With no football this weekend, not much going on in the sports world except for college basketball. This is one of the more boring years of college basketball I can remember. NBA is worthless watching until the playoffs. Can we go ahead and have a Pistons/Celtics and Suns/Spurs conference finals? Hockey has been dead for years. Living in the south my whole life, I never watched it or grew to watch. The sport didn't invest in its community and the younger generation is moving on to other things.
Random Thoughts for the week:
Is this Brady walking boot thing a smoke screen? I watched all of the Chargers-Patriots game and didn't remember seeing an injury. Looks like Vegas isn't buying it b/c the Super Bowl line has not moved much.
I think the 12 point line is too big for the Super Bowl.
Who cares about this Tiger Woods, noose, comments BS. No one cares about golf. Golf is one of those sports people get more enthused as a participant than watching it.
After picking UNC to finish #1 in the ACC and GT to finish last, UNC loses at home and GT reels off 2 in a row. It's still early in the season.
Just got DVR last week and watched more TV this week than I have in a while. Thought the new show 'Moment of Truth', was over-hyped. 'Deal or No Deal' is still fun to watch. 'American Idol' has lost its luster. 'American Gladiators' and 'Celebrity Apprentice' have been surprisingly good. Starting to become addicticted to watching 'Las Vegas'.
Going to the movies on Saturday. Can't decide on 'Bucket List', 'Cloverfield', or 'Rambo'. Have a gut feeling Rambo will be a bomb. Wife wants to see 'Bucket List', but 'Cloverfield' has gotten really good reviews and did well at the box office last week.
Showing posts with label ACC Basketball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ACC Basketball. Show all posts
Friday, January 25, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
2008 ACC Basketball Predictions
As a Georgia Tech grad and living in North Carolina, you can definitely say I'm in ACC Country. I have always followed ACC basketball, even in my youth in Georgia. I think the ACC will be uneventful this year. There's the North Carolina Tar Heels and Duke Blue Devils, then everyone else. There are a lot of bad teams in the ACC this year, including my GT Yellow Jackets. The ACC is not the dominant conference this year. I don't think there is a dominant conference this year. Right now, it looks as if the Pac-10 is the best conference this year top to bottom, but they aren't dominant either. A lot of major conferences are top heavy like the ACC. This could be a year where we see a lot of mid-majors rise during the NCAA tourney.
Now for my ACC Predictions, yes, I know, we are a game or two into conference play, but pre-season predictions are useless in college basketball with teams relying so much on freshman nowadays. Right now, we have a gauge of some of the teams.
1. North Carolina
2. Duke
3. Clemson
4. Boston College
5. Maryland
6. Virginia
7. Miami
8. Wake Forest
9. Florida State
10. NC State
11. Virginia Tech
12. Georgia Tech
I break the ACC into 4 tiers. UNC is Tier 1. Duke is tier 2. 3 thru 8 is Tier 3. 9 thru 12 is Tier 4. By tiers, I mean each team is ranked in their Tier and I expect them to remain and will not move up or down a tier. Teams 3 thru 8 are the toughest to predict. I'm confident in the tier, but the order was tough to predict. I'm not sure if I can trust Clemson basketball. I think Wake Forest is the wild card of the bunch. They can potentially rise to 3 by the end of the season. They have the right tools. Miami is off to a great start, however, like Clemson, it's hard to trust Miami basketball. Virginia made a good run the second half of the season last year and their best player, Sean Singletary, is back. Could see the same this year. I may have BC up a little high. I've seen them play a couple of times and am not impressed. I would not be surprise if they falter the 2nd half of the season. Maryland is an anomaly. You just don't know which Maryland team shows up each night. Yes, I'm putting my boys (GT) last. I think this is a very bad, undisciplined team. I'm not going into detail right now. That's for another blog.
PICKS FOR TONIGHT (1/16):
Virginia Tech +5.5
Georgia Tech +11
Orlando Magic -1
Now for my ACC Predictions, yes, I know, we are a game or two into conference play, but pre-season predictions are useless in college basketball with teams relying so much on freshman nowadays. Right now, we have a gauge of some of the teams.
1. North Carolina
2. Duke
3. Clemson
4. Boston College
5. Maryland
6. Virginia
7. Miami
8. Wake Forest
9. Florida State
10. NC State
11. Virginia Tech
12. Georgia Tech
I break the ACC into 4 tiers. UNC is Tier 1. Duke is tier 2. 3 thru 8 is Tier 3. 9 thru 12 is Tier 4. By tiers, I mean each team is ranked in their Tier and I expect them to remain and will not move up or down a tier. Teams 3 thru 8 are the toughest to predict. I'm confident in the tier, but the order was tough to predict. I'm not sure if I can trust Clemson basketball. I think Wake Forest is the wild card of the bunch. They can potentially rise to 3 by the end of the season. They have the right tools. Miami is off to a great start, however, like Clemson, it's hard to trust Miami basketball. Virginia made a good run the second half of the season last year and their best player, Sean Singletary, is back. Could see the same this year. I may have BC up a little high. I've seen them play a couple of times and am not impressed. I would not be surprise if they falter the 2nd half of the season. Maryland is an anomaly. You just don't know which Maryland team shows up each night. Yes, I'm putting my boys (GT) last. I think this is a very bad, undisciplined team. I'm not going into detail right now. That's for another blog.
PICKS FOR TONIGHT (1/16):
Virginia Tech +5.5
Georgia Tech +11
Orlando Magic -1
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