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Jon Abbate said his team isn't Cake Forest any longer. (Seriously, did people call them that?) Anyway, the Demon Deacons still have some work to do, but they're in good shape in the Atlantic Division after beating Boston College.

Other winners Saturday: Florida State, Maryland, Virginia Tech, and Georgia Tech. North Carolina and Duke both lost non-conference games.

There's still talk that Butch Davis is the guy for Carolina, but officials aren't talking.

With Sidney Lowe's hiring, the ACC now has seven - more than half of the conference's total - black basketball coaches.