Nah, not worth it.
But this is for you.
āCHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) ā Duke was voted the preseason favorite to win the 2023-24 Atlantic Coast Conference Menās Basketball Championship, following a vote of a select media panel. Ranked No. 2 nationally in the preseason Associated Press poll, the Blue Devils are the preseason ACC favorites for the eighth time in the last 11 seasons.ā
If you take that literally, theyāre voting on which team will win the ACC tourney. But that doesnāt make any sense, so most tend to assume theyāre voting on regular season finish, but that would require voters to be looking at schedules, and I know theyāre not doing that.
Which is why I still think what theyāre really doing is voting generally on who they think will be good, generally speaking (until I can get my unofficial WAB poll off the ground 
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Honestly iām shocked they picked us 5th but at the same time tony bennett is the coach , i donāt think it will shock anyone if we find a way to finish top 4
Picking us to finish 5th in the conference with zero preseason All-ACC selections is the media basically going āIdk how tf heās gonna do it but I trust Tony to figure this shit outā.
Donāt blame them tbh.
My nits to pick are that they identified the 3rd best Pitt player and that Ndongo is a bit overrated (maybe the media is baking in a lot of improvement).
Mostly fair IMO - I think Iām higher on Lville, ND, and SMU than the ACC media.
Also, do people forget that PJ Hall is gone at Clemson? Do they realize Cade ended up at UNC and not Clemson? Clemson is solid. But top 4? Donāt see it
Whatās the line from Men In Blackā¦A person is smart. People are dumb, dangerous animals. Itās kinda like that with media polls. Individually, some are really informed with worthwhile opinions of their own. Average them together, you get bland results.
I think thatās the point thoughā¦not to predict anything, just give the consensus expectations from people who at least can name most of the key players.
Despite the score, Memphis looks real disjointed so far. UNC looks like they have a ton of talent but a little erratic. Some nice sets tho.
Iām saying thereās no way Nijel Pack finishes first team All-ACC. Hasnāt been on any all-conference team since getting to Miami. Also, if Pitt is good, I have a feeling Jaland Lowe will be represented not Leggett.
Agree, I think that Clemson is low ceiling / low variance. Iād be surprised if they are top 4 / surprised if they are below 8.
Teams like Pitt, Louisville, SMU, Cuse (?), and NC State are high ceiling / high variance. I think Duke, UNC, and probably Wake will be top 4. That leaves probably one team. I just think itās highly likely that one of those high variance teams (or us) finishes above Clemson. But the problem with that is you canāt vote ānot Clemsonā.
ACC voters seeing Nijel Pack on their ballots:
Raynaud isnāt a horrible pick, very good player but I have no idea who Jeremiah Wilkinson is lol. Am guessing heās supposed to be a starter for Cal? 247 had him listed as a three star.
Well, typed this too fast.
Is this on now? ESPNU?
Yeah!
Yeah itās happening rn.
UNC without RJ Davis looks extremely mediocre. Heāll make a big difference though obviously.
HAve watched for a couple minutes.
Feels like both teams have already taken 20 3ās apiece.
Cade Tyson 0-4 from 3. Bust. Belmont D2 talent. Power clears
