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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
A look back at the first round of the ACC Tournament, where there was success among first-year head coaches, Maryland had a couple of bright spots in its win, NCAA implications in an upcoming game, and Virginia Tech battling through another close game.
Although it wasn’t quite as bad as last season, this was hardly one for the books for Wake Forest. After an 82-60 blowout loss against Maryland on Thursday, the Demon Deacons finished 13-18 overall. That doesn’t seem so bad, and a few teams had worse records, but look deeper and you see a team that, quite simply, was not good.
In the immortal words of the Black Eyed peas, tonight’s gonna be a good night. There are 40 teams in action tonight, and more than half of them are likely to appear in the NCAA Tournament or seriously challenge for their conference’s automatic bid. We’ve got elite powers like Kentucky, […]
About this time last season, Connecticut faltered after a 20-5 start, ending the regular season with four losses in five games. Heading into the Big East Tournament, many observers figured the Huskies would be short-lived in both that tourney and the NCAA Tournament. Then Kemba did his thing. With Kemba […]
Duke doesn’t have a team like some of their past powerhouse teams, but this incarnation of the Blue Devils just finds ways to win games. That’s the biggest explanation for their success thus far.
It’s hard to believe, but Selection Sunday is officially less than a month away — 26 days to be precise. That means it’s separation time. The best teams throughout the nation need to raise the bar to claim a regular-season conference championship and jockey for NCAA Tournament seeding. For the […]
Duke needed every ounce of energy Wednesday night in Chapel Hill to eke out a thrilling victory over North Carolina that might propel the Blue Devils to an ACC regular-season title. But would they have enough left in the tank to beat back upset-minded Maryland? Miles Plumlee had that covered. […]
Boston College looked like a confident team on Wednesday night. With that and some excellent three-point shooting early on, they got a big win against Florida State that shows how they have developed and will only add to their confidence.
For a couple of weeks, Florida State looked like the team some projected them to be. With a seven-game winning streak, the Seminoles were on top of the ACC, now a target – now the hunted instead of the hunter. And on Wednesday night, they were successfully hunted as Boston College beat them 64-60.
The first of two regular-season meetings between two of the most hate-filled rivals in American sports goes down tonight when Duke makes the short trip to the Dean Dome to visit North Carolina. As is usually the case in recent years, this game has significant importance in the standings, with […]
