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dukiejay

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Here are the games over the course of the next three days. Should be fun.

Monday
Wisconsin at Virginia
Maryland at Syracuse

Tuesday
Louisville at Purdue
Northwestern at Georgia Tech
Florida St. at Rutgers
Illinois at Wake Forest
Iowa at Virginia Tech

Wednesday
Miami at Minnesota
Duke at Indiana
Michigan at UNC
Penn St. at NC State
Clemson at Ohio St.
Boston College at Nebraska

Thursday
Notre Dame at Michigan St.

Some pretty good matchups across the board. On paper, the Miami-Minnesota and ND-MSU look most appealing to me (besides our game, obviously). Notre Dame's lack of interior size gives MSU the edge, IMO. But we've seen ND overcome that before. If Minnesota can keep their big man Lynch out of foul trouble then I think the Gophers beat the 'Canes. Williams Arena is a tough place to win when the Gophers aren't good, let alone if they're a top 15 kind of team.

My picks are italicized....I have the ACC winning 8-6 and back-to-back for the first time since 2007 and 2008. Can't believe it's been that long, especially considering we won the challenge the first 10 years.
 
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SwatX1

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I agree with all of your picks. You have it exactly the same as I do. The Maryland - Syracuse is the one I am least sure about.
 
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dukiejay

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DukefanKY said:
I agree with all of your picks. You have it exactly the same as I do. The Maryland - Syracuse is the one I am least sure about.
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I almost went Maryland there because of the uncertainly about whether Tyus Battle plays or not. If he plays, then I'm comfortable in picking Syracuse. If he doesn't play, then it's 50-50 for me and I just went with the home team.
 
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PixelDevil

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So you mean we haven't won with the score 8-6 since 2008? Because we won last year.
 
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dukiejay

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PixelDevil said:
So you mean we haven't won with the score 8-6 since 2008? Because we won last year.
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Sorry....worded that wrong. I meant I couldn't believe that last season was the first time we had won since 2008. My bad....I'll make the change. This is what four hours of sleep, looking at spreadsheets and not enough coffee does to a guy. ;)
 
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PixelDevil

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dukiejay said:
Sorry....worded that wrong. I meant I couldn't believe that last season was the first time we had won since 2008. My bad....I'll make the change. This is what four hours of sleep, looking at spreadsheets and not enough coffee does to a guy. ;)
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All is forgiven, I think we all got only 4 hours of sleep last night
 
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Mac9192

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There's only a few of the games I care about and one is for a big Duke win and the other involves me being a bandwagon Michigan fan.
The ND-MSU game should be a good one.
 
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hart2chesson

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dukiejay said:
Here are the games over the course of the next three days. Should be fun.

Monday
Wisconsin at Virginia
Maryland at Syracuse

Tuesday
Louisville at Purdue
Northwestern at Georgia Tech
Florida St. at Rutgers
Illinois at Wake Forest
Iowa at Virginia Tech

Wednesday
Miami at Minnesota
Duke at Indiana
Michigan at UNC
Penn St. at NC State
Clemson at Ohio St.
Boston College at Nebraska

Thursday
Notre Dame at Michigan St.
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My picks for tonite only:
UVA over Wisc
Md over Cuse

Coming off the strength of yesterdays's picks, Duke and Michigan St!

OFC
 
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dukiejay said:
Here are the games over the course of the next three days. Should be fun.

Monday
Wisconsin at Virginia
Maryland at Syracuse

Tuesday
Louisville at Purdue
Northwestern at Georgia Tech
Florida St. at Rutgers
Illinois at Wake Forest
Iowa at Virginia Tech

Wednesday
Miami at Minnesota
Duke at Indiana
Michigan at UNC
Penn St. at NC State
Clemson at Ohio St.
Boston College at Nebraska

Thursday
Notre Dame at Michigan St.

Some pretty good matchups across the board. On paper, the Miami-Minnesota and ND-MSU look most appealing to me (besides our game, obviously). Notre Dame's lack of interior size gives MSU the edge, IMO. But we've seen ND overcome that before. If Minnesota can keep their big man Lynch out of foul trouble then I think the Gophers beat the 'Canes. Williams Arena is a tough place to win when the Gophers aren't good, let alone if they're a top 15 kind of team.

My picks are italicized....I have the ACC winning 8-6 and back-to-back for the first time since 2007 and 2008. Can't believe it's been that long, especially considering we won the challenge the first 10 years.
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Your Syracuse pick depends if Battle is healthy.
 
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DiehardDukeFan4Life

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I know that it’s wishful thinking/hoping but I’d love to see the ACC go 13-1 in the ACC/Big 10 Challenge. Anyone care to guess who the one loss is that I hope to see? lol
 
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UVA
Maryland

Louisville gets a big win
Northwestern
FSU
Illinois.. wake can't beat a high school team
V Tech

Miami
DUKE
UNC
OSU
Nebraska

Notre dame with a big boy win


 
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denverexpat

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UVA / Wisc - 49-35...and that is NOT the half time score...its with 0.43 left in the game!
 
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SwatX1

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denverexpat said:
UVA / Wisc - 49-35...and that is NOT the half time score...its with 0.43 left in the game!
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49-37 final.....Man that had to be a boring game to watch.
a weird stat I noticed, Wisc only shot 7 free throws, and UVA shot 0....wow.
 
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hart2chesson

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dukiejay said:
Here are the games over the course of the next three days. Should be fun.

Monday
Wisconsin at Virginia
Maryland at Syracuse

Tuesday
Louisville at Purdue
Northwestern at Georgia Tech
Florida St. at Rutgers
Illinois at Wake Forest
Iowa at Virginia Tech

Wednesday
Miami at Minnesota
Duke at Indiana
Michigan at UNC
Penn St. at NC State
Clemson at Ohio St.
Boston College at Nebraska

Thursday
Notre Dame at Michigan St.

Some pretty good matchups across the board. On paper, the Miami-Minnesota and ND-MSU look most appealing to me (besides our game, obviously). Notre Dame's lack of interior size gives MSU the edge, IMO. But we've seen ND overcome that before. If Minnesota can keep their big man Lynch out of foul trouble then I think the Gophers beat the 'Canes. Williams Arena is a tough place to win when the Gophers aren't good, let alone if they're a top 15 kind of team.

My picks are italicized....I have the ACC winning 8-6 and back-to-back for the first time since 2007 and 2008. Can't believe it's been that long, especially considering we won the challenge the first 10 years.
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Good picks last nite. I went 1-1 as I went Maryland- it was a great game. Battle is a handful. This is fun. I am going to pick the games today later. Nice thread...OFC
 
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hart2chesson

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Louisville over Purdue
NW over Ga Tech
Rutgers over FSU
ILLINOIS OVER WAKE
VA TECH OVER IOWA

OFC
 
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dukiejay

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As a college basketball fan, tonight's lineup is a little 'blah' for me. The best game on paper would appear to be Louisville and Purdue, but it doesn't jump off the table, IMO. If I get the chance I'll watch Chris and Northwestern for sure, but it will be in-between helping the kids with homework and nightly chores at home.

Tomorrow, though, stands out much more to me personally. Obviously there's our game, which goes without saying, plus, I'm sure I'll casually watch the Heels and hope somehow Michigan can spring the upset. But I'm slightly interested in Miami-Minnesota, too. I was offered tickets to the game but turned them down, pretty much because we're playing. Also, two guys (they're brothers) I golf with just about every Tuesday night in league have a nephew who is a freshman this season at Boston College. They're both traveling to Lincoln tomorrow night for the game. His name is Steffon Mitchell. I watched him play a number of times in high school up here and he's their 6th man this season. Nice kid....so I'll keep my eye on that one, as well.
 
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Respect to Tony Bennett, I think he is a good coach and all, but I watched the second half of the game last night and for me, that basketball style is like watching paint dry. I can't imagine how a fan base can possibly get all charged up to watch that team play.

By no means am I saying they aren't going to win a lot of games this year, and they are NO easy out, but man, it's a yawnfest.

Alan
 
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hart2chesson

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dukiejay said:
As a college basketball fan, tonight's lineup is a little 'blah' for me. The best game on paper would appear to be Louisville and Purdue, but it doesn't jump off the table, IMO. If I get the chance I'll watch Chris and Northwestern for sure, but it will be in-between helping the kids with homework and nightly chores at home.

Tomorrow, though, stands out much more to me personally. Obviously there's our game, which goes without saying, plus, I'm sure I'll casually watch the Heels and hope somehow Michigan can spring the upset. But I'm slightly interested in Miami-Minnesota, too. I was offered tickets to the game but turned them down, pretty much because we're playing. Also, two guys (they're brothers) I golf with just about every Tuesday night in league have a nephew who is a freshman this season at Boston College. They're both traveling to Lincoln tomorrow night for the game. His name is Steffon Mitchell. I watched him play a number of times in high school up here and he's their 6th man this season. Nice kid....so I'll keep my eye on that one, as well.
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Its early, but Danny Manning could use a decent win. Wake's been awful, and know some frustrated Deacs fans in my area....OFC
 
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dukedevilz

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dukesince91 said:
Yeah and didn't he just receive a contract extension. That surprised the hell out of me.
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They look surprisingly bad so far this season. But I think Wake is giving Manning a little more time because of the 2018 recruiting class he's bringing in, coupled with the 2017 NCAA tournament appearance... They're going to struggle this year, but I think they should be in the running for an at-large bid in 2019.
 
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dukesince91

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dukedevilz said:
They look surprisingly bad so far this season. But I think Wake is giving Manning a little more time because of the 2018 recruiting class he's bringing in, coupled with the 2017 NCAA tournament appearance... They're going to struggle this year, but I think they should be in the running for an at-large bid in 2019.
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I hope he does well, Manning seems like a classy guy. I'm pulling for him, except when they play Duke.
 
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hart2chesson

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sheyduke said:
I like your picks hart.

I'll take FSU over Rutgers and Wake over Illinois just because Wake needs a win.
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Thanks Shey, you are very on point about Wake, and I wanted to take FSU just generally skeptical of 'Noles on road...You may hit both of those! OFC
 
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