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The Tuesday Twelve
2008-02-05 20:20:00 Our weekly trip around the ACC blogosphere: 12. Don’t mention “the foul” to Marcus Ginyard. 11. Carolina beats Duke - in women’s hoops. 10. Danny Ford is God takes a look at national signing day. 9. Dickie V is back. More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Poutier to lead UVa. baseball in 2008
2008-02-05 15:00:00 By Phillip Hines www.tidewatersportsreport.com A dominating force on the mound, University of Virginia pitcher Robert Poutier has been selected to lead the Cavaliers for the 2008 season, as he was recently named one of two team captains, according to virginiasports.com. In Poutier’s first year with the Cavaliers, he was named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America team and ... More About: Baseball , Tidewater , Wahoos , Lead
ACC Nation podcast Feb. 4 - show notes
2008-02-05 04:38:00 Listen here Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Duke and Carolina play this week and we couldn’t let the game pass without discussing it with two of our favorite writers - Adam Lucas of Tar Heel Monthly and Carlos of the Duke Basketball Report. Adam gives us an update on Carolina point guard Ty Lawson, who rolled his ... More About: Show , Podcast , Notes , Nation
Carolina?s Hansbrough, Wake?s Teague earn weekly honors
2008-02-04 21:38:00 North Carolina ?s Tyler Hansbrough was named ACC Player of the Week while Wake Forest ?s Jeff Teague garnered ACC Rookie of the Week honors. In earning the league?s player of the week award for the fifth time this season, Hansbrough averaged 20.0 points and 13.5 rebounds in a pair of conference wins. The Poplar Bluff ... More About: North Carolina , Men , Hoops , Earn
Chances aren?t good Lawson will play against Duke
2008-02-04 20:02:00 Story by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com For more on Ty Lawson, listen to the ACC Nation podcast where we talked with Adam Lucas of Tar Heel Monthly for his thoughts on Lawson’s injury and backup Quentin Thomas. In his Monday teleconference, North Carolina coach Roy Williams didn’t provide a lot of optimism that starting point guard Ty Lawson will see action Wednesday night ... More About: Play , Men , Hoops , Duke
EA Sports visits Virginia?s JPJ
2008-02-04 16:37:00 (Screen shot of JPJ for March Madness 09, courtesy of EA Sports ) Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com With Virginia struggling, Cavalier basketball fans haven’t had much to cheer about on the actual court this season. Maybe a virtual court will be more to their liking. Depending on how many Virginia fans vote in EA Sports online contest, the John ... More About: Men , Hoops , Georgia Tech
Power Poll - Feb. 4
2008-02-04 14:00:00 Here are this week’s rankings. Still difficult, but at least Virginia makes it easy to at the bottom of the poll and Duke makes it easy at the top. Let us know what you think about the poll this week. 12. Virginia (1-6, 11-9) - lost at Maryland 85-75, lost at VT 72-65 (OT) 11. Florida State (2-6, 13-10) ... More About: Power , Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Around ACC Nation
2008-02-04 12:58:00 Ty Lawson’s status uncertain for Wednesday night as Carolina gets ready for Duke. No wiggle room for Georgia Tech. Duke’s Abby Waner trying to break out of slump as Devils play Heels. Check out ESPN.com for the latest in recruiting news as signing day approaches. And Friend of the Nation Heather Dinich has more on recruiting. ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , Hurricanes , Men
The Q Report
2008-02-04 04:31:00 Column by The Evil Q jim@accnation.com After this past week’s Friday Fish Fry I really thought there would be limited ACC football to talk about, but then I looked into the Super Bowl champion New York Giants roster while I sat here and watched one of the best games I’ve seen in quite a while. Important fact. The ... More About: Report
Around ACC Nation
2008-02-02 16:18:00 Joe Lundari’s latest brackets include four ACC teams - one that might surprise you - and two ACC teams in the last eight out. Super sixth men - Duke’s Jon Scheyer and Carolina’s Danny Green. Poll reversal led by Virginia and Virginia Tech. Now or never for Cavaliers? More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Friday Fish Fry
2008-02-02 01:09:00 Column by The Evil Q jim@accnation.com Like most people in this business I have a tendency to start digging much like a dog after an elusive mole. I will keep digging until the entire landscape has been disrupted. It takes someone popping their head through a door screaming for it to stop. I think I hit that point late, no very late ... More About: Fish , Friday
Weekend Skinny - Feb. 2-3
2008-02-01 17:21:00 Two weeks in a row of 1-5 for Patrick, and this week he pulled The Evil Q in the gutter with him. So, Patrick stays a game back of the Q on the season - Q: 22-16 and Patrick: 21-17 (at this rate, they’ll hit 30 correct picks sometime around the third week of next season). Saturday’s games: Maryland at Georgia Tech ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes , Boston College
Bubble Teams-what do they need to do to get in?
2008-01-31 14:15:00 Column by Will Ojanen will@accnation.com I’m among many who think the ACC is a little down this year, but the unpredictability makes the games all the more fun to watch. Despite that, the ACC still ranks first in terms of conference RPI. But as far as the NCAA tournament goes, I feel there are four teams that ... More About: World , Eagles , Tigers , Hurricanes , Boston College
Around ACC Nation
2008-01-31 12:57:00 Defense the key in tonight’s State-Duke game. Good story on Carolina’s Deon Thompson Clemson’s pipeline from Jacksonville. No big names in the AD search at FSU. Duke football creating a buzz? Boom time for Terps. More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
The Tuesday Twelve
2008-01-29 18:04:00 12. Wake Forest football a victim of its own success. 11. Tar Heel Fan has a post on the opening of Carolina’s basketball museum. 10. The Georgia Tech Sports Blog wonders if the Jackets are in the Twilight Zone? 9. Statefans Nation gives a cheer to Miami. 8. Based on the RPI, the ACC may be fighting to get a fifth team ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Around ACC Nation
2008-01-29 13:05:00 As the point guards go, so goes Georgia Tech. Clemson’s Trevor Booker questionable for Saturday’s game. Utah State athletics director may be headed to same job at FSU. Duke falls to Tennessee in women’s hoops. The ACC has two top seeds, but only four total teams, in Joe Lunardi’s latest brackets. More About: Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes , Boston College
ACC Nation podcast Jan. 28 - show notes
2008-01-29 02:55:00 Listen here Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Manny Navarro of the Miami Herald joins Patrick and The Evil Q this week to talk about the up-and-down Hurricanes , which were up this past weekend with a win over Clemson. Also, Patrick talked with Tyler Vaught and Connor Dougan of EA Sports during halftime of the Georgia Tech-UVa. game ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Boston College
GT?s Causey, Duke?s Nelson and State?s Hickson honored
2008-01-28 21:38:00 Georgia Tech?s Matt Causey and Duke ?s De Marcus Nelson were named Co-ACC Players of the Week while NC State?s J.J. Hickson was selected as ACC Rookie of the Week. Causey scored 18 points each in back-to-back ACC road wins last week over NC State and Virginia. In Tech?s 92-82 win over Virginia Sunday, the Gainesville , ... More About: Men , Hoops , Georgia Tech
Power Poll - Jan. 28
2008-01-28 14:00:00 I considered just putting Duke first, Carolina second and everyone else in a tie for third. Well, maybe everyone else but Virginia, which seems a perfect fit for last place at the moment. The Cavs are getting good at building big leads and letting them slip away. Anyway, the following is this week’s power poll with ... More About: Power , Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Around ACC Nation
2008-01-28 13:01:00 Mike Wise of the Post writes that Maryland has a “hitch that needs to be fixed.” FSU’s Leonard Hamilton: “Our record could be much better.” Duke forcing turnovers as the Devils roll through the ACC. ESPN.com’s Heather Dinich writes that Duke is quietly taking care of business. Reserve Wake Forest running back kicked off team after threat. David Glenn writes ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Around ACC Nation
2008-01-27 14:51:00 That’s right, Around ACC Nation has returned from its extended holiday break. One last goodbye to the Orange Bowl. It’s fun to be a Blue Devil again. Clemson needs to work out some kinks. Good story by John Feinstein on former Georgia Tech coach Bobby Cremins. More bad news for UVa. football - Jeffrey Fitzgerald may be gone. Wide receiver D.J. ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
College GameDay crew on Carolina
2008-01-27 04:56:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com Carolina fans may be sick of hearing about how terrible the Tar Heel defense is (yes, even ACC Nation was caught up in the frenzy with a story we posted last week). But the ESPN College GameDay crew wanted to have its say on Saturday morning. Host Rece Davis asked how much, if any, does Carolina ... More About: North Carolina , Men , Hoops
Friday Fish Fry
2008-01-25 23:17:00 Column by The Evil Q jim@accnation.com If there is one thing that I know for certain about this small weekly contribution of mine is that it will never be short of material. This week is a superb example. Can you imagine having a job where all you do is soak up sports 24/7? I can see it now. Some of you sports ... More About: Fish , Friday
Weekend Skinny - weekend of Jan. 26-27
2008-01-25 05:47:00 Bad week for Patrick last week as he went 1-5. The Q at least kept his head above water at 3-3. For the season, Q is now in first with a 21-11 record, while Patrick slips to 20-12. Saturday games: N.C. State at Florida State (1:30 p.m. Raycom) Patrick’s pick: Was that Brandon Costner’s face I saw on a milk ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Hurricanes , Boston College , Miami
Rathbun: ?It hurts all levels of basketball.?
2008-01-24 12:00:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com By Bob Rathbun’s count, there are 51 players in the NBA who could still be playing college ball if they had chosen to stay. By my count, six of them are former ACC players. Rathbun, the Voice of the Atlanta Hawks as well as a veteran ACC basketball announcer, was a guest on the ACC Nation ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Basketball , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Seth Greenberg?s contract extension-does he deserve it?
2008-01-23 16:40:00 Column by Will Ojanen will@accnation.com On Tuesday, Seth Greenberg was given a three year extension at Virginia Tech through the 2012-13 season. In his four-plus seasons at Virginia Tech, Greenberg is 78-63, including an ACC Coach of the Year award in 2005, and a trip to the NCAA Tournament during the 2006-07 season, where the Hokies fell in the ... More About: World , Men , Hoops , Contract
The Tuesday Twelve
2008-01-23 02:37:00 Our weekly trip through the ACC blogosphere: 12. J.P. at ACC NOW has the list of ACC underclassmen that will be in the NFL Draft. 11. Barry Jacobs looks at coaches and birthdays for the DBR. 10. FSU It’s Time looks at AD candidates. More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Carolina D in need of help
2008-01-22 15:00:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com Question of the week: Should Carolina push the panic button? In his words, Roy Williams doesn’t want his team to jump off a building. The North Carolina coach doesn’t want his team to take the loss to Maryland - a loss that knocked the Tar Heels from the ranks of the unbeaten and ...
ACC Nation podcast Jan. 21 - show notes
2008-01-22 03:35:00 Listen here Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Veteran ACC announcer Bob Rathbun, who is also the Voice of the Atlanta Hawks, joined Patrick and Q this week to talk about ACC basketball, college players jumping to the pros early, former ACC players on the Hawks and more. The guys also discuss the past weekend’s ACC games, including: - ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Maryland?s Gist, Wake?s Johnson earn weekly honors
More articles from this author:2008-01-21 22:30:00 Maryland ?s James Gist was named ACC Player of the Week and Wake Forest ?s James Johnson was selected as ACC Rookie of the Week. Gist played a key role in Saturday?s 82-80 win over No. 1 North Carolina in Chapel Hill . The Silver Spring, Md. , native turned in his fifth double-double of the ... More About: Men , Hoops , Maryland , Earn 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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