2020-21 STANDINGS February 17, 2021 RESULTS/UPCOMING
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2020-21 STANDINGS February 17, 2021 Rank CONFERENCE OVERALL AP USA Team W L Pct. H R W L Pct. H R N Streak AROUND THE ACC 7 8 Virginia 11 2 .846 6-0 5-2 15 4 .789 9-0 5-2 1-2 L1 • BOSTON COLLEGE: Senior forward Steffon Mitchell 16 16 Florida State 8 2 .800 7-0 1-2 12 3 .800 11-1 1-2 0-0 W2 recorded his third double-double of the season Saturday 18 17 Virginia Tech 8 3 .727 5-0 3-3 14 4 .778 9-1 3-3 2-0 W1 with 12 points and 10 boards. It was the 17th double-dou- ble of his career, most of any active ACC player. Louisville 6 3 .667 3-1 3-2 11 4 .733 8-1 3-3 0-0 W1 Clemson 7 5 .583 6-1 1-4 13 5 .722 9-1 1-4 3-0 W3 • CLEMSON: Sophomore guard Nick Honor banked in the North Carolina 7 5 .583 4-0 3-5 12 7 .632 6-0 3-6 3-1 L1 go-ahead 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds left Friday as the Tigers scored the game's final five points in the last 11 seconds to Syracuse 6 5 .545 4-1 2-4 12 6 .667 10-1 2-5 0-0 W2 rally for the win. Honor scored 12 points in the victory. Georgia Tech 6 6 .500 6-1 0-5 10 8 .556 8-3 1-5 1-0 W1 Duke 6 6 .500 4-2 2-4 8 8 .500 6-4 2-4 0-0 W1 • DUKE: Sophomore Matthew Hurt scored 24 points Sat- urday on 8-of-10 shooting, including 6-of-7 from 3-point Notre Dame 6 7 .462 3-3 3-4 9 10 .474 5-4 4-5 0-1 W2 range. He was two points shy of his career-high 26 points Pitt 5 6 .455 3-3 2-3 9 7 .563 6-4 3-3 0-0 L2 scored earlier this season vs. Wake Forest. It marked his NC State 4 8 .333 3-4 1-4 8 9 .471 6-4 1-5 1-0 L2 11th career 20-point game – seventh this season. Wake Forest 3 9 .250 2-2 1-7 6 9 .400 5-2 1-7 0-0 L1 • FLORIDA STATE: Senior guard M.J. Walker is averaging Miami 3 11 .214 2-5 1-6 7 12 .368 6-6 1-6 0-0 L2 a career-high 13.9 ppg this season. He has scored 993 Boston College 1 9 .100 1-5 0-4 3 13 .188 2-5 0-5 1-3 L4 career points and needs seven points to become the 47th member of the Seminoles’ 1,000 career point club. RESULTS/UPCOMING SCHEDULE ACC QUICK HITS • GEORGIA TECH: After Michael Devoe passed the 1,000 ca- reer point plateau Sunday, Tech now has three 1,000-point Monday, February 15 • Three ACC teams are ranked nationally in the latest scorers in its starting lineup – Bubba Parham (1,421, not all Associated Press Top 25 poll: Virginia (7), Florida at GT), Jose Alvarado (1,336) and Devoe (1,008). With 991 #16 Florida State 81, #7/8 Virginia 60 State (16) and Virginia Tech (18). Louisville, Clemson career points, Moses Wright is next in line. and North Carolina are receiving votes. Tuesday, February 16 • LOUISVILLE: David Johnson (24 pts, 10 rebs) and #18/17 Virginia Tech at North Carolina, Postponed • ACC home teams are 59-28 (67.8%) in conference Samuell Williamson (20 pts, 18 rebs) on Feb. 1 became play. the first pair of Louisville teammates with 20 points and 10 rebounds in the same game since Montrezl Harrell and Wednesday, February 17 • The ACC has played 171 of 211 scheduled men’s Terry Rozier did it on Feb. 11, 2015, against Pitt. NC State at Pitt ................................... ACCN...4:30 PM basketball games (81.0%). Northeastern at North Carolina ........ ACCNX........7 PM • MIAMI: After averaging 7.7 ppg as a freshman, sopho- Duke at Wake Forest .......................... ACCN...8:30 PM • The ACC announced several upcoming schedule more guard Isaiah Wong is posting 17.4 ppg this year, a 9.7-point increase – tops among all ACC players. Clemson at Notre Dame ............................... Postponed changes: Boston College at Georgia Tech ................... Postponed • Wednesday: Syracuse at Louisville, postponed • NORTH CAROLINA: Freshman center Walker Kessler led • Wednesday: Boston College at Georgia Tech, ppd. Syracuse at Louisville .................................. Postponed UNC in scoring with a season-high nine points Saturday. • Wednesday: Clemson at Notre Dame, postponed It was the first time no Tar Heel scored in double figures • Saturday: Virginia Tech at Florida State, postponed Saturday, February 20 since March 4, 1966, a 21-20 loss to Duke in the ACC • Saturday: Florida State at Pitt, 4 p.m. (rescheduled Tournament in Raleigh. Georgia Tech at Miami ......................... RSN........Noon from Jan. 9 and Feb. 6) NC State at Wake Forest ....................... RSN........2 PM • Sunday: Clemson at Pitt, postponed • NC STATE: Freshman guard Shakeel Moore led the #16 Florida State at Pitt ........................ RSN........4 PM • Tuesday: UNC at Boston College, postponed Wolfpack Saturday with 13 points and three steals. He Notre Dame at Syracuse .................... ACCN........2 PM scored all 13 of his points in the second half and finished the game shooting 5-of-8 from the field. Louisville at North Carolina .................ESPN........6 PM • Florida State owns a 24-game ACC home win streak, tied for second longest in league history. The stretch #7/8 Virginia at Duke ...........................ESPN........8 PM • NOTRE DAME: Graduate guard Nikola Djogo led the team dates to a Jan. 22, 2019 win over Clemson. #18/17 Virginia Tech at #16 Florida State .... Postponed with a season-high 18 points off the bench Sunday. He Longest Home Win Streaks in ACC Play was 7-of-10 from the field, including 2-of-3 from 3-point range, and pulled down seven boards. Sunday, February 21 26 Duke 1/18/1997-2/5/2000 Clemson at Pitt ............................................. Postponed 24 Florida State 1/22/2019-present • PITT: Sophomore guard Ithiel Horton finished with 18 22 Duke 2/22/2001-2/22/2004 points Sunday, his eighth double-figure scoring game of All times Eastern; schedule as of Feb. 17, 4 p.m. the season. He has scored 10 or more points in four of the • UNC leads the nation in rebound margin (+10.8/game) past five games (13.8 ppg in that stretch). Rankings are AP/USA Today Coaches and ranks second nationally in offensive rebounding (15.0) and fourth in total rebounding (42.5/game). • SYRACUSE: In a balanced scoring effort in the Saturday victory over BC, the Orange had five players in double • Florida State (39.82%) and Virginia (39.81%) rank figures in scoring, led by Joseph Girard III with 16, all in fifth and sixth nationally, respectively in 3-point field the first half. goal percentage. • VIRGINIA: With the Saturday win over UNC, Tony Ben- • Virginia ranks sixth nationally in scoring defense at nett became just the third coach in ACC men's basketball 59.9 ppg. UVa also ranks in the top 10 nationally in history to lead his program to 10-straight winning confer- fewest turnovers (4th, 9.5), 3-point percentage (5th, ence seasons, joining Dean Smith and Mike Krzyzewski. 39.9%), assist/turnover ratio (10th, 1.51) and free- • VIRGINIA TECH: Junior forward Justyn Mutts had a throw percentage (10th, 78.8%). strong all-around performance last Saturday in the over- • Syracuse is ninth nationally in steals per game (9.2), time win at Miami with a season-high 22 points along with while Georgia Tech and NC State are tied for 14th (8.94). seven assists and nine rebounds. • Pitt's Justin Champagnie stands fifth in the nation in • WAKE FOREST: Graduate forward Jonah Antonio had rebounding (11.6/game) and 14th in double-doubles a big day Saturday with career highs in points (23) and (9). NC State's Manny Bates ranks sixth nationally in 3-pointers (7). He was 7-of-8 from 3-point range and is the 12th player in program history to hit seven triples in a game. blocks (3.0/game). 2020-21 Men's Basketball • 1 • Georgia Tech's Jose Alvarado is fourth nationally CONFERENCE CONTACTS in steals per game (2.8/game), while Duke's Jordan FUTURE ACC TOURNAMENT SITES Goldwire is eighth (2.5). ACC .................................. Andy Fledderjohann 2021 Greensboro (Greensboro Coliseum) • Notre Dame's Nate Lazewski is eighth nationally in 336-369-1002 [email protected] 2022 Brooklyn (Barclays Center) Twitter: @ACCMBB | #ACCMBB field-goal percentage (65.2%), while UVA's Jay Huff is slightly behind in 12th at 61.4%. 2023 Greensboro (Greensboro Coliseum) 2024 Washington, D.C. (Capital One Arena) BOSTON COLLEGE ...................... Mike Laprey • Florida State swept the ACC men’s basketball weekly 617-552-2193 [email protected] awards this week, as junior forward RaiQuan Gray was named the ACC Player of the Week, while guard Scottie Twitter: @BCMBB Barnes picked up ACC Freshman of the Week honors. NOTING ACC MEN'S BASKETBALL All-Time Success CLEMSON ..............................Ben Winterrowd • Gray scored 24 points and pulled down 12 rebounds – both career highs – in FSU’s 92-85 OT victory over • Entering the regular season, current league members 864-656-1985 [email protected] Wake Forest on Saturday. He was 7-of-10 from the field had won 24,600 games and have had 796 NBA Draft Twitter: @ClemsonMBB and 10-of-10 from the free throw line.