The second year of the ACC/SEC challenge was a convincing sweep for the SEC and it wasn’t really that close. After splitting the meetings last season 7-7, the men romped to a 14-2 record with the only winners being Duke over Auburn and Clemson over Kentucky. Both of those games were home games for the ACC.
On the women’s side, the SEC won the challenge, but it was closer than the men, 10-6. Some of the wins on the women's side included North Carolina beating Kentucky and former Virginia Tech coach Kenney Brooks and players Georgia Amoore and Clara Strack.
How did Virginia Tech men's and women's teams fare in the challenge
The Virginia Tech women began the challenge for the Hokies men and women with a 70-61 come-from-behind win over Georgia on the road in Athens. Down seven points to start the fourth quarter, the Hokies outscored the Bulldogs 24-8 to improve to 7-2 heading into this weekend's ACC opener at Duke.
On the men's side, Mike Young and his team were beaten by former players MJ Collins and Tyler Nickel and the Vanderbilt Commodores, 80-64. The loss dropped the Hokies to 3-5 with their ACC opener on Saturday afternoon at Cassell Coliseum against Pittsburgh.
Overall, it was an embarrassing performance for the ACC as a whole, especially on the men's side losing 14 of the 16 games. When March comes around, the NCAA Tournament committee will look back at this past week and it will hurt the ACC and prove more that the SEC is the dominating conference of the two.
On the women's side, the ACC closed the gap somewhat, but again, for as good as people think the ACC is, the SEC proves it's better. Like the men, this wee could hurt the ACC when it comes to seeding in March.