An intrepid reader sent me a link to an interesting list of the top NCAA Tournament coaches of all time, ranked by winning percentage. To make the list, you have to have coached at least 20 games. It’s no surprise that John Wooden is #1 and Coach K is #2. After that, it gets mildly…

One of my readers sent me this link today – a long PDF chronicling the days of John Roche (and Bobby Cremins!) at USC. It’s mighty lengthy – I’ve only skimmed it so far – but it’s a pretty fascinating. For those of us who came along after South Carolina had already left the ACC,…

Ken Pomeroy had an interesting post the other day, comparing the ACC to the Pac-10. Obviously, there are many ways to compare conferences, but one Ken picked was non-conference wins over top-30 (according to Ken’s ratings) teams. The ACC trounced the Pac-10 in that metric 13-5. Well, today, Ken posted a follow-up to that article…

As a longtime Dallas Cowboys hater, nothing would make me happier than to see them hire Jim Caldwell as their head coach. Seriously, that’s one of the funniest things I’ve read in a loooong time. I know Jerry Jones has lost touch with reality, but wow. The Dallas Cowboys, one of the NFL’s marquee franchises…

Hey kids! Did you miss me? I was down in Myrtle Beach playing golf for several days (key lesson learned: I suck at golf.) and then came back to do a little work around the house (wink, wink). Anyhoo, while I didn’t find any time to post for the past couple of weeks, I did…

In a tangent of my last post, here’s the Wilmington Star’s look at the likely candidates for the ACC Player of the Year this year. They include five players, but to me, it’s really a three-man race at this point: Tyler Hansbrough, Jared Dudley and Sean Singletary. A quick rundown: Hansbrough The best player (just…

Sports Illustrated‘s Seth Davis has an interesting article up with quotes from various NBA scouts about college players they like or dislike. A brief synopsis of the ACC players mentioned: Tyler Hansbrough – not athletic enough Jared Dudley – probably can’t play in the NBA Sean Singletary – concerned about his halfcourt game Josh McRoberts…

I’m sure you’ve heard by now about Boston College kicking Sean Williams and Akida McLain off the team. McLain hardly played this year, but Sean Williams was one of the top shot blockers in the country and had had several monster games recently. Clearly the loss will hurt BC, but as Ken Pomeroy points out…

Last night’s UNC-Clemson game was an interesting one. Because of their success so far this year and Carolina’s lofty ranking, the crowd had a ton of energy and it seemed to feed into the players. Clemson pressed and ran all night and were quite successful in forcing turnovers. It seemed like the Heels coughed it…

Caulton Tudor, JP Giglio and maybe some other writers for ACC Now (the News & Observer’s blog) put together a list of their All-NFL and All-NBA teams using only ACC players. Click on the links in that sentence to see their picks. While that was an interesting and fun read, I was completely baffled by…