2020-21 STANDINGS February 1, 2021 RESULTS/UPCOMING SCHEDULE AROUND the ACC ACC QUICK HITS
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2020-21 STANDINGS February 1, 2021 Rank CONFERENCE OVERALL AP USA Team W L Pct. H R W L Pct. H R N Streak AROUND THE ACC 14 15 Virginia 7 1 .875 4-0 3-1 11 3 .786 7-0 3-1 1-2 L1 • BOSTON COLLEGE: Senior forward Steffon Mitchell re- 16 16 Virginia Tech 7 2 .778 5-0 2-2 13 3 .813 9-1 2-2 2-0 W2 corded 16 points and 13 rebounds against Notre Dame. It 20 19 Florida State 6 2 .750 5-0 1-2 10 3 .769 9-1 1-2 0-0 L1 was his second double-double of the season and the 16th of his career (most among active ACC players). Louisville 6 3 .667 3-1 3-2 11 4 .733 8-1 3-3 0-0 W1 North Carolina 6 3 .667 4-0 2-3 11 5 .689 6-0 2-4 3-1 W3 • CLEMSON: After scoring 19 points Saturday, senior Aamir Duke 5 3 .625 4-0 1-3 7 5 .583 6-2 1-3 0-0 W2 Simms is 13 shy of 1,000 for his career and on pace to become the fourth player in school history to amass 1,000 Syracuse 4 4 .500 3-1 1-3 10 5 .667 9-1 1-4 0-0 W1 points, 550 rebounds, 75 steals and 75 blocks (Trevor Book- Pitt 4 4 .500 2-3 2-1 8 5 .615 5-4 3-1 0-0 L3 er, 2006-10; Horace Grant, 1983-87; Larry Nance, 1977-81). Georgia Tech 4 4 .500 4-0 0-4 8 6 .571 7-2 1-4 1-0 L1 • DUKE: Senior guard Jordan Goldwire, who leads the ACC Clemson 4 5 .444 3-1 1-4 10 5 .667 6-1 1-4 3-0 L1 in assist/turnover ratio this season (+3.13), has posted NC State 3 5 .375 3-1 0-4 7 6 .538 6-1 0-5 1-0 L1 a +6.0 ratio over the last seven games with 30 assists Notre Dame 3 6 .333 1-3 2-3 6 9 .400 3-4 3-4 0-1 W1 against just five turnovers. Wake Forest 2 7 .222 2-2 0-5 5 7 .417 5-2 0-5 0-0 W1 • FLORIDA STATE: Junior guard RaiQuan Gray matched Miami 2 9 .182 1-4 1-5 6 10 .375 5-5 1-5 0-0 L4 a career high with 19 points Saturday. It marked his fifth Boston College 1 6 .143 1-3 0-3 3 10 .231 2-3 0-4 1-3 L1 straight game in double figures (15.2 ppg in that stretch). He scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half. RESULTS/UPCOMING SCHEDULE ACC QUICK HITS • GEORGIA TECH: Senior forward Moses Wright put up a monster game Monday at Louisville with 15 points, 16 Saturday, January 30 • Three ACC teams are ranked nationally in the latest rebounds and a career-high seven blocked shots. Associated Press Top 25 poll: Virginia (14), Virginia Duke 79, Clemson 53 • LOUISVILLE: David Johnson (24 pts, 10 rebs) and Tech (16) and Florida State (20). Louisville, North Wake Forest 66, Miami 54 Samuell Williamson (20 pts, 18 rebs) on Monday became Carolina and Georgia Tech are receiving votes. Georgia Tech 76, #16 Florida State 65 the first pair of Louisville teammates with 20 points and #20/19 Virginia Tech 65, #8 Virginia 51 • After Louisville's Monday afternoon home victory, 10 rebounds in the same game since Montrezl Harrell and Notre Dame 84, Pitt 56 ACC home teams are 45-19 (70.3%) in conference Terry Rozier did it on Feb. 11, 2015, against Pitt. play. That is on pace to be the highest win percentage • MIAMI: Sophomore guard Isaiah Wong is fifth in the Sunday, January 31 for ACC home teams in a season since 2003 (53-19, ACC in scoring (17.4), seventh in minutes (35.7), eighth Syracuse 76, NC State 73 73.6%) in free-throw percentage (77.0) and 12th in field-goal percentage (43.6). • The ACC has played 148 of 182 scheduled men’s Monday, February 1 basketball games (81.3%). • NORTH CAROLINA: UNC shot 52.5% from the floor on Louisville 74, Georgia Tech 58 Tuesday. It was the second time this season and second Duke at Miami .....................................ESPN........7 PM • The ACC announced that Florida State will play at Pitt time in as many games that UNC shot 50%. UNC is 216-9 on Saturday, Feb. 6 in a rescheduled game (from Jan. under Roy Williams when it shoots 50% from the floor. Tuesday, February 2 9). Tip time is 2 p.m. on RSN. • NC STATE: Sophomore center Manny Bates recorded his Wake Forest at Notre Dame ............... ACCN........5 PM • North Carolina leads the nation in rebounding (43.1/ second career double-double and first this season with North Carolina at Clemson ................. ACCN........7 PM game), rebound margin (+11.3/game) and offensive 17 points and a career-high 14 rebounds Sunday. He also swatted four shots and has an ACC-best 41 blocks this year. #20/19 Florida State at Boston College rebounding (15.7). ........................................................... ACCN........9 PM • NOTRE DAME: The Fighting Irish had one of its best • Virginia ranks eighth nationally in scoring defense shooting displays of the season Saturday, shooting 56.1% Wednesday, February 3 at 59.9 ppg. UVa also ranks in the top 10 nationally (32-of-57) from the field and a season-high 54.2% (13-of- Louisville at Syracuse ........................ ACCN........7 PM in fewest turnovers (2nd, 8.6), free-throw percentage 24) from 3-point range. (3rd, 80.4%) and assist/turnover ratio (6th, 1.7). #16 Virginia Tech at Pitt ....................... RSN........7 PM • PITT: Sophomore forward Justin Champagnie recorded #14/15 Virginia at NC State ................ ACCN........9 PM • Georgia Tech ranks eighth nationally in steals per his ACC-leading seventh double-double (19 pts, 11 rebs) game (9.5). NC State is 11th at 9.2. of the season Saturday. He is one of three players nation- All times Eastern; schedule as of Feb. 1, 4 p.m. ally averaging better than 20 points and 10 rebounds per Rankings are AP/USA Today Coaches • Virginia Tech junior forward Keve Aluma was named game and ranks fifth in the NCAA in rebounding (12.1 rpg). the ACC Player of the Week Monday, while Duke forward Jalen Johnson earned ACC Freshman of the • SYRACUSE: Sophomore forward Quincy Guerrier record- ed his seventh double-double of the season on Sunday to Week honors. match Champagnie for the conference lead. He scored 10 • Aluma averaged 21.5 ppg, 11.0 rpg, 2.0 apg and 2.0 points and racked up 10 rebounds. bpg in two Hokies' wins while recording back-to-back • VIRGINIA: The Cavaliers had their 15-game ACC win double-doubles. He shot 15-of-25 (60%) from the field streak snapped Saturday. The streak, which matched a and 11-of-12 (91.7%) from the free-throw line in those school record from the 2017-18 seasons, dated to an games. eight-game stretch to conclude the 2020 regular season. • Johnson averaged 13.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 3.5 apg and 2.5 • VIRGINIA TECH: Junior forward Keve Aluma scored a spg in home victories over Georgia Tech (75-68) and career-high 29 points and pulled down 10 rebounds Sat- Clemson (79-53). He shot 10-of-18 (.556) from the urday. It marked his second straight double-double, as he field and 7-of-10 (.700) at the free-throw line. had 14 points and 12 boards Wednesday at Notre Dame. • WAKE FOREST: Junior guard Davien Williamson record- ed a team-high 16 points Saturday as he continued his solid play in the ACC. He is averaging 17.3 ppg over the last seven ACC games. 2020-21 Men's Basketball • 1 • Florida State owns a 22-game ACC home win streak, CONFERENCE CONTACTS tied for second longest in league history. The stretch FUTURE ACC TOURNAMENT SITES dates to a Jan. 22, 2019 win over Clemson. ACC .................................. Andy Fledderjohann 2021 Greensboro (Greensboro Coliseum) 336-369-1002 [email protected] Longest ACC Home Win Streaks 2022 Brooklyn (Barclays Center) Twitter: @ACCMBB | #ACCMBB 26 Duke 1/18/1997-2/5/2000 22 Florida State 1/22/2019-present 2023 Greensboro (Greensboro Coliseum) 22 Duke 2/22/2001-2/22/2004 2024 Washington, D.C. (Capital One Arena) BOSTON COLLEGE ...................... Mike Laprey 21 Virginia 1/16, 2013-1/22/2015 617-552-2193 [email protected] Twitter: @BCMBB • Five ACC players were named to the Wooden Award NOTING ACC MEN'S BASKETBALL Midseason Top 25 Watch List: Scottie Barnes (FSU), Garrison Brooks (UNC), Sam Hauser (UVA), Matthew All-Time Success CLEMSON ..............................Ben Winterrowd Hurt (Duke) and Carlik Jones (UL). The ACC's total is • Entering the regular season, current league members 864-656-1985 [email protected] second only to the Big Ten (6). had won 24,600 games and have had 796 NBA Draft Twitter: @ClemsonMBB picks, including 282 first-round selections. • The ACC led all conferences with 84 alumni on opening • All 15 league members have 1,000 or more all-time day NBA rosters. Duke led ACC schools with 26 alums wins, including eight schools with 1,500 or more DUKE ...................................... Mike DeGeorge on opening day rosters, while UNC had 12. Florida State victories. 919-668-1712 [email protected] and Virginia each had eight.