Field Hockey draws #5 seed for ACC Tournament -- Sunday Cardinal Couple

LOUISVILLE GETS WAKE FOREST IN OPENING ROUND

Although the actual ACC Field Hockey Tournament is a couple of weeks away, the pairings have been made for the event in Durham, NC from Nov. 5-7. Once again, I am baffled by the way they do these things. Louisville is a #5 seed. they'll face Wake Forest, a #4 seed.

Louisville finished with a 3-3 record in ACC conference play. So did the Demon Deacons of Wake Forest. The two schools played in the regular season. Louisville defeated WF 2-1...in Winston-Salem.

So, tie-breaker goes to the Cards, right? Not in the wacky world of ACC Tournament seedings. Wake gets the #4... Louisville the #5. 

"Jim...the ACC Field Hockey Touramant is illogical!" 

Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard...please report to the commissioner's office. Bring Dr. Ted, Dr. Phil, Dr. Seuss, Dr. Feelgood and Dr. Spock also. It's time for a ACC Intervention. 

Other rankings are non-nonsensical as well. UNC finished conference play 4-2 and is #1 in the nation. So...it makes sense they would be #2 seed, right? Virginia gets the #1 seed. Virginia also gets the first round bye...since seven teams are in ACC Field Hockey.

Boston College gets the #3 seed They beat Louisville and were 3-3 in conference. Duke is the #7 seed. They were 2-4 in ACC play. Syracuse is the #6 seed. They went 2-4 in conference also and got the #6 seed because their school name starts with an "S". 

Could Bassy play Field Hockey?

Clemson, Fla. St., Miami? Get some sticks and get up a squad. Notre Dame, VA. Tech? Time to construct a couple of nets and get into the swing of things... 








Championship Schedule

Thursday, Nov 6th.

#5 Louisville vs #4 Wake Forest   11 a.m.
#7 Duke vs. #2 UNC  1:30 p.m.
#6 Syracuse vs, #3 Boston College  4 p.m.on, IN

Friday, Nov 7th.

#1 Virginia vs. Game 1 winner  1 p.m.
Game 2 winner vs. Game 3 winner    3:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov 9th.

Championship game 1 p.m.

The Cards travel to Bloomington, IN today to face the IU Hoosiers today at 1 p.m. It's a beautiful fall day. Hop in the car and make the 2 hour drive to Bloomington to cheer the Cards on. Non-conference wins are important to keep the Cards ranked at #7 in the nation. 

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The archived version of the Saturday CARDINAL COUPLE RADIO show should be up on the SoundCloud later today. It's a good show. Take the ACC Quiz with WorldWide. Listen to the neat sound effects Monk has for Halloween.

 Link below:





NO NEED TO BOO...WE'VE INCLUDED THOSE IN THE BROADCAST. CARDINAL COUPLE RADIO!

paulie