Pleading the third

Came across something interesting in just looking through some numbers this morning.

North Carolina is arguably the ACC’s best third-quarter team.

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In the supposed time of adjustments (the halftime variety, anyway), Carolina ranks third in the league in scoring offense, second in scoring defense and first in scoring margin.

Maryland checks in at a respectable fifth in all three categories.

Again, this data covers ONLY the third quarter this season:

Team	Points	Allowed	Margin
North Carolina	76	26	+50
Florida State	83	35	+48
Boston College	56	13	+43
Miami	81	38	+43
Maryland	61	37	+24
Clemson	55	32	+23
Duke	71	48	+23
Wake Forest	50	39	+11
Virginia Tech	53	47	+6
Georgia Tech	34	42	-8
N.C. State	30	48	-18
Virginia	23	49	-26

—- Patrick Stevens