Boston College-Virginia Tech capsule

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Virginia Tech probable starters: C Christian Beyer (3.4 ppg), F-G Malik Mueller (6.3 ppg), G Adam Smith (13.8 ppg), G Ahmed Hill (8.3 ppg), G Devin Wilson (6.9 ppg).

BC probable starters: C Dennis Clifford (7.1 ppg), G Patrick Heckmann (8 ppg), G Dimitri Batten (6.7 ppg), G Olivier Hanlan (19.6 points), G Aaron Brown (15.2 ppg).

Notes: These teams are tied for last place in the ACC. ? BC, in its first season under coach Jim Christian, snapped a nine-game skid with a 79-63 upset of North Carolina State on Saturday. BC shot 56.8 percent from the field in the win. ? Hanlan, a strong contender to make the All-ACC first team, leads the league in scoring. ? Hanlan averaged 27.5 points in his eight February games. He shot 53.9 percent from the field and 46 percent from 3-point range for the month. ? BC starts two juniors, a senior and two graduate students. Batten transferred from Old Dominion, while Brown transferred from Southern Mississippi. ? This is Tech's penultimate home game. Tech is averaging 5,766 fans at Cassell this season after finishing last season with an average of just 4,812 fans. ?

Tech outrebounded UVa 31-29 on Saturday ? the first time Tech has outrebounded an ACC team this season. ? BC has won seven of the past eight meetings in the series, including the last three.

 

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ONE WEEK UNTIL GREENSBORO

Updating how the ACC tournament would look if it started after the weekend's games. Everybody in the league except Florida State and Georgia Tech have two games remaining; the Seminoles and Yellow Jackets are both down to one contest.

First round

12. Georgia Tech (3-14) vs. 13.Boston College (2-14)
11. Wake Forest (5-11) vs. 14. Virginia Tech (2-14)

Second round

8. N.C. State (8-8) vs. 9. Pittsburgh (8-8)
5. North Carolina (10-6) vs. Georgia Tech/Boston College
7. Clemson (8-8) vs. 10. Florida State (7-10)
6. Miami (8-8) vs. Wake Forest/Virginia Tech

Quarterfinals

1. Virginia (15-1) vs. N.C. State/Pittsburgh
4. Louisville (11-5) vs. North Carolina/Georgia Tech/Boston College
2. Duke (13-3) vs. Clemson/Florida State
3. Notre Dame (12-4) vs. Miami/Wake Forest/Virginia Tech

If Syracuse was eligible for the tournament, it would be the No. 6 seed as of this weekend's games.

ON TAP MONDAY

Virginia at Syracuse (7, ESPN): The Cavaliers (27-1, 15-1) will try to clinch the top seed in the conference tournament when they visit the Orange (18-11, 9-7) and try to spoil Rakeem Christmas' final game at the Carrier Dome.

Boston College at Virginia Tech (9, ESPNU): The Eagles (10-18, 2-14) will go for back-to-back victories when they visit the Hokies (10-19, 2-14) in a game that has seeding implications for the first day of the ACC tournament.