rec.sport.basketball.college

Below are power ratings for ACC men's
basketball games considering only the scores
of games between conference members through
Saturday, February 16th. The first rating
takes margin of victory fully into account,
while the third rating ignores it completely,
looking only at wins and losses. The second
rating is like the first rating, except it
weighs close games, upsets and games between
closely-matched teams more heavily than blow-
outs of overmatched teams. The third rating
only considers wins and losses. Finally, we
have a rating of schedule difficulty; the
first column is the total record of the teams
played only once, the second column is the
road record of teams not played at home plus
the home record of teams not played on the
road, and finally is a list of games not on
the schedule, so a poor record indicates a
tough schedule.

Rating One

Record
Rank)Team Conf RW-HL Overall Rating Offense Defense Prev
1)Duke 10-0 4-0 22-1 2) 1) 1)
2)UNC 9-2 5-2 24-2 1) 10)- 2)
3)Clemson 7-4 2-1 19-6 3) 2) 3)
4)Maryland 7-4 3-2 17-9 5) 6) 4)
5)BC 4-6 1-2 13-10 6) 9)- 5)
6)Ga Tech 4-5 3-3 11-12 4) 12)- 6)
7)Miami 3-6 1-2 16-7 8) 5) 7)
8)Wake 5-5 1-1 15-8 7) 11)- 9)7
9)Va Tech 5-6 2-2 14-11 9) 7) 8)
10)FSU 3-8 2-4 14-12 11) 4) 10)
11)NCSU 4-7 1-2 15-10 12) 3) 11)
12)Virginia 1-9 0-4 11-12 10) 8)- 12)

Home Court Advantage: ()

Rating Two

Record
Rank)Team Conf RW-HL Overall Rating Offense Defense Prev
1)Duke 10-0 4-0 22-1 2) 1) 1)
2)UNC 9-2 5-2 24-2 1) 11)- 2)
3)Clemson 7-4 2-1 19-6 3) 6) 3)8
4)Maryland 7-4 3-2 17-9 5) 4) 4)
5)Ga Tech 4-5 3-3 11-12 4) 12)- 5)
6)BC 4-6 1-2 13-10 6) 9)- 6)
7)Miami 3-6 1-2 16-7 9) 3) 7)
8)Wake 5-5 1-1 15-8 7 7) 10)- 9)
9)Va Tech 5-6 2-2 14-11 8) 7) 8)
10)NCSU 4-7 1-2 15-10 11) 5) 10)
11)FSU 3-8 2-4 14-12 12) 2) 12)
12)Virginia 1-9 0-4 11-12 76 10)7 8) 11)

Home Court Advantage: ()

Rating Three

Record
Rank)Team Conf RW-HL Overall Rating Prev
1)Duke 10-0 4-0 22-1 1)
2)UNC 9-2 5-2 24-2 2)
3)Maryland 7-4 3-2 17-9 8 3) 8
4)Clemson 7-4 2-1 19-6 8 4)
5)Ga Tech 4-5 3-3 11-12 71 7) 7
6)BC 4-6 1-2 13-10 8) 7
7)Va Tech 5-6 2-2 14-11 6)
8)Wake 5-5 1-1 15-8 9)
9)NCSU 4-7 1-2 15-10 5)
10)Miami 3-6 1-2 16-7 10) 7
11)FSU 3-8 2-4 14-12 11)
12)Virginia 1-9 0-4 11-12 12)

Home Court Advantage: ()

Relative Schedules

NC State 24-36 10-18 BC,Maryland,Virginia,@Ga Tech,@Miami,@Va Tech
UNC 25-35 15-16 Ga Tech,Miami,Virginia,@Maryland,@Va Tech,@Wake
Miami 27-35 11-21 NCSU,Va Tech,Wake,@Miami,@UNC,@Virginia
Duke 28-34 14-18 FSU,Va Tech,Wake,@BC,@Clemson,@Ga Tech
Maryland 30-32 18-13 Ga Tech,Miami,UNC,@Clemson,@FSU,@NCSU
Virginia 31-32 16-17 FSU,Miami,Wake,@Clemson,@NCSU,@UNC
FSU 31-30 18-14 Ga Tech,Maryland,Va Tech,@BC,@Duke,@Virginia
Clemson 32-30 17-12 Duke,Maryland,Virginia,@BC,@Va Tech,@Wake
BostonC 33-29 16-13 Clemson,Duke,FSU,@Ga Tech,@NCSU,@Wake
Wake 34-27 17-13 BC,Clemson,UNC,@Duke,@Miami,@Virginia
Va Tech 36-27 17-14 Clemson,NCSU,UNC,@Duke,@FSU,@Miami
Ga Tech 37-27 15-17 BC,Duke,NCSU,@FSU,@Maryland,@UNC

Recent Games

Saturday, February 16th
Virginia Tech at UNC
Rating1: Va Tech 74 UNC 90
Rating2: Va Tech 75 UNC 88
Rating3: UNC by ~18
Result: UNC 92 Va Tech 53
Florida State at Maryland
Rating1: FSU 64 Maryland 77
Rating2: FSU 63 Maryland 76
Rating3: Maryland by ~16
Result: FSU 72 Maryland 82
Clemson at NC State
Rating1: Clemson 78 NC State 69
Rating2: Clemson 78 NC State 71
Rating3: Clemson by ~2
Result: Clemson 71 NC State 64

Records (RMS), Immediate and Cumulative

Rating1: 3-0 (), 27-17 ()
Rating2: 3-0 (), 29-15 ()
Rating3: 3-0 (), 28-16 ()

Upcoming Games

Sunday, February 17th
Miami at Georgia Tech
Rating1: Miami 74 Ga Tech 80
Rating2: Miami 74 Ga Tech 79
Rating3: Ga Tech by ~5
Virginia at Boston College
Rating1: Virginia 69 BC 79
Rating2: Virginia 70 BC 78
Rating3: BC by ~16
Duke at Wake
Rating1: Duke 86 Wake 73
Rating2: Duke 87 Wake 73
Rating3: Duke by ~26

Comments: Clemson closes with with nine straight
points as the wheels start to come off in Raleigh, and
the Tigers and Terps generate some separation.
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