Tuesday, May 06, 2008

The Daily Roundup: Tuesday

The BEST ACC Sports Coverage!!!

Getting your mind right:
All Eyes on Academics: "The NCAA's vow that significantly more teams may face sanctions this year hangs over the release of the Academic Progress Rate scores." Of note: "Brand, who earlier this decade introduced the reform package as a "sea change" in college sports, said last month that 17 percent of Division I men's basketball programs will receive penalties. Some programs, including the University of Maryland's men's basketball team, could lose up to two scholarships next season if they did not demonstrate improvement."

Right place but at the wrong time:"The landscape of college football right now is somewhere between fair and unfair. The report that the NCAA Postseason Football Licensing Subcommittee has approved a 33rd and 34th postseason bowl game for the 2008 season made me think about two deserving Duke teams that obviously played at the wrong time."



The conference headlines:
Caulton Tudor of the Raleigh News and Observer: ACC forecast cloudy - UNC trio holds key to 2008-09

Mr. CFB forecasts the ACC: "Two teams make cut, three others don't as Mr. CFB presents the first third of the TB Top 30."

The Life of Kings: UM right to take chance on Tyree Evans even though Evans' criminal past suggests it's a major gamble as detailed by SI.com's Luke Winn today.

Andrew Jones, The ACC Insider: Bizarre Times Continue For UNC

Triangle golfers add to ACC strength : "Nine ACC teams get NCAA bids."


Duke
James to join Duke bench : "Nate James, a captain on the 2001 NCAA title-winning Duke men's basketball squad, will be named the new assistant coach for the Duke men's basketball team, four sources confirmed for The News & Observer on Monday."


Maryland


Georgia Tech

Florida State
Dennis Quinn's 3 RBIs help FSU baseball top Stetson : "Dennis Guinn drove in three runs to help lift Florida State to a 6-3 victory against Stetson on Wednesday."



Virginia Tech
Fun at Miami beach costs Hall in draft: "Vince Hall had to have microfracture surgery on a "bruised" knee."


Miami

UM cruising as end of regular season approaches : "A few minutes after the University of Miami finished its series sweep with a 15-3 pounding of Saint Mary's, Hurricanes coach Jim Morris was asked whether there was anything the team could work on in the last two series of the season."

UM star's goals reach beyond the track: "Before she became Georgia's high school thrower of the year and began rewriting the University of Miami track and field record book, Khadija Talley found her true calling during a middle school project."

Return of the Omar-velous One:"On the song "Got Yourself A Gun, the rapper Nas begins one verse by bragging..."

8 questions with the '08 class (Thearon Collier):"Today, I did something that most defensive backs have a hard time doing and..."

Good move by T-Good:"Spent most of Saturday afternoon at Boggs Field Park in Hollywood. Former UM..."


Virginia


Clemson
Golf: USC, Clemson play role reversal: "Gamecocks claim No. 3 seed in East Regional; Tigers fifth seed in West Regional."

Baseball: FSU sweep pushes Tigers to the brink: "Clemson’s ACC and NCAA tourney lives hang in the balance with two weeks to go . A deflated Clemson assistant dragged an equipment bag into the locker room corridor, only to realize both bats had slipped out the bag’s unzipped back end."

FSU’s bats pick apart Clemson: "So much for the confidence Clemson gained in its five-game winning streak. Saturday’s collapse may have wounded the Tigers’ psyche, but Sunday’s 13-4 trouncing at the hands of fifth-ranked Florida State restored the sense of helplessness Clemson experienced during last month’s record losing streak."

Southern Cal lures USC, Clemson prospect:"A WRITTEN OFFER from Southern Cal arrived in the mail Friday for Columbia High defensive back Damario Jeffery (6-foot-3, 211 pounds). USC, Clemson, Oklahoma and Michigan are among Jeffery’s 16 offers."

posted by Ed at Tuesday, May 06, 2008