The NCAA is closer to clamping down on some of the excesses of recruiting. Although I hate to see the rulebook get thicker and thicker, I think something must be done. This is a good step. For a rundown of some of what they are fighting, read my article here. Scroll down to the part…

Devin Smith played most of last season for Virginia with a herniated disk in his back. He never even practiced after December, but yet remained UVA’s best player. He has had surgery now and appears to be healing quickly. Who knows how good he could be if fully healthy.

Tony Kornheiser says the obvious, that Tiger’s no longer The Man on tour. He points out that both Els and Mickelson are currently outplaying him and have at least matched El Tigre over the last several years. Tony also expresses his grattitude for Phil’s less-than-stellar everyman physique.

Maryland denied admission to one of their football recruits, Culpeper, VA standout Kent Hicks. Fortunately for Hicks, Virginia Tech’s standards aren’t so lofty, so they accepted him. It’s nice to know that the ACC now has its own fallback schools.

Thad Mumau breaks down his list of the top ten high school basketball players by position. Several are already committed to ACC schools and many of them have ACC schools listed among their suitors.

The NCAA’s unpopular 5/8 rule is finally dead and NCAA basketball coaches are mighty happy about it.

NC State is installing hydraulic goal posts at Carter-Finley stadium. These goal posts can be automatically collapsed in a few minutes. The goal is to avoid mobs of fans tearing down the goal posts and invariably injuring each other. Actually, I’m sure the goal is to avoid lawsuits. It’s too bad it had to come…

First off, I apologise for linking to a Dick Vitale article. I have good reason this time. He’s listing his All Rolls Royce teams for next year. In typical Vitale style, he lists five teams. The interesting thing to me is that of his top six guards, five play in the ACC. Of his top…

Andy Katz has a preason top 50 NCAA hoops teams out. Wake Forest is #1, UNC is #2 and Georgia Tech is #4. Overall, the ACC has four in the top ten, five in the top 25 and eight in the top 50. It’s going to be a hell of a year!

The ACC has put the 2004 ACC Football Media Guide online in PDF format. It’s absolutely chock full of info. I’m impressed and thankful that they put something like this out for free.