Big Ten / ACC Challenge matchups should be out this afternoon

[HuskerFever]

Per Ken Pomeroy's latest rankings:

 

1 Louisville Cardinals
4 Virginia Cavaliers
13 Duke Blue Devils
16 Syracuse Orange
19 Pitt Panthers
27 North Carolina Tar Heels
41 Florida State Seminoles
50 Clemson Tigers
55 NC State Wolfpack
69 Miami Hurricanes
99 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
109 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
118 Wake Forest Demon Deacons
138 Boston College Eagles
192 Virginia Tech Hokies

[hhcmatt]

 

[trickey]

[trickey]

[uneblinstu]

FSU, I can deal with that. Not too bad. If they have another big year, though, they could get a big time matchup in 2015.

[doc1394]

Meh

[hhcmatt]

FSU is bringing back 4 starters from last year.

We'll be up against MNF (thanks uneblinstu!) so we're probably looking at ESPN2 as opposed to ESPNU.

 

Should be a great matchup....I believe this is our first official non-conference true road game.

[hskr4life]

Eh... Game doesn't pop and say wow to me.

[hhcmatt]

Eh... Game doesn't pop and say wow to me.

 

That's probably why we're playing who we're playing

[Silverbacked1]

Early RPI of 41 on the road, earlyish in the season.

Might not look,good on paper but could be one that helps a lot in March, if we win.

[Silverbacked1]

What is our early Ken Pom RPI? And I bet FSU fans are also probably saying ehm.

Think this will be better once the season starts and we see how things are shaking out at the time we do play.

[hhcmatt]

The whole schedule

 

2014 ACC/Big Ten Challenge Schedule

 

Monday, December 1st

 

Nebraska @ Florida State

Rutgers @ Clemson

 

Tuesday, December 2nd

 

Illinois @ Miami

Minnesota @ Wake Forest

NC State @ Purdue

Ohio State @ Louisville

Pittsburgh @ Indiana

Syracuse @ Michigan

 

Wednesday, December 3rd

 

Duke @ Wisconsin

Georgia Tech @ Northwestern

Iowa @ North Carolina

Michigan State @ Notre Dame

Virginia @ Maryland

Virginia Tech @ Penn State

 

Too bad, so sad

 

Boston College

[Sgt Lincoln Osiris]

I actually like the matchup a lot.  Thats a quality team that should have a strong RPI.  Would be a very nice early season road win if we can pull it off.  Certainly has resume boosting potential.

[kleitus]

what this means, is if petteway comes back for his senior year we've got a really good shot at a big time matchup in lincoln

 

it's a decent road game against a decent team.  yeah i'd love UNC or duke in lincoln... who wouldn't?  it's a solid matchup.

[Silverbacked1]

See we are 44 RPI.

So actually a very equal match up on paper.

[hhcmatt]

[Silverbacked1]

As in...?

[Fullbacksympathy]

I think that's a great draw.  A winnable road game against a likely NCAA team.  What's there to complain about?  They are a good team with good athletes most years.  It'll be tough to get a win there.

[Nighthawk]

We will play Duke or NCS in the big dance before we play them in the Big 10 ACC Challange.

[uneblinstu]

We will play Duke or NCS in the big dance before we play them in the Big 10 ACC Challange.

Not necessarily, they've paired the new kid on the block with a power school before. If NU does what people expect them to do next year, they'll be a top 10 team in 2015 which should draw one of the big boys.

[49r]

People criticize Nebraska for having a fluffy soft conference schedule, but man, take a look at this.  They had single plays against UNC, Duke, Syracuse AND Pitt.  Add the two Virginia games and those are the only conference games they played against sub-#40 Kenpom teams.  They went 1-5 in those games.

 

Their non-con was not terribly strenuous either.

 

Common opponents include Michigan, Minnesota (twice), UMass, Miami (twice) and Florida Gulf Coast.

 

Here is the 2013-2014 Kenpom rundown for FSU:

 

Florida State (#41) Kenpom rundown
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Non Conference (9-3):

294. Jacksonville - W (91-67)

164. @Central Florida - W (80-68)
313. Tennessee-Martin - W (89-61)

 

---Puerto Rico Tip-Off---

17. VCU - W (85-67)

10. Michigan - L (80-82 OT)

205. Northeastern - W (62-60)

 

3. @Florida - L (66-67)

 

---B1G/ACC Challenge---

48. @Minnesota - L (61-71)

 

304. Jacksonville St - W (77-53)
178. Charlotte - W (106-62)

 

---Orange Bowl Classic---

54. Massachusetts - W (60-55)

231. Charleston Southern - W (67-59)

 

ACC (9-9):
4. Virginia - L (50-62)
50. @Clemson - W (56-41)
40. Maryland - W (85-61)

69. @Miami - W (63-53)

4. @Virginia - L (66-78)

99. Notre Dame - W (76-74)

13. @Duke - L (56-78)

55. @NC State - L (70-74)

50. Clemson - L (49-53)

192. Virginia Tech - W (70-50)

40. @Maryland - L (71-83)

69. Miami - L (73-77)

118. @Wake Forest - W (67-60)

27. North Carolina - L (75-81)

19. @Pittsburgh - W (71-66)

109. Georgia Tech - W (81-71)

138. @Boston College - W (74-70)

16. Syracuse - L (58-74)

 

Postseason (5-2):

---ACC Tournament (9 seed)---

40. Maryland - W (67-65)

4. Virginia - L (51-64)

 

---NIT Tournament (1 seed)---

171. Florida Gulf Coast - W (58-53)

65. Georgetown - W (101-90)

34. Louisiana Tech - W (78-75)

48. Minnesota@MSG - L (64-67 OT)

[49r]

They seem to average about half-capacity in their 12,000 seat arena:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013–14_Florida_State_Seminoles_men's_basketball_team

[PimpMario]

If we win then great!

 

If we lose than I would have rather gotten beat by a much higher RPI team.

[Concrete]

what this means, is if petteway comes back for his senior year we've got a really good shot at a big time matchup in lincoln

it's a decent road game against a decent team. yeah i'd love UNC or duke in lincoln... who wouldn't? it's a solid matchup.

these match ups are 1 year deals. We'd be playing @ Miami this season if they were home and homes.

[CrazyforNUHOOPS]

what this means, is if petteway comes back for his senior year we've got a really good shot at a big time matchup in lincoln

it's a decent road game against a decent team. yeah i'd love UNC or duke in lincoln... who wouldn't? it's a solid matchup.

these match ups are 1 year deals. We'd be playing @ Miami this season if they were home and homes.

Actually our Miami matchup was only a one and done because of the changes to the conferences. Our first two years in the B1G we had a home and home with Wake.