Andrew Skwara

March 15, 2010

Yellow Jackets Back Up Hype

Take away Duke and North Carolina and no ACC team received more preseason hype than Georgia Tech. Armed with one of the nation’s top-rated recruiting classes, the Yellow Jackets were even mentioned as a dark horse contender for the Final Four by some.

Now we finally know why.

The Yellow Jackets, which hadn’t won two games in a row since January,…

Jim Young | Mailbag

ACCSports.com

March 14, 2010

Check here throughout the ACC tournament for links to our coverage!

Duke held off Georgia Tech to win yet another ACC title.

Once again Jon Scheyer was great when it mattered most.

Check out David Glenn’s analysis and observations in his Sunday courtside blog.

Denny Kuiper breaks down Georgia Tech’s win over N.C. State.

Here’s Tom Van Hoy’s ACC audio update,…

David Glenn | Mailbag

March 12, 2010

Sights, sounds and observations (updated throughout the day) from press row in Greensboro on the second day of the ACC Tournament:

10 Things I’ll Probably Forget To Mention Unless I Write Them Down Now:

There have been a handful of former coaches in the Greensboro Coliseum this weekend. Generally speaking, they’d rather have root canal than…

Denny Kuiper | Mailbag

March 12, 2010

Former college coach Denny Kuiper breaks down the first day of the ACC tournament.

It was an interesting first day. Three of the underdogs won - Virginia, Miami, and N.C. State. But I would not really call those wins upsets. Remember, there is a reason these eight teams played in the opening round. They were either not good enough or did not play well enough to…

Mark Thompson

March 12, 2010

Today’s batch of Daily Links would like to thank the ACC for expanding. Instead of links to football players in rehab, there were four games and eight teams worth of action yesterday. And the best part? Those games were unpredictably good.

All recent contributors to the ACC Sports Journal are in bold.

Boston College looked careless yesterday, like a team that could lose to an undermanned Virginia…

Jim Young | Mailbag

ACCSports.com

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…

Associated Press

March 11, 2010

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Sammy Zeglinski scored 16 of his season-high 21 points in the first half to help Virginia beat Boston College 68-62 on Thursday in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

Mike Scott had 11 points and 13 rebounds for the ninth-seeded Cavaliers (15-15), who won their first game in a month and their first tournament game in four years.…

David Glenn | Mailbag

March 11, 2010

Sights, sounds and observations (updated throughout the day) from press row in Greensboro on the first day of the ACC Tournament:

A $1 Million Victory?: Georgia Tech took a huge step toward an NCAA Tournament at-large bid with its win over North Carolina. That obviously would mean a lot to coach Paul Hewitt, and to the Tech program. But it also would…

Denny Kuiper | Mailbag

March 11, 2010

The regular season is over and the ACC tournament is ready to begin. There is opportunity for everyone in the tournament. The big prize is winning the tournament and cementing an automatic bid to the “Big Dance”. For many of the teams at the bottom of the ACC regular season that is the only hope of a NCAA bid.

But there is much more at stake than just who wins the…

Andrew Skwara

March 10, 2010

Andrew Skwara analyzes all 12 teams in his ACC Tournament preview.

Boston College

Seed: 8 Record: 15-15, 6-10 ACC Starters: G Reggie Jackson (12.7 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 4.5 apg), G Rakim Sanders (10.8 ppg), F Corey Raji (11.6 ppg, 5.9 rpg), F Joe Trapani (14.6 ppg, 6.4 rpg), C Joshua Southern (4.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg) Top reserves: G Tyler Roche (7.4 ppg), G Biko Paris (5.0 ppg) Chances of winning it all:…