Touching all bases in the ACC

By Kartik Krishnaiyer
Canes Rising Staff

ACC Hoops season. For some of us it is the highlight of the college sports calender. For others who patron this site its an unwelcome distraction in the midst of football recruiting. Whatever your tastes, here is our first power poll of the season.

1- Wake Forest

Our Nate Skinner called this one on the podcast a few weeks back. I was shocked to see Wake win at BYU and surprised to see them beat Carolina.

2- Clemson

Oliver Purnell has turned the Tigers into a consistent ACC force.

3- Duke

The Devils played a weaker non league schedule than other top teams so it's tough to judge them yet.

4- North Carolina

No Marcus Ginyard = Bad perimeter defense.

5- Miami

Dwayne Collins is finally beginning to assert himself inside

6- Florida State

Chris Singleton can be special, and Derwin Kitchen is giving the Noles a legit point guard who won't turn the ball over constantly like Tony Douglas.

7- Boston College

Tyrese Rice is great but the rest of this team is inconsistent.

8- Maryland

Never count out a Gary Williams coached team. The Terps beat Michigan and Michigan State but lost to Morgan State. Ouch.

9- Virginia Tech

I've been more dissapointed in this team than any other in the ACC. I really thought the Hokies would be a NCAA team this season.

10- NC State

The Wolfpack almost got a big win at Florida but as usual they lost a close game under Sidney Lowe.

11- Virginia

A young but talented team that will get better as the season wears on.

12- Georgia Tech

Paul Hewitt has run out of time. The Jackets have been hit by injuries but also have relied too much on one and done players since Stephan Marbury. This program has serious issues they need to solve if they want to consistently compete in the ACC.