Thursday, March 13, 2008

The Daily Roundup: Thursday

The BEST ACC Basketball Coverage!!!

Getting your mind right:
The 4th Annual Basketblog All ACC Team by Position will be posted today at NOON.


ACC Tourney matters more this year : "When the ACC's 12 teams convene in Charlotte Bobcats Arena today to stage the league's 55th tournament, only regular-season champion North Carolina and second-place Duke are bringing legitimate NCAA Final Four hopes."

Second suspect arrested in murde of UNC SBA President, Eve Carson.


The conference headlines:


ACC Tournament Blog from the Winston-Salem Journal.


From TOM SORENSEN of the Charlotte Observer: Coach K is right: We can adjust


From Aaron McGarling of the Roanoke News: UVa Big man, Laurynas Mikalauskas', energy evident

From Manny Navaro of the Miami Herald: Canes star guard is 'the total package': "Forgive Frank Haith if you can. He simply couldn't help himself. He fell into the love trap Tuesday that has beset star-crossed Jack McClinton fans all season."

For many in league, hoping begins today"Taking it one game at a time" might be the ultimate sports cliche, but for most of the teams that open play in the 55th annual ACC Tournament today in Charlotte, one game is really all they can count on at this time.

4-in-4 ACC formula = 8 with little chance


North Carolina
Lawson ready to get started : "Some players might worry about the toll that playing three games in three days might take on their bodies -- especially if they've been injured. Not North Carolina point guard Ty Lawson."

Getting in his kitchen: "North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough a man of many interests outside the paint."

Green, Ellington are keys to UNC success: "It was in the midst of Danny Green's mini-slump a couple weeks back that his father tried inspire him with a pep talk."
Williams has the team to beat but isn't obsessed with winning the title: "UNC trying to repeat for first time since 1998."


Duke
Nelson makes huge difference for Devils
Look what DeMarcus Nelson has done for this season's Duke basketball team and it's impossible not to appreciate the senior captain.


Preparation a key part of Blue Devils' success in postseason games: "Defeat on first day last year was an oddity."


Clemson
Close encounters of the winning kind: "Amid the emotional aftermath of Sunday’s victory, coach Oliver Purnell took the public address microphone and told the crowd that the win was a perfect exclamation point to Clemson’s regular season."

Bowden stays mum on McElrathbey: If they forced that kid off the team, that's a bad deal.
Change so far fits Taylor: "Receiver’s switch to linebacker is more experiment than audition for now. Rendrick Taylor strolled casually toward the parking lot after a recent Clemson practice when he crossed paths with receiver Aaron Kelly."


Maryland
Finish or Be Finished: "In order to qualify for the NCAA tournament, the Terps may need to win more games over the next four days than they have the past month."



Florida State

UF, FSU have work cut out as conference tourneys begin : "Lorenzo Romar remembers the sick feeling and that sorry final score. Top-ranked Cincinnati visited his Saint Louis team to end the 2000 regular season and walloped them 84-41, a most shameful end to a five-losses-in-six-games-stretch."


Miami
Miami looking for measure of revenge against N.C. State : "University of Miami guard Jack McClinton always looks forward to a rematch after losing the first game. Only today the urge is a little greater for McClinton and the rest of the Hurricanes."


NC State
Costner, Pack eye another final run : "Had a couple of Reyshawn Terry shots not fallen in the final minutes for North Carolina, N.C. State could have beaten the Tar Heels last year in the championship game of the ACC Tournament."

Lowe says Wolfpack is aware of the opportunity it will have this weekend: "Scoring balance critical to success for State."



Wake Forest


Young Deacs will need leadership from their tournament 'veterans' : "Sophomore starters expected to guide freshmen."


Georgia Tech

Jackets may surprise : "With a few teams already dancing and a few on the bubble, Tech could play spolier in ACC tournament."


Boston College
BC's Rice a leading man, win or lose: "Call it selective amnesia. Wipe out the bad stuff, the stretch at the end of the regular season when Boston College was losing 12 of 13 games and plummeting to 11th place in the Atlantic Coast Conference."


Virginia
Cavalier curtain call : "After deciding to return for his senior year, is Sean Singletary ready for the next level?


posted by Ed at Thursday, March 13, 2008