The ACC is yet to officially announce its bowl line-up for 2014 and beyond. But it isn’t hard to see what it is going to look like:

• Discover Orange Bowl
• (Captial One Bowl (vs. SEC))
• Russell Athletic Bowl (vs. Big 12)
• Belk Bowl (vs. SEC)
• Gator / Music City Bowls (vs. SEC)
• Pinstripe Bowl (vs. B1G)
• Sun Bowl (vs. Pac-12)
• Military Bowl (vs. American)
• Unnamed Detroit Bowl (vs. B1G)

Explanation on some of these deals below.

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Just some of the topics in the basketball notes.

Still no official word on the full men’s basketball schedule. Typical I know, none of the major men’s basketball programs have announced a full schedule yet. And for most, not even the non-con. Instead there are the trickles. Like ESPN announcing some of their non-con tournaments. Including the Legends Classic that features Pitt at the Barclays Center:

Nov. 25: Pittsburgh vs. Texas Tech (7:30 p.m., ESPN2); Stanford vs. Houston (9:30, ESPN2)

Nov. 26: Consolation game (7 p.m., ESPN3); Championship game (9:30, ESPNU)

If this goes as hoped — and 5 of the 6 pundits ESPN listed for this think so — Pitt will play Stanford on Tuesday night for the Championship. Important because Stanford is the only other program (aside from Pitt) that will have any expectation of being an NCAA Tournament team. Not to mention being on ESPNU beats being an internet broadcast every time.

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