In what was their first ever ACC game at Maples Pavilion, the Stanford Cardinal (10-5, 2-2 ACC) topped the Virginia Tech Hokies on Wednesday night, taking home the 70-59 win in front of a 3,200 person crowd.

In SMU’s first basketball visit to Chapel Hill as an ACC member, the Mustangs arrived leading their new conference in scoring and 3-point shooting, but UNC had plenty to say about that Tuesday.

J.J. Starling scored 21 points to guide Syracuse to a 62-55 home victory over Georgia Tech on Tuesday. Chris Bell added 13 points for the Orange (7-8, 1-3 ACC), who posted their first win against a power-conference opponent this season.

Incoming Cal freshman quarterback Jaron Keawe Sagapolutele was in attendance at Haas Pavilion for Cal’s basketball game against Virginia Wednesday night, and he witnessed Cal's first ACC win. Cal (8-7,

The Blue Devils’ dominant defense was again on point against Pittsburgh, and freshmen Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel were active on offense.

At long last, the Syracuse Orange won a game against a high-major opponent. SU defeated Georgia Tech 62-55, holding the Yellow Jackets to the lowest output that the Orange have allowed all season. It was also Syracuse’s second-lowest scoring game of the year,

Playing without star freshman Donnie Freeman, the Syracuse men’s basketball team defeated Georgia Tech 62-55. SU athletics announcing before the game on Tuesday, that Freeman would miss the game against the Yellow Jackets with a right lower body injury.

Syracuse basketball coach Adrian Autry and his players talk often about blocking out the “noise” that comes from social media, the mainstream media and elsewhere. Both parties acknowledged on Tuesday night that has been easier said than done lately.

If the Syracuse men’s basketball team wins a game and its fanbase isn’t around to see it, did it actually happen? Syracuse did indeed win — the first of its kind against earn a Power Four or conference foe this season — by taking down the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Tuesday night.