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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4496718, member: 1969"]
The ACC has basically played like they did last year OOC, and rank similarly to last year.   Like last year they are far back of the elite conferences ... except this year there are only 3 elites (B12, B10, SEC) and the Big East has fell out of the group.

105-50 OOC vs 106-53 OOC last year.   7th in Conference NET this year which is not good.

This will cause the same difficulty as last year for borderline tourney teams- will limit Q1 win opportunities within conference because of the multiplier effect.  BIG, SEC, and B12 will just boost each others NET's, making it easier to get quality wins in conference and also very hard to get a bad loss in conference.   Caused a problem for a 13-7 Wake team last year who didn't even have

The one difference this year is the ACC appears to be more top and bottom heavy then last year.    So there will be more opportunity for not just Q1 wins, but "elite" Q1 wins.   Syracuse will need some of those elite wins, because a good conference record will not be enough especially due to bad losses in OOC and no wins.
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