Early ACC Standings -- TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Early ACC Standings

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While much of Kentucky is dealing with one of the heaviest winter storms in decades, the ACC basketball standings are beginning to take shape some. Before we dive deep into basketball, we take a quick look at this winter storm, where parts of Louisville were recorded to have 9" of snow and ice. A depth to that extent was last seen on Feb. 4, 1998. For many folks, Monday and maybe even Tuesday became a work from home or snow day. To those who had to brave the conditions and get behind the wheel, we hope you were safe and returned home in one piece.

Poor Louisville women's basketball. After surviving an overtime scare at Wake Forest, the Cards returned home to poor weather conditions and below freezing temperatures. But... they did return home with a win. We preached on our podcast on Saturday the importance of conference wins, especially stealing some on the road, which Louisville did.

With the newly expanded ACC, not everyone makes the ACC Tournament anymore. The format of the tournament this year reflects that of the last several years, meaning 15 (of the now 18) teams get in. The bottom three in the ACC will be SOL.

So far, everyone in the ACC has played at least three games. Five teams are a perfect 3-0 and four teams are winless at 0-3. Everyone else is somewhere in the middle.

We have some early surprises such as Georgia Tech and Florida State both sitting atop the standings. Clemson has been off to a hot start too at 3-1. On the other end of the spectrum, teams like North Carolina and Stanford have some work to do as they sit at 1-2 and 0-3, respectively.

Here is the current ACC standings:

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There is still plenty of season left to be played, but the ACC appears to be more challenging than ever before. We will not have any in person coverage for when the Cards visit Pitt on Thursday, but we do plan to have in-person coverage at the KFC Yum! Center for Sunday's game against Georgia Tech.

(Photos by Jared. Screenshot of ACC standings came from ESPN's website)

Happy Tuesday and Go Cards!

Jared