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Sunday, November 24, 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.
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, […]
If any team could claim to be battle-tested heading into conference play, it had to be Long Beach State. The 49ers loaded up their non-conference slate with the likes of Kansas, North Carolina, San Diego State, Louisville and Xavier.
The calendar turns to 2012 this season, and that means it’s time to get busy with the bulk of conference games.
After being overshadowed by the Big East and others in recent years, the ACC has come out of the gates strong and could rejoin the conversation for national supremacy.
Life after Gary Williams begins this season. Although it might not be smooth under Mark Turgeon for the 2011-12 season, there’s plenty of reason for the Terrapin faithful to be optimistic.
The deadline for early entrants to decide whether they’re staying in the draft or heading back to school has passed. Meanwhile, in College Park, the Gary Williams era has officially come to a close.
After Connecticut’s defensive battle for the championship, there’s plenty of talk disparaging the value of an NCAA Tournament title. That’s a bunch of baloney and discredits one of the toughest post-season formats of any sport at any level.
Maryland has lost several games this season that they were right in, and as a result looks to be square on the bubble. The close losses may add up if they aren’t able to pull out a close game or two in the final weeks.
Five thoughts coming out of the final rounds of the 2K Sports Classic Benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer, as well as memories of a coach.
