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Miami leading Maryland by 12 in the first round of the ACC tourney. Up 11 with 13 minutes to go.

Still plenty of time for Maryland to come back, but I definitely didn't see this coming.

That is a shocker. Maryland was as hot as anyone down the stretch.

The lead is down to 4 with 6 and a half to go. There's still plenty of time for Maryland to come back. Still, it's a shocker that Miami has led wire-to-wire, up until this point.

I'm following it on Gamecast. I hope Miami can hold on.

Maryland gets stoked to play Duke (like everyone else) but historically have lost to vastly inferior teams.

Miami beat Maryland during the regular season too.

Miami 67, Maryland 62.

Wow.

Now I'm just hoping ND can hold off Syracuse. A lot of close games in the late afternoon today.

ND 89, Syracuse 83.

Woo-hoo. The Big East tournament traditionally has been our Waterloo. Maybe this year is the year that changes.

5 people in the Pick Em chose them to win the whole thing.

Cicero wrote:5 people in the Pick Em chose them to win the whole thing.

Fuck me running.

In other upset-related news, Cal is up 12 at the half vs UCLA.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:Cal is up 12 at the half vs UCLA.

Cancel the tourney.

We have our national champion.

^^

RACK

Terry in Crapchester wrote:ND 89, Syracuse 83.

Woo-hoo. The Big East tournament traditionally has been our Waterloo. Maybe this year is the year that changes.

Not so fast friend. Georgetown will bring your squad a dose of reality.

Baleeeeeeeee dat

Cicero wrote:^^

RACK

No RACKS for Duke??

Duke was out coached tonight. No RACKS.

Cicero wrote:Duke was out coached tonight. No RACKS.

Fair enough. I'll RACK NC State. Wake is up 8 with 5 minutes left.

With that loss tonight, Duke should drop to probably an 8 or 9-seed even though they were without one of their best players. The selection committee should be disbanded if they get any higher than a #7. If you had any other team with a 22-11 record and lost the first game of their conference tourney, they'd be on the bubble...but of course, Duke is Duke.

SWITCH!

LSU and Tennessee in OT right now. LSU could be a bubble buster now that Temple has come into his own when Big baby was hurt. They underacheived this year, but they have the potential to make a run in the SEC tourney. We'll see.

Goergia Tech also losing to Wake Forest right now.

Wacky day in the ACC.

Wake missed free throws down the stretch. Overtime.

LSU upsets Tennesee in OT. They could possibly bust a bubble.

Shoalzie wrote:With that loss tonight, Duke should drop to probably an 8 or 9-seed even though they were without one of their best players. The selection committee should be disbanded if they get any higher than a #7. If you had any other team with a 22-11 record and lost the first game of their conference tourney, they'd be on the bubble...but of course, Duke is Duke.

Saying they would be on the bubble if they were anyone else is a little extreme in my view. They hae some very impressive wins and as you mentioned were without a key guy in Henderson. That said they should have beat NC St. with or without Henderson in the line-up.

7,8 or 9 seed sure, but bubble team I don't think so.

Take away their name and you have a team that goes .500 in a major conference and finishes the season 4-8 in their final dozen games inlcuding a very early exit in their conference tournament...those teams are always left sweating it out on Selection Sunday because they aren't automatics into the Big Dance. If you put Duke's resume against other bubble teams, their strength of schedule and RPI should get them in but still, the way the ended the season and how mediocre their conference record was, they should be among the lowest seeds an at-large can receive. Anything in the 8 to 10 range is reasonable to me.

^^^^^ BINGO!!

I say right now Duke is a 7 seed. I think K had this team in a good place around the beginning of February. They peaked too early.

The beginning of February was when we had that 4 game losing streak. This team peaked in the first half of the game at St John's. That was when both the offense and defense were clicking.

I think a 6 seed is about right, and I can see anything from a first round loss to a run to the elite 8.

helmet wrote: I think a 6 seed is about right, and I can see anything from a first round loss to a run to the elite 8.

Well, anything is possible in the tourney but I think a first round loss is more likey than an elite 8 appearance. Duke is slow and lack the inside presence to dominate the glass over a mid-major. They will exit in the first or second round IMAO.