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ACC Basketball Power Rankings: Week 8

By Brandon Griffin

Feb 18, 2017; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; The North Carolina Tar Heels bench reacts after a dunk during the second half against the Virginia Cavaliers at Dean E. Smith Center. The Tar Heels won 65-41. Mandatory Credit: Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports-
Feb 18, 2017; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; The North Carolina Tar Heels bench reacts after a dunk during the second half against the Virginia Cavaliers at Dean E. Smith Center. The Tar Heels won 65-41. Mandatory Credit: Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports- /
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The ACC may be the best, but that creates some muddiness. With so many close teams, how does that affect this week’s power rankings?

The Atlantic Coast Conferece: Where strong basketball is the norm.

I know I have been saying this for weeks, months even, but nothing has changed. The ACC is loaded.

Just to put this in perspective, if the season ended today ESPN’s Bracketologist, Joe Lunardi, predicts the ACC would have 10 teams in the tournament with three just on the outside.

That’s 13 teams with a legit shot at the tournament. Ridiculous.

Of course when a conference is this good, it also tends to muddy the waters. That is the other thing the ACC is doing well.

There are four squads at the bottom with double digit losses. There are three teams at the top with double digit wins. Eight of the other nine have somewhere between seven to nine wins.

Muddied. Good part though is that should make for one awesome ACC tournament in a couple of weeks.

Of course this time of the year the only thing not muddied is Kansas winning the Big 12 again. Why anyone ever thinks otherwise is beyond me. Isn’t that insanity?

Anyways with all that taken care of let’s delve into this week’s rankings, where once again we have a new team at the bottom.

Note: all records and stats are as of 2/19/2017

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