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Carolina tops Washington State 68-47
2008-03-28 06:20:00 Story by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com The talk coming into Thursday night’s Sweet 16 matchup was about Washington State’s defense and North Carolina ’s offense. In the end, maybe the Tar Heels’ defense didn’t get enough credit. Carolina held Washington State to 31.6-percent shooting and ended up with a relatively easy 68-47 victory to advance to Saturday’s regional final against Louisville. “Well, we ... More About: Tops , Men , Hoops
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 ... More About: World , Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina
UNC vs. WSU: Battle of opposites
2008-03-26 00:15:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com On his weekly radio show Monday night, North Carolina coach Roy Williams called it an “interesting matchup” when describing his team’s meeting with Washington State Thursday night in the NCAA Tournament. Washington State is giving up 40.5 points a game in two games of the tourney this year. North Carolina is averaging 110.5 points in ... More About: Men , Hoops , Opposites , Battle
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 ... More About: Eagles , Hoops
Ol? Roy unhappy with second-half D, NCAA logos
2008-03-24 03:24:00 Story by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com The NCAA logos on the floor at the RBC Center in Raleigh turned out to be more of a concern for North Carolina than Arkansas in the second-round of the NCAA Tournament Sunday. The Tar Heels shot 68 percent for the game and placed five players in double figures, led by Wayne Ellington’s ... More About: Men , Hoops , Logos , Half
Hurricanes? rally not enough
2008-03-24 02:31:00 Story by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com Although Miami didn’t go quietly, the Hurricanes may have waited a little too long to make some noise in their second-round NCAA Tournament game against Texas. The second-seeded Longhorns built a 17-point lead then hung on for a 75-72 victory over Miami Sunday afternoon. Miami trailed 60-43 with 10:53 left in the game and was ... More About: Men , Hoops , Rally
West Virginia ends Duke?s season
2008-03-23 05:30:00 Story by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com Once again Duke took an early lead. Once again Duke let the lead slip away. But this time the Blue Devils couldn’t recover and Coach K and crew are heading home after the second round, the second year in a row Duke won’t be in the Sweet 16. Duke led by as many ... More About: West Virginia , Men , Hoops , Season
NBC 17 uses dolls for Duke, Carolina highlights
2008-03-22 15:51:00 I just saw this and knew I had to put a link up for you guys. Hat tip to the Duke Basketball Report, which is where I first saw this link. The NCAA has a rule that television stations can’t show highlights of tournament games until the games for the night are finished. Well, when the ... More About: North Carolina , Men , Hoops , Highlights
Carolina rolls over Mount St. Mary?s
2008-03-22 15:28:00 Story by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com The most talked about moment following North Carolina ’s 113-74 win over Mount St. Mary ’s in the first round of the NCAA Tournament was one of the Tar Heel’s few mistakes. Marcus Ginyard, after gathering up a loose ball at halfcourt, had nothing between him and the basket except air. And air won. Ginyard ... More About: Men , Hoops
Clemson falls in NCAA opener
2008-03-22 14:18:00 Story by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com After a ten-year absence from the NCAA Tournament, Clemson ’s return to the Big Dance didn’t last long. The Tigers built an 18-point lead in the first half against Villanova, but the 12th-seeded Wildcats rallied and pulled off the fourth upset of the day in Tampa with a 75-69 win over Clemson. ?They are ... More About: Men , Hoops , Falls
Obama picks Carolina
2008-03-21 17:10:00 I found this interesting. Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama filled out his bracket and has North Carolina winning it all. I’m sure it has nothing to do with the May 6 primary in North Carolina. Politicians are above doing anything like that just for the sake of votes. Obama also has Duke in the Elite Eight ... More About: Miami , Men , Hoops
ACC Nation bracket challenge
2008-03-18 04:30:00 ACC Nation has a bracket challenge again this year. We might be able to dig up a prize or two for the winner, but mostly this is for fun and bragging rights. We already have more participants than last year, but we want more (I know, we’re never satisfied). All you do is click here and enter ... More About: North Carolina , Boston College , Miami , Virginia Tech , Men
Bursting bubbles with Bookie Mom
2008-03-18 01:55:00 Our friend Bookie Mom is bursting bubbles, including Virginia Tech ’s, in her latest video. And, while she’s at it, she takes a shot at Seth Greenberg. Check out more from Bookie Mom. More About: Men , Hoops , Hokies , Bubbles
ACC places six teams, two top seeds in women?s tourney
2008-03-18 01:43:00 The field for the NCAA Women ’s Tournament was announced Monday night. The ACC got six teams in the tournament, including a pair of top seeds in North Carolina and Maryland. The Tar Heels are the top seed in the New Orleans region and begin play Sunday in Norfolk, Va., against No. 16 Bucknell. LSU is the second seed in that region. Maryland is the conference’s ... More About: Basketball , Hoops , Duke
NCAA Big Dance
2008-03-17 00:10:00 The invitations have been extended to four teams in the ACC this year. North Carolina , Clemson, Miami and Duke all move forward into the NCAA Men ’ s Basketball Tournament. A great question from Billy Packer to Tom O’Connor during CBS’ coverage of the NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Show regarding how the top RPI conference was given ... More About: Dance , Virginia Tech
ACC Tournament - Florida State vs. Wake Forest in-game blog
2008-03-13 15:30:00 We are live at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena in Charlotte, N.C., for the 2008 ACC Tournament. Join us for this in-game blog by putting your comments in this post. The blog is sponsored by Bojangles’. When you gotta wanna needa getta hava delicious, flavorful food?you gotta hava Bojangles?. Wake Forest enters the game as the No. 8 ... More About: Men , Hoops , Blog , Florida , Florida State
Carolina?s Hansbrough, VT?s Greenberg and Duke?s Singler and Nelson honored
2008-03-11 21:05:00 North Carolina’s Tyler Hansbrough, who leads the ACC in scoring and rebounding, was named the conference’s player of the year in voting by members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA) on Wednesday. Hansbrough, a unanimous selection by the voters, is averaging 23.1 points and 10.5 rebounds per game for the Tar Heels, which ... More About: North Carolina , Virginia Tech , Men , Hoops , Duke
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 ... More About: Blogroll , Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes
UVa.?s Singletary, Wake?s Teague earn weekly honors
2008-03-11 01:29:00 Virginia ?s Sean Singletary was named ACC Player of the Week while Wake Forest ?s Jeff Teague earned ACC Rookie of the Week honors. In earning the league?s player of the week award for the second time this season, Singletary averaged 31.0 points and 9.5 assists in three conference games last week. The Philadelphia , Pa. ... More About: Men , Hoops , Virginia , Earn
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 ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Hurricanes
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) ... More About: Power , Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes
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 ... More About: Eagles , Hurricanes , Boston College , Miami
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 ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes , Boston College
Green?s dunk over Paulus feels good
2008-03-09 07:12:00 As long as you’re not a Duke fan, you have to love this quote from Carolina’s Danny Green about his dunk over Duke’s Greg Paulus. Said Green, “It felt good man, it felt good. There are a lot of people around the country who don’t like Greg Paulus, and I’m pretty sure a lot of those ... More About: North Carolina , Men , Hoops
ACC Women?s Basketball-Hoop There It Is
2008-03-09 03:15:00 Hoops Tobacco Road Style Here it is-Carolina and Duke in the ACC Women ’s Basketball Tournament Championship. Third-Seeded Duke got up on Second-Seeded Maryland and took advantage of 19 turnovers to score 32 points while the Terps could only muster 5 points out of 10 Blue Devil turnovers. The final-Duke 74 Maryland 63. Rashanda McCants wasn’t going to allow ... More About: North Carolina , Hoops
Singletary?s jersey to be retired
2008-03-08 19:07:00 The jersey of Virginia men?s basketball standout guard Sean Singletary will be retired during ceremonies prior to the Cavaliers? final game of the 2007-08 regular season against Maryland on Sunday at John Paul Jones Arena. Sunday is Senior Day for the Cavaliers and Singletary will be honored along with fellow seniors Adrian Joseph, Ryan Pettinella and ... More About: Men , Hoops , Jersey
ACC women?s basketball - no cake walk
2008-03-08 14:06:00 The herd is thinning pretty much as expected, but it certainly wasn’t a cake walk for the top teams to make it to this point. UNC’s Sylvia Hatchell calls them “bread and butter”. They are better known as Erlana Larkins and LaToya Pringle. Bread and butter served up 25 and 16 points between the two to ... More About: Women , Basketball , North Carolina , Boston College , Hoops
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 ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes , Boston College
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 ... More About: Women , Eagles , Tigers , Football , Baseball
All-ACC geeks
More articles from this author:2008-03-07 17:33:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com Below is the release from the ACC about its all-academic team. I am curious rather anyone besides the players’ parents pay attention to this stuff. I mean, do we really care if our favorite athletes are hitting the books? Of course, I doubt anyone will admit if we don’t, but, as fans, isn’t it more important how ... More About: Geeks , Miami , Men , Hoops , Duke 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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