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[QUOTE="CuseFaninVT, post: 2033863, member: 2002"]
[URL='http://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/117184/an-ode-to-the-2016-17-acc-college-basketballs-glorious-unpredictable-mess']An ode to the 2016-17 ACC -- college basketball's glorious, unpredictable mess[/URL]

Interesting stat about our offensive efficiency.  Who'da thunk it?

There's something even more beautiful about a 15-team league in which eight teams are in the top 30 of the [URL='http://kenpom.com/']KenPom.com adjusted efficiency rankings[/URL], in which just two -- less than 15 percent! -- fall outside the nation's top 64 in adjusted efficiency margin; in which [URL='http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rpi/_/groupId/2']11 of the 15 boast top-50-or-better RPI numbers[/URL]; in which no team is winless in league play; in which even the likes of Georgia Tech can beat North Carolina by 12 exactly three nights before losing by 53 points; in which the most efficient per-trip offense through five games belongs to the same team with a 33-point home loss to St. John's also on its CV (Syracuse, take a bow).

[B]The Wild Card, Part II[/B]

[URL='http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/183/syracuse-orange']Syracuse Orange[/URL]

Again: Syracuse is the most efficient offense in the ACC after five games. It also lost 93-60 -- 93-60! -- to St. John's. At the Carrier Dome. In a game of basketball. Eleven days before giving up 96 points in 73 possessions to Boston College. It's not hard to imagine Jim Boeheim shoring things up and turning this around, but on the other hand ... 93-60 to St. John's at home.
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