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NC State University Wolfpack Women?s Basketball
2009-03-07 23:37:00 Latest NC State University Wolfpack Women’s Basketball NCAA Headlines/News Team Harper Competes at 4Kay Golf ClassicTeam Harper finishes 3rd in event that raises $175,000…. 2009/09/15 Meet Author of Kay Yow Book In Fan Zone SaturdayStephanie Zonars will sign books in Fan Zone prior to this week's game against Murray State and next week's game against Gardner-Webb…. ...Post from: ACC Nation
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State?s Hickson will stay in draft
2008-06-07 15:51:00 Asked if he was just testing the waters, J.J. Hickson told the Phoenix Suns’ Web site “I would say that I?m definitely in the draft. I came out just testing the waters, but since I?m hearing a lot of good things about my game I?m not going to pull my name out.” Not much of a ...
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ACC Nation podcast June 2 ? show notes
2008-06-04 01:56:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Phil Stanton of College Baseball Insider joins us to talk about the NCAA Tournament. Four ACC teams — Miami, North Carolina, Florida State and NC State — are in the super regionals and will play this weekend. Phil, Patrick and Q make their picks on which ACC ...
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Early-season ACC football TV schedule
2008-06-03 20:27:00 ACC press release: Nineteen televised games in the first three weeks of the season and the ACC Football Championship Game on Dec. 6 in Tampa Bay headline the early-season football television schedule announced today by Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford. The fourth ACC title contest?but the first to be played in Tampa Bay ?s Raymond James ...
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2008 baseball super regionals set
2008-06-03 13:02:00 Florida State won. Georgia Tech didn’t. So, the super regionals are set and a quarter of the teams are from the ACC. Four of the six ACC teams that reached the NCAA Tournament won their regionals. Maybe this was expected, but the four teams that won all hosted regionals. The two that lost - Georgia Tech ...
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ACC baseball update - 06/01/08
2008-06-01 16:47:00 Four of the six ACC teams that were selected to the NCAA baseball tournament are in good shape to win a regional championship Sunday. Miami, North Carolina, NC State and Georgia Tech are all in the championship bracket of their regionals and now have two chances to win just one game and move into the super regionals.. Three ...
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ACC Nation podcast May 26 ? show notes
2008-05-26 22:40:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Mitchell Light of Athlon Sports gives us an early look at ACC football this week. Light, the magazine’s senior editor, likes Clemson, but he has concerns about some of the other top teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference. We also asked Light if the ACC would be a ...
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The early entrants ? what should they do?
2008-05-21 14:41:00 Column by Will Ojanen will@accnation.com I was a little surprised when I looked over the list of players who left school early for the NBA Draft. There were only four players from the ACC on it. And, coincidentally, all of them went to school in the state of North Carolina. I’m not sure if it’s a telling sign ...
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ACC Nation podcast May 19 ? show notes
2008-05-20 02:56:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Dan Bonner discusses the ACC baseball tournament with ACC Nation this week. We asked him if any of the other five teams in the tournament can knock off the big three — Miami, FSU and North Carolina. Also, does Dan like the current tournament format? And is ...
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ACC baseball tournament pairings announced
2008-05-19 02:12:00 A pair of league schools from the Sunshine State highlight the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championship field, as No. 1 seed Miami and No. 2 seed Florida State prepare to battle with six other schools for the coveted championship crown at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Fla., this week. The complete pairings and ...
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ACC Nation baseball power poll ? May 18
2008-05-18 06:51:00 The regular season is complete and the ACC Tournament begins Wednesday in Jacksonville. This is unofficial, since the ACC won’t release the seedings until Sunday afternoon, but it appears this is the way things will shape up: Division A will consist of No. 1 Miami, No. 4 NC State, No. 5 Georgia Tech and No. ...
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Bye-bye Boise (hello D.C.?)
2008-05-15 20:47:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com Most of the news coming out of the ACC’s spring meetings was expected — no 18-game schedule in basketball or 9-game schedule in football– but I thought the best news this week was that, after 2008, the ACC won’t be affiliated with the Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho. Despite what John Swofford said ...
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Matt?s fantastic ACC voyage
2008-05-13 19:43:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com Matt Simon knew how to get our attention. He wrote nice things about me, the Evil Q and ACC Nation. That’s all it takes. His e-mail started this way: First off I just want to say that stumbling on your podcast this year was probably one of the best things I did. As ...
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ACC Nation podcast May 12 ? show notes
2008-05-13 02:52:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes John Feinstein stops by ACC Nation to discuss his latest book, “Living on the Black.” Feinstein spent the 2007 baseball season following the New York Yankees’ Mike Mussina and Tom Glavine, then of the New York Mets, and chronicled their experiences in his first baseball book in ...
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ACC Nation baseball power poll ? May 12
2008-05-12 15:10:00 After studying the ACC baseball standings for three minutes (it shows below) Sunday afternoon, I believe seven six of the eight spots have been claimed in the ACC Tournament. (OK, thanks to Jimmy Smith (see comments below) I was figuring something wrong concerning teams with ties. Ties count as half a win. See corrections below in bold.) FSU and NC State ...
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Should ACC hoops split into divisions?
2008-05-07 05:25:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com Poll: What format would you like to see? The ACC’s athletics directors will discuss a possible 18-game schedule for men’s basketball at next week’s spring meetings. So far, I’ve seen just one benefit from an 18-game schedule - the ACC can line its pocket a little more. With the additional games, it’s hard to ...
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ACC Nation podcast May 5 ? show notes
2008-05-06 03:10:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Sylvia Crawley, the new women’s basketball coach at Boston College, chats with Patrick and Q about her new job. The former Tar Heel — she both played and coached at Carolina — inherits a young team at BC and things are looking up for the Eagles. She ...
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ACC Nation baseball power poll - May 5
2008-05-05 05:37:00 Only a couple of conference series this past weekend — and FSU still has one game left with Clemson later today — and two teams has the week off. The rest of the teams has light schedules because of exams. We now have two weekends left in the regular season and the ACC Tournament field is ...
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ACC Nation podcast feed announcement
2008-05-04 22:14:00 We talked about doing this several months ago and, now that we’re past basketball season, ACC Nation has switched its podcast feed. We tried to do so without disrupting any current iTunes subscribers, but I don’t think we pulled it off. So, anyone who is already subscribed to the ACC Nation podcast feed will have to make ...
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Friday Fish Fry
2008-05-03 04:10:00 WEEKLY ACC WRAP-UP & COMMENTARY BY THE EVIL Q jim@accnation.com Time again to take a look at what is going on in ACC sports and make a few pointed observations along the way. We’ll wrap-up with our bits and pieces segment with some stories that you probably haven’t had a chance to see. This week we’ve included a ...
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UVa.?s Dombrowski, FSU?s Simmons selected to HOF
2008-05-01 19:38:00 A couple of players, and one coach, with ties to schools in the Atlantic Coast Conference were selected to the College Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2008. The National Football Foundation announced today that former Virginia offensive tackle Jim Dombrowksi and former Florida State nose tackle Ron Simmons, along with coaching great Lou Holtz, who was at ...
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ACC Nation podcast April 28 ? show notes
2008-04-29 03:24:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Patrick and Q had some trouble with guests this week, getting all the way to plan E before giving up. But don’t worry because the guys have it covered. Among the issues on this week’s show: – Three Carolina players declared for the NBA Draft and ACCNation.com wants to ...
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ACC baseball power poll ? April 28
2008-04-28 16:30:00 Virginia took the largest drop this week and, if I could have justified it, I would have dropped them farther. If it wasn’t for Clemson, UVa. would be the most disappointing team in the ACC this year. Sure, the Cavaliers have 32 wins overall and a winning record in the conference, but they haven’t won a ...
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Friday Fish Fry
2008-04-26 01:47:00 ACC WEEKLY WRAP-UP AND COMMENTARY BY THE EVIL Q jim@accnation.com I love warm weather. So it completely boggles my mind that I’m still sitting here while the weather is perfect. The severe side of this moment of whining is that I’m in an office that is meat-locker cold because of all the electronics in the immediate area. ...
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ACC Nation baseball power poll - April 21
2008-04-21 17:02:00 Here is the power poll for this week. We had our first tie of the season, with Clemson and Duke getting rained out in the 11th inning Sunday with the scored tied at six. What’s wrong with Clemson? Weren’t the Tigers supposed to be good? Is it just that I haven’t paid attention much before this week, ...
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ACC baseball weekend skinny
2008-04-18 14:27:00 ACC Nation has never tried picking baseball games before, but with basketball over and football still many, many months away, Patrick and Q thought they’d give hardball a try. See below for some brief information about the weekend series and the guy’s picks (they chose series winners and didn’t even try to pick scores). NC State ...
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ACC basketball season in review part one
2008-04-16 16:44:00 Column by Will Ojanen will@accnation.com The final chapter has officially been written on the college basketball season. It was an exciting season overall, and although no ACC team reached the summit of the NCAA Tournament mountain, it was very eventful, and while most people would consider this season to be a little down, the future will be ...
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ACC Nation podcast April 14 - show notes
2008-04-15 02:28:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Baseball America’s Aaron Fitt joins the guys to discuss ACC baseball. Find out which ACC team Aaron thinks has the best shot at a College World Series title, what is wrong with Clemson and how the rest of the college baseball world views the ACC. Also, - The latest ...
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ACC to NBA: My best guess
2008-04-08 14:00:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com It’s that time of year again when we can start guessing which ACC underclassmen will declare for the NBA Draft. Now that players can test the water and, as long as they don’t hire an agent, return to college if they don’t like what they hear about their chances in the draft, ...
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ACC Nation podcast April 7 - show notes
2008-04-08 02:52:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Heather Dinich of ESPN.com discusses ACC spring football with the guys. She has the latest on North Carolina’s quarterback battle, Florida State’s Jimbo Fisher, Ralph Friedgen’s decision to give up play calling at Maryland and more. Also, - more on North Carolina’s loss to Kansas, including a comment from ...
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ACC baseball update
2008-03-27 15:38:00 Column by Will Ojanen will@accnation.com The ACC Baseball season is in full swing, and a lot of teams are off to very strong starts, in particular, most of the Coastal Division. Here’s a look at the standings. Atlantic Division Florida State 9-0 20-2 Wake Forest 4-4 11-10 Clemson 4-5 15-7 NC State 4-5 14-7 Maryland 2-7 12-11 Boston College 2-7 10-11 Coastal Division Miami 7-1 18-2 North ...
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NCAA/WNIT - the ACC women
2008-03-25 16:05:00 The ACC Women continue to put their signature on college basketball with postseason action in the WNIT and NCAA. North Carolina State and Boston College, after lengthy layoffs due to first-round byes, nailed wins in second-round action Monday night in the WNIT. The Wolfpack rallied from a 14-point-halftime deficit to defeat the Gamecocks of South Carolina 72-69 and move on ...
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ACC Nation podcast - day one of the 2008 ACC Tournament
2008-03-14 06:23:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes ACC Nation’s Patrick Hite is in Charlotte for the 2008 ACC Tournament. Listen to this show following day one of the tourney, with wins by Florida State, Miami, Georgia Tech and Boston College. Hear from Leonard Hamilton, Frank Haith and Al Skinner and more from the games. Also, ...
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ACC Tournament - Miami vs. N.C. State in-game blog
2008-03-13 19:13:00 We are live at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena for game two of the 2008 ACC Tournament. Join us for this in-game blog by posting in the comments section. This blog is sponsored by TicketCity.com, where you can get the best deals on NCAA Tournament tickets. This game features the No. 5-seeded Miami Hurricanes against No. 12 N.C. ...
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Francis Award given to N.C. State?s Frank Weedon
2008-03-12 20:00:00 CHARLOTTE, NC ? Recognized as perhaps the finest ambassador ever of North Carolina State athletics, Frank Weedon is the 2008 recipient of the Marvin “Skeeter” Francis Award. The Francis Award was established in 1990 and is presented annually by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA) and the Atlantic Coast Conference in recognition of notable achievement ...
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This year?s N.C. State?
2008-03-12 05:11:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com It’s become fashionable to look at what happened last year and assume it will happen again. Two years ago George Mason came from nowhere and went to the Final Four. Last year everyone wanted to know who would be 2007’s George Mason. I’m nothing if not fashionable, so with the ACC Tournament starting ...
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ACC Nation podcast March 10 - show notes
2008-03-11 03:11:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Ken Tysiac of the Charlotte Observer joins us this week. As the lead ACC writer for the newspaper in the ACC Tournament host city, Ken is a busy man, so we were grateful he took out some time to talk with us. Ken discusses Carolina’s win over ...
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All-ACC teams announced
2008-03-10 22:37:00 (1st Team Vote ? 3 points; 2nd Team Vote ? 2 points; 3rd Team Vote ? 1 point) First Team (1st Team Votes) Points Tyler Hansbrough, Jr., North Carolina* (90) 270 Tyrese Rice, Jr., Boston College (82) 261 Sean Singletary, Sr., Virginia (80) 257 DeMarcus Nelson, Sr., Duke (74) 250 Jack McClinton, Jr., Miami (37) 208 *unanimous 1st team Second Team Points Greivis ...
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Power Poll - March 10
2008-03-10 15:00:00 12. Boston College (4-12, 13-16) - lost at Miami 74-61, lost to GT 86-78 11. N.C. State (4-12, 15-15) - lost at Wake 78-67 10. Georgia Tech (7-9, 14-16) - lost to UVa. 76-74, beat Clemson 80-75, won at BC 86-78 9. Wake Forest (7-9, 17-12) - lost at VT 80-58, beat NC State 78-67 8. Maryland (8-8, 18-13) ...
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2008 ACC Tournament first-round previews
2008-03-10 04:44:00 Purchase tickets to the 2008 ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament from ACC Nation sponsor TicketCity.com The following was released by the ACC Sunday night. Don’t forget, ACC Nation will be at the tournament and will have in-game blogs for all 11 games of the tourney. Be sure to join us for as many of fhe games ...
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ACC Tournament pairings
2008-03-10 02:30:00 Purchase tickets to the 2008 ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament from ACC Nation sponsor TicketCity.com The ACC Tournament pairings have been announced. Games begin Thursday, March 13 and run through Sunday, March 16 at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena in Charlotte, N.C. Don’t forget, ACC Nation will be at the tournament and will have in-game blogs for all ...
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Weekend Skinny - March 8-9
2008-03-07 20:18:00 This is the final Weekend Skinny for basketball’s regular season and the Q needs an impressive week to stay in range of Patrick as we head to the postseason. Patrick went 5-0 last week and is now 43-24 on the season. Q is 38-29 after a 3-2 week. Miami at Florida State, noon, Raycom Patrick’s pick: Miami’s done ...
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Friday Fish Fry
2008-03-07 19:24:00 Column by The Evil Q jim@accnation.com Just about the same time every year my hair begins to stand on end and I get this prickly, electrical sensation up and down my spine. Part of me wants to believe its more than the warm weather and thunderstorms that come with the change of season. After all, I live on ...
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ACC Legends-The Women
2008-03-05 22:24:00 They are the foundation upon which ACC Women’s Basketball continues to build. The names for the uninitiated may not be familiar but their contributions are forever etched in stone. Names like Cubelic, Blue, Page, Burge and Connor to mention a few. Players and coaches who have made contributions that will be recognized during the ACC Women’s ...
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Random thoughts from an outsider
2008-03-05 14:00:00 By Will Ojanen will@accnation.com I watch a lot of college basketball. I’m one of those people who, if given the opportunity, will watch college basketball on a Saturday for 12 hours. I try to watch as much of the ACC as I can, but given my location, that doesn’t happen as much as I would like. But ...
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Thirteen lucky number for Noles? golf
2008-03-04 20:53:00 For Florida State their No. 13 ranking is proving very lucky. It all started in September when the Seminoles broke a dry spell in team championships going all the way back to 1998 by notching the Inverness Intercollegiate among a premium crowd of 16 teams. This time a four-shot lead over No. 9 Auburn was enough to ...
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ACC Nation podcast March 3 - show notes
2008-03-04 03:35:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes On ACC Nation this week, Patrick and Q talk with Steve Martin, play-by-play announcer for ACC basketball. Martin talks about the league’s surprises - Miami,Virginia Tech and Wake Forest. He also thinks Clemson’s win got the Tigers into the NCAA Tournament. And the guys ask him ...
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ACC announced All-ACC Women?s team
2008-03-04 02:39:00 ALL-ACC (1st Team Vote ? 3 points; 2nd Team Vote ? 2 points; 3rd Team Vote ? 1 point) First Team (1st Team Votes) Points Crystal Langhorne, Maryland (46) 144 Kristi Toliver, Maryland (46) 144 Khadijah Whittington, NC State (45) 142 Erlana Larkins, North Carolina (40) 138 LaToya Pringle, North Carolina (16) 97 Second Team Monica Wright, Virginia (9) 95 Rashanda McCants, North Carolina (10) 85 Chante Black, Duke (8) 84 Marissa Coleman, ...
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ACC Nation Power Poll - March 3
2008-03-03 16:30:00 TicketCity.com - purchase tickets to see UNC at Duke 12. Boston College (4-10, 13-14) - lost at VT 67-48, lost to UNC 90-80 11. N.C. State (4-11, 15-14) - lost to FSU 72-62, lost to Duke 87-86 10. Virginia (3-10, 13-13) - lost at Miami 95-93 9. Florida State (6-8, 17-12) - won at NC State 72-62 8. Georgia Tech (5-8, ...
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