01/10/06 North Carolina 64, Virginia Tech 61 Blacksburg, Va.
Huge win for Carolina on the road, despite 25 turnovers. At this point, Roy Williams has to be on the short list for national coach of the year. That he can get a team with so many freshman to maintain their composure on the road against such an aggressive defense is really impressive.
I was very impressed with the Hokie defense, but their offense is poor. Basically, they pass around until one of their guards decides to dribble to the rim. It looks like they spend all of their practice time on defense.


01/10/06 Georgia Tech 85, Centenary 69 Shreveport, La.
A game scheduled for the benefit of Louisiana native Theodis Tarver. Tarver celebrated the homecoming by forgetting to study and becoming academically ineligible. What a homecoming!
01/10/06 NC State 78, Boston College 60 Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Huge bounce-back win for the Wolfpack after their loss in Chapel Hill over the weekend. The Pack thoroughly pounded the Eagles who actually appeared to quit in the final minutes. I thought Billy Packer was going to have an aneurysm watching the normally staid State offense spring free for several wide-open dunks and layups against the dejected BC “defense.”
Remember way back a month ago when BC was supposed to be good?
01/11/06 Clemson 74, Wake Forest 73 Clemson, SC
When Clemson lost at Virginia, I assumed that their early-season success was a standard Clemson mirage. Beat up on some directional schools and community colleges to get to 10-1 before the ACC season and then slump to a final record of 13-17. But then this. Maybe it’s Wake who was the mirage.
01/11/06 Florida State 87, Virginia 82 Charlottesville, Va.
Damn, the Cavs came pretty close. I thought the home win over Clemson would be their one for the year. Sean Singletary had 27 in the loss and is a straight-up stud.
01/11/06 Duke 76, Maryland 52 Durham, N.C.
Not this year. Duke made the Terps look bad. 29 turnovers and 20% shooting bad.
01/14/06 Miami 81, North Carolina 70 Chapel Hill, N.C.
Well, well, well. I guess this Carolina team isn’t perfect after all. And maybe Frank Haith isn’t the retard I was beginning to think he was. I mean, how does a team with Guillermo Diaz, probably the most dynamic scorer in the league not named J.J., Robert Hite, Anthony Harris and Anthony King get to be only 9-6? Does anyone doubt that Mike Krzyzewski or Roy Williams would have that team in the top ten?
01/14/06 NC State 87, Georgia Tech 78 Raleigh, N.C.
It’s a little weird – this State team is just taking care of business this year. I like this squad a lot. Before the season, I strongly suspected they’d be better than last year; a perfect Ewing Theory case study. It looks like I was right. They are the second best team in the conference right now.
01/14/06 Duke 87, Clemson 77 Clemson, SC
Everyone talked about how many free throws the Tigers missed, but quietly J.J. Redick missed four free throws in this one. He missed those four gimmes and only hit two three-pointers, yet he scored 34 points. That’s why he’s a no-question All-American this year.
By the way, if you haven’t noticed, Oliver Purnell has quietly changed Clemson’s team makeup. After years of fielding beefy Rick Barnes-inspired teams, Purnell has the Tigers playing fast, athletic ball. Their two guards Cliff Hammonds and Vernon Hamilton really get after you and force a lot of turnovers. On the inside, Akin Akingbala, Sam Perry and Steve Allen are blocking a lot of shots. It’s kind of weird.
01/14/06 Boston College 90, Florida State 87 Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Well, our new friends from the north won’t get shutout this season after all!
01/15/06 Virginia 54, Virginia Tech 49 Blacksburg, Va.
Holy crap, Virginia won a road conference game!! Did I say that Roy Williams was doing the best coaching job in the conference?
BTW, remember the feel-good story about how the former Big East teams were doing so well in the ACC and that it would only get better once BC showed up? That story’s not playing so well this season, is it?
01/15/06 Maryland 90, Wake Forest 86 College Park, MD
And Maryland finally gets off the schneid. I stopped watching this one when the Terps got up 15 in the second half, because Wake didn’t appear to really have their hearts in it. I guess I was wrong, because they got the lead down to two late, but couldn’t quite get over the hump. Now Wake is sitting at 0-3 in the conference despite having two All-America candidates. I guess losing your two point guards and two best defensive frontline players really does hurt your team, huh? Still, this team should be better than they are. Prosser needs to find a combination or two that works and just stick with it.

Team
ACC
All
Duke
4-0
16-0
N.C. State
3-1
14-2
UNC
2-1
10-3
Ga. Tech
2-1
9-5
Miami
2-1
10-6
Florida State
2-2
11-3
Clemson
2-2
13-4
Maryland
2-2
12-4
Virginia
2-2
8-6
BC
1-3
12-4
Wake Forest
0-3
11-5
Va. Tech
0-4
10-7

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