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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
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
ACC bubble watch - the home stretch edition
2008-03-04 19:57:00 Here’s our weekly look at the ACC teams with a chance for an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament (OK, we included Wake and FSU because if they sweep the rest of their games in the regular season and make a run in the… oh, who are we kidding? Neither team has a chance, but we’ll make ... More About: Watch , Tigers , North Carolina , Miami , Virginia Tech
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 ... More About: Eagles , North Carolina , Hurricanes , Boston College
Clemson?s Hammonds breaks wrist
2008-03-04 02:50:00 Clemson All-ACC candidate Cliff Hammonds suffered a broken right (non-shooting) wrist during Clemson’s victory over Maryland on Sunday evening. X-rays revealed the injury on Monday. Hammonds’ status for Thursday night’s game at Georgia Tech is unknown at this time. “We really won’t know Cliff’s status until we tape him up and see what ... More About: Tigers , Men , Hoops , Clemson , Breaks
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, ... More About: Women , Eagles , Tigers , Hurricanes
BC?s Rice, Clemson?s Oglesby earn weekly honors
2008-03-03 21:39:00 Boston College?s Tyrese Rice was named ACC Player of the Week while Clemson?s Terrence Oglesby earned ACC Rookie of the Week honors. In earning the league?s player of the week award for the second time this season, Rice scored a career-high 46 points in Saturday?s 90-80 loss to second-ranked North Carolina . The Richmond , Va. ... More About: Tigers , Boston College , Men , Hoops
ACC Women?s Basketball Tournament
2008-03-03 20:50:00 March 6-9, Greensboro Coliseum. These are dates that you don’t want to stand up. The ACC Women ’s Basketball Tournament is set and the pairings have been announced. UNC has the number-one seed and the Tar Heels are hoping to record their fourth-consecutive ACC title. The top four seeds, North Carolina , Maryland, Duke and Virginia, all have a ... More About: Boston College , Miami
ACC Nation?s All-ACC men?s basketball team
2008-03-03 01:28:00 Fifteen spots. Many more potential candidates. The first-, second- and third-team all-ACC squads will be announced March 10. As a member of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA), I have a vote. Below is my preliminary ballot and I know it will get a good debate going. We at ACC Nation always like good ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Basketball , North Carolina , Hurricanes
ACC Men?s Swimming Championship
2008-03-02 17:28:00 It began last weekend with the women swimming their way to the championship. Virginia’s dominance in swim/dive competition in the ACC continued at the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Swimming and Diving Championship s in Atlanta. The Cavalier men dominated the field and put the finishing touches on their 11th ACC Swimming and Diving Championship with an ... More About: Olympics , Miami , Lean
ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships
2008-03-02 03:20:00 The Florida State Seminoles men and Virginia Tech Hokies women decisively clinched the 2008 ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships behind spectacular track efforts by both squads. For the Hokies it is the second year in a row, but even more staggering is the fact that the Noles’ men have clinched six ACC championships in as many years. ... More About: Track and Field
ACC Lacrosse Weekend
2008-03-02 02:59:00 This weekend promised exciting lacrosse and certainly anyone who went to see four of the top college men’s teams in the country at the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore got their money’s worth. How often do you get a chance to see Johns Hopkins, Virginia, Syracuse and Princeton in one ... More About: Eagles , North Carolina , Boston College , Virginia Tech , Duke
Records Continue To Fall
2008-03-01 15:21:00 On the second day of the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships both the men and women pushed the envelope even more as one conference record, three meet records and three site records were signed, sealed and delivered into history. Going into the final day of the event at the Eddie Smith Fieldhouse in Chapel Hill the ... More About: Records , Fall
ACC Nation?s All-ACC Women?s Basketball ballot
2008-03-01 06:04:00 As a member of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA), I get a vote in the All-ACC Women ’s Basketball Team. My ballot, due Sunday, is below. I think it’s important to let you know who I voted for, but also I’d like you feedback on this. Who would you have voted for? The first, ... More About: Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Friday Fish Fry
2008-02-29 23:30:00 Column by The Evil Q jim@accnation.com The anticipation of ACC Basketball Tournament action has created some strong distraction from exciting action elsewhere in the conference. We’ll try to remedy that with a trip around the ACC in this week’s Friday Fish Fry. The ACC’s Swimming and Diving championships started last weekend with the women. It continues in Atlanta with the men this ... More About: Women , Red Sox , Eagles , Tigers
Weekend Skinny - March 1-2
2008-02-29 05:47:00 Patrick had another 4-2 week, while the Q was 3-3 last week. Patrick is now 38-24 on the season. Q is 35-27. Duke at N.C. State, noon, CBS Q’s pick: It is a real shame that Sidney Lowe has had young men with egos ruin the Wolfpacks hopes for another good year. My hope is that his ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Boston College , Miami
The Q Report (ACC Lacrosse)
2008-02-28 21:48:00 Column by The Evil Q jim@accnation.com My god I love lacrosse! When the season begins I know that spring isn’t too far away and that just adds to the thrill of seeing what some consider to be a weird combination of football, soccer and hockey. This sport is far tougher than one might imagine. After all this is a blood ... More About: North Carolina , Boston College , Virginia Tech , Duke , Report
So who?s your favorite ACC player?
2008-02-28 20:03:00 A few weeks ago on the ACC Nation podcast I asked listeners to e-mail me their favorite ACC basketball players. The whole thing started because I admitted that, as a Carolina fan, I had a new favorite - Tyler Hansbrough. For the last 15 years or so, George Lynch was my favorite and, before that, ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes , Boston College
Sendek sends his love to the Wolfpack
2008-02-27 23:26:00 Thanks to our friend Brian in Richmond, Va., for a link to this from 850 the Buzz. A love song from Herb Sendek to N.C. State fans. More About: Love , Men , Hoops , North Carolina State , Wolfpack
The Duke vs. UNC feud
2008-02-27 19:54:00 Column by Will Ojanen will@accnation.com I’m not a huge fan of either school, but when March 8 comes around, and these two rivals go at it again, I will be glued to the TV. With the war of words that has gone on recently between Coach K and Roy Williams, this is going to be one intense ... More About: World , North Carolina , Men , Hoops , Duke
Bubble update in the ACC
2008-02-27 06:02:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com My best guess is that seven ACC teams are playing for five spots in the NCAA Tournament this year. In all honesty, two are locks, so the remaining five are playing for three berths in the Big Dance. 1. North Carolina (11-2, 26-2), RPI 3, schedule: at Boston College, Florida State, at Duke The Tar Heels are ... More About: Tigers , Miami , Virginia Tech , Men
The Durham Debacle
More articles from this author:2008-02-27 04:18:00 Column by The Evil Q jim@accnation.com There is something surreal about the Duke lacrosse mess. It seems now like it started a lifetime ago. When it first began I immediately reacted, actually overreacted, in shaking my head, uttering some expletives and wondering what these idiots (the players) were thinking. My frustration (disappointment) was misdirected. After I began listening to both sides, resolved to ... More About: Lawsuit , Blue Devils , Durham 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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