define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); PK 80 – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Tue, 28 Nov 2017 07:30:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court ACC Feast Week In Review http://rushthecourt.net/2017/11/28/acc-feast-week-in-review-2/ http://rushthecourt.net/2017/11/28/acc-feast-week-in-review-2/#respond Tue, 28 Nov 2017 15:01:37 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=130423

Ten ACC schools saw action in early season tournaments over the last week-plus and the results of those games for conference teams were mixed. A shaky 5-7 start in the first five events caused some early concern, but those tournaments mostly involved lower-tier ACC clubs, and the results improved as the better teams took the court later in the week. Below we will review some Feast Week comparison statistics with the other six major basketball conferences (Power 5 plus the Big East and American) as well as some of the ACC’s best and worst team performances from the last 10 days.

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Note: To gauge relative team strength, we use current KenPom ratings. All times are Eastern.

PK80 – Victory: In a unique affair this Thanksgiving weekend, Portland is hosting the PK80–Phil Knight Invitational, a 16-team, two-bracket event in honor of the Nike co-founder’s 80th birthday (the actual milestone birthday is February 24, 2018). All of the participating schools have a business relationship with the footwear company, including North Carolina (#10), slotted into the Victory Bracket. The Tar Heels, fresh off an impressive 96-72 road thumping of Stanford on Monday night, will face co-host Portland (#302) today (ESPN – 2:30 PM) in the opening round. Assuming they win, [...]]]>
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