Jim Young | Mailbag

ACCSports.com

March 14, 2010

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

Denny Kuiper breaks down Georgia Tech’s win.

Here’s Tom Van Hoy’s ACC audio update, reviewing the Saturday action.

SATURDAY ARTICLES

David Glenn has thoughts on the games and other observations in his Saturday courtside tournament blog.

Georgia Tech outlasted N.C. State.

A big reason for the Yellow…

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) - Redshirt freshman Reggie Johnson scored a season-high 22 points against his hometown school and 12th-seeded Miami routed fifth-seeded Wake Forest 83-62 on Thursday in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

Johnson was 8-for-8 from the field and 6-for-6 from the line while James Dews added 15 points for the Hurricanes (19-12).

They…

Jim Young | Mailbag

ACCSports.com

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…

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…

David Glenn | Mailbag

March 10, 2010

David Glenn recently caught up with Wake Forest point guard Ish Smith on Glenn’s afternoon radio show.

Among the topics they discussed: why Smith always seems to be smiling; why he loves Wake Forest; the toughest player he ever guarded in the ACC; and the toughest defender he faced in the ACC.

Click on the audio players below to listen to the interviews.

Look below 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:…