ACC Morning Linkfest 12/5 with Game Sim Predictions

Wednesday night didn't go as expected.   After going 4-2 on Tuesday night, the ACC went 2-4 and one of those two wins was UNC beating #1 Michigan State in the Breslin center.   More on the Heels in the moment though.  NC State picked up the only other victory of the night, while Virginia, Miami, Maryland, and Boston College all picked up really ugly losses.

Let's focus on the positives though and UNC's win over Michigan State.  UNC earned the victory with defense and rebounding, two traits that defined Michigan State basketball for some time.  Kennedy Meeks stood out, leading the Heels with 15 points and adding 7 rebounds in only 18 minutes of action.  It wasn't the Marcus Paige show this time either, the Heels brought a balanced scoring attack with five players in double-figures.  So, UNC has lost to UAB and Belmont and beat Louisville and Michigan State...

Let's run down a few notes from the other games last night...

• It looked like for a while TJ Warren might outscore Virginia and threatened Miami's effort as well.  Warren had 16 points at the half which is more than the 13 that Miami managed to score in their first 20 minutes.  Virginia ended up with just 38 points, while Miami finished with 49.  Warren sat for large portions of the second half and finished with 22.
• Some guy named Sam Thompson blew up twitter and Maryland last night. Here's why.
• Struggling to say something about BC, since I know they played and I haven't really mentioned them yet.  They were awful on defense, so pretty much status quo for this season for the Eagles.

No basketball action tonight in the ACC, but check out the NCAA Scoreboard for today's national games.

View more predictions at NCAAGameSim.com

Highlights

UVA/Wisconsin

NC State/Northwestern

UNC/Michigan State

Maryland/Ohio State

Team	Conf	Pct	Overall	Pct
Pittsburgh	0-0	1.000	8-0	1.000
Syracuse	0-0	1.000	8-0	1.000
Clemson	0-0	1.000	7-1	0.875
Duke	0-0	1.000	7-2	0.778
Virginia	0-0	1.000	7-2	0.778
Wake Forest	0-0	1.000	7-2	0.778
NC State	0-0	1.000	5-2	0.714
UNC	0-0	1.000	5-2	0.714
Notre Dame	0-0	1.000	5-2	0.714
Georgia Tech	0-0	1.000	6-3	0.667
Virginia Tech	0-0	1.000	6-3	0.667
Maryland	0-0	1.000	5-3	0.625
FSU	0-0	1.000	5-3	0.625
Miami	0-0	1.000	5-4	0.556
Boston College	0-0	1.000	4-4	0.500

Injury Report
Patrick Rooks (CL)
injured hip, out for season
Chris Bolden (GT)
suspended first 3 games for summer DUI
Jason Morris (GT)
stress fracture in foot, back in late Nov
Travis Jorgenson (GT)
Torn ACL, out for season
Seth Allen (MD)
10/30 - broken foot, out 8-10 weeks
Deandre Burnett (MI)
injured wrist, out for season
Marquis Rankin (VT)
out for personal reasons

Links

• Wake Forest 72, Tulane 57
• UNC 79 #1 Michigan State 65
• Ratcliffe: No good, just bad and ugly from Cavaliers in loss to Badgers
• Virginia goes cold in home loss to No. 8 Wisconsin
• North Carolina topples No. 1 Michigan State
• DeCock: Collins following his own course at Northwestern
• Warren leads NC State to 69-48 win over Northwestern
• College Basketball Caucus: Is ACC or Big Ten the best league?
• Late Night Snacks: Big Ten/ACC Challenge concludes in a tie
• Riding wave of reserves, Wake Forest takes care of Green Wave
• Purdue pulls away from Boston College 88-67
• Husker men regroup, beat Miami
• Badgers shackle Virginia, give Ryan UW win No. 300
• Maryland unable to overcome slow start in 76-60 loss to No. 5 Ohio State
• UNC ROLLS NO. 1
• Wake Forest pulls away for 72-57 win over Tulane
• Parallels Between Odom and Grobe

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