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ACC vs Big Ten Challenge predictions

Penn State and Clemson in double OT and both are executing offense down the stretch. I thought you were just supposed to hold the ball and chuck a bad shot or turn it over at the end of regulation and OT's?
 
This Virginia-Michigan game is good. Michigan isn't going to keep this hot shooting up so it will be interesting to see if they can find a way to win.
 
Penn State and Clemson in double OT and both are executing offense down the stretch. I thought you were just supposed to hold the ball and chuck a bad shot or turn it over at the end of regulation and OT's?
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Penn State and Clemson in double OT and both are executing offense down the stretch. I thought you were just supposed to hold the ball and chuck a bad shot or turn it over at the end of regulation and OT's?
Stop trying to steal our blueprint.
 
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Crazy to think the ACC actually has a shot at winning the challenge. If Duke and Miami can defend their home courts, that would give the ACC 7 wins. We'd just need to steal one more game... Notre Dame/MSU, UNC/Indiana, and Boston College/Nebraska should all favor the Big Ten, but I think we could steal one of those three games.

Sidenote: It's wild to think that FSU and Louisville are a combined 1-14 on the season. How is that possible?
 
Watching Michigan's Howard roll around on the floor screaming in pain like he was being burned alive from a simple leg cramp might've been the pussiest moment I've seen on TV in a very long time.
The soccer effect.
 
@jhmossy how often does Bennett use three bigs at the same time? I noticed late in the game that Gardner-BVP-Shedrick were all on the court at the same time.

Also, I had no idea Ben Vander Plas was named after Dick Bennett. Wild.
 
Crazy to think the ACC actually has a shot at winning the challenge. If Duke and Miami can defend their home courts, that would give the ACC 7 wins. We'd just need to steal one more game... Notre Dame/MSU, UNC/Indiana, and Boston College/Nebraska should all favor the Big Ten, but I think we could steal one of those three games.

Sidenote: It's wild to think that FSU and Louisville are a combined 1-14 on the season. How is that possible?
After the game last night I was surprised to see ACC up. Missed all the games but as bad as we (ACC) are we're better than the Big !0
 
@jhmossy how often does Bennett use three bigs at the same time? I noticed late in the game that Gardner-BVP-Shedrick were all on the court at the same time.

Also, I had no idea Ben Vander Plas was named after Dick Bennett. Wild.

Not very often. It was an odd lineup but I think he did it mostly because BVP could guard the 4 and Gardner could guard the 3 against Michigan. He mentioned that in the post game presser. I think it also had something to do with Franklin not playing well but he would never say that. Usually, he wants 3 ball handlers out there. BVP is a decent ball handler though so that may have factored into his decision.

You haven't watched many UVA games this year if you didn't know that about BVP. It's brought up every single contest lol
 
@jhmossy how often does Bennett use three bigs at the same time? I noticed late in the game that Gardner-BVP-Shedrick were all on the court at the same time.

Also, I had no idea Ben Vander Plas was named after Dick Bennett. Wild.
I love Vander Plas because he's from my favorite place on earth, Ripon Wisconsin. Right next door to Green Lake where my family had a lake house for 20 years until we sold it a few years ago.
 
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Not very often. It was an odd lineup but I think he did it mostly because BVP could guard the 4 and Gardner could guard the 3 against Michigan. He mentioned that in the post game presser. I think it also had something to do with Franklin not playing well but he would never say that. Usually, he wants 3 ball handlers out there. BVP is a decent ball handler though so that may have factored into his decision.

You haven't watched many UVA games this year if you didn't know that about BVP. It's brought up every single contest lol

Yeah, seemed weird/unusual to see 3 bigs in there. Wasn't sure if Gardner could effectively guard a 3 or not.

I watched close to the entirety of the games against Baylor and Illinois. They may have mentioned it, I usually fast-forward through free throws. And then, if I feel like UVA is going to milk 15-20 seconds, I sometimes I fast-forward to where it's 10-15 seconds on the shot clock. Basically, I try to watch a two-hour game in 45-50 minutes. It's very effective for trying to watch most of 5 games in a night lol.
 
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I love Vander Plas because he's from my favorite place on earth, Ripon Wisconsin. Right next door to Green Lake where my family had a lake house for 20 years until we sold it a few years ago.

And his stache. That deserves a little respect, too.
 
Florida State actually put up a good fight against Purdue, would be interesting when they play Louisville a week later. Stoppable force vs Movable object.
 
IU looking like the IU teams I remember watching in the early 90’s. Also, Jackson Davis is by far the best player on the floor. Kid is good.
 
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I mean, there are like 8 IU players better than anyone we have.
 
I want to say ACC wins 8-6.

The three 7:15 matchups includes one obvious mismatch: Purdue/Florida State. The other two games are Duke and Miami hosting Ohio State and Rutgers, respectively. If ACC can defend their home court, that would give us a 7-4 lead heading into the final three games of the night:

Michigan State @ Notre Dame
UNC @ Indiana
Boston College @ Nebraska

Those games should be evenly matched. Though, I would favor the Big Ten team in all 3 by a small margin. Good chance the ACC steals one of those games, and if they do, the final result might be an 8-6 win for the ACC.

Wrote this in the Baylor thread, where Lurk was asking me about it. Looks about right.
 
Stolen from Reddit....overall records in ACC/B1G challenge

  1. Duke ... 20-4 (.8333)
  2. Wake Forest ... 14-6 (.7000)
  3. Virginia ... 14-8 (.6364)
  4. Miami ... 10-6 (.6250)
  5. Purdue ... 13-9 (.5909)
  6. Clemson ... 13-10 (.5652)
  7. Pittsburgh ... 5-4 (.5556)
  8. Maryland ... 12-12 (.5000) *10-5 versus B1G, 2-7 versus ACC*
  9. Wisconsin ... 12-12 (.5000)
  10. Minnesota ... 12-12 (.5000)
  11. Penn State ... 11-11 (.5000)
  12. Boston College ... 7-7 (.5000)
  13. Nebraksa ... 6-6 (.5000)
  14. Notre Dame ... 5-5 (.5000)
  15. Illinois ... 11-13 (.4583)
  16. North Carolina ... 11-13 (.4583)
  17. Iowa ... 10-12 (.4545)
  18. Ohio State ... 10-12 (.4545)
  19. Louisville ... 4-5 (.4444)
  20. Rutgers ... 4-5 (.4444)
  21. Virginia Tech ... 7-9 (.4375)
  22. NC State ... 9-12 (.4286)
  23. Florida State ... 10-14 (.4167)
  24. Northwestern ... 10-14 (.4167)
  25. Indiana ... 9-13 (.4091)
  26. Georgia Tech ... 9-13 (.4091)
  27. Michigan State ... 9-13 (.4091)
  28. Syracuse ... 4-6 (.4000)
  29. Michigan ... 8-13 (.3810)
ACC: 152 wins (.5448)

Big Ten: 127 wins (.4552)
 
It's kind of crazy how cyclical the Big Ten/ACC Challenge got. ACC absolutely dominated from 1999-00 until 2009-10, then the Big Ten either won or tied every year from 2009-10 to 2016-17. Then kind of a mix since.

1999-00: ACC 5-4
2000-01: ACC 5-4
2001-02: ACC 5-3
2002-03: ACC 5-4
2003-04: ACC 7-2
2004-05: ACC 7-2
2005-06: ACC 6-5
2006-07: ACC 8-3
2007-08: ACC 8-3
2008-09: ACC 6-5
2009-10: Big Ten 6-5
2010-11: Big Ten 6-5
2011-12: Big Ten 8-4
2012-13: Tied 6-6
2013-14: Tied 6-6
2014-15: Big Ten 8-6
2015-16: Big Ten 8-6
2016-17: ACC 9-5
2017-18: ACC 11-3
2018-19: Tied 7-7
2019-20: Big Ten 8-6
2020-21: Big Ten 7-5
2021-22: Big Ten 8-6
2022-23: ACC 8-6
 
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