CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For the second time in as many years, the second-seeded Virginia men’s basketball team exited the NCAA Tournament at the hands of Michigan State.
It’s been a wild couple of weeks in college basketball to kick off the New Year. Even those Virginia fans that began the season without gray hairs may start examining their manes more closely following a few early ACC games that I think many would agree were too close for comfort.
A definitive ranking of ACC teams nine weeks into the season.
In its final event of the fall season, the No. 20 Virginia men’s golf team placed second at the U.S. Collegiate Championship in Alpharetta, Georgia. Sophomore Derek Bard and senior Denny McCarthy finished first and second, respectively, at the event.
In a move that should have come awhile ago, Florida State was demoted from No. 1 to No. 2 in both the media and coaches polls — because no #GoACC team we’ve seen this year should ever be ranked No. 1 overall, at least on the basis of football performance.
The No. 28 Virginia men’s golf team finished sixth at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate, during a weekend where rain in Johnson City, Tennessee created unplayable course conditions and forced the cancellation of Sunday’s final round.
I’d like to start this week by apologizing for a dearth of #GoACC coverage last week, I had a few prior commitments and I hope nobody’s week was not too negatively affected.
Another #GoACC week is in the books, and it’s great to see Clemson returning to top form by blowing a potential upset against Florida State in true Clemson fashion.
After finishing third in the stroke play portion of the DICK’S Sporting Goods Challenge Cup in Nashville, Tennessee, the Virginia men’s golf team fell to South Carolina, 3-2, Sunday in the match-play portion of the tournament.
It’s hard to imagine a more #GoACC week than the one which just passed: the two top teams didn’t play, two of the other top teams lost to supposedly inferior opponents and multiple quarterbacks faced discipline for a creative range of offenses, from shouting obscenities to driving under the influence.
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