2019-20 FINAL STANDINGS Week One - Nov. 24, 2020 Conference Overall NATIONAL RANKINGS (PRESEASON) Team W L Pct Hm Rd W L Pct Hm Rd Neu Strk ASSOCIATED PRESS USA TODAY/COACHES 1. South Carolina (29) 1. South Carolina (31) Louisville 16 2 .889 8-1 8-1 28 4 .875 13-1 11-2 4-1 L1 2. Stanford (1) 2. Stanford (1) NC State 14 4 .778 6-3 8-1 28 4 .875 13-3 10-1 5-0 W5 3. UConn 3. UConn 4. Baylor 4. Baylor Duke 12 6 .667 7-2 5-4 18 12 .600 12-3 6-8 0-1 L1 5. Louisville 5. Louisville 6. Mississippi State 6. NC State Florida State 11 7 .611 6-3 5-4 24 8 .750 12-3 8-4 4-1 L1 7. Arizona 7. Mississippi State Virginia Tech 11 7 .611 7-2 4-5 21 9 .700 13-2 5-5 3-2 L2 8. NC State 8. Arizona 9. UCLA 9. Oregon Boston College 11 7 .611 5-4 6-3 20 12 .625 10-4 7-6 3-2 L1 10. Oregon 10. UCLA Georgia Tech 10 8 .556 5-4 5-4 20 11 .645 10-4 7-4 3-3 L1 11. Kentucky 11. Maryland 12. Maryland 12. Kentucky Syracuse 9 9 .500 6-3 3-6 16 15 .516 10-4 3-7 3-4 L1 13. Texas A&M 13. Texas A&M 14. Arkansas 14. Arkansas Virginia 8 10 .444 6-3 2-7 13 17 .433 9-5 4-10 0-2 L2 15. Iowa State 15. Indiana Notre Dame 8 10 .444 4-5 4-5 13 18 .419 6-9 6-6 1-3 L1 16. Indiana 16. Northwestern 17. Northwestern 17. Oregon State North Carolina 7 11 .389 6-3 1-8 16 14 .533 11-5 2-8 3-1 L8 18. Oregon State 18. Iowa State 19. DePaul 19. DePaul Miami 7 11 .389 5-4 2-7 15 15 .500 12-6 2-8 1-1 L1 20. Ohio State 20. Gonzaga Wake Forest 7 11 .389 5-4 2-7 16 16 .500 9-6 3-9 4-1 L1 21. Gonzaga 21. Syracuse 22. Notre Dame 22. Ohio State Clemson 3 15 .167 2-7 1-8 8 23 .258 4-11 2-10 2-2 L1 23. Syracuse 23. Notre Dame Pitt 1 17 .056 1-8 0-9 5 26 .161 3-12 0-12 2-2 L1 24. Missouri State 24. Michigan 25. Michigan 25. Missouri State *Standings do not reflect seeding tiebreakers, sorted based on conference and overall winning percentage UPCOMING SCHEDULE / RESULTS NOTING ACC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Wednesday, November 25 FOUR ACC TEAMS RANKED IN ASSOCIATED LOUISVILLE SELECTED AS THE PRESEASON Longwood at Duke ......................................... Noon | ACCN Georgia State at Georgia Tech .......................Noon | ACCNX PRESS & USA TODAY COACHES PRESEASON POLL FAVORITE FOR 2020-21 New Hampshire at Boston College .................Noon |ACCNX • Four ACC teams are listed among the Associated Press • Louisville is the 2020-21 Atlantic Coast Conference George Mason at Pitt ....................................Noon | ACCNX Preseason Top 25 Poll, headlined by ACC preseason Women’s Basketball preseason favorite, according to Jacksonville at Miami ..................................1 p.m. | ACCNX favorite Louisville at No. 5, No. 8 NC State, No. 22 Notre separate polls of the league’s 15 head coaches and the Radford at North Carolina ...........................1 p.m. | ACCNX Dame and No. 23 Syracuse. Blue Ribbon Panel. North Florida at NC State .............................. 2 p.m. | ACCN • Additionally, Florida State, North Carolina, Boston • The Cardinals received 45 of 57 first-place votes from Furman at Clemson .....................................2 p.m. | ACCNX College and Duke are receiving votes. the Blue Ribbon Panel for a total of 840 points and 13 Louisville at Southeast Missouri State ...................... 3 p.m. • In the USA Today Poll, four ACC teams are also of 15 first-place votes from the head coaches to finish Richmond at Virginia Tech ..........................4 p.m. | ACCNX ranked, highlighted by Louisville at No. 5, No. 6 NC with 223 points to lead the voting. Louisville was chosen Virginia at UCF .......................................................... 6 p.m. State, No. 21 Syracuse and No. 23 Notre Dame. as the preseason favorite for the second consecutive season, after winning the regular-season title in 2019-20 to earn the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament. Friday, November 27 THREE NEW HEAD COACHES Wake Forest vs. Arkansas .................................. 11:30 a.m. • The ACC welcomes three new head coaches to the • NC State, the 2020 ACC Tournament Champion, Notre Dame at Ohio .....................................................Noon league in 2020-21 – Duke’s Kara Lawson, Florida State’s received the remaining two first-place votes in the head Presbyterian at Clemson ............................... 5 p.m. | ACCN Brooke Wyckoff (Interim) and Notre Dame’s Niele Ivey. coaches’ poll and 10 from the Blue Ribbon Panel to • Lawson and Ivey join the conference following coach- finish second in both with 210 and 797 points, respec- tively. Syracuse was third in both polls, collecting two Saturday, November 28 ing stints in the NBA, as the ACC is the only conference Wake Forest vs. Davidson .................................. 11:30 a.m. with a pair of female head coaches that have been first-place votes from the Blue Ribbon Panel. UNCG at North Carolina ..............................1 p.m. | ACCNX assistant coaches in the NBA. Liberty at Virginia Tech ...............................2 p.m. | ACCNX • Wyckoff takes over as the interim head coach for the LOUISVILLE'S EVANS TABBED AP PRESEASON Louisville at Cincinnati .............................................. 2 p.m. Seminoles this season, while Sue Semrau takes a leave North Florida at Miami ................................3 p.m. | ACCNX of absence to tend to a family matter. ALL-AMERICAN • Louisville senior guard Dana Evans was one of just five players nationally to be selected to the Associated Press Sunday, November 29 STRONG RETURNERS Preseason All-America Team. Western Carolina at Duke ................................Noon | ACCN • Seven All-ACC performers return from a season ago, • After earning the league’s Sixth Player of the Year ECU at Virginia ............................................1 p.m. | ACCNX including five first team selections. honor two seasons ago, Evans increased her scoring High Point at North Carolina .......................1 p.m. | ACCNX • 2019-20 ACC Player of the Year and Preseason Player average from 10.4 points per game as a sophomore Eastern Kentucky at Louisville .....................1 p.m. | ACCNX of the Year Dana Evans of Louisville headlines the to 18.0 ppg last season. She became the first player in Georgia at Georgia Tech ................................ 2 p.m. | ACCN group and is joined by North Carolina’s Janelle Bailey, ACC basketball history (men or women) to receive the NC Central at NC State ................................2 p.m. | ACCNX NC State’s Elissa Cunane, Syracuse’s Kiara Lewis and conference’s Sixth Player of the Year honor and later Hofstra at Pitt ..............................................2 p.m. | ACCNX Virginia Tech’s Aisha Sheppard as first team selections earn Player of the Year. UMass at Boston College ............................2 p.m. | ACCNX returning for this season. • NC State's Elissa Cunane and Syracuse's Tiana Man- Syracuse at Stony Brook ............................. 2 p.m. | ESPN+ • Boston College’s Taylor Soule and Wake Forest’s Ivana gakahia also received consideration for the preseason Wake Forest vs. Missouri State .......... 2:30 p.m. | FloHoops Raca also return following second team All-ACC selec- honor. Miami (OH) at Notre Dame ............................ 4 p.m. | ACCN tions last year. Soule was the league's Most Improved Player. Week One | 2020-21 Women's Basketball • 1 ACCACC BASKETBALLBASKETBALL SIDSSIDS NOTING ACC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (CONT.) ACC (@ACCWBB) Justin Wilson ACC ON PRESEASON WATCH LISTS Cheryl Miller Award (Nation's Top Small Forward) Office: (336) 369-3713 Fax: (336) 854-8797 • Several ACC student-athletes have recently been named Taylor Soule, Jr., Boston College Cell: (336) 660-8584 [email protected] to preseason award watch lists. Below is a comprehen- Elizabeth Balogun, Jr., Louisville sive list: Ivana Raca, Sr., Wake Forest Boston College Jason Baum / Brent Greenberg Wade Trophy Watch List Katrina McClain Award (Nation's Top Power Forward) Office: (617) 552-0504 Twitter: @bc_wbb Sam Brunelle, So., Notre Dame Cell: (201) 966-6338 Press Row: (617) 552-8989 Janelle Bailey, Sr., C, North Carolina Elissa Cunane, Jr., C, NC State Email: [email protected], [email protected] Dana Evans, Sr., G, Louisville Lisa Leslie Award (Nation's Top Center) Clemson Chandler Simpson Tiana Mangakahia, Sr., G, Syracuse Jade Williams, Sr., Duke Office: (864) 656-1924 Twitter: @ClemsonWBB Janelle Bailey, Sr., North Carolina Cell: (864) 918-9843 Citizen Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List Elissa Cunane, Jr., NC State Email: [email protected] Taylor Soule, Jr., F, Boston College Kamilla Cardoso, Fr., Syracuse Duke Lindy Brown Elissa Cunane, Jr., C, NC State Elizabeth Kitley, So., Virginia Tech Office: (919) 684-2664 Twitter: @DukeWBB Dana Evans, Sr., G, Louisville Cell: (919) 599-9821 Press Row: (864) 684-6186 Hailey Van Lith, Fr., G, Louisville NC STATE WINS 2020 ACC TOURNAMENT TITLE Email: [email protected] Sam Brunelle, So., F, Notre Dame • Aislinn Konig and Elissa Cunane each scored 18 points Kiara Lewis, Sr., G, Syracuse and second-seeded NC State won its first ACC Tourna- Florida State Steve Stone Tiana Mangakahia, Sr., G, Syracuse Office: (850) 644-4836 Twitter: @fsuwbb ment championship in 29 years, beating fourth-seeded Cell: (850) 363-0990 Press Row: (850) 224-8790 Florida State, 71-66. Nancy Lieberman Award (Nation's Top Point Guard) • The Seminoles led 63-58 with 3:45 remaining in the Email: [email protected] Tiana England, Gr., Florida State fourth quarter to cap a 10-0 run, before the Wolfpack Georgia Tech Liz Ryan Hailey Van Lith, Fr., Louisville responded by outscoring FSU 13-3 the remainder of the Office: (404) 894-9737 Twitter: @GTWBB Raina Perez, Gr., NC State contest.