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Hutts died of morphine toxicity
2008-05-05 13:24:00 Georgia Tech pitcher Michael Hutts’ cause of death has been released by the Fulton County, Georgia Medical Examiner Randy Hanzlick. Hanzlick indicates a toxicology report points to morphine toxicity. Georgia Tech sports information director Dean Buchan indicated the school is awaiting a copy of the report before commenting. More About: Baseball , Died , Morphine , Yellow Jackets
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 ... More About: Power , Eagles , Tigers , Baseball , North Carolina
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. ... More About: Women , Eagles , Football , Baseball , Basketball
Hansbrough coming back, Lawson and Ellington declare for draft
2008-04-26 00:01:00 The University of North Carolina announced today that national player of the year Tyler Hansbrough will return to Chapel Hillfor his senior season. There has been plenty of speculation about whether Hansbrough would test the NBA Draft waters or come back for another run at an elusive national championship. Most mock drafts had Hansbrough projected as ... More About: Men , Hoops , Back
ACC Basketball season in review ? part two
2008-04-24 13:46:00 Column by Will Ojanen will@accnation.com We’re one quarter of the way through the season recaps, and this week, I’ll recap three more teams who didn’t have very successful seasons. One did make the postseason, but was promptly eliminated in the first round of the postseason. Florida State SeminolesDespite a couple of shocking losses to Cleveland State and South ... More About: World , Eagles , Basketball , Boston College , Review
Miami?s McClinton will return
2008-04-16 02:20:00 All-ACC First Team selection Jack McClinton has elected to return to the University of Miami men’s basketball team for his senior season. “Jack is the heart and soul of this team,” said head Miami coach Frank Haith. “He is a tremendous young man with an unmatched work ethic, who has just worked incredibly hard for everything ... More About: Hurricanes , Men , Hoops
2008 ACC-Big Ten Challenge schedule announced
2008-04-15 20:18:00 ACC press release: Matchups for the 10th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge — featuring top college basketball programs playing for conference supremacy and the Commissioner?s Cup on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU ? are set. For the fourth consecutive year, the event will feature 11 games and include two telecasts on ESPNU, ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to televise ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes , Virginia Tech
Tar Heel Recruit Sees No Harm
2008-04-15 06:11:00 Why not stick with a good thing when you see it? Apparently one Tyler isn’t good enough for Roy Williams as he’s picked up a 6′11″, 220-lb. center with the same name. Well at least the first name is the same. Tyler Zeller is just one of several exciting recruits who may have a year of ... More About: Harm , Tar Heels , Heel , Tyler Hansbrough
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 ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , April
ACC Nation baseball power poll - April 14
2008-04-14 19:46:00 The baseball power poll debuts this week. Teams are listed with their conference and overall records as well as results from this past week (April 7-13). 12. Wake Forest (6-11, 13-21) — lost to High Point 12-8, lost two out of three to VT (3-7, 4-13, 3-2) 11. Virginia Tech (3-15, 15-21) — beat Davidson 5-4, beat VCU ... More About: Power , Baseball , North Carolina
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
More articles from this author: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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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