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March 11, 2010

12:38

Okay, I lied. I’m outta gas here after a 16 hour day. I’ll be back in full force in about, oh, 11 hour or so.

11:38

N.C. State 58, Clemson 57. More later.

11:29

Following up on something I just tweeted …

I really, really like Richard Howell. He’s got a polished low post game, he rebounds well and he passes…

Jim Young | Mailbag

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March 11, 2010

This year will be different. This team is different.

That was the party line Wake Forest’s players kept espousing throughout the 2009-10 campaign. This group of Demon Deacons was tougher. This group was more cohesive.

At least, that’s what the Deacs said. Their recent results – five losses in six games, including an 83-62 head scratcher to Miami in the first…

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March 11, 2010

It wasn’t supposed to work this way.

Losing star guard Sylven Landesberg to an academic suspension wasn’t supposed to make Virginia a better team.

Yet the Cavaliers sans Landesberg did something they hadn’t done in a long time when he was in the lineup - win. Players that had often shrank back into the All-ACC guard’s shadow stepped forward on Thursday…

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March 10, 2010

The latest ACC Sports Journal is out on newsstands and as usual it’s chock full of information.

You’ll get insight and analysis on all 12 league schools from our ACC Insiders, as well as Brick Oettinger’s Recruiting Notebook.

There are also feel-good stories from every ACC hoops squad, a lengthy interview with Gary Williams and…

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March 9, 2010

Another set of links to post while wondering if my three-year-old son is trying to slowly kill me through sleep deprivation.

We start hunting for links today in Winston-Salem and don’t stop until we reach Chestnut Hill. All names in bold are those of recent ACC Sports Journal contributors.

Here’s some video of future Wake big man Carson Desrosiers in action,…

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March 8, 2010

Chris Singleton’s defense was strong on the perimeter and near the basket.

(Associated Press)

Here’s a look at who I voted for on my All-ACC ballot, with a few explanations thrown in for good measure.

Player of the Year: Greivis Vasquez

During the Duke game Dick Vitale finally “revealed” his choice for ACC player of the year. He proposed…

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March 1, 2010

The shoulder bands? Not a good look for the Blue Devils.

Thoughts on this story? Comment below or email me at jyoung “at” accsports “dot” com.

Thanks a lot, Wake Forest.

I’d been putting together this blog post comparing UNC’s nightmare 2010 season to Duke’s nightmare 1995 season when the Demon Deacons somehow lost at home to…

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February 12, 2010

Things went from bad to worse for North Carolina with the news that star forward Ed Davis is out at least six weeks with a broken bone in his left wrist.

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February 11, 2010

Check here to find out how to get your copy of the latest issue of the ACC Sports Journal!

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February 8, 2010

Here’s a wrap-up of how football recruiting went in the ACC.