I almost forgot to link to this! When I read it this morning, it cracked me up. It seems that the geniuses over at the ACC headquarters weren’t just satisfied with a regular old unbalanced schedule. No sir, it’s not bad enough that teams no longer play all the other teams twice. Nope. The ACC…

Ed of the ACC Basketblog has a great post up today talking about the media’s reaction to Rashad McCant’s throat slash and whether there were racial overtones there. It is a well-written and well-reasoned piece. To me, and I think I’ve made mention of this, the throat slash is an extremely silly thing to get…

Do you live outside of ACC country? If so, maybe you can help this guy and many others out. How do you find games on TV? Do you use ESPN Gameplan (or Full Court) or do you go to sports bars? If so, how does that work? I know that another option is to use…

Last week (or so), I linked to an article that Al Featherston had written for the Duke Basketball Report. Featherston, you may recall, was let go from the Durham Herald-Sun after they brought in new owners. Well, Featherston has written another article for the DBR, and it is a great, great piece. It’s on the…

in a red arena. Will Herb Sendek’s NC State Wolfpack take the one that leads to less travel (no NCAA bid)? Maryland’s game at the RBC center tonight is a big game for both teams. For Maryland, they see this game as a potential fulcrum on which the season hinges. A loss knocks them back…

The guys at StateFans Nation have a good conference overview up. It breaks down what various teams need to do (or not do) to make teh postseason. It also includes a whack at the first team All-ACC, a difficult task this year.

These are the sorts of things that make this whole Internet wortwhile. The Phog Blog has a video of Missouri coach .Quin Snyder singing “Eye Of The Tiger” to his players to fire them up before a game. Just classic. Frankly, I like the “Glenn!” version better.

Ken Pomeroy’s stat o’ the week this week is Defensive Assist Percentage. As it sounds, it’s a rating of how many assists a team allows its opponents. When I read his description, the first team I thought of was Duke. They play that aggressive passing-lane defense that tries to take teams out of their sets.…

There have been a number of confusing accusations in recent days about Georgia Tech and their recruitment of Sebastian Telfair. According to a new book, Telfair was offered $250,000 by a booster to attend Tech. Even in the shady world of big-time college athletics, $250K is a huge amount of money for a recruit. Considering…

I wish I’d seen this yesterday, but it’s too good to skip. Yes, the game is over, but this article isn’t about last night’s game. It’s about the history of basketball in the Triangle and in particular how it created the Duke-Carolina rivalry. This piece was written by veteran writer Al Featherston who was recently…