Terps Win Over Heels Just Beginning of Upsetting Day in ACC

What a day of college basketball! Especially in the ACC. The three remaining unbeaten teams in ACC play all took the court on Saturday. Only one survived.

One of the teams that didn't was top-ranked North Carolina who saw their trouble spots all hit a perfect storm today against Maryland. They weren't hitting from the perimeter (they missed 18 of their 25 three-point attempts) and weren't tight with their defensive assignments. It hurt them against Clemson and Ga Tech, but they left both places with wins mainly because their outside shots were hitting. Today, they weren't. It was like watching the Georgetown game all over again.

On another point of the Triangle, Gavin Grant stole an inbounds pass and scored a layup with two seconds remaining to give NC State a 79-77 victory over #24 Miami. The win was the first in conference play for the Wolfpack who looked horrific in their first two ACC games and gives the Canes a two-game losing skid.

Duke, the third point of the Triangle andthe lone unbeaten remaing, did the expected and beat Clemson, 93-80. But I digress.

Back to the upsets, Virginia beat Boston College, 84-66, giving the Eagles their first ACC loss. It's amazing since Virginia ... like NC State ... had looked like garbage in their first two games. By the way, Dave Leitao gets some props for having his Cavaliers dress in the hallway because he said they didn't deserve a locker room. Wow.

Finally, we have the battle of the Techs: Virginia vs Georgia. Georgia Tech is the only ACC school with a sub-.500 record overall ... yet they beat Virginia Tech, 81-70. G-Tech is an enigma: they played North Carolina and Kansas to the wire, yet lost to UNC-Greensboro.

So, two weeks into the ACC season and we get chaos. Three teams got their first conference win today as two received their first losses.