ACC Regular Season 2023-24

[LETTERL]

The good news is that team with the powder blue uniforms will be joining them in the loss column before long. Same offensive struggles.

 

[triaddukefan]

Well, not surprised Duke lost. I watched their game against Columbia and could see their offensive struggles this season. Much like DeJesus should have started last year, Okanawa should be this year. If this trend continues, Duke will see more players in the portal after the season ends.

The good news is that team with the powder blue uniforms will be joining them in the loss column before long. Same offensive struggles.

 

[Dillon77]

Well, not surprised Duke lost. I watched their game against Columbia and could see their offensive struggles this season. Much like DeJesus should have started last year, Okanawa should be this year. If this trend continues, Duke will see more players in the portal after the season ends.

The good news is that team with the powder blue uniforms will be joining them in the loss column before long. Same offensive struggles.

A vaguely familiar name to ACC fans was in the Davidson box score leading them with 19 points. Ellie Sutphin, who was up at NC State, not getting any time with the Wolfpack (hey, with Cunane there, what are you going to do? Oh, transfer!). Looked like she was hitting from outside.

Oh, and the second leading scorer - Charlise Dunn -- came down from Va. Tech. So, if one place doesn't work, try another.

 

[triaddukefan]

 

[Rooster C.]

That was a hard fought fun game to watch. Having said that, Jackson saved their butts with crazy 3-pt shooting. Brown continues to struggle on offense(3 pts) and Richardson was a whopping 0-for-10(3 pts). Okanawa didn't have a great shooting night but still managed to put up as many points off the bench as any of the starters other than Jackson. I'm not sure Duke can count on getting 60% (6 for 10) from Jackson every game. I don't think they will fare as well when they travel to SC .

Why do you think she's using the Emsbo/Brown starting combo ?

 

[nwhoopfan]

Why do you think she's using the Emsbo/Brown starting combo ?

I thought Emsbo was pretty good today. But yeah Brown, other than having a few blocks, was pretty close to invisible.

 

[LETTERL]

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We were rooting loudly for Duke as they began their rally and actually took a lead late. Heartbreak loss for the Blue Devils. I was curious to see how all the new pieces would battle against Stanford and they represented themselves, and the ACC, well.

 

[Dillon77]

Hannah Hidalgo Named Frosh, Overall Player of the Week by ACC
(Has taken 3 of the 4 awards in two weeks)
Thanks to Fighting Artichoke for the tip.

Notre Dame’s Hidalgo Sweeps ACC Women's Basketball Weekly Honors

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week, as announced by the conference office on Monday. Hidalgo earned her second Rookie of the Week award in as many weeks and first Player of...

theacc.com

 

[LoTrader]

Kennedy Brown was a non-factor. Having watched KB at OSU for the first 2 years of her college campaign, I haven't seen any improvement, especially on the offensive side. KB tends to disappear against talented BIGs. I hope her season improves and that this game was a 1-off.

 

[CAbballfan2]

That was a hard fought fun game to watch. Having said that, Jackson saved their butts with crazy 3-pt shooting. Brown continues to struggle on offense(3 pts) and Richardson was a whopping 0-for-10(3 pts). Okanawa didn't have a great shooting night but still managed to put up as many points off the bench as any of the starters other than Jackson. I'm not sure Duke can count on getting 60% (6 for 10) from Jackson every game. I don't think they will fare as well when they travel to SC .

Why do you think she's using the Emsbo/Brown starting combo ?

I don’t think Kara expects Jackson to go 6-10 every game. The same way she doesn’t expect Richardson to go 0-10 every game. These are 2 players that were in lesser roles last year, that are expected to be the go to scorers every game. I think they will both find some consistency. The positive is the amount of players that have shown they can impact when one of their go to players is not. Duke has a lot of potential. I don’t think we will see it tho till ACC play. They need more games under their belt.

 

[triaddukefan]

That was a hard fought fun game to watch. Having said that, Jackson saved their butts with crazy 3-pt shooting. Brown continues to struggle on offense(3 pts) and Richardson was a whopping 0-for-10(3 pts). Okanawa didn't have a great shooting night but still managed to put up as many points off the bench as any of the starters other than Jackson. I'm not sure Duke can count on getting 60% (6 for 10) from Jackson every game. I don't think they will fare as well when they travel to SC .

Why do you think she's using the Emsbo/Brown starting combo ?

Well she first went to the EMBRO combo the last game... we were starting a 6'0 W as PF and that probably won't work in ACC/P5 games. I think it can work as Brown is a better shooter outside of the paint, and Emsbo is effective in the paint. I think this duo can work versus teams with big front lines. Our only other player with decent size is #12, and she played really well today... so she will definitely get more playing time.

I personally like having O squared coming off of the bench to provide a spark. RIchardson is in a heck of a shooting slump though. Between the exhibition and first game.. she was 19-23 from the field including 6-6 from distance... since then she has struggled, but I think Coach will keep her in the starting lineup and hope she can shoot her way out of the slump.

 

[Rooster C.]

we were starting a 6'0 W as PF and that probably won't work in ACC/P5 games.

I watched Miami last year with Destiny Harden essentially playing PF at 6'0" and a 6'4" center and it seemed to work out okay for them. My concern is the lack of scoring from that Emsbo/Brown combo compared to having another guard/wing out there. I think it can work if you're doing the "two towers" thing inside like Boston/Kardoso at SC last year but otherwise a very tall "wing" player shooting from the outside has to be a decent ball handler and give you above average ppg

 

[triaddukefan]

I watched Miami last year with Destiny Harden essentially playing PF at 6'0" and a 6'4" center and it seemed to work out okay for them. My concern is the lack of scoring from that Emsbo/Brown combo compared to having another guard/wing out there. I think it can work if you're doing the "two towers" thing inside like Boston/Kardoso at SC last year but otherwise a very tall "wing" player shooting from the outside has to be a decent ball handler and give you above average ppg

Well we have a freshman 6'4 player with wing skills, but she isn't ready to play against the better teams yet. She saw minutes the first 3 games, but didn't leave the bench the last 2.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

The wing needs to be a premium rebounder.

If she's not, you're giving up too many possessions.

But plenty of 6'0 players can board.

 

[Rooster C.]

ESPN did an updated 2024 wbb class recruiting rankings and the ACC looks to fare well next year. Now the #1,#3,#10,#21,#22 and #47 have yet to commit so these rankings will change yet again at some future point but the ACC has at least one school in the running for all but #47 (#1 has no official final list but I would imagine some ACC school is on it).

#5 Duke
#8 Virginia Tech
#11 Stanford
#13 Miami
#14 NC State
#16 Louisville
#18 North Carolina
#19 Georgia Tech
#23 Cal

Also considered: Notre Dame, Clemson, and Syracuse

2024 women's college basketball recruiting rankings: Updated top 25 classes

We break down the top 25 recruiting classes after the early signing window.

www.espn.com

 

[LETTERL]

2 ACC teams will play in holiday tournaments on Thanksgiving Day.

Kentucky (2-2) vs. NC State (4-0) at 3:15 pm in the Paradise Jam
Georgia Tech (4-0) vs. Creighton (3-1) in the Cancun Challenge at 4 pm.

 

[triaddukefan]

That was a hard fought fun game to watch. Having said that, Jackson saved their butts with crazy 3-pt shooting. Brown continues to struggle on offense(3 pts) and Richardson was a whopping 0-for-10(3 pts). Okanawa didn't have a great shooting night but still managed to put up as many points off the bench as any of the starters other than Jackson. I'm not sure Duke can count on getting 60% (6 for 10) from Jackson every game. I don't think they will fare as well when they travel to SC .

Why do you think she's using the Emsbo/Brown starting combo ?

Well Jackson sat out yesterday with undisclosed injury. Her replacement came in and had a career high before injuring her ankle.

Richardson emerged from her shooting slump and had 22 points on 7-12 shooting.

Freshman Donovan started in place of Emsbo yesterday

 

[triaddukefan]

 

[triaddukefan]

She is gonna end up breaking the FOW record

 

[triaddukefan]

Dont know why we had a conference game three weeks before any other team. Now we sitting all alone in last place until after Christmas

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[Rooster C.]

She is gonna end up breaking the FOW record

How many times did Latson get it last year?

 

[nwhoopfan]

Dont know why we had a conference game three weeks before any other team. Now we sitting all alone in last place until after Christmas

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On the flip side, first time Clemson has ever been all alone in first place?

 

[triaddukefan]

On the flip side, first time Clemson has ever been all alone in first place?

Believe it or not, years ago Clemson was a upper tier program in the ACC. They have several Sweet 16 appearances... one run to the Elite 8... a few ACC tournament titles, and finished 1st in the regular season. Granted it was years ago... say 1987-2000.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

Believe it or not, years ago Clemson was a upper tier program in the ACC. They have several Sweet 16 appearances... one run to the Elite 8... a few ACC tournament titles, and finished 1st in the regular season. Granted it was years ago... say 1987-2000.

Jim Davis. He was pretty good.

 

[GamecockFam]

Dont know why we had a conference game three weeks before any other team. Now we sitting all alone in last place until after Christmas

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Weird. I've never seen that before. Is it possible to play a fellow conference member as a non-conference game?