ACC play opened with two interesting games: Boston College hosted Notre Dame and just owned the Irish while Virginia barely escaped Pitt.
BC led the entire game and held the Irish to 38.2 percent overall and 28.6 for threes. Considering where this team was last season, this is a huge improvement. Color us impressed so far. Earl Grant may be working on a Coach of the Year campaign.
During the Virginia-Pitt game, one of the announcers said that Jeff Capel really likes this team’s willingness to fight. The Panthers did fight, ripping off a 12-4 run at the beginning of the second half and then coming back late with an 11 point run to go up 56-52 with just 25 seconds left.