Way-Too-Early ACC Rankings

Hi Josh sports on triad with deep dives on all the ACC big four themes this week. If you miss those that are in the best of podcasts but now it's time for the way to early ACC basketball rankings for next year. I've poured through every roster called the few people even to get reads on players who might go pro and I've got my one through 15 and let's start with number 15. That being the Boston College ego okay by the Golden Eagles of the Tobago Boston College they should fire Jim Christian.

They did it because of coronavirus. This is a lame-duck team with a lame-duck coach. This is the easiest thing to figure out in all of the ACC rank number 14 Wake Forest under first-year coach Steve Forbes. It is got a look at the schedule to figure out this is good to be pretty. You got a plague Duke twice and you have to play UVA twice. Good luck with that one coach you have the losses of John D. Childress losing so far doesn't help either, and I just think it's going to be a tough initial year in a tough league. Now that doesn't mean there are good to be flashing Wake Forest I think you're gonna see spots where the demon deacons show effort and show personality and that something you could sell moving forward. In addition, the better recruits coming in, but a lot of good things have to break their way in order to be more competitive, including Isaiah Wilkins being ruled eligible by the NCAA and getting a one-time transfer so awake as number 14 number 13 Virginia Tech losing Landers Nally is a massive blow for this team. So it's going to be the jailing tone show and Mike Young second season.

Now he could win again for your same way Chris likes did the last two years on bad Miami team.

That's what you should probably picture tech this year.

It's not a traditional basketball program got a really good player. Undersized if he was two or 3 inches taller.

He's probably playing for one of the teams you're getting here in the first half of these ACC rankings. I love Cohen local kid bought too much to overcome.

With finale going into the transfer portal number 12 Clemson.

We still don't know if Amir sends is going to be back on this team. All indications right now point that he's good to keep his name in the draft even if he doesn't, this team loses Kevin Mack. I don't really see a lot of upside on this roster and I think they're going to be a middling team yet again. I do like Jamie Newman or Teasley John Newman I like Jamie Newman to for the record, John Newman, triad guy, but Clemson can only get so far on his shoulders. Amir Sims might be good enough to push Clemson a couple of spots, but this is a bottom third team in the ACC number 11 Notre Dame know TJ bids no John Mooney note Awad Durham was Chesky.

We saw him hit a big shot against North Carolina, but I don't see any horses on this Notre Dame team. I like Mike Bray. They send a overachieve and have under his guidance. But this is in the top 10 team in the ACC so I have a malevolent thought. Then number 10. Pittsburgh frame of gallons he transfers to Nebraska, but they had a handful of great underclassmen last year loved what Xavier Johnson brought these back for another year on the stony he can be bouncy. We saw Wake Forest saw what Justin champagne.

He is capable of doing. That's good to be the poor for coach cables team in 2000 22,021 will see if they can land a couple other players to try and bolster things up that pit right now top 10 team.

Not quite an NCAA tournament team, but getting closer number nine Georgia Tech postseason bandits lifted now. Last year counted for the yellow jacket José Alvarado. Somehow he still playing for the Yellowjackets. It's going to be a senior year.

Remember Joe Barry was on the shelf and he said Alvarado was the guy who kept talking trash and was just disrespectful to him during his senior season fees to be back as a senior Michael DeVoe. He lit up the Tar Heels, as did Moses write I like Georgia Tech, but not I still think nine might be stretching it for the ACC next year fought there gonna be a borderline team number eight Syracuse. This is the biggest wildcard team in the league.

I think if they get some breaks in the way of a one time transfer they got Alan Griffin from Illinois, he would be a beautiful player to mix with Buddy Behar. I am Joe Gerard who was fun last year molars guy, it would be a really nice group Jim Daly Chaim is not a good job to keep Syracuse competitive in the ACC the last few years, but it just hasn't quite met the standard base that when they were in the Big East eighth best team in the ACC right now. Number seven. This might be my surprise team in the Atlantic Coast conference this year Miami hurricane Chris likes is a magical player. Now he has some help around Rodney Miller Junior who the Cameron crazies.

I can't get it out of my head say look a lot like Stephen a Smith, Robert Aaron, you might want to check on this.

Rodney Miller look at him from Miami. Is it fair for the crazies just yell out and chant Stephen a Smith every time he had the basketball little disrespectful that the gusty fees back or Miami they're bringing in a top 25 recruitment Earl Timberlake also you got that Cincinnati transfers good to be eligible to play in the seer Brooks Miami the seventh best team in the ACC in my way too soon. ACC basketball rankings when you make a ruddy milk that's been better be as fair as they look like Stephen a Smith like illegitimate time every time he touched the basketball camera and the crazy started chanting Stephen a Smith boom number six number six of my ACC basketball rankings NC State, Kevin Casey probably play the way he intended to all along.

When he took this job at UNC W as we discussed yesterday, the average nine or 10 players all the years they were good playing 10 minutes again his first year in Raleigh. Only three guys played 10 minutes ate the last two years. They have a lot of depth on this team. They don't bring in the Josh whole recruit who leads the same way jail in the queue last year did, but you do have canapés who can play point guard right away for star point guard practicing Beverly's back good position for him. He's probably going to be a six man Kevin Daniels I thought was the best player on last year Steve altogether to way that is they lose Markel down today. Lucy J. Bryce NC taken to be a really good team just not top five of the ACC so I have an the sixth number five the Louisville Cardinals. They lost the whole Enoch wore a McMahon that's a lot to replace. And it doesn't help got a play Duke and UVA twice next season.

Johnson I saw what he was capable of doing and Cameron up close in person he had other games were.

He showed flashes.

Consistency was just a problem now that this is going to be his team. It seems like I really like what it potentially could be a leak. Williams underrated coming off the bench and the post for the Cardinals as well.

Number four Florida State outright winners of the ACC for the first time a year ago. They lose strength for as they lose Devon the cell, they lose North Carolina native Patrick Williams but they said they one with strength in numbers are not to be able to roll platoons the way they did a year ago but to be far off of that strong class returning in jaywalkers back Evans is back raised backlights back Florida State still one of the premier teams in the conference to be talking about a two or three seed in the NCAA tournament next year.

Number three North Carolina Tar Heels to be the revenge door for so much talent there and Roy Williams is the coach that I don't see this team finishing outside the top three in the conference. I think the top three teams are tiered and in the next year is Florida State Louisville and I don't want to throw into a statement to that group just yet, but they're not far from it, but I think it's a two team tear on that second tier with the Tar Heels up. I'm not completely out only key black. I just need him to finally take a step needs to stay healthy beneath the show he can play make play that role.

The Theo Penson did Justin Jackson play JP Tokyo point black. I think he can do more than he's done in the last two years, Armando Bay, I think he takes a step like Luke Meg took a step like Garrison Brooks took a step to find a bigger Armando Bay, fan than us on this show North Carolina right now.

I'm surprised you're playing all these cuts not bake Garrison Brooks could be in ACC player of the year candidate. Shooting is still my biggest concern. That's why they're not higher, number three, number two, this is the part that might surprise you. It's the Duke blue Devils Duke is not the team.

I have winning the ACC this year. It's hard to pick fruit potholes through this lineup. Jordan gold wire big jump from his freshman year to sophomore year. I think it takes another jump this year, Matt heard he just needs to gain some way.

I think you'll finally do that. They just look like he a lot of baby fat on them. Last year he might've been the most reliable shooter Duke had this past season when Delmore and Jaelyn Johnson there both to be a lot of fun. Patrick table great glue player. They just have one in ACC regular season title since 2010, so I don't wife them have them there when you get all this year the team I do have winning the regular-season crown.

The Virginia Cavaliers, Virginia number one in my way too soon.

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They almost won the damn thing last year. Crazy to think with everything they lost.

They almost won.

It went on quite a run.

Winning close games. PA Clark's back Thomas Wharton's insides back facing morsel back J Huff back.

Francisco called Cafaro back for bringing a couple for star players. This seems to be great and they have a favorable schedule, as here, the teams they have to play twice next year. Georgia Tech NC state Notre Dame Wake Forest was the theme they have twice no dukes though North Carolina's bill Florida State snow Louisville's to get a favorable schedule for been the most successful team in the ACC the last 10 years performed in a bank on Tony Bennett steam as they've done a good job recruiting even locally bringing in McCorkle from Greensboro day is one of those for star players coming in contribute immediately for the Cavaliers so there you have it my way too soon. ACC basketball rankings