2, 3, AND 4 are all out of the ACC Tournament. If it were not for the Duke Blue Devils and the PAC 10 Tournament the ACC tournament would be the least cared about tournament this post season.
Number 1 seeded Duke was able to hold off a valiant effort by a Landesbergless UVA team with the help of a clutch second half from Kyle Singler. For much of the game, however, the Blue Devils were sloppy and looked as if they would be leaving Greensboro empty handed. But in the tournament all that matters is surviving and advancing and that is exactly what Duke was able to do unlike the others.
Second seeded Maryland and their unruly fans can now return to College Park as the Terrapins lost to the 7th seeded Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. GT was in desperate need of that victory in order to remove themselves from the bubble and put them into tournament. ACC Player of the Year (cough wrong decision) Vasquez had an atrocious game and was fittingly stripped of the ball as he went for the game tying three pointer.
Third seeded Florida State did not play much better than Maryland and because of that they went down to NC State. NC State the 11th seed won only 5 games during all of the ACC regular season, but has now won back to back games ACC games. After this HORRIBLE loss Florida State is now going to have to take a seat back on the bubble. Worst of all, us tourney viewers must now see that God awful red jacket of Sidney Lowe again.
Finally, fourth seeded Virginia Tech collapsed late in their game. As a Virginian I hoped for a much better performance out of the Hokies, but it was not to be as they lost to 12th seeded Miami for the second time this season. Now the perennial bubble team will have to sit and wait once again to find out their tournament fate.
Tomorrow's Semifinals
1 Duke vs 12 Miami and 7 Georgia Tech vs 11 N.C. State
Lucky for scalpers they still have 2 state schools in the field or else they would be taking an L on those tickets.
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