Opening Round Recap
#12 NC State 75, #13 Wake Forest 72
The Wake Forest-NC State tournament opener was an entertaining, back-and-forth game, and came down to the closing seconds with NC State winning 75-72, led by freshman Maverick Rowan with 24 points, and first team All-ACC guard Cat Barber with 22. For Wake Forest, Devin Thomas had a double-double of 12 points and 13 rebounds, and Codi Miller-McIntyre scored 14 points while dishing five assists; the loss marks the final collegiate game for both seniors.
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Entertaining game, but Wolfpack are better.#WAKEvsNCSU— Chris Stiles (@cstiles24) March 8, 2016
#11 Florida State 88, #14 Boston College 66
Boston College finished off a historically bad year for their revenue sports, completing a winless stretch in ACC conference play (0-19 including the ACC Tournament) following their 0-8 record in the ACC in football. Florida State dominated the Eagles, despite 21 points from Boston College senior Eli Carter, with Devon Bookert leading the Seminoles off the bench with 15 points.
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Boston College is not good. Period.#FSUvsBC— Chris Stiles (@cstiles24) March 8, 2016
Second Round Preview
#8 Syracuse vs #9 Pittsburgh
12:00 pm ET, ESPN/ACC Network
Spread: Pittsburgh by 2.5
Stiles on Sports ACC Ranking: Syracuse- 10th, Pittsburgh- 12th
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Syracuse 70, Pitt 64
De facto NCAA play-in. Cuse is better IMO, but Pitt won first 2 meetings. Hard to beat a team 3 times— Chris Stiles (@cstiles24) March 9, 2016
#5 Duke vs #12 NC State
appr. 2:30 ET, ESPN/ACC Network
Spread: TBA
Stiles on Sports ACC Ranking: Duke- 5th, NC State- 13th
AP Poll: Duke- 19th
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Duke 89, NC State 82
Neither team has great depth ,one is rested, one isn’t. Barber keeps Pack in game, but Duke finishes.— Chris Stiles (@cstiles24) March 9, 2016
#7 Clemson vs #10 Georgia Tech
7:00 pm ET, ESPN2/ACC Network
Spread: Clemson by 1.5
Stiles on Sports ACC Ranking: Clemson- 11th, Georgia Tech- 8th
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GT 68, Clem 64
Jackets peaking at right time, Tigers peaked in Jan; Tigers need run to reach NCAA, but dont even reach qtrs— Chris Stiles (@cstiles24) March 9, 2016
#6 Virginia Tech vs #11 Florida State
appr. 9:30 pm ET, ESPN2/ACC Network
Spread: TBA
Stiles on Sports ACC Ranking: Virginia Tech- 7th, Florida State- 9th
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VT 84, FSU 76
Buzz, my pick for ACC COY, will have his players ready. Two young teams here, may meet next yr later in tourney— Chris Stiles (@cstiles24) March 9, 2016
For What It’s Worth…
Opening Round Record: 2-0
Tournament Total: 2-0
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