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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
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
Mowins surprised by Carolina women
2008-03-07 04:21:00 Story by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com Listen to Beth Mowins on this week’s podcast The North Carolina women begin their quest for a fourth-straight ACC Tournament title Friday at 3 p.m. against ninth-seeded Clemson, an overtime winner against N.C. State Thursday in the opening round of the tourney. As the conference’s top seed, Carolina got a bye on Thursday. Despite being picked in ... More About: Women , Hoops , Tar Heels
Charlotte-the ACC?s permanent football home?
2008-03-06 17:31:00 According to a story in the Charlotte Business Journal, Charlotte could become the permanent home for the ACC Football Championship game. ACC Commissioner John Swofford addressed business leaders in Charlotte today and shared the prospect of the ACC Baseball Championship also moving to the area after 2009 when a new $40 million minor-league stadium opens in ... More About: North Carolina , Boston College , Miami
ACC baseball - the rewards of awards
2008-03-06 08:00:00 Though it may seem a long way off, if you are a die hard baseball fan you need to start making plans for the ACC Baseball Championship May 21-25 in Jacksonville. Why? This year the ACC is loaded with exciting players and incredibly strong teams. This promises to be nothing short of a killer season with the ... More About: Tigers , Awards , North Carolina , Miami
Carolina?s Hatchell, Maryland?s Langhorne honored
2008-03-06 00:10:00 Pulling in 40 of the 49 votes cast, North Carolina ’s Sylvia Hatchell was named Wednesday as the ACC women’s coach of the year. Meanwhile, Maryland ’s Crystal Langhorne to 23 votes from members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association to earn player-of-the-year honors. Hatchell’s team had question marks with the departure of Ivory Latta and Camille ... More About: Women , Basketball , Hoops
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 ... More About: Tigers , North Carolina , Boston College , Miami
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 ... More About: World , Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Hammonds expects to play Thursday
2008-03-05 03:40:00 Clemson’s Cliff Hammonds said after practice Tuesday evening that he expects to play against Georgia Tech on Thursday in Atlanta as long as he gets through practice on Wednesday without further injury to his broken right wrist. Hammonds suffered the injury to his non-shooting hand while blocking a dunk attempt by Maryland 6-9 forward James Gist ... More About: Tigers , Play , Men , Hoops , Clemson
ACC Women?s All-Freshmen team, Rookie of the Year announced
2008-03-04 22:05:00 ALL-FRESHMAN Cetera DeGraffenreid, North Carolina *………… 49 Stefanie Murphy, Boston College *…………….. 49 Carolyn Swords, Boston College…………… ;…. 46 Alex Montgomery, Georgia Tech……………&# 8230;. 40 Andrea Barbour, Virginia Tech……………&# 8230;….. 29 *unanimous selection Honorable Mention All-Freshman Marah Strickland, Maryland…………̷ 0;…………. 16 Jasmine Thomas, Duke……………&# 8230;…………… 15 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Stefanie Murphy (20) Others received votes Cetera DeGraffenreid (13) Carolyn Swords (11) Alex Montgomery (5) More About: Women , Eagles , Basketball
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 ... More About: Tigers , Golf , Virginia Tech , Jackets , Duke
Ted Roof heads Gopher defense
More articles from this author:2008-03-04 20:32:00 Former Duke head football coach Ted Roof has been hired as the new defensive coordinator at Minnesota. The press release from the school indicates that the 44-year-old Roof is a “veteran defensive mastermind” which may stir up some interesting comments from Duke fans. Roof replaces Everett Withers who has taken the defensive coordinator’s position with North Carolina . ... More About: Football , Defense 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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