Want proof that C.J. Leslie’s commitment is a huge deal to NC State and even to the entire ACC? Just notice how much the discussion of his decision continued today after the news broke late in the day Wednesday. Even with Tracy Smith’s decision to put his name into the draft (he’ll be back by […]
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ACC Sports Journal: Pre-Pre-season hoops power rankings
Jim Young and the folks over at the ACC Sports Journal don’t wait around until September or October to put out pre-season basketball power rankings. Try late April. Following the NBA Draft Deadline Jim Young and Andrew Skwara came up with the ACC rankings looking at coaching changes, incoming recruiting classes, what players left and […]
Calling WRAL! UConn students commit recruiting violation for CJ Leslie
Over the last year, we have found two different ways to almost insure that a topic gets covered by WRAL’s blog: (1) First – create a thread on our message board. Often the topic of thread doesn’t even have to be NC State related; can just be something from Deadspin or somewhere else. If the […]
C.J. Leslie will announce decision soon…for real this time
I don’t know about everyone else, but I’ve had just about enough of the C.J. Leslie saga. I understand he’s a great high school player who will likely be a great college player and this is just how things are nowadays with recruiting, but at this point it’s just old. Just in the last two weeks Leslie […]
And the rich get richer…Singler will be back for Blue Devils
Fresh off the 2010 National Championship, Duke got more good news Monday when forward Kyle Singler announced his decision to return to the Blue Devils for his senior season in 2010-2011. While some had speculated Singler would forgo his final season to head for the NBA, I always saw Singler as the Shane Battier type. Dedicated to […]
Shocking news of the day: Wake officially hires Bzdelik
Whew. It looks like Wake Forest has found its man. Good thing nobody knew about this prior to today. This coaching search was fairly laughable. Wake better hope Bzdelik wins in a hurry or things with the fan base could get ugly (or uglier I guess). Wake gets Bzdelik to lead Deacs Wake Forest has […]
The Extra 31 (Who Would Have Made If It Was A 96 Team Tournament)
The Dance Card is prepared annually by two college professors who have used statistical analysis techniques to analyze the at-large bids extended by the NCAAT Selection Committee. While their projections are only valid for the 65 team field, I thought it might be interesting to use their projections to see what a 96 team field […]
Fox Sports: Wake to hire Bzdelik
Stay tuned for more on this…check back later. Wake reaches deal with Bzdelik Wake Forest has agreed to a deal with Colorado head coach Jeff Bzdelik, according to multiple sources. Bzdelik, 57, has been at Colorado for the past three years and spent two seasons in the NBA as the head coach of the Denver […]
Duke’s Title Driven by Experienced Top Talent
The Charlotte Observer had an interesting item in today’s paper. Unfortunately, the web version of story does not include the graphic that helps the reader visualize the magnitude of the statistic. The chart showed the rankings of the Top 20 High School players from 2006 and 2007. From 2006, only six players remain on college […]
A not so shining moment
The second most discussed item related to Monday’s National Basketball Championship game had nothing to do with what happened on the floor of Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis — it was related to the awful new production of “One Shining Moment” with Jennifer Hudson. If you didn’t know that Jennifer Hudson was going to sing […]
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