I admit that I have been slacking on my ACC baseball updates, but with basketball season over, I will be on the ball.

It has been a very good season so far for the ACC, as North Carolina is still ranked number one by Baseball America. They currently have six teams ranked in BA’s top 25, despite the fact that Virginia Tech just dropped out. Virginia is ranked fifth, Florida State is seventh, NC State is back in the top 25 at number 18, Georgia Tech is still ranked (they dropped from 12 to 20), and Clemson moved into the rankings at 22.

North Carolina’s Cody Stubbs was named the ACC’s Player of the Week after going 12-for-24 with 12 RBIs as the Tarheels went 5-1. The first baseman leads the ACC in hitting at .402 and in RBIs with 42. It is his second weekly honor.

Duke’s Robert Huber was named the ACC’s Pitcher of the Week. Read more HERE.

Let’s start with the Coastal Division.

I already mentioned that the Tarheels are the top ranked team in the country. They are 12-2 in the ACC and 29-2 overall. UNC split their doubleheader on Monday versus Clemson for their second loss. They then shut out UNC Wilmington on Wednesday, before sweeping their weekend series against Maryland. The Tarheels play Elon and Liberty during this week before heading to Virginia Tech this weekend.

Virginia is 12-3 in the ACC and 30-3 overall. They won midweek games versus Liberty and VMI last week. The Cavaliers then swept their weekend series at Wake Forest. They play Radford during the week before heading to Georgia Tech this weekend.

Georgia Tech is 9-6 in the ACC and 23-9 overall. They lost a midweek game against Mercer (10-1) before beating Kennesaw State the next day. The Yellow Jackets then lost two of three in their weekend series at Duke. They play Georgia tonight before hosting UVA this weekend.

Duke is 8-7 in the ACC and 19-14 overall. They won their midweek game against Davidson before taking 2-of-3 at home against GT. The Blue Devils play UNC Greensboro and NC Central midweek before heading to FSU this weekend.

Virginia Tech is 7-8 in the ACC and 21-12 overall. They won their midweek game against VCU before getting swept this weekend at NC State. The Hokies lost the opener in 14 innings (8-7). They play Longwood tonight before hosting the Tarheels this weekend.

Miami is 6-9 in the ACC and 21-14 overall. They lost their midweek game to Bethune-Cookman before losing 2-of-3 at home to FSU. Their lone victory came on Saturday by a 6-0 score. The Hurricanes host Stetson on Wednesday before heading to Maryland this weekend.

Now to the Atlantic Division…

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There were two totally different postgame press conference atmospheres following the Norfolk Regional Finals, where the top seed left in the NCAA Tournament, Notre Dame beat the two seed Duke, 87-76.

It was a tale of two halves. In the first half, the Blue Devils were out-hustling the Irish and led at the half. In the second half, Notre Dame came out WAY more aggressive and Duke came out with no energy on defense.

In Coach P‘s opening statement, she was not happy and greatly disappointed in their second half play: “The thing that really bothers me is the 11 assists and 21 turnovers.”

Then it was questions to the players: Tricia Liston (who had obviously been crying) and Elizabeth Williams.

Williams talked about how Duke played after Alexis Jones picked up her fourth foul: “We stopped focusing on defensive stops.”

More on the loss from Williams: “We felt like we deserved to be here, but we didn’t play a full game that reflected that.”

She expanded on her play versus ND’s Natalie Achonwa: “I think we could have gotten the ball inside more and we did not do a good job of that. The turnovers really influenced us not being able to get the ball inside. On the other end, defensively, we did not communicate well did not talk enough when someone was in the high and low post.”

Liston talked about the fight that the Blue Devils showed until the very end: “We obviously were never going to give up. We wanted to fight to the end. I am proud we played to the buzzer and not let the scoreboard stop us, however we have to get to a point where that is not even an issue in a game like this.”

She expanded on the difference from the first and second half on both sides: “The difference came from us and them. They came out much more aggressive in the second half on offense and we did not come out with the same aggression defensively. For whatever reason, we were not focused and concentrated on the same things we were in the first half. We began to have gaps in our zone and we were not matching up against their shooters. Ultimately, it was a little bit of their team putting in extra effort and us not having enough effort.”

Coach P talked about the second half: “I think they played well. They were aggressive and Skylar (Diggins) was aggressive. They are a very good team. I think it’s too bad that we didn’t attack more and do things that we needed to do. But they definitely took advantage and I think their biggest thing was ball movement, not only Skylar’s scoring. The way they moved the ball in the second half was much better than the first half. We had some trouble guarding in various spots. The foul trouble was pretty substantial and that played a role as well.”

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It’s the matchup I expected to see when the brackets were released on Selection Monday. 1 vs 2 in the Norfolk Regional Finals. Notre Dame and star Skylar Diggins will face Duke and star Elizabeth Williams tonight on ESPN with the winner heading to the Final Four.

I am coming to you live from the Ted Constant Center and this is what I came down to Norfolk to see.

The Irish struggled with Kansas’ inside game on Sunday and Duke has the best inside presence left in the NCAA Tournament (Williams). Diggins lit up Kansas on Sunday and she really wants to end her career at Notre Dame by cutting down the nets. It will be interesting to see how Duke’s defense defends her.

It is an intriguing matchup, and though I obviously want the Blue Devils to win, I really want a good game. No thirty point victories. Something that goes down to the wire.

Starting Lineups:

DUKE: Williams, Alexis Jones, Richa Jackson, Tricia Liston, and Haley Peters.

NOTRE DAME: Diggins, Natalie Achonwa, Kayla McBride, Jewelll Loyd, and Ariel Braker.

» Continue reading “Live at Norfolk Regional Finals: Duke-ND”

The Norfolk Regional Finals are not until tomorrow night (Tuesday at 7pm ET on ESPN), but this afternoon was the press conferences for the two teams that will fight for the chance to cut down the nets and head to the Final Four in New Orleans.

Those two teams are Duke and Notre Dame, the top two seeds in the region. Both team’s starting five, along with the head coaches were in attendance.

The best quote of the two sessions came from Coach P, when she was asked what winning a game that you are not supposed to feels like: “It tingles.” The follow up was something like, what does Duke need to do to make you tingle tomorrow night? “We’ve got to slow them down. They’re a scoring machine…Do it across the board so that no particular player has a big game.  It’s a team thing. They’re an excellent rebounding team too. They’ve been plus-17 and -18, they’ve been up on the boards.  Those combined, that’s going to be quite a task for us to do physically.  But if we can do that, then the game will become more of a possession game and that’s exactly what we want.  Like I said, we can only prepare for it now and then get out there and see what we can do.”

The Duke players took questions first during their time period. They were Haley Peters, Richa Jackson, Elizabeth Williams, Tricia Liston, and Alexis Jones.

Duke lost to UConn by thirty points (though it was a close game at the half) and ND beat the Huskies three times this season. Everyone expects the Irish to roll over Duke. The players were asked about the UConn loss:

Jones: “I think we lost our energy and our poise. We really didn’t stay focused on each other. That was the beginning of the season and I think we have really come a long way from the UConn game. We’ve gotten better every single game that we have played so far. We have learned from our mistakes and we keep getting better.”

Liston: “Every team is different. You may match up well against one team but differently against another. I do not think you can compare our game to any game that Connecticut played against Notre Dame because it is a completely different comparison. But looking back on that game, we have learned from our mistakes and have really grown together. We have progressed from that game and have gotten better.”

Williams was asked about her matchup against ND big Natalie Achonwa: ”

“Our game plan is to play inside out. We definitely want to get to the foul line early and be able to penetrate the gaps…She knows how to post up strong on the blocks. My main focus is to get her out of position and keep the ball out of her hands when she is at the high post.”

Williams also talked about how the experience of being in the Elite 8 can help tomorrow night: “We have learned that we need to play a full 40-minute game. In the past, we have gotten away with only playing for a half and not staying focused throughout the whole game. So for us, it will be our ability to play through 40 minutes or however long it takes.”

The players were asked about how the team has improved over the season:

Peters (who jumped on the question): “Definitely our defensive intensity and focus have greatly improved. We have really focused on the details of what we want to shut down on the other team. I think our communication defensively has been much improved lately as well.”

Liston: “Our ability to fight back from adversity. Like in our game against Oklahoma State we had to come back from a deficit. Also being faced with situations whether in a game or off the court where we have been challenged mentally and physically. I think this team is really strong and has built up the resilience to really come together to fight back against whatever is thrown at us.”

Liston answered the question about being the underdog tomorrow night: “I definitely think that most people are picking Notre Dame but I think that gives us a little bit of an edge. We really have nothing to lose in this game; there is no pressure on us. No one thinks we can do this besides ourselves. I think it is a source of motivation to go out and prove to ourselves and everyone else that we belong here. We have worked hard and everything we have done to this point in the season has prepared us for this game. This is an opportunity to go out and play loose and hopefully come out on top.”

Coach P then took questions once the players exited. One of which included playing the role of underdog: “I think what really matters is just what we do together as a team.  I think all the projections are for fans, and we’re not fans. People can project and say what they think will happen, and that’s okay.  That makes it fun for the fans.  I think a great team is a team that doesn’t have any fan mentality in them whatsoever.  Just simply wants to execute what we need to execute and what we need to do to be successful.  In other words, a team that gets absorbed by the film, gets absorbed about what the assignments are and really gets into that piece of it, those teams tend to advance because they just seem like they’re impervious.  They’re just completely not part of that bubble, the fan bubble.  They’re in their own bubble and those are usually the ones that end up playing for a national title.”

She talked about the Duke defense: “I’d like to think that we’ve been better overall defensively because we’ve had to be with some very good teams.  I’m really pleased to see more aggression in the second half just because the defense is away from the bench.  You really gotta create your own momentum at that time guarding very, very good players.  I think there’s been some improvement there.  This is the area that really hurt us with Chelsea (Gray) being out.  The steals, her rebounds, her deflections, and her ability to command our defenses.  That’s a lot to lose.  That’s like losing our quarterback on the defensive side.  Anyway, I think we’re getting better in that area and we’re going to have to be really good because Notre Dame likes to put up a lot of points.  They’re very good at that.  Hopefully, we can just have a good, strong 40 minutes of not only quarter-court but transition defense, really limiting and making sure we get back, because they’re very good at that.”

And also about ND guard Skylar Diggins and how to guard her: “(Diggins) is a great player.  Slow her down, hopefully keeping bodies in front of her and not over-reaching on her.  I see a lot of defenders, I don’t know what they’re thinking.  They reach a lot.  They lunge, which provides her a great opportunity to gap and attack.  I think you have to understand that she’s very good.  She’ll score points, but if we could have her score points in more difficult fashion.  People are going to score points here, a lot of very good players, but it’s how they do it, I think, that is the key.  Keeping her off the boards.  She likes to rebound.  You can’t give some easy things there.  She loves that pull-up jumper at the foul line.  You gotta get back in transition and be alert to that.  She comes off those drag screens beautifully with the post in transition.  That’s hard because she’s got momentum, forward-moving, when that occurs.  She’s great off screens and she mixes up in the paint, so she’s just a great player.  She’ll be a terrific WNBA player, but from our standpoint, it’s gonna take a team effort there.  There’s not one person.”

Notre Dame thinks Williams will be a key to the game. Coach P talked about how she can impact a game: “She has this tomahawk block.  She can really block.  I really like how she expresses herself when she blocks.  I’d like that to bleed over into all aspects of her game, including scoring and rebounding because she really goes after that ball.  I’m really proud of her.  She’s been through a lot.  Her injury was severe last year, at this time, when her injury was diagnosed.  It took her out of the game for nine months.  That’s a long time not to play.  To come back now, I still think she’s getting in the groove.  I think it’ll be her junior year before you see some of the dominance that she’s capable of, but she’s a special player and she works extremely hard. There aren’t too many limits to what she can do and she’ll be working on increasing her shooting range.  It’d be nice to have her shooting three’s as well as posting up on the block but I’m excited for her because obviously there are some really good post players for Notre Dame so there will be nice matchups inside.”

With Notre Dame moving to the ACC, tomorrow night may be the start of a new rivalry for years to come: “I think that’s fantastic and really, really great for the ACC.  Really proud of the ACC in terms of how we’ve expanded and the teams that have come in, and the rivalries that will develop.  All I can say is it’s absolutely phenomenal for women’s basketball.  You’ve got Syracuse and Pitt coming in too.  Yeah, I can’t keep up.  I’m sorry.  I can’t keep up.  I just think it’s excellent for women’s basketball.  Great teams, great coaches and traditions.  We’d like to be the women’s basketball conference.  I know it’s all driven by football, I understand that, but it’d be a nice thing if it’s the elite women’s basketball conference that allows everybody to have a good time.”

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If you follow this site, then you know that the Duke women’s basketball team won their Sweet 16 game earlier today against Nebraska by a 53-45 score. The Blue Devils will now play the top seed in the Norfolk Region, Notre Dame, on Tuesday night at 7pm ET.

Since I cannot record the postgame press conferences, I will let you read a few of the quotes that caught my attention.

Coach P summed up the game in her opening statement: “What a basketball game that was.  A lot of grit, a lot of defense.”

Nebraska kicked off the press conference, with Coach Connie Yori and players Lindsey Moore and Emily Cady. You could tell they were emotional.

Coach Yori was pleased with her defense for the most part: “I thought we did a reasonably good job of following our game plan. We helped off the kids we needed to help off of and we left (Tricia) Liston a couple times, which hurt us, but I would’ve taken 53.  You know, giving up 53 against Duke?  They’re averaging 75 (ppg)?  We did a lot of things right, defensively.  I thought our kids followed our game plan and we didn’t make a lot of mistakes.  We just lost the game on the other end.”

That other end was the offense, as they only made 20-of-66 shots for 30.3%. They also only made 3-of-24 outside the arc shots. “A lot of the shots we took, particularly in the second half, I’d take again.  I didn’t think our shots were as good in the first half, but I thought in the second half, we got some really good looks that we couldn’t seem to cash in on, and Duke did just enough offensively to win the game, but you gotta credit what they did on the defensive end.  Their defense was good.  They mixed defenses, they kept us off-balance, we couldn’t get a rhythm, but we also had some pretty good looks in the second half that we’d take again, but unfortunately it was one of those days and we had our chances.”

Moore only made 5-of-18 shots, and 1-of-8 from the three point line. She said that “Everything felt the same as normal. I did not feel like I was doing anything different than what I normally do; they just were not falling tonight.” She also said that Duke’s defense was also a factor: “They did a good job mixing up what they were in defensively. It took us a little while to recognize if they were in a 3-2 or 2-3 zone. We did not handle their changing of defenses very well.”

Moore, the senior point guard, was asked to talk about her career at Nebraska: “Playing here at Nebraska has been an unbelievable experience and one that I will never forget. It has definitely been the best four years of my life. It was so exciting to be a part of this program. We have had some good teams and we have had some not so good teams. Having a coach like Coach Yori to play for is awesome, because she always challenged me to be better.”

Cady was asked about the end of Moore’s career and answered through tears: “Lindsey (Moore) brings a lot of energy and it is going to be sad to see her go. We are really going to miss her. She brings a lot of emotion and fire to the team. You can tell how much we will miss her by how emotional I am right now.”

Moving on to the Duke postgame press conference, which featured Coach P and players Alexis Jones, Tricia Liston, and Elizabeth Williams. All of the players acknowledged their shooting woes, but also talked about their defense being the most important.

Here’s more from Coach P‘s opening statement: “Nebraska is an excellent team.  They’re very well-coached.  They play great defense.  I think we played very good defense, and we did today.  I think that was the difference for our team.  Some of the stops we made, I thought, were very critical, and to hold a Nebraska team to 45 points, that’s a very good thing for us to do.  We came back on the boards.  We had been down on the boards all game long and managed to get up by one there.  Sometimes the offense isn’t as smooth and defense and rebounding really has to take charge of what you do as a team, and I think at this time of year, in particular, as teams are more physical and talented, that sometimes show up.”

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The Duke women’s basketball is the only ACC school left in the NCAA Tournament, as they play six seed Nebraska in a few minutes with a chance to head to the Elite 8. The game will be televised live on ESPN, but I’ll try to keep you up-to-date from here in Norfolk.

The Huskers have some great shooters and a senior point guard. You all know what Duke has, even without Chelsea Gray (though she’ll be cheering from the bench). There is a guy in the stands with the giant corn hat and Huskers fans seemed to have traveled well. Oh and you know the Zooperstars? Well there is a Nebraska one here.

It will be interesting to see if the crowd empties out of all the Notre Dame fans (who played in the first game and who Duke would play if they win). And it already has, but they could be getting some food.

One of the Nebraska male managers has on a pink dress shirt with a white bow tie (just thought I’d let you all know).

Starting lineups:

DUKE: Elizabeth Williams, Alexis Jones, Richa Jackson, Tricia Liston, and Haley Peters.

NEBRASKA: Lindsey Moore, Hailie Sample, Emily Cady, Rachel Theriot, and Jordan Hooper.

There are a TON of fans here for Williams.

And the tip goes to…Duke. Both teams miss their first three attempts from the floor. Williams gets the game’s first bucket with 18:00 to go in the first half. Nebraska keeps turning the ball over. The Huskers are finally on the board on a Theriot jumper with about 15:00 to go. She then hits a 3 on their next possession. At the first media timeout of the game (14:40), we are all tied at 5-5.

Chloe Wells and Allison Vernerey have both checked in for Duke, as they play in the matchup zone. Vernerey gets a nice steal, but cannot convert on the breakaway layup.

» Continue reading “Live at Norfolk Region Semis: Duke vs Nebraska”

It was a good start for the ACC in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.

Maryland won their first game on Saturday afternoon and will now take on Michigan State tonight at the Comcast Center in College Park, MD.

Duke pulled away late in the second half to beat upset-minded Hampton to kick off Sunday’s action. I was most disappointed in the amount of Hampton fans at Cameron Indoor Stadium (they took over the entire Cameron Crazies section). The Blue Devils move on to play seven seed Oklahoma State on Tuesday night in Cameron. Maybe the guys can give them some luck?

North Carolina held off 14 seed Albany, 59-54 to advance to play six seed Delaware on Tuesday night on the Blue Hens home court. This may be the most intriguing matchup of the tourney, with one of the best players in the game, Delaware’s Elena Delle Donne, going up against a wild UNC team.

Albany led 28-23 at the half, as UNC was in foul trouble with two starters with three fouls. It was also a sloppy first half, as the two teams combined for 27 turnovers.

In the second half, Tierra Ruffin-Pratt, who was one of the two starters with three fouls, took over. She scored 19 of her 30 points in the second half. Waltiea Rolle scored ten of her 14 points in the second half with nine rebounds (she had 14 total). Rolle, named to the ACC’s All-Defensive Team, could guard the 6’5 Delle Donne on Tuesday night.

FSU’s Leonor Rodriguez during shoot around at Maryland on January 6, 2013.

Despite foul trouble to key players, Florida State beat nine seed Princeton, 60-44. The Seminoles led 31-19 at the half. FSU moves on to face the overall number one seed in Waco, Texas, Baylor and Brittany Griner.

With the foul issues in the first half, FSU was led by their supporting cast. Yashira Delgado scored seven of her 11 points in the first half. Chastity Clayton, the ACC’s 6th Player of the Year, scored all six of her points in the first half.

Leonor Rodriguez, the Seminoles leading scorer, had just four points and three fouls at the half. She turned it up in the second half and scored eight more points without picking up another foul. Morgan Toles also chipped in 12 points.

No Princeton players scored in double figures.

Eight seed Miami was the lone ACC team to lose, as they lost to nine seed Iowa, 69-53 in Iowa City. The Hurricanes led by one at the half, but were out-scored in the second half, 42-25.

Neither team shot the ball well, but Miami shot poorly from the free throw line (just 14-of-26). They also only made three 3-pointers. All that poor shooting and turnovers (24) negated their huge rebounding edge (49-34 and 21-12 on the offensive glass).

Morgan Stroman scored 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting but committed five turnovers. Shawnice “Pepper” Wilson scored 15 points and hauled in 18 rebounds. She only made 4-of-10 shots and committed seven turnovers.

For the Hawkeyes, Samantha Logic scored 23 points and hauled in 14 rebounds. Next up for Iowa, they will face one seed Notre Dame. Can they pull the upset on their home court?

It’s about midway through the ACC women’s basketball schedule, so it is a great time to take a look back at the preseason rankings and which players the media thought would rule the conference. Were they right or were they wrong?

Here is what the preseason rankings looked like back in October (first place votes in parentheses):

Here is what the current standings look like:

Four ACC teams are currently ranked in the AP top 25: Duke (5), Maryland (7), North Carolina (16), and Florida State (19). The Blue Devils were the last of the undefeateds in both men’s and women’s basketball to fall.

Duke and Maryland battle for the top spot on Big Monday on ESPN2.

Georgia Tech has been the biggest disappointment. They lost six straight ACC games before winning their last two.

UNC and FSU may be the two biggest surprises, though the Seminoles should not be a huge surprise because of their veteran roster. The Tarheels were the league’s biggest disappointment last season, but they have gelled together this season and have one of the country’s best defenses (though they did not show it in a loss Sunday at home to Duke).

FSU has one bad loss in the conference, to Wake Forest, in the midst of a two-game skid. They are prone to horrible first halves and then have to fight their way back. The Seminoles usually only play 7-8 girls and have one of (if not the) shortest bench in the ACC.

As much as UNC and FSU have surprised everyone because of their rankings now and how they were perceived in the preseason, Maryland is my biggest surprise. The Terps lost their starting point guard (Brene Moseley) and back up big (Essence Townsend) before their season started. They then lost starting guard Laurin Mincy during the season. Freshman Tierney Pfirman was also injured and is expected to miss a month. However, the Terps keep on winning.

» Continue reading “ACC Women’s Basketball Midway Report”

It is about midway through the ACC men’s basketball schedule and it a good time took take a look at the preseason rankings and which players the media and coaches thought would rule the conference. Were they right or were they wrong?

Let’s take a look.

Here is what the preseason rankings in the ACC looked like back in October:

Here is what the current standings look like:

Only Duke (number four) and Miami (number eight) are ranked in the top 25. The Hurricanes have surprised everyone, especially with their blowout victory over Duke a few weeks back. They are even selling out their home court for games.

NC State has been the biggest disappointment, as they cannot seem to put all the talent together. Sure, they gave Duke their first loss when they were ranked number one, but it came in Raleigh. But after that win over the Blue Devils, they lost four out of their next six games (to Maryland, Wake Forest, Virginia, and Miami).

Maryland has been a bit of a disappointment, but then again, they did not play anyone in the non-conference. After losing to Kentucky in their first game, the Terps won 13 in a row. Then the ACC schedule got underway, and they have lost two in a row twice and have lost five of their last eight.

FSU has also been a bit of a disappointment, but that started at the very beginning. The Seminoles lost their first game of the season, to South Alabama at home. They then lost three in a row at home after Thanksgiving, one of them to Mercer. Only one of their four losses in the ACC came by less than ten points. Back on January 19th, they only scored 36 points in a loss at Virginia. They do however have two buzzer beater wins last week, both game-winning shots came from Michael Snaer, who has the knack for the dramatic.

Speaking of UVA, they have been a bit of a surprise. Riding the hot shooting of Joe Harris (15.3 points per game and 45.8% from the three point line), the Cavaliers have been in the top four all season. However a loss to Georgia Tech may have brought them back to earth. All of their losses this season (six of them) have come to lesser opponents (like Old Dominion, Delaware, Clemson, and Wake Forest).

» Continue reading “ACC Men’s Basketball Midway Report”

At the end of last week, the ACC announced the 2013 conference football matchups with the additions of Pittsburgh and Syracuse.

Each team will play eight conference games in football (four home, four away). Six games will be played within the division (three home, three away). The other two games will be against crossover opponents from the other division. In 2013, all Atlantic Division opponents will host the game against their primary crossover opponent, while the Coastal Division will host the game against a rotating crossover opponent.

The primary crossover opponent will not change for each school, but the rotating crossover opponent will change each season. With the exception of Pitt and Syracuse, each team will be playing their rotating crossover opponent for the first time since 2009.

Pitt will be joining the Coastal Division and Syracuse will be joining the Atlantic Division and will play each other annually as primary crossover opponents. Other primary crossover opponents are as follows: Boston College versus Virginia Tech, Clemson versus Georgia Tech, Florida State versus Miami, Maryland versus Virginia, NC State versus North Carolina, and Duke versus Wake Forest.

Duke will play at Wake in 2013, along with at Virginia Tech and will face Miami at home (just like in 2012). The Blue Devils rotating opponent for 2013 is NC State and it will be played in Durham. They will also play Georgia Tech and Pitt at home and travel to UNC and UVA.

The full ACC football schedule will be announced sometime in February.