Pieces Falling Into Place

Today, Maryland fell to North Carolina, a key win to help the Jackets, who are now only tied with VaTech for 4th place in the conference. Here are the new standings:

UNC.....12-2
WF......11-3
Duke....10-4
GaTech..7-7
VaTech..7-7
MD......7-8
Miami...7-8
NCST....6-8
UVA.....4-10
Clemson.4-10
FSU.....3-11

Now here is the problem. There are still too many teams bunched up in the middle, so while 8-8 might get us in the dance, there is still a chance for a 5-way tie at 8-8.


Critical upcoming match-ups include:

Tuesday March 1,
VaTech at Clemson (go Tigers)


Wednesday March 2,
NCST at Virginia (time for the annual "save Gillen's job" run)


Thursday March 3,
Miami at Duke (root for the Devils for once).


Saturday March 5,
Maryland at VaTech


Sunday March 6,
Wake Forest at NCST


Now in looking at this I see a problem. It appears that either Maryland or VaTech will end up 8-8 in conference - the math cannot prevent it since they play each other as the last ACC game. Since we do not own the tiebreaker with either of these clubs, in order to finish 4th in the conference we actually have to win out at 9-7. At least that's the way it looks to me.