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Now that we are at the middle of the ACC season (except for Carolina and Maryland who have still only played seven conference games), it’s a good time to take a look at how players are doing. Just like I did last year (here, here and here), I calculated the Prouty Ratings of all ACC…
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A few months ago I linked to a very interesting column from Gregg Doyel savaging UConn coach Jim Calhoun. The article was fascinating because it’s so rare for a reporter to be so honest in their feelings about a college coach. You may recall that a few years ago, Maryland coach Gary Williams went public…
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With Wake Forest not just on the decline but in full blown death spiral, I’ve been thinking a lot of Chris Chase. You see, Chris has always hated Skip Prosser. I thought he was overly hard on Wake’s coach the last couple of years, but now I’m seeing that maybe Chris was right all along.…
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The football recruiting period for the class of 2006 wrapped up yesterday and the ACC didnt’ do very well. At all. The growth to twelve teams with the addition of football powers Miami and Virginia Tech along with northern school Boston College was supposed to vault the ACC to the top of the national conference…
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The DBR has a number of interesting recruiting columns up today. The first is a brief review (and list of links) about a high school game featuring two Duke recruits and two UNC recruits. Of particular interest is the love being given to future Tar Heel point guard Tywon Lawson. From what I read here…
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It’s been a while, but the time has come for Name That Site episode 5. If you remember past editions (one, two, three, four), you’ll know that the way this works is that I post a Google Earth image of a significant ACC venue. It may not be a venue on an ACC campus, but…
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After this week’s games, all of the ACC teams will be at or just the middle of their conference schedule. Things are still a bit murky in the middle, but a few clear strata are developing. Duke is by itself in the top-tier. NC State, UNC and BC form the second tier. Maryland might have…
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All in all, it wasn’t a very good week for the ACC. After Duke’s loss to Georgetown, the conference’s three intraconference tilts seemed like great opportunities to shore up the overall conference rating. Unfortunately, that advantage was not taken, as the ACC went just 1-2 in those three games. And one of the losses was…
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You know Shelden Williams’ reputation. He’s the best interior defender in the country. He is Duke’s all-time blocked shots leader. He was the national Defensive Player of the Year last season. He is The Landlord. It’s just a fact – the man is a great defensive player. Or is it a fact? It’s been said…
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If you watched the Duke-Virginia Tech basketball game last night, you probably heard the story. Hokie center Coleman Collins’ dad is very suffering from lung cancer and has become very ill. Evidently he is not expected to make it through the weekend. Collins’ brother was at the game and the two of them were going…