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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
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
ACC Nation podcast Feb. 25 - show notes
2008-02-26 04:43:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes ACC Nation talks with Jenn Hildreth of ACC All-Access about her new role as host of the show and her job as a sideline reporter for Fox Sports Net. Hildreth also give us her thoughts on which ACC teams still have a good shot at the ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Boston College , Miami
Carolina?s Hansbrough, GT?s Miller earn weekly awards
2008-02-25 21:39:00 North Carolina?s Tyler Hansbrough was named ACC Player of the Week while Georgia Tech ?s Maurice ?Mo? Miller garnered ACC Rookie of the Week honors. In earning the league?s player of the week award for a record-tying seventh time this season, Hansbrough averaged 30.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 4.5 steals in wins over NC State and Wake Forest ... More About: Awards , North Carolina , Men , Hoops
The Q Report (The Future of Hockey)
2008-02-25 19:12:00 Column by The Evil Q jim@accnation.com With approximately three minutes left to play and Duke leading 2-1, the Georgetown Hoyas tied the score at 2-2 sending the championship game into overtime. Duke and Georgetown had met twice during the regular season and each had won a game by a goal, so the likelihood of an exciting conclusion to the ... More About: Eagles , North Carolina , Boston College , Virginia Tech , Future
ACC Nation Power Poll - Feb. 25
2008-02-25 04:39:00 ACC Nation ranks the men’s basketball teams every week. We encourage your comments. 12. Boston College (4-8, 13-12) - lost at FSU 66-63 11. N.C. State (4-9, 15-12) - lost to Carolina 84-70, lost at UVa. 78-60 10. Georgia Tech (4-7, 11-14) - lost at Virginia Tech 92-84 9. Virginia (3-9, 13-12) - beat N.C. State 78-60 8. Florida State ... More About: Power , Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Weekend Skinny - Feb. 23-24
2008-02-22 13:00:00 Patrick went 4-2 last week thanks to Miami pulling out a close one against Georgia Tech. Q was 2-4, giving Patrick his first lead in many weeks. Patrick is 34-22 on the season, while Q drops to 32-24. Saturday’s games: Boston College at Florida State, noon, RSN Patrick’s pick: Right now, fans of both of these schools are more concerned ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes
The Q Report (ACC Ice Hockey?)
2008-02-22 03:35:00 Column by The Evil Q jim@accnation.com Regular listeners to the ACCNation podcast have often heard Patrick and I fire our shots across-the- bow when it comes to ACC schools playing ice hockey. Wait a minute. The ACC and ice hockey? Readers of Friday Fish Fry are familiar with our coverage of Boston College men’s and women’s ice hockey. ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Miami
ACC teams and the Big Dance
2008-02-21 20:13:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com Two days, four games, three of the ACC’s top four teams lose. Just another week in ACC basketball. I assumed, foolishly, that Clemson falling to Florida State would be the biggest upset of the week. That changed 26 hours later when Duke lost to Miami . And Virginia Tech also knocked off Maryland on Wednesday ... More About: North Carolina , Boston College , Dance
ACC Nation podcast Feb. 18 - show notes
2008-02-20 03:39:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Mike Hogewood, or, as we like to call him, Mr. ACC, joins Patrick and Q to discuss ACC basketball. Mike gives us his thoughts on who is responsible for Wake’s inspired play, if Duke can use the loss this weekend as motivation and Dean Smith and Lefty ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes , Boston College
ACC Power Poll - Feb. 19
2008-02-19 19:36:00 Sorry for the delay with the Power Poll this week (as well as the ACC Nation podcast, which will be available late on Tuesday). I was out of town from Friday through late Monday, so I’m just now getting around to this. 12. Boston College (4-7, 13-11) - beat N.C. State 82-65; lost to UVa. 79-74 11. Virginia ... More About: North Carolina , Miami , Virginia Tech
Legends announced by ACC
More articles from this author:2008-02-19 05:02:00 Two of the winningest basketball coaches in ACC and NCAA Division I history, the author of one of the most famous shots in the history of the NCAA Basketball Tournament, seven former first-round NBA draft picks, five former All-Americas and players with a total of 95 years of experience in the NBA and ABA, are ... More About: North Carolina , Boston College , Miami , Virginia Tech , Men 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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