I think placing somewhere in the 5-7 range in the ACC next year is very reasonable if we can avoid any additional player attrition. The conference is losing a lot of it’s “best” players to early entry and graduation.
Of the 21 players on this years media first, second, third, and honorable mention ACC teams, 1 left with Maryland, 8 are Seniors, and up to 6 more could go early to the draft (Warren, Parker, Hood, Ennis, Grant, McDaniels). All 6 are projected first round.
That would leave only 6 of the those 21 players including Paige and McAdoo (UNC), Hanlan and Anderson (BC), Brogdon (UVA), and Thomas (FSU) next year.
Theoretically the conference should be weak next year and we should have many winnable games.
Note that from the coaches all conference teams, if all six of those guys leave early for the draft, 15 of 20 players would be gone (Paige, McAdoo, Brogdon, Hanlan, and Connaughton coming back).