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Feinstein not thrilled with Duke?s new AD
2008-06-06 05:26:00 Story by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com John Feinstein has never hidden his dislike for former Duke athletics director Joe Alleva. A few weeks ago, when Feinstein, a Duke graduate, joined me on the ACC Nation podcast, he almost sounded giddy when asked about Alleva’s decision to take the AD job at LSU. “I guess the 15 letters of recommendation ... More About: Notre Dame , Blue Devils , Coach K
Friday Fish Fry
2008-05-31 05:50:00 Column and Commentary by The Evil Q jim@accnation.com Contrary to popular belief, I haven’t been in my hammock enjoying a cool one the past few Fridays. Rather, I’ve been hard at work putting the finishing touches on our new facilities. As anyone who has moved can tell you, nothing ever goes exactly as you’d like it to, thus ... More About: Tigers , Football , Baseball , North Carolina , Boston College
ACC Nation on ESPN?s Outside the Lines
2008-05-23 18:24:00 ACC Nation ’s Patrick Hite will appear on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines ” today (Friday, May 23) at 3:30 p.m. to talk about Duke lacrosse. Patrick wrote a column this week stating that the extra year granted to Duke lacrosse players gives the Blue Devils an unfair advantage as they head into the semifinals this weekend. ESPN asked ... More About: Espn
Duke lacrosse has unfair advantage
2008-05-22 16:04:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com Duke is one of four teams left standing as the men?s lacrosse semifinals are set for this weekend. It?s probably too late now, but the other three teams should be screaming to anyone who will listen about the unfairness of the situation. Five Duke players shouldn?t even be playing this season, and yet they ... More About: Duke Lacrosse , Unfair , Blue Devils
The early entrants ? what should they do?
2008-05-21 14:41:00 Column by Will Ojanen will@accnation.com I was a little surprised when I looked over the list of players who left school early for the NBA Draft. There were only four players from the ACC on it. And, coincidentally, all of them went to school in the state of North Carolina . I’m not sure if it’s a telling sign ... More About: World , Men , Hoops
ACC Nation podcast May 12 ? show notes
2008-05-13 02:52:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes John Feinstein stops by ACC Nation to discuss his latest book, “Living on the Black.” Feinstein spent the 2007 baseball season following the New York Yankees’ Mike Mussina and Tom Glavine, then of the New York Mets, and chronicled their experiences in his first baseball book in ... More About: Eagles , Football , Baseball , North Carolina , Hurricanes
ACC Nation baseball power poll ? May 12
2008-05-12 15:10:00 After studying the ACC baseball standings for three minutes (it shows below) Sunday afternoon, I believe seven six of the eight spots have been claimed in the ACC Tournament. (OK, thanks to Jimmy Smith (see comments below) I was figuring something wrong concerning teams with ties. Ties count as half a win. See corrections below in bold.) FSU and NC State ... More About: Power , Eagles , Tigers , Baseball , North Carolina
Hamilton out at Georgia Tech
2008-05-09 06:23:00 Ten days after taking the job, former Georgia Tech quarterback Joe Hamilton is out as the school’s assistant director of player personnel following his arrest early Tuesday. The 1999 Heisman Trophy runner-up is looking at charges of marijuana possession, DUI, hit-and-run and having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle. Hamilton was released from jail ... More About: Football , Georgia Tech
ACC basketball season in review ? part four
2008-05-08 04:23:00 Column by Will Ojanen will@accnation.com Here we are with one last trio of teams to recap. All three had pretty solid season, and went to the big dance. Unfortunately, none of the three won it all, but one did get close, until they failed to show up in their last game. Clemson Tigers One thing stood out from the ... More About: World , Basketball , North Carolina , Miami
Should ACC hoops split into divisions?
2008-05-07 05:25:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com Poll: What format would you like to see? The ACC’s athletics directors will discuss a possible 18-game schedule for men’s basketball at next week’s spring meetings. So far, I’ve seen just one benefit from an 18-game schedule - the ACC can line its pocket a little more. With the additional games, it’s hard to ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes , Boston College
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
More articles from this author: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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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