Our bet on Billy Gillispie, warts and all, to be the most likely candidate to upset an ACC team on opening night didn't go so well: Virginia won, 80-50, an astronomically high score by Tony Bennett’s notoriously slow offense.
The real winner: Louisville over UMBC, 94-93. Defense may be an issue, but at least the Cards can score.
Miami took down NJIT 101-60, UNC got by Radford 86-70, Clemson popped Winthrop 78-56, NC State knocked off The Citadel 72-59, Notre Dame struggled with Niagara but got the win 70-63, Pitt mauled NC A&T 100-52, Syracuse survived mighty New Hampshire 83-72, Georgia Tech eluded Georgia Southern 84-62, Virginia Tech defanged Coppin State 100-55, Wake slapped Elon 101-78 and BC sent Fairfield home 89-70.