ACC Roundup – Virginia Sneaks Past Miami

In Saturday’s ACC Action, let’s separate the lame games from the good ones first.

Lame: Louisville 87, Georgia Tech 70, Pitt 73, Notre Dame 68, Virginia Tech 82, Wake Forest 63, SMU 94, Boston College 70.

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Good: UNC 77, Syracuse 64, Virginia 86, Miami 83, Florida State 70, Clemson 65, Cal 72, Stanford 66.

Let’s focus on the good games first, or at least interesting or relevant ones.

Syracuse hit just 3-17 on three-point attempts against UNC as Adrian Autry’s seat grew a little hotter. UNC wasn’t a whole lot better from deep, hitting 6-16, but the Heels got Henri Veesaar back and the big guy had 19 points on 9-13 from the floor.

UNC’s guards, who were atrocious against NC State, were a lot better here, with Seth Trimble, Derek Dixon and Luka Bogavac combining for 33 points.

The three point shooting was notable, but so was this: only one Syracuse starter (JJ Starling) hit double figures. Donnie Freeman only got eight shots off and had just 9 points.

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With the loss, Syracuse drops to 15-13 and as noted, pressure is building on Autry. However, Syracuse has other issues: Chancellor Kent Syverud is off to Michigan in June, AD John Wildhack is stepping down in July, so even if Wildhack fires Autry, who would hire the next guy? More to the point, who would take the job if he didn’t know who his boss would be? Syracuse is, as they say, between a rock and a hard place.

We should probably be talking more about Chance Mallory. The freshman point guard is only 5-9 and he’s not starting for Virginia, but that kid is a gamer. He was fouled on a three-point attempt with 3.6 to play and hit all three to give the Cavaliers an 86-83 victory. He’s been great all year and an underrated factor for the Wahoos.

It’s too bad because Miami outplayed Virginia in many ways. The Canes won the boards and got 18 second-chance points to Virginia’s 2. Miami had won four straight games prior to this and are showing great signs of stubbornness that may help them a lot…

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