Quint's Top 20: Championship Week — Every Game Matters (IL)

[OrangeXtreme]

1. Syracuse — The Orange won a pair of one-goal games over North Carolina and Duke and earned the ACC AQ. Kevin Rice and Nicky Galasso were outstanding at PPL Park. Cleaning up face-off wing play, sloppy offensive turnovers and off-ball defense will be critical this week. The ball-watching and half-way slides to nowhere are concerning. Syracuse fell behind 5-1 before waking up in the second quarter. Six early turnovers on simple exchanges were eye-opening; the Orange EMO went 3 of 4 and makes you pay.

The ACC is 40-3 against out-of-league foes. Expect all five schools to host first-round games. SU travels to Colgate on Saturday to wrap up its regular season.

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[Whitey23]

The ACC is 40-3 against out-of-league foes. Expect all five schools to host first-round games.

Wow

 

[Alsacs]

Maryland beat UNC
Denver beat Duke and Notre Dame

The ACC won every other non-intra ACC game they played.

I think we are going to see 1. Syracuse 2. Notre Dame 3. North Carolina 4. Denver 5. Duke/Maryland 6. Duke/Maryland 7. Virginia 8. Cornell/Albany

First round
1. SU vs. play-in
2. ND vs. play-in
3. North Carolina-Georgetown
4. Denver vs. Brown or Yale
5. Duke vs. Hopkins or Ohio State
6. Maryland vs. Colgate
7. Virginia vs. Brown or Yale
8. Cornell vs. Albany