{"id":9367,"date":"2009-03-12T08:13:51","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T13:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=9367"},"modified":"2009-03-12T08:16:06","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T13:16:06","slug":"acc-sec-tournament-power-rankings-120309","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/cappers\/acc-sec-tournament-power-rankings-120309\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocketman Gambling Tips: SEC + ACC Tourneys"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>ACC and SEC Tournament Power Rankings<\/h2>\n<p>My two favorite Conference tournaments, the ACC and the SEC, get underway here on Thursday afternoon.\u00a0 I&#8217;m a diehard South Carolina Gamecocks fan but I absolutely love the North Carolina Tar Heels.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been a big Tar Heel fan since the mid 70&#8217;s back when Phil Ford ran the show.<!--more-->We&#8217;re going to take a look at my current power ratings for both the ACC and the SEC and try to give you a sleeper as well as who I think will win the tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/respsportscapping.php?capper\/capper\/286\/Rocky%20Atkinson\/AF23_15\" target=\"_self\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO VIEW ROCKETMAN\u2019S PREMIUM DAILY SELECTIONS \u2014\u2013&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let&#8217;s start off in the ACC.\u00a0 Here are those power rankings from the Rocketman.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>N. Carolina\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 94.86<\/li>\n<li>Duke\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 90.09<\/li>\n<li>Clemson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 89.24<\/li>\n<li>Wake Forest\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 88.48<\/li>\n<li>Florida St.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 87.28<\/li>\n<li>Miami Fla.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 84.35<\/li>\n<li>Virginia      Tech\u00a0 83.43<\/li>\n<li>Maryland\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 82.55<\/li>\n<li>Boston Coll.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 81.35<\/li>\n<li>NC      State\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 80.69<\/li>\n<li>Virginia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 79.66<\/li>\n<li>Georgia      Tech\u00a0\u00a0 78.22\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Now, let&#8217;s look at the SEC.\u00a0 Here are those power rankings from the Rocketman.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>Auburn\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 90.02\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Alabama\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 85.98<\/li>\n<li>Tennessee\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 85.02<\/li>\n<li>Vanderbilt\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 84.22<\/li>\n<li>LSU\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 83.85<\/li>\n<li>Florida \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 82.8<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beted.com\/8d0e43dd-2c74\/promland\/0518\/0518GEN.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid #ffffff;\" src=\"http:\/\/banners.beted.com\/images\/banners\/NCAAB\/NCAABGEN1M320X110.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>S. Carolina\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 82<\/li>\n<li>Mississippi St. 81.04<\/li>\n<li>Kentucky\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 79.45<\/li>\n<li>Mississippi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 78.24<\/li>\n<li>Arkansas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 75.61<\/li>\n<li>Georgia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 70.73\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>No surprise I have the Top ranked North Carolina Tar Heels leading the way in the ACC, followed by Duke, Clemson and Wake Forest.\u00a0 Georgia Tech and Virginia are the cellar dwellers in the ACC this year.\u00a0\u00a0 Over in the SEC, a big surprise at #1 with Auburn along with another surprise at #2 with Alabama.\u00a0 Although these two teams are at the top of my rankings, don&#8217;t be surprised by an early exit in the tournament.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>ACC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TEAM TO WIN:\u00a0 NORTH  CAROLINA<br \/>\nSLEEPER:\u00a0 WAKE FOREST\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TEAM TO WIN:\u00a0 TENNESSEE<br \/>\nSLEEPER:\u00a0\u00a0 SOUTH CAROLINA\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/respsportscapping.php?capper\/capper\/286\/Rocky%20Atkinson\/AF23_15\">Don&#8217;t miss any of Rocky&#8217;s College Basketball March Madness selections as he cashed an AMAZING 90% last year in March Madness.\u00a0\u00a0 Rocky is now 131-80 62% last 2 years with all CBB Premium selections.\u00a0 Best of luck with all your plays!<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My two favorite Conference tournaments, the ACC and the SEC, get underway here on Thursday afternoon, here&#8217;s my updated ACC and SEC conference power rankings&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[11567,11568,11564,11565,11236,1014,9835,9836,9834,1082,11569,11563,11566],"class_list":["post-9367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cappers","tag-acc-and-sec-tournament-power-rankings","tag-acc-rankings","tag-acc-tournament-picks","tag-acc-tournament-preview","tag-march-madness-prediction","tag-power-rankings","tag-rocketman-picks","tag-rocketman-predictions","tag-rocketmans-ncaab-handicapping-tips","tag-rocky-atkinson","tag-sec-rankings","tag-sec-tournament-picks","tag-sec-tournament-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9367"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9371,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9367\/revisions\/9371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}