Our perception of the Miami players in the locker-room; OK guys we're 9-3 in the conference and ranked AP #11. North Carolina can lose to Duke tonight and then if we beat the Tar Heels on Saturday we are leading the ACC and could be a #1 seed. We only have Virginia Tech tonight and they are 13-12 on the season, have lost 6 of their last 7 and we've beaten them 4 straight including knocking them out of the conference tourney each of the last 2 years. Our perception of reality; Miami got to their 20th win having battled in back-to-back games wining each by only 2 points including beating their in-state rival on the road Saturday. That puts them in an at Florida St/at NC sandwich and they are an ACC double-digit favorite for the third time this year, going 0-2 ATS in their first 2 games. Many conference teams have looked past the Hokies, which is partially the reason their are 9-3 ATS with the 3 losses very easy to explain. One was in their last gave versus Virgina who was plying with revenge for a double-digit upset loss earlier this season, the second was versus Pittsburgh which was playing off a tough loss and the third was versus Duke which was the game after VT knocked off #4 Virginia. It also helps that VT that the also got Chris Clarke back on Saturday as he was averaging almost 11 ppg and over 7 rebounds/game before missing the previous 11 games with an injury.