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 […]
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ACC Notebook
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 […]
ACC Notebook
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 […]
ACC Notebook
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 […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos ACC lights the 2002-03 season on fire The 2002-03 campaign is now a little over one week old. That’s equivalent to twenty games. And the ACC is 19-1 in those games. That’s a 95 percent winning rate. The entire conference deserves its props. […]
ACC Notebook
ACC Conference Notebook by Michael Protos The ACC wastes no time creating early ruckus in the world of college basketball UNC lives. Coach K hurts a hip. State and Virginia lose two players before a single minute of regular season play. So many stories already and only one ACC team […]
UNC Looking Good Again
Uh-oh, UNC Looks Mad . . . by Jon Gonzalez Let’s say for the past 25-30 years that you’ve been invited to the big dance. That kind of streak would have anyone believing their one of the prettiest around (although I didn’t say it, this analogy looks geared toward women). […]
ACC Conference Preview
Atlantic Coast Conference Preview by Michael Protos What a difference a year makes. This time last year, Duke, Maryland, Wake Forest and N.C. State prepared to dazzle the ACC with lineups full of talented veterans of the battle for top spot in one of America’s toughest conferences. This year Georgia […]
Duke: Now What?
Now What? by Jason Drucker It’s not easy for Mike Krzyzewski to look out onto the hardwood of Cameron and see young faces who haven’t been displayed on SportsCenter for the past few years. It’s like waking up from a dream and wondering where you are. Or better yet, waking […]
ACC Recap
Atlantic Coast Conference Recap by Michael Protos When last we visited the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Maryland Terrapins had just cut down the nets in Atlanta, and “Fear the Turtle” had entered the national lexicon. The ever-invincible Duke had wounds to heal from its Sweet Sixteen loss to eventual finalist […]
