Dancing shoes or flip flops?

NO. 1 MIAMI (24-6, 15-3)

Dancing shoes or flip flops? Dancing shoes. The 2-3 finish to the regular season is something of a red flag, but the ’Canes have lived on the edge all season and survived.

NO. 2 DUKE (27-4, 14-4)

Dancing Shoes or flip flops? Dancing shoes. Winning their 11th ACC Tournament in 16 years would be a bonus.

NO. 3 NORTH CAROLINA (22-9,12-6)

Dancing shoes or flip-flops? Dancing shoes. Before the loss Saturday against Duke, UNC had been at its best with a six-game winning streak.

NO. 4 VIRGINIA (21-10, 11-7)

Dancing shoes or flip flops? One of each. Virginia needs a win to feel better about its NCAA tournament fate.

NO. 5 N.C. STATE (22-9, 11-7)

Dancing shoes or flip flops? Flip flops. The ’Pack hasn’t been consistent enough to reel off four straight wins.

NO. 6 FLORIDA STATE ( 17-14, 9-9)

Dancing shoes or flip-flops? Flip-flops. The Seminoles must win the ACC to make NCAA tournament.

NO. 7 MARYLAND (20-11, 8-10)

Dancing shoes or flip-flops? Flip-flops. The Terrapins’ faint NCAA at-large hopes were killed with an overtime loss to Virginia.

NO. 8 BOSTON COLLEGE (15-16, 7-11)

Dancing shoes or flip-flops? Flip-flops. The Eagles can’t compete with the top ACC teams.

NO. 9 GEORGIA TECH (16-14, 6-12)

Dancing shoes or flip-flops? Flip-flops. The Jackets, as sound as they’ve been defensively, simply can’t score.

NO. 10 WAKE FOREST (13-17, 6-12)

Dancing shoes or flip-flops? Flip-flops. Fans have created a website and taken out ads to express their frustrations with coach Jeff Bzdelik.

NO. 11 CLEMSON (13-17, 5-13)

Dancing shoes or flip-flops? Flip-flops. Clemson is a formidable defensive team that has been dreadful offensively. The Tigers haven’t scored more than 61 points since Feb. 2.

NO. 12 VIRGINIA TECH (13-18, 4-14)

Dancing shoes or flip flops? Flip flops. Too many deficiencies on defense.

Raleigh News and Observer