Pittsburgh's Jaland Lowe made crucial foul shots, securing a 79-76 lead against Duke. The game saw intense late action, with UConn also leading against Villanova. Pitt's victory over Duke contributed to a wild Saturday of ACC basketball, with road teams winning 5 out of 7 games. The win elevated Pitt's NET ranking to 68, surpassing Syracuse. Clemson also improved its ranking after defeating Pittsburgh. The ACC road teams' success continued with victories by VT, UVA, UNC, and Clemson. Overall, the ACC road teams went 5-2, shaking up the conference standings.
ACC road teams went 5-2 yesterday. VT won at N.C. State UVA won at GT Pitt won at Duke UNC won at BC Clemson won at FSU Wake Forest blew out Louisville and Syracuse got a buzzer beater to avoid overtime against Miami. https://t.co/SR3qQ5epZC
NET check-in: Clemson moves up from No. 39 to No. 33 after a win at Florida State. Clemson's win at Pittsburgh moved back to Quad 1; Panthers went from No. 82 to No. 68 after a win over Duke. Tigers are 3-4 in Quad 1 games. Home loss to Georgia Tech (Q3) only non-Quad 1 defeat.
Syracuse wakes up to a Quad 1 win today as Pitt jumped up to 68 off its upset of Duke. Pitt is actually ahead of Syracuse (69) in the NET rankings despite the Orangeโs season sweep of the Panthers.
Road teams went 5-2 in @accmbb yesterday. Weโre in 2nd quarter of conference schedule, 3 road teams won on higher seeded floors (Clemson, Pitt & VT). Road teams won 50% of conference games this wk. Home teams have won 55% of games, and 24% have been โ5 pts or lessโ @accnetwork
In last night's win at Duke, Pitt shot 16 free throws. Half of those came in the final 26.7 seconds when Duke was fouling intentionally.
Wild Saturday of ACC ๐. Road teams 5-2, and Pittโs W at Duke gives UNC 2-game lead atop the standings.
Proctor missed the first, made the second and then intentionally missed the third. That attempt didn't hit the rim, which makes it Pitt basketball with 4.8 left. Panthers lead 79-76.
Jaland Lowe makes a pair of huge foul shots. Pitt is back ahead by 4.
Great late game action right now. Pittsburgh up five at Duke. UConn up two at Villanova. Both in the final minutes.