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He’s done it again. This time, Al Featherston writes about what it means to be not just the #1 team in the country, but the #1 program. He reviews how a team gets there and what it means when they play their schedule. As always, Featherston uses Duke as his centerpiece, but he’s not really…
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Barry Jacobs has an interesting piece at the DBR on freshman who’ve started a bunch of games at UNC. He lists those who played the most and, as you might imagine, it’s an impressive list of ballers. One interesting note: Minutes played, and starts, were carefully guarded secrets at North Carolina during most of Dean…
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You’re going to hear this roughly a zillion times this year, so I’ll go ahead and edjumacate you on the facts – yes, J.J. Redick has a very good chance to become Duke’s all-time leading scorer and Shelden Williams has a shot at becoming Duke’s all-time leading rebounder. An article at the DBR breaks it…
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Oh happy day! For years, I’ve longed for those glorious days of college when my Spring Break always coincided with the first week of the NCAA Tournament. I’d park myself on a sofa somewhere (even when I was in Daytona) and just watch hoops all day. Great times. These days I have a job and…
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One of the basic elements of any strong football program is quality assistants who stay a long time. Look at Virginia Tech where Frank Beamer has kept guys like Bud Foster and Bryan Stinespring forever. Florida State is another classic example. Mark Richt, Chuck Amato and Mickey Andrews were there forever and the Noles kept…
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It’s been nearly a week – time for my belated ACC-Big Ten Challenge wrapup! Before I get too much into this, let me be clear that I don’t think it’s that big of a deal. No titles are decided, no careers are validated and it doesn’t even end the discussion of who the better conference…
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Al Featherston has an article up at the Duke Basketball Report today that just might be his best yet. It’s a great look back at Duke’s football and basketball history and the paths they took to get where they are today – the two most disparately successful programs in Division 1 today. Featherston points out…
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In a statement released earlier today, the Seminole Tribe of Florida announced that they no longer support Florida State University’s use of their name for their athletic teams. This announcement reverses years of support, including a recent show of solidarity in the face of an NCAA ruling that the name was offensive. Based largely on…
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The first big night of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge went almost as I predicted it. The only game I got wrong was the Wake Forest – Wisconsin game. Wake played much better than I expected and outlasted the Badgers in an outstanding game. Of the other results, the only real surprise was the margin by…
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Click here to watch a cool video montage of great soccer goals. The music is a little unfortunate – Creed – but otherwise, it’s damn fun. There are quite a few famous goals in here, but I’d never seen many of them. My favorites are probably the Roberto Carlos free kick (simply incredible) and that…