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ACC Bubble Watch: Disastrous night for North Carolina, near-disaster for Notre Dame

Chris Graham

North Carolina trailed by 17 at the break, rallied late, but came up short against Quad 3 Pitt. Notre Dame also trailed late at home to Quad 4 Boston College, but rallied to force OT, then won.

Notre Dame moves up, North Carolina moves down.

A big weekend is ahead of us for Bubble Watch – with Notre Dame at Wake Forest, North Carolina at Virginia Tech, Virginia at Miami

Locks


Duke

dukeRecord: 22-4 (12-3 ACC)
SOS: 65

BPI: 9
NET: 12
Sagarin: 7
KPI: 15
Avg.: 10.8 (Monday: 11.0)

Quad 1: 5-1
Quad 2: 4-2
Quad 3: 5-1
Quad 4: 8-0

Next up: Florida State (14-11, 7-8 ACC), desperate to get back into the Bubble Watch, comes to Durham on Saturday (6 p.m.)

 

Should Be In


Notre Dame

notre dameRecord: 19-7 (12-3 ACC)
SOS: 60

BPI: 58
NET: 58
Sagarin: 56
KPI: 57
Avg.: 57.0 (Monday: 54.5)

Quad 1: 2-5
Quad 2: 4-1
Quad 3: 7-1
Quad 4: 5-0

Next up: Big one at Wake Forest (20-7, 10-6 ACC) on Saturday (1 p.m.)


Miami

miamiRecord: 19-7 (11-4 ACC)
SOS: 64

BPI: 64
NET: 63
Sagarin: 71
KPI: 28
Avg.: 56.5 (Monday: 58.0)

Quad 1: 4-1
Quad 2: 5-4
Quad 3: 5-2
Quad 4: 5-0

Next up: Virginia (16-10, 10-6 ACC) comes to Miami on Saturday (5 p.m.)

 

Work to Do


Wake Forest

wake forestRecord: 20-7 (10-6 ACC)
SOS: 90

BPI: 34
NET: 38
Sagarin: 40
KPI: 56
Avg.: 42.0 (Monday: 42.8)

Quad 1: 1-4
Quad 2: 5-3
Quad 3: 6-0
Quad 4: 8-0

Next up: Notre Dame (19-7, 12-3 ACC) comes to Winston-Salem on Saturday (1 p.m.)


North Carolina

north carolinaRecord: 18-8 (10-5 ACC)
SOS: 55

BPI: 37
NET: 45
Sagarin: 35
KPI: 54
Avg.: 42.8 (Monday: 33.5)

Quad 1: 0-7
Quad 2: 4-0
Quad 3: 7-1
Quad 4: 7-0

Next up: At Virginia Tech (16-10, 8-7 ACC) on Saturday (4 p.m.)


Virginia Tech

virginia tech logoRecord: 16-10 (8-7 ACC)
SOS: 80

BPI: 21
NET: 36
Sagarin: 30
KPI: 76
Avg.: 40.8 (Monday: 44.3)

Quad 1: 0-5
Quad 2: 5-3
Quad 3: 5-2
Quad 4: 6-0

Next up: North Carolina (18-8, 10-5 ACC) comes to Blacksburg on Saturday (4 p.m.)


Virginia

uva athleticsRecord: 16-10 (10-6 ACC)
SOS: 62

BPI: 61
NET: 81
Sagarin: 59
KPI: 72
Avg: 68.3 (Monday: 66.3)

Quad 1: 2-5
Quad 2: 4-2
Quad 3: 3-3
Quad 4: 7-0

Next up: At Miami (19-7, 11-4 ACC) on Saturday (5 p.m.)

Story by Chris Graham

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