ACC Standings Predictions almost exact
March 10, 2009 by admin
Filed under NC State Basketball Blog
Looking back on the 2008-2009 ACC season I decided to go and read an article I had found back in November that gave the ACC predictions on how they thought the season would finish. I remember reading this and thinking, 10th place, no way, NC State will finish at 5th or 6th for sure. The article was published by bleacherreport.com and here were their predictions. Hats off to them for how close they were.
Projected Standings:
1. North Carolina
2. Wake Forest
3. Duke
4. Miami
5. Clemson
6. Boston College
7. Virginia Tech
8. Maryland
9. Georgia Tech
10. NC State
11. Florida State
12. Virginia
The actual final standings looked like this.
1. North Carolina
2. Wake Forest
3. Duke
4. Florida State
5. Clemson
6. Boston College
7. Miami
8. Maryland
9. Virginia Tech
10. NC State
11. Virginia
12. Georgia Tech
With the exceptions of Florida State and Miami their predictions were pretty close. Who would have thought that GA Tech, with what great talent they had, would do so little. You can also contridute most of the success of Florida State to Toney Douglas 20 points per game, Uche Echefu 84% free throw shooting and the teams outstanding defense. Regardless of how you look at it NC State finished 10th, exactly what the world expected. Lets hope a great ACC tournament run by NC State can give birth to some NIT action.
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