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Down to #78 overall ranking on KenPom by garbageplate

This upcoming stretch is going to be critical for our NCAA chances. Given the sorry state of the ACC (thanks again, Jack), I think we will be in big trouble if we don't go at least 2-1 against MSU, Marquette and UGA. If we continue to play at our current level and Hammond is unable to help, I would be surprised if we finished better than 1-2 in those three games.

We might need to win 14 games in conference to get in. As Yogi Berra said, it's getting late early.