In Thanksgiving Day ACC Action, BC fell to Loyola of Chicago 71-68, Virginia Tech knocked off Boise State 82-75, NC State nipped Jerry Stackhouse’s Vandy 84-78 and Villanova outlasted UNC in overtime 83-81.
This was an interesting matchup partly because both coaches are following legends and both have had some struggles.
Hubert Davis is following Roy Williams and the shadow of Dean Smith while ‘Nova coach Kyle Neptune struggled last year after taking over for Jay Wright, finishing 17-17.
In his one other year as a head coach, at Fordham, he finished 16-16, so going into this season he was at .