Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos The Extended Forecast Mark your calendars for March 16. That’s selection Sunday. And based on what the NCAA had to say last week about this year’s tournament, there could be some surprises that will affect the ACC. Back at NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis, […]

Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Dissecting a rivalry Round one of the ACC’s most historic rivalry kicks off Wednesday night in Durham as the North Carolina Tar Heels (2-5, 11-9) attempt to upset the No. 7 Duke Blue Devils (4-3, 14-3). But with recent dominance by Duke, how […]

Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Home Sweet Home As the nine ACC teams approach the midpoint of conference play, no single team appears ready to dominate the conference. Each team must defend its home court to earn the right to appear in the post-season. Last week’s ten contests […]

Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Hottest Item On ACC Menu is the Upset Special Last week, the ACC featured ten games with several pivotal match-ups that had the potential to change the course of history (or at least for the 2002-03 campaign for conference champion). No. 1 Duke […]

Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos And Then There Was One… Entering January 12th, two teams in the land of Division I collegiate basketball had successfully turned back each and every opponent. These two teams were on a collision course slated to occur in Cameron Indoor Stadium. No. 1 […]

Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due Three ACC teams entered the new year undefeated: No. 1 Duke, Clemson and No. 23 Wake Forest. The first two met Sunday as Duke asserted its dominance in an 89-71 victory at Clemson. Freshman guard J.J. Redick […]

Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos North Carolina’s New Year resolution: Win Without Sean May No. 21 North Carolina prepared to take on Iona Friday night without starting sophomore forward Jawad Williams, who missed the game with a stomach virus, and sophomore sixth-man Melvin Scott, who sat out the […]

Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Tigers and Deacons Earn Their Props As the ACC opens its conference season, three teams remain undefeated. Few would be shocked to see No. 4 Duke dominant at the top, especially if you check out most of the cupcake teams the freshmen devoured […]

Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Handing Out End of Semester Grades Although this season is only a few weeks old, the kids have some results to critique. In the spirit of last week’s break for final exams, the players’ on-court performance has enough content for grading. Duke is […]

Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos Welcome back to Earth – the ACC’s fast start finally slowed After torching the college hoops nation from coast to coast, the ACC finally ran into a wall of competition, yielding seven losses this past week. But six of those seven losses came […]