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Monthly Archive: March 2012
Mar
12
2012
Articles from around the ACC Blogosphere March 12, 2012
The ACC Tournament is over and I have to tell you the Saturday and Sunday games were vintage ACC basketball. High quality basketball, great teams, and Florida State emerged as your ACC Champion. Following that was the NCAA selection show, where NC State’s celebration at being selected was unadulterated joy. You have to love that. So what do …
Mar
11
2012
Quick impressions of each ACC Team’s NCAA Bracket.
First here is copy of the entire bracket for your viewing pleasure. 5 ACC teams made the Big Dance. For the first time in a while, I really can’t find issues with the ACC Teams selected or seeding. Miami I felt was an NCAA worthy team, but when you look their resume there just weren’t …
Mar
11
2012
(Final) ACC NCAA Bubble Analysis for March 11, 2012
Selection Sunday is upon us. Who’s who’s out in the ACC and where will they be seeded? Before we take one last look at our NCAA Bubble Analysis for the ACC, there is still the matter of an ACC Championship to be decided between Florida State and North Carolina is what should be a great game. Check out …
Mar
10
2012
Put North Carolina State in the NCAAs.
Today was quite a day for me. For the first time, I got to sit on press row and the watch the Friday Day Sessions of the ACC Tournament. For some of these media guys this is old hat, but this was quite a thrill for me. It kind of made feel like that these …
Mar
07
2012
ACC Tournament: Who to follow on twitter for the ACCT and predictions courtesy of the ACC Fan’s Panel.
Here’s the second of @HokieGuru’s ACC Fan Panel discussions. With the ACC Tournament starting Thursday, we need to know who to follow on twitter during the tournament and get some predictions in. You came to the right spot. Thanks to @HokieGuru for putting the panel discussions together, and thanks to the ACC fans on twitter …
Mar
06
2012
ACC Fans on Twitter choose the End of the Season ACC Basketball Awards.
By now I’m sure you’ve seen who the ACC Media picked for the ACC post-season awards. That’s great, but I think you’ll find some pretty knowledgeable ACC fans that may have a different opinion. @HokieGuru has put together 2 of his patented panel discussions with many of our ACC Friends on twitter. Here’s the first where they choose …
Mar
05
2012
Articles from around the ACC Blogosphere March 5, 2012
It’s ACC Tournament week! I remember growing up actually telling my parents I was still suffering from the chicken pox so I could stay home and watch the Friday games. Yes I am aware I had a problem as child. I plan on being there for most of the tournament, and if I’m lucky at the ACCT …
Mar
04
2012
ACC NCAA Bubble Analysis for March 4, 2012
Congratulations to North Carolina for winning the ACC’s regular season. After all the struggles the questions UNC is right back where people felt they would be. That is in position for a number 1 Seed in the NCAA tournament. So how many teams the ACC gets in will depend on the ACC tournament, and I’ll tell you how …
Mar
04
2012
North Carolina makes a statement in Durham.
When the college basketball season started the North Carolina Tar Heels were pretty much the consensus pre-season number 1 team in the country. Despite a 26-4 record this team had at least slightly underachieved in most folk’s estimation. Early in the year there was 10 point loss to UNLV. The 73-72 loss at Kentucky was …
Mar
01
2012
Musings on a wild night in the ACC and what it means.
It will be just a short post for tonight, but what a wild night it was. Florida State’s Ian Miller drops a last second 3 point shot against Virginia, and Clemson hangs on for a two point over Virginia Tech. What does it mean? In rallying from a down double digits in the last five …