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Monday’s ACC Portal And Player Movement News - Joe Girard And Matthew Cleveland Stay In The ACC

We haven’t updated player movement for a couple of days so let’s start at the top: former Syracuse guard Joe Girard is off to Clemson. That’s going to be really interesting.

Girard, it’s fair to say, never really lived up to expectations at Syracuse. We expect Brad Brownell will find different ways to use him.

Also on Sunday, Florida State’s Matthew Cleveland announced for Miami. That’s a guard-friendly program so he’ll get a chance to star. Great move for both parties, if not the ‘Noles.

Leonard Hamilton won’t be happy about what Cleveland told ESPN:

“I picked Miami because they made it known from the beginning that I was their main priority.