Mid-Week Update

It's time to look ahead to the weekend in the ACC. But first, a few notes on what's already happened this week:

-It was certainly a roller coaster week for Virginia in Maui. They got absolutely embarrassed in their first game, losing by 43 points to Washington. I don't care how good Washington is - an ACC school shouldn't be losing any game by 43 points. Then UVA came back in their next game against Oklahoma and lit up the scoreboard from the start, jumping out to a huge lead and holding on for a nice win. In the 5th place game, they jumped out to another big lead against Wichita State only to see the Shockers come back and win comfortably.

-Duke had its coming out party on the national stage in the CBE Classic. They played a pretty close game against Marquette, before taking on Kansas State. The Blue Devils looked very strong in that game, winning by double digits against a Wildcat team that should be in the top 10 all year.

-The best ACC win of the week so far may go to Boston College. The Eagles used some hot shooting early to ride to a win over Texas A&M in the first round of the Old Spice Classic. This is a big win for Steve Donahue's team and shows the Eagles will be a force to be reckoned with this year.

To update the teams playing tournaments, Boston College will now take on Wisconsin in the second game of the Old Spice Classic. Depending on what happens today, their final game on Sunday will be against either Notre Dame or Cal.
Virginia Tech takes on Oklahoma State in the second round of the 76 Classic after beating Cal State Northridge easily. They will then play either Murray State or UNLV on Sunday.

Here are the other good games on tap for the weekend:

Duke at Oregon (Saturday, 4:00 p.m.)
The Ducks have to be hoping for a let-down from Duke in this game being played in a technically neutral site in Portland. Truthfully, Oregon is one of the weakest teams in the Pac 10 and will be lucky to stay with Duke for a half.

College of Charleston at UNC (Sunday, 5:30 p.m.)
Heels fans remember what happened when UNC when down to Charleston last year: a demoralizing loss. That was the beginning of a pretty big slide for UNC, and they will look to earn a bit of revenge against a team that has already almost knocked off Maryland.

Florida at Florida State (Sunday, 7:45 p.m.)
This is always a good barometer game for these two rivals. Florida is expected to be one of the best teams in the SEC this year, but has already suffered a home loss to Ohio State. Florida State hasn't really been tested so far this year.

Remember, the ACC-Big Ten Challenge is right around the corner. I'll have a preview of all the games on Monday.