Duke’s Bagley, UVa’s Bennett earn top awards from ACC

UVA is widely projected to be a No. 1 seed for the NCAA Tournament. There are 10 teams that could earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament, including one with the overall No. 1 seed. The Irish got as high as 13-3, winning their first 3 ACC matchups, but lost star forward Bonzie Colson to injury before the calendar turned to 2018 which was a big part of Notre Dame’s 7 game losing streak heading into February. The Fighting Irish won 73-56.

Virginia is now the unquestioned No. 1 in the AP Top 25.

“He looked fine”, U.Va. guard Devon Hall said regarding Guy’s presence in practice. But we’re in there. “We were not able to really see the mismatches when we had them”.

The Cavaliers, the unanimous No. 1 team in the latest Top 25 poll, are also the top seed in the ACC tournament after running away with the conference by four games and coming a couple of points short of a flawless league record.

Michigan State and Ohio State are also expected to receive at-large bids to the NCAAs. What had been a competitive affair ended up with the somewhat misleading final score of 88-66 in favor of the Blue Devils. The lone meeting between these two teams came in Durham, with Notre Dame entering it having dropped five straight games. They will play either No. 6 seed North Carolina, No. 11 seed Syracuse or No. 14 seed Wake Forest.

Noon – No. 12 Boston College vs.

“Every team is going to be ready for the postseason, especially this year, when we’ve been getting everybody’s best shot”.

Adel has been the Cardinals’ scoring leader in 13 games, including most recently leading UofL with 20 points and seven rebounds at NC State last Saturday. Virginia Tech would be next, and Notre Dame wil lbe tested. Back on January 27, these two teams battled in South Bend, with a dramatic Irish comeback from a 15-point deficit falling short in the 80-75 defeat.

As U.Va. continues to prepare for the postseason, the Cavs got some good news on Monday.

Now, with no respite on the horizon as the ACC tournament gets underway, he’ll also have to endure a sprained knee ligament.

The “next” one or the “big tournament” as Williams likes to call it, is of course the NCAA tournament – which UNC won previous year for the third time in Williams’ tenure.

No. 17 Ohio State fell four spots after an early loss at the Big Ten Tournament, while No. 9 Kansas and No. 12 North Carolina – which lost on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer at home to Miami and then at rival Duke – each fell three spots.

Location: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. Yes, the Irish beat Wichita State to win the Maui invitational, but they played Chaminade (which does not count in RPI) and LSU to get to that title game.

Barnes noted Monday how Tennessee occasionally stands around too much on offense and that it’s a hard team to guard when the Vols have ideal player movement.

U.Va., picked to finish sixth in the league in the preseason, won the ACC’s regular-season title by four games.

It was a tumultuous week to end the regular season for many as 5 of last week’s top 10… and 15 of the top 25… teams had at least one loss.

The Cavaliers are the second team this season to become a unanimous selection this year.