The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Thursday the future matchups of the league’s 20-game men’s basketball schedule, which begins with the 2019-20 season.

For a few fleeting moments in the second half Monday night, it appeared that fourth-ranked Virginia was about to get run out of town, let alone getting blown out of the jam-packed, frenzied Dean Dome.

The road in the Atlantic Coast Conference is never friendly. At times during the second half of No. 4 Virginia’s Big Monday showdown at No. 8 North Carolina, it was downright rude.

Up next for No. 3 Virginia is a quick Monday jolt down Tobacco Road to tangle with eighth-ranked ACC rival North Carolina at the Dean E. Smith Center.

Jerry Ratcliffe and Scott Ratcliffe from JerryRatcliffe.com and Chris Graham, Scott German and Zach Pereles from Augusta Free Press vote in this week’s ACC Basketball Power Poll.

Round 2 is in the books, and as much as No. 3 Virginia (20-2, 8-2) wanted to defend the lane against No. 2 Duke Saturday at John Paul Jones Arena, the Blue Devils’ hot perimeter shooting was the story in an 81-71 win.

Talking heads will analyze No. 2 Duke vs. No. 3 Virginia – The Rematch, all day long Sunday and into Monday night’s games. No need. The Blue Devils’ recipe to success in an 81-71 win over the host Cavaliers was as simple as cornbread.

The formula for beating Duke is simple in Seth Greenberg’s view: take care of the basketball, keep the Blue Devils off the glass, and set your defense.

Listen up as Jerry has a power-packed show with UVA guard Kyle Guy, ESPN College Basketball Analyst Dick Vitale, and world renown author and Wahoo fan John Grisham.

The anticipation continues to build as we are now just hours away from the 6 p.m. tipoff between No. 3 Virginia and No. 2 Duke inside John Paul Jones Arena.

The key in the rematch may be whether or not Virginia’s “Pack-Line” defense can keep the Blue Devils out of the lane.