ACC Sports Journal - North Carolina 2010-03-15T10:48:48Z urn:uuid:60a76c80-d399-11d9-b93C-0003939e0af6 CoalEngine CoalSpeak ACC Hoops Power Rankings, March 15 urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a 2010-03-15T10:48:48Z ACC Hoops Power Rankings, March 15 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,… Defending Champion Tar Heels End Up In NIT urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a 2010-03-14T22:40:19Z Defending Champion Tar Heels End Up In NIT Associated Press March 14, 2010 Defending national champion North Carolina will play another game after all. The Tar Heels (16-16) earned a No. 4 seed in the NIT on Sunday night despite a frustrating season filled with injuries and youthful mistakes that sent them to their worst finish under coach Roy Williams. They will host No. 5 seed William & Mary on Tuesday in Chapel Hill, which will mark the… ACC Tournament Central urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a 2010-03-14T09:48:56Z ACC Tournament Central 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,… Telep: Gbinije And Revisiting Greivis urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a 2010-03-13T21:19:32Z Telep: Gbinije And Revisiting Greivis Dave Telep | Mailbag March 13, 2010 Dave Telep has info on Duke recruit Michael Gbinije and more recruiting tidbits. Kuiper’s 3-Pointer: ACC Tourney First Round urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a 2010-03-12T09:20:03Z Kuiper’s 3-Pointer: ACC Tourney First Round 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… Daily Links, March 12 urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a 2010-03-12T05:55:17Z Daily Links, March 12 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… Georgia Tech Edges North Carolina 62-58 In ACCs urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a 2010-03-11T21:57:10Z Georgia Tech Edges North Carolina 62-58 In ACCs Associated Press March 11, 2010 GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Derrick Favors had 18 points and nine rebounds to help Georgia Tech hold off North Carolina 62-58 in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament Thursday night. Gani Lawal added 12 points for the seventh-seeded Yellow Jackets (20-11), who had to fight the entire way to earn a needed victory for their shaky NCAA tournament chances.… Jim Young’s Thursday Courtside ACC Tournament Blog urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a 2010-03-11T20:11:19Z Jim Young’s Thursday Courtside ACC Tournament Blog 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… David Glenn’s Thursday Courtside ACC Tournament Blog urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a 2010-03-11T02:33:15Z David Glenn’s Thursday Courtside ACC Tournament Blog 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… Kuiper: ACC Tournament Observations urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a 2010-03-11T01:59:25Z Kuiper: ACC Tournament Observations 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…