A look ahead at the weekend:

Every weekend is big in February in College Basketball season, and there are six ACC conference games that will go a long way to determining the final standings.

We start at Cameron Indoor, where Miami travels to Duke Saturday at 1:30. Miami is coming off the big win at Wake, while Duke is coming off the embarrassing loss to Clemson. You better believe it's the wrong time for Frank Haith's squad to be traveling to Durham. Duke should be fired up and should roll in this one.

The mismatch of the weekend should be in Chapel Hill, where the struggling Cavaliers take on the Tar Heels Saturday at 4:00. Virginia is not playing well, and UNC is hitting their stride. UNC will blow the Hoos out of the water.

Florida State heads to Clemson Saturday at 7:00. This should be an interesting game, as the Noles look to pull off the upset. They have a bit of a chance maybe catching Clemson on a letdown after their big win. But Clemson is playing really well right now and looks tough to beat, especially at home.

On Sunday, N.C. State heads to Blacksburg for a matchup with the Hokies at 1:30. Tech really needs to come out and win this one against an N.C. State team that has given the Hokies fits. N.C. State isn't playing very well defensively, and at least on paper this is a game Virginia Tech should win.

Boston College travels to Wake Forest at 4:00 on Sunday in what I think will be the best ACC game of the weekend. BC has been a surprise this year and is catching Wake while the Deacs are playing their worst ball of the year. I would expect Wake to bounce back and win but a BC win would not surprise me.

And the final ACC game of the weekend matches two struggling teams when Maryland travels to Georgia Tech at 7:00. The Jackets had a surprising win over Wake Forest last weekend, and is playing on a short turnaround at home. Maryland has not been good lately and I don't think either one of these teams is going to make the tournament.

Looking at the best matchups outside the ACC:
Notre Dame vs. UCLA, Saturday at 1:00 - The Irish have really been struggling and face a tough non-conference game traveling to Los Angeles. UCLA is still the class of the Pac-10.
Memphis vs. Gonzaga, Saturday at 9:00 - Big game for NCAA Tournament seeding. Both teams have been red-hot.
Syracuse vs. Villanova, Saturday at Noon - I put this in because it's the best Big East matchup of the weekend. But you would expect a better Big East matchup than this in February.