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Duke crushes UVa. in men?s lax
2008-04-13 06:27:00 Second-ranked Duke exploded for 10 unanswered goals to gain a convincing 19-9 win over Virginia tonight before a record crowd of 8,000 fans at Klöckner Stadium. The loss is Virginia’s first ever night loss at Klöckner after 21-consecutive wins dating back to 1993. With the victory — its fourth in a row over Virginia — Duke ... More About: Cavaliers , Blue Devils
Ellington, Chalmers may be key tonight
2008-04-05 16:31:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com Tonight ’s North Carolina-Kansas game doesn’t lack storylines. Off the court the media has focused on Roy Williams coaching against Kansas for the first time since he left after the 2003 season. There’s also been the stuff about Danny Green and his father. On Kansas’ side, everyone has been discussing the possibility that Bill Self ... More About: Men , Hoops , Tar Heels , Wayne Ellington
Friday Fish Fry
2008-04-04 23:08:00 The Evil Q jim@accnation.com We’ve been on hiatus the past few weeks. Apparently our absence has upset some of you because I noticed this morning that I was beginning to look a bit like Don Knotts in the mirror. I beg of you to remove the voodoo curse that has been placed upon me so I may return to my ... More About: North Carolina , Boston College , Miami , Fish , Virginia Tech
CBS preview of Final Four
2008-04-04 16:45:00 I’ll have more on the Final Four later today or tonight following the press conferences. Until then, here’s a preview from some guy named Brian Curtis from CBS. Enjoy (or, you know, at least watch). More About: Preview , Men , Hoops , Final Four
King leaving Duke
2008-04-01 04:37:00 Duke posted the following news release on its Web site Monday: Freshman Taylor King has decided to leave Duke University, school officials announced Monday. King saw action in all 34 games in 2007-08, averaging 5.9 points and 2.0 rebounds per game. The Huntington Beach, Calif., native finished the season with 43 three-point field goals to rank eighth ... More About: Men , Hoops , Duke , Leaving
ACC Nation podcast March 31 - show notes
2008-04-01 01:57:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Fresh off his coverage of the Division II national championship, CBS and Raycom college basketball analyst Dan Bonner joins Patrick and Q to break down the Final Four. Dan also gives his thoughts on North Carolina , Duke and Wake Forest basketball, plus he has a great story ... More About: Boston College , Miami , Virginia Tech , Show
ACC Nation bracket update - 3/31
2008-03-31 17:15:00 I think I have this figured out, but when it comes to me and numbers there’s always a chance I made a mistake. (UPDATE: I already found one mistake and corrected it. My apologies to Baxter. In the original posting, I had you as one of seven people with a chance to win. But I was ... More About: Men , Nation , Update
Hansbrough leads Heels to Final Four
2008-03-30 14:57:00 We’ll have more throughout the week on Carolina and next weekend’s Final Four, but for now enjoy some Tyler Hansbrough highlights from the 83-73 win over Louisville in the video below (Video courtesy of CBS via stormchasingmikey). Hansbrough finished with 28 points and 13 rebounds. He got a little of each on one spectacular follow-up dunk of a Danny Green miss in ... More About: North Carolina , Men , Hoops , Leads
Is Carolina motivated by last year?
2008-03-29 16:32:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com If you follow college basketball, you know the story. May even be sick of the story. North Carolina led Georgetown by 11 points in the second half of the 2007 East Regional final, only to let the Hoyas tie the game and send it to overtime. Georgetown then controlled the extra period, scoring the ... More About: Men , Hoops , Year
All aboard the Davidson bandwagon
2008-03-28 21:48:00 Bookie Mom is back and this time she’s on the Davidson bandwagon. OK, I know it’s not the ACC, but there are several reasons for posting this. 1. Davidson is near Charlotte and the ACC Tournament was in Charlotte 2. Stephen Curry is the son of Virginia Tech’s most famous player and the Hokies are in the ... More About: Men , Hoops
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
More articles from this author: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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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