Tuesday, July 15, 2008

The Daily Roundup: Tuesday

The BEST ACC Sports Coverage!!!
PHOTO: Although we suspect many agree with this agravated Tar Heel fan, Packer will be missed in the college game.

Getting your mind right:
Packer won't return to CBS : "Billy Packer, the man whom many considered college basketball's know-it-all, has known for more than a year that the 2007-08 season would be his last as CBS' lead analyst."

Caulton Tudor of the Raleigh News and Observer: Brashness set Packer apart: " Go ahead. Laugh when you read this, but college basketball fans will miss Billy Packer. "

Michael Wilbon : "A Pro in College Game: "Billy Packer has faced criticism during his 27 years at CBS, but no one has been as complete a critic or as good at explaining and analyzing the college basketball game."

Intensity is priority for Bobcats: "New Bobcats coach Larry Brown says guaranteed contracts don't guarantee playing time on his team. A guaranteed contract won't equal guaranteed minutes. That was Charlotte Bobcats coach Larry Brown's message Monday, delivered during a vivid mid-practice lecture."

Favre debacle dredges up flaw: "Favre's potential return to the league brings into full light the NFL and the conundrum of the one-sided contract."


The conference headlines:
Dascenzo of the Durham Herald Sun: Ellington expects his stock to rise: "Wayne Ellington, North Carolina's 6-4 rising junior, saw it coming Monday at the media room in the Smith Center, which was full of individuals wondering just what planet the Tar Heels are on."


NC State

Hickson makes big impression: "Cleveland Cavaliers assistant John Kuester was on a roll Monday, thinking up new ways to praise rookie J.J. Hickson. Former Wolfpack center scores 26."

Jack Britt's Proctor commits to N.C. State: "Jack Britt High School’s Everett Proctor started the recruiting process as an athlete, but he ended it as a quarterback prospect. The Fayetteville Observer’s 2007 Cape Fear region Player of the Year made an oral commitment to N.C. State on Monday, a decision he based in part on the Wolfpack’s offensive style."


North Carolina
Heels hope to learn from a variety of experiences: "Monday was the 100th day since North Carolina tanked in the first half against Kansas in the Final Four. Marcus Ginyard hadn't really thought about the ghastly performance until he was asked about it during a meeting with reporters Monday afternoon at the Smith Center."



Clemson
Track star turns focus to football: "Freshman safety hangs up his track spikes as he goes for a starting position for the Tigers. Three weeks ago, Spencer Adams lost his claim to the nation’s top time by a junior athlete for the 110-meter hurdles time. He bowed out with an eye on the taller hurdle in his path."

Clemson loses a coaching legend: "Clemson Sports Information -->I.M. Ibrahim is the only Clemson coach to win two national titles, with the men’s soccer team. -->There were an abundance of stories Clemson men’s soccer coach Trevor Adair wanted to share about his predecessor, I.M. Ibrahim, who died Saturday at age 67. But he chose one he believed summed up the kind of man Ibrahim was.-

Ex-Tiger retires from pros for priesthood: "A June 18, 2008, photo released by the New England Revolution shows defender Chase Hilgenbrinck in Foxborough, Mass. Hilgenbrinck left the Revolution and retired from professional soccer on Monday, July 14, 2008, to enter a seminary.
When he was playing professional soccer in Chile, Chase Hilgenbrinck would seek comfort in the churches to satisfy his spiritual needs and remind him of childhood Sundays spent at Holy Trinity in his hometown of Bloomington, Ill."
Clemson bulks up training staff: "Clemson has added trainers for its men's basketball and baseball teams."


Georgia Tech
JACKETS COMING TOGETHER : "Georgia Tech linebacker Anthony Barnes (No. 12, right) is convinced the Yellow Jackets' defense and chemistry will be improved this season."


Wake Forest

posted by Ed at Tuesday, July 15, 2008