Virginia, Georgia Tech Rained Out - SCACCHoops.com

Virginia, Georgia Tech Rained Out

by WebMaster

Posted: 2/22/2008 5:43:40 AM


I've heard of a lot of things, but I can't say I've heard of a basketball game getting rained out.  Due to a leak in the Thrillerdome, officials decided that  a potential injury could take place if the game was played, and decided to postpone it. 

Making up the game could be tricky to say the least...

There is no ACC rule mandating that teams have at least two days between games, but it is a rule of thumb. That could be a problem in rescheduling.

"It doesn't look like there's a two-day window where we could get this game made up," Oliver said. "It looks like it may have to be played after the end of the regular season and prior to conference tournament."

Tech (11-13, 4-6 ACC) ends the regular season March 8 at Boston College. Virginia (12-12, 2-9) wraps up March 9 against Maryland.

A Tuesday, March 11 make-up game might be problematic because both teams likely will play March 13 in the first round of the ACC tournament, and — in theory — would thus have to play five games in six days to have a chance to win the ACC tournament, which ends March 16.

The one spot that appears possible on both team's regular-season schedules — Monday, March 3 — is not so desirable, especially for Virginia.

The Cavaliers would play March 1 at Miami, March 3 at Tech, and March 5 against Duke. Tech would play three straight home games — March 1 against Wake Forest, March 3 against Virginia, and March 6 against Clemson.

With both Virginia and Georgia Tech at the bottom of the ACC standings, not playing the game wouldn't affect the ACC Standings too much, since both are pretty much guaranteed a Thursday game in the ACC Tournament. 

How does this affect SCACC Fantasy Basketball?

With the rain out, the best scenario is that the game is made up before the ACC tournament.  The game will fall in line as any other game, with the conference game number being determined by when the game is ultimately played.  If the game is not made up, we have a pretty good idea of what we're going to do, but we'll wait and address that when a decision has been made.

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