to the top of the ratings and added about 3% to its chances of winning this event. 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