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Crothers: Put Up Or Shut Up Tim Crothers | Mailbag March 18, 2010 PUT UP OR SHUT UP If someone had told me before this season began that an ACC team would win 23 games, 10 league games, finish third in the conference standings and be left out of the NCAA tournament field, I’d have thought that person was certifiably insane. Why? Because since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985,no team has ever won 10 ACC regular season games and been…

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Know Your NCAA Opponent Rob Daniels March 18, 2010 Rob Daniels has interesting tidbits on each ACC opponent in the NCAA tournament. TEXAS The No. 8 Longhorns play No. 9 Wake Forest at approximately 9:45 p.m. Thursday in New Orleans in a Midwest Region game. Longhorn-Deacon ties: Current Miami coach Frank Haith was an assistant at both places. Dean Melchionni, a freshman walk-on for the Longhorns, is the brother of former Duke Blue Devil Lee Melchionni,…

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Behind the Numbers: Dissing the ACC Rob Daniels March 17, 2010 The selection committee doesn’t seem to have a high opinion of the ACC, perhaps with good reason.

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NCAA Tourney First-Round Previews Andrew Skwara March 17, 2010 Out of the six ACC teams in the NCAA Tournament only one looks like a lock to get to the second round. Top-seeded Duke gets the luxury of opening play with Arkansas Pine-Bluff, which entered its conference tournament with a .500 record and had to beat Winthrop in the play-in game just to get this far. Fourth-seeded Maryland may be the only other ACC club favored in the first round and the…

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Putting Together A 96-Team Bracket Al Featherston March 17, 2010 The NCAA is investigating the expansion of the NCAA tournament field from its current size of 65 teams to 96 teams. The proposal has provoked a lot of debate and criticism. Several coaches have offered alternatives – Maryland’s Gary Williams suggested “we crawl” forward to 68 or 72 teams. Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski has suggested that expanding the field would provide the NCAA with a…

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David Glenn Chats With Ron Wellman David Glenn | Mailbag March 17, 2010 David Glenn recently caught up with Wake AD - and tournament selection committee member - Ron Wellman. on Glenn’s afternoon radio show. Among the topics they discussed: popular misconceptions about the selection and seeding process; why Virginia Tech was left out of the tournament field; and why Duke received the third No. 1 seed. Click on the audio player below to listen…

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The ACCSports.com Podcast Presented By FanDemon.com, March 16 Joe Ovies | Mailbag March 16, 2010 Joe and Jim are back with another edition of the ACCSports.com Podcast Presented By FanDemon.com. They’re joined again by Dan Wiederer of the Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer. They debate whether Virginia Tech is more deserving of an NCAA tournament bid than Wake Forest and discuss the bleak outlook for the ACC in general in the tournament. Next they…

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More On Duke Hoops Recruit Carrick Felix Jim Young | Mailbag ACCSports.com March 16, 2010 Duke went the junior college route to bring in its latest hoops recruit.

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Jacobs: Looking Back On The ACC Tournament Barry Jacobs | Mailbag March 16, 2010 There was no shortage of effort in the ACC tournament. Ball-handling and good shooting though, were scarce. (Associated Press/Chuck Burton) If you’re a basketball fan and have difficulty telling whether you’re coming or going this time of year, you’re not alone. (If you feel that way in general, you’re on your own.) There is, after all, just…

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ACC Recruiting Watch, March 15 David Glenn | Mailbag March 15, 2010 Check here for the most recent commitments and scholarship offers in ACC basketball recruiting.