2016 ACC Tournament – First Round
#14 Boston College Eagles vs #11 Florida State Seminoles
Verizon Center – Washington, DC
Tuesday, March 8, 2016, 2:30 pm Eastern, TV: ESPN2
Opening Line: Florida State -13
Current Line: Florida State -13
Opening Total: 138
Current Total: 135 1/2
Opening Money Line: Florida State -1100 / Boston College +750
Current Money Line: Florida State -1100 / Boston College +750
The 18-12 Florida State Seminoles take on the 7-24 Boston College Eagles in the first round of the ACC Tournament Tuesday in Washington. The Seminoles tied with Georgia Tech at 8-10, but the Yellow Jackets won the tie breaker and a bye to the second round Wednesday. Boston College went 0-18 in conference and became the first team in Division 1 history to go winless in conference in both football and men’s basketball in the same season ever. The winner between Florida State and Boston College will play #6 seed Virginia Tech in the second round tomorrow night.
Florida State leads the series 8-5 against Boston College, and the Seminoles have won four straight games against the Eagles. This is the first ever meeting between the teams in the ACC Tournament. Florida State won the only meeting this season 72-62 on the road January 26.
Boston College is coached by Jim Christian. The Eagles have home wins over Harvard, Maine, Delaware, and New Hampshire, along with a road win at Fordham. Boston College has neutral site losses to Michigan State, UC-Irvine and Santa Clara in the Wooden Legacy in Fullerton/Anaheim, plus road losses at Providence, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, North Carolina, Virginia, Louisville, Clemson, Wake Forest and North Carolina State. The Eagles have home losses to Penn State, UMass-Lowell, Duke, Notre Dame, Miami, Florida State, North Carolina, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech and Clemson 66-50 Saturday. BC is 9-16-1 ATS and the total is 8-18 this season. The Eagles were 8 point underdogs against Clemson and the total was 8-18.
Florida State is coached by Leonard Hamilton. The Seminoles have neutral site wins over DePaul and Ohio in the Virgin Islands, VCU in Atlanta, and Florida Atlantic in Miami, plus road wins over Florida, North Carolina State, Boston College, and Wake Forest. FSU has home wins over Mississippi State, Virginia, Clemson, North Carolina State, Notre Dame and Syracuse 78-73 Saturday. The Seminoles have won two straight games after a five game winning streak. FSU has a neutral site loss to Hofstra in the Virgin Islands, plus road losses at Iowa, Clemson, Miami, Louisville, Syracuse, Virginia Tech and Duke. The Seminoles have home losses to North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Miami and Georgia Tech. Florida State is 11-14-1 ATS and the total is 14-12 this season. The Seminoles were 4 point favorites against Syracuse and the total is 143.5.
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Boston College is being outscored 70-61 this season. The Eagles are #344 nationally in scoring. BC is shooting 40.8% from the field and 32.5% from 3 point range. The Eagles make 64.7% of their free throws. Opponents are shooting 45.5% from the field and 37.7% from 3 point range. BC averages 31.1 rebounds per game and opponents average 33.9 per game. The Eagles average 12.8 assists, 13.4 turnovers, 5.6 steals and 3 blocks per game. Opponents average 14.5 assists, 13.1 turnovers, 7.2 steals and 3.4 blocks per game.
Eli Carter averages 15.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game. Jerome Robinson averages 11.9 points, 4 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.4 steals per game. Dennis Clifford averages 9.8 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game. Six other players get significant minutes in the rotation. Sammy Barnes-Thomkins (concussion) and Matt Milon (flu) are both questionable.
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Florida State is outscoring teams 78-73 this season. The Seminoles are shooting 46.4% from the field and 34.4% from 3 point range. FSU makes 69.9% of their free throws. Opponents are shooting 43.8% from the field and 35.6% from 3 point range. The Seminoles average 37 rebounds per game and opponents average 30.7 per game. FSU averages 13.2 assists, 13.4 turnovers, 7.1 steals and 4.2 blocks per game. Opponents average 12.7 assists, 13.8 turnovers, 5.5 steals and 3.1 blocks per game.
Dwayne Bacon averages 15.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game. Malik Beasley averages 15.7 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1 steal per game. Xavier Rathan-Mayes averages 11.8 points, 3 rebounds, 4.5 assists, and 1.1 steals per game. Devon Bookert averages 9.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.6 steals per game. Six other players get time in the rotation. Michael Ojo and Phil Cofer are both out indefinitely.
Boston College is 5-1-1 ATS after failing to cover, 5-2-1 in Tuesday games, 7-15-1 against teams with winning records, 6-13-1 against ACC teams, 6-14-1 after a straight up loss, 2-5 after a double digit home loss, and 1-6 in neutral site games. The under is 8-3 in this series recently.
Florida State is 3-0-1 ATS in Tuesday games, 13-3-1 against teams with losing records, 2-5 after a cover, overall and against ACC teams. The Seminoles are 5-2-1 ATS against the Eagles recently.
Strange things happen in March. It is possible Boston College could pull off the upset, but it isn’t very likely. The Eagles are not a good basketball team. Florida State isn’t even a lock for the NIT and likely needs a win or two in the ACC Tournament to lock in that bid. I think the Seminoles win in a blowout.
