State-Wake

It's a bit of a shame that the two teams that most need to win this tournament, as well as the two I'd rather have win it all if UNC cannot, have to meet in a quarterfinal matchup. Wake Forest, who faces thier last game of the season every time they step on the court at this point, is suddenly remembering they were picked second in the conference (Has the last place team in the ACC ever put two players on the all-ACC teams before?). And the Wolfpack are rapidly losing any good feelings the season up to February had engendered in their fans. With Duke putting forth a conference tourney performance similar to UNC's effort last year, the winner of this game has a good chance of making to the finals.

DOn't count the Wolfpack out yet - in addition to Sendek's 8-1 opening round record, he's also only ever lost to three conference teams postseason - Duke (1-4), Maryland (2-2) and UNC (0-2). The Wolfpack need to show a rarely seen second half intensity to keep that streak going, though.