Jan
04
2020
CHAPEL HILL – Winning college athletic programs are often taken for granted. One assumption not to make, though, is that’s an easy transition for an assistant coach to pick up where his mentor left off. Sometimes there are hiccups before a blue blood re-establishes itself. At North Carolina, Roy Williams has made it look easier …
Jan
03
2020
1. Duke (12-1, 2-0) Projected NCAA Seed 1 I really like the direction Duke is trending. Forget the loss to Stephen F Austin a few weeks ago. This is a top 5 team. 2. Louisville (11-2, 2-0) Projected NCAA Seed 2 Louisville had Kentucky on the ropes until they missed 43 free throws. 3. Florida …
Jan
02
2020
Boston College was the latest ACC team to flop in their bowl game after going down 38-6 to Cincinnati. There will be plenty of time to discuss the ACC’s disappointing 4-6 bowl season. Clemson may yet still give the ACC one more win the National Title game, but the conference will still finish under .500 …
Jan
01
2020
Over the course of his career Lebron James has been one of the best players of all-time. The NBA’s best player title seemed to go back and forth between James and Kobe Bryant. That is until Kobe Bryant’s Laker teams started to fade in the early part of the decade. The mantle definitely seemed to shift …
Jan
01
2020
DURHAM – Duke looked impressive winning two games without Tre Jones and Jordan Goldwire starting in his place, but, wow, did the Blue Devils show talent, balance and depth with Jones returning to the lineup and Goldwire back to coming off the bench. The No. 2-ranked Blue Devils (12-1, 2-0 ACC) scored 45 first-half points …