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** 2019-20 ACC Basketball**

North Carolina's Roy Williams ties Dean Smith for 4th in career Div. I wins
The Tar Heels beat Yale 70-67 to give Williams his 879th career Division I victory as a head coach, tying him with Smith for fourth all-time. Williams, who has led the Tar Heels since 2003-04, worked as an assistant for Smith at North Carolina for 10 seasons from 1978 to '88. Williams has a 461-138 record with North Carolina, preceded by a 418-101 mark with Kansas.
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Gonzaga stays No. 1 while Oregon moves into the top 5
The Zags (13-1) did not play last week during a Top 25 schedule filled with lopsided games and just two matchups between ranked teams. Ohio State dropped three places after losing 67-59 to West Virginia, which climbed six places to No. 16.

The Atlantic Coast Conference
No.2: Duke (11-1)
No.7: Louisville (11-2)
No.18: Florida State (11-2)
No.19: Virginia (10-2)
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Women
UConn ends decade where it began: No. 1 in poll
It has been some decade for the Huskies: five national championships, a total of 17 losses and all 194 weeks ranked in the top five. UConn has been the No. 1 team in the Top 25 in 111 of them, a run that included a 111-game winning streak.

The Atlantic Coast Conference
No.7: Louisville (12-1)
No.8: Florida State (13-0)
No.9: NC State (12-0)
No.23: Miami (9-3)
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Women
Evans' 3s lead No. 7 Louisville to 75-50 win at Clemson
Evans had 27 points with a career-high seven 3-pointers. Evans made 10 of her first 14 shots, including all those long-range buckets from behind the arc as Louisville (13-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) led by as many as 34 points in winning its fifth straight overall and eighth in a row over the Tigers (5-9, 1-2). Clemson made only 2 of its final 19 shots of the half and had 10 turnovers, double Louisville's total.

Syracuse upsets No. 8 Florida State 90-89 in overtime
Lewis paced the Orange (7-6, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) with 21 points and Gabrielle Cooper added 14. Engstler and Digna Strautmane each had 12 for the Orange. Gillespie led the Seminoles (13-1, 2-1) with 27 points and Nausia Woolfolk had 19. The win was the Orange's first against a top-10 opponent since an 80-72 victory in 2016 over No. 3 South Carolina in the Elite Eight.

Cunane lifts No. 9 N.C. State over Virginia Tech 76-69
Elissa Cunane scored 25 of her 28 points after halftime and Aislinn Konig scored eight of her 18 points in the fourth quarter for the Wolfpack (13-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). Kai Crutchfield added 12 points and Kayla Jones scored 11. Taja Cole added 13 points and Elizabeth Kitley scored 11 for Virginia Tech (10-3, 0-2).

Georgia Tech women blitz No. 23 Miami in 4th, win 61-54
Lorela Cubaj had 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Yellow Jackets (11-2, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who outscored Tech 30-12 in the fourth quarter. Kelsey Marshall led the Hurricanes (9-4, 1-1), who had won four straight, with 14 points.
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Wake Forest suspends Sharone Wright, Michael Wynn vs. Pittsburgh
Wright is averaging 3.4 points while Wynn is averaging 1.3 points for the Demon Deacons (7-5, 0-2 ACC). It will be Wake Forest's first game since beating North Carolina A&T on Dec. 21.

North Carolina's Anthony Harris to undergo surgery to repair torn ACL
Harris, a 6-foot-4 guard from Virginia, averaged 6.8 points in five games this season. He has played a key reserve role since Cole Anthony was injured in early December. He was an ESPN 100 prospect in the 2019 class.
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Carey scores 24 to lead No. 2 Duke past Miami 95-62
Vernon Carey rocked his hometown Saturday night, scoring 24 points in 25 minutes, Blue Devils freshman Cassius Stanley had 20 points in 25 minutes, and Matthew Hurt added 13 points. Carey, Stanley and Hurt shot a combined 25 for 33 (76%). Kameron McGusty led the Hurricanes with 12 points but had six turnovers. The Blue Devils (13-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) won their seventh game in a row. Miami (9-4, 1-2) had a five-game winning streak snapped and lost for the first time since November.

Walker leads No. 18 FSU to 78-65 win over No. 7 Louisville
M.J. Walker scored 23 points and made 5 of 7 3-pointers, Trent Forrest added 20 points on 9-of-11 shooting, and Devin Vassell scored 14 the Seminoles (13-2, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) Nwora had a hot hand early for the Cardinals (11-3, 2-1)in scoring with 21 points in the first half.

Clark, Key spark No. 19 Virginia past Hokies, 65-39
The Cavaliers (11-2, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) led 30-17 by halftime and built their lead to as many as 23 in the second half. Landers Nolley II had 18 points for the Hokies (10-4, 1-2).
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Women
No. 7 Louisville women rally, then survives Duke 60-55
The Cardinals (14-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) trailed much of three quarters before finally going ahead 49-47

Gillespie leads No. 8 Florida State women past Miami 73-62
Gillespie shot 8 of 11 from the field as the Seminoles (14-1, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) rebounded from their loss Thursday at Syracuse. The Hurricanes (9-5, 1-2) rallied from an 18-point third-quarter deficit and got within 54-47.

Cunane helps N.C. State women top Virginia, stay unbeaten
Jakia Brown-Turner added 13 points and Grace Hunter scored 10 for N.C. State (14-0, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), which matched the second-best start in program history. N.C. State started 21-0 last season, becoming the final Division I team to lose a game. The Wolfpack entered Sunday as one of five remaining undefeated teams this season.
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No. 13 Louisville pulls away from Miami 74-58
Louisville (12-3, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) bounced back from consecutive losses to ranked foes, at Kentucky and at home to Florida State. McGusty and Chris Lykes had 18 points apiece for Miami (9-5, 1-3), which dropped its second in a row. The Hurricanes shot 28%, including 26% from long range, and were outrebounded 48-37.

Boston College upsets No. 18 Virginia, 60-53
Jay Heath scored 17 for BC (9-6, 3-1), which had not beaten Virginia in six tries since 2013. It was BC's first win over a ranked team since beating No. 11 Florida State last January, and Virginia's (11-3, 3-1). first loss to an unranked ACC opponent in almost two years.
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Women
No. 7 Louisville downs Miami 87-41, sits alone atop ACC standings
The Cardinals (15-1, 4-0 ACC) are now alone atop the league standings, taking the outright lead after No. 9 North Carolina State lost earlier Thursday against North Carolina. At 9-6, this is Miami's slowest 15-game start since also going 9-6 to open the 2013-14 season. The Hurricanes were 7-8 at this point in 2007-08.

Bennett, Tar Heels hand No. 9 Wolfpack first loss, 66-60
The Tar Heels (12-3, 3-1) pushed ahead for good on Madinah Muhammad's free throws with 8:14 left, then repeatedly came up with tough baskets to gradually tighten their grip on the game down the stretch. Aislinn Konig scored 24 points for the Wolfpack (14-1, 3-1), who went more than 10 minutes without a basket after taking a 46-34 lead with 5:10 left in the third quarter.

Balanced Georgia Tech beats No. 11 Florida State women 67-52
Francesca Pan added 16 points, Kierra Fletcher 12 and Lorela Cubaj 10 for the Yellow Jackets (12-3, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who snapped a five-game losing streak to the Seminoles (14-2, 3-2). Georgia Tech beat Florida State for the first time since a Feb. 27, 2014 victory at Tallahassee.
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Clemson stuns host UNC after going 0-for-59 in Chapel Hill

Year after year, every Clemson team that played at North Carolina left the court in the same fashion: by throwing another loss onto what had grown into a bizarrely long streak. No longer. For once, after a 79-76 overtime win in Chapel Hill, the Tigers were the ones celebrating while the Tar Heels were left to ponder a late collapse to add to their recent struggles. Clemson's streak began in 1926 and had reached 0-59 to give the Tar Heels (8-8, 1-4) an NCAA record for the longest home winning streak against one opponent. That included a 28-0 mark in the Smith Center, UNC's campus arena that opened in January 1986.

At 8-8, this is the latest into a season that UNC is .500 or worse since it was 16-16 in 2009-10. The Tar Heels led by 10 at the half, making this the largest halftime lead they've blown at the Smith Center since 1997, when Maryland erased a 12-point halftime deficit. The longest active home court win streak by one opponent over another now belongs to Syracuse, which has won 38 consecutive home meetings vs. Colgate.

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Baylor should be college basketball's No. 1, plus the ACC is a mess

Saturday's front-loaded slate had only two games featuring two top-25 teams, but we were not without storylines. The biggest talking point will be the end of North Carolina's 59-game home winning streak against Clemson, but we'll get to that -- and Brad Brownell's reaction -- in a bit. I'll also get to Baylor's ending its 17-game losing streak at Kansas.

No. 4 Baylor won for the first time at Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday, finishing the first half on a tear and keeping No. 3 Kansas at arm's length throughout the second half en route to a 67-55 victory. With the win, there's a very strong argument that Baylor should be the No. 1 team in the country when Monday's polls come out. Résumé-wise, there shouldn't be much of a debate. Scott Drew's team now has road wins over Kansas and Texas Tech -- both in the past four days -- as well as a neutral-court victory against Villanova and home wins against Butler and Arizona. The lone loss came in Alaska against Washington on Nov. 8, a game the Bears led until essentially the final minute.

Since adding Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse after the 2012-13 season, the ACC has received at least six bids to the NCAA tournament every season. Right now, there's no guarantee that the league gets much more than half that number. Virginia would seem to be the fourth-best team in the league, but the Cavaliers lost at home to Syracuse on Saturday after falling at Boston College on Tuesday. Tony Bennett's team has losses to the Orange, the Eagles, South Carolina and Purdue -- four teams with a combined 27 losses heading into Saturday. Virginia's best win this season? Either home over Virginia Tech or at Syracuse. That isn't exactly a glowing endorsement of the Cavaliers' résumé.
 
Tre Jones scores 23, No. 2 Duke routs Wake Forest 90-59
Cassius Stanley added 16 points for Duke (15-1, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), which shot 53% from the field. Torry Johnson and Olivier Sarr scored 13 points apiece to lead Wake Forest (8-7, 1-4).

Nwora leads way, No. 13 Louisville beats Notre Dame 67-64
ACC leading scorer Jordan Nwora had a game-high 20 points and reserve guard Ryan McMahon added 17 for the Cardinals (13-3, 4-1 ACC) to begin a three-game road trip. John Mooney notched his 10th straight double-double and 13th of the season with 15 points and 19 rebounds for the Fighting Irish (10-6, 1-4).
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Clemson gets rare ACC double in 79-72 win over No. 3 Duke
Tuesday night's win over the Blue Devils was the highest-profile upset for the Tigers (9-7, 3-3 ACC) since they beat No. 1 North Carolina on their home court in February 2001. The Blue Devils (15-2, 5-1 ) came into the game as 10 1/2-point favorites and were leading the nation with an average margin of victory of 21.5 points. Duke had not lost since a stunning home defeat to Stephen F. Austin in November.

No. 11 Louisville escapes Pitt upset bid in overtime, 72-68
With 21 seconds left in overtime and Pittsburgh trailing by two, Panthers guard Trey McGowens put his head down and drove to the rim as he had so often as Pitt put a scare into No. 11 Louisville on Tuesday night.
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