The "Buzz" at Wake Forest

Wake Forest has named its new head coach for the upcoming season, former NBA coach Jeff Bzedlik. Bzedlik also coached at the Air Force Academy and Colorado University before heading to Wake. http://http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/041410aaa.html

Incoming classes

Five ACC schools rank in the top 15 recruiting classes as the NCAA basketball "off season" beginshttp://http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/recruiting/classrankings?&action=upsell&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncb%2frecruiting%2fclassrankings.

The teams are:
North Carolina at 2
Duke at 5
Wake Forest at 8
Florida State at 12
North Carolina State at 14

B.C. names new head coach

Former Cornell coach Steve Donahue agrees to coach the Boston College Eagles. Read more here.

CHAMPIONSHIP

In Monday nights NCAA championship game Duke narrowly escaped the Butler Bulldogs 61-59. No one in the tournament had scored over 60 against the Butler defense and Duke needed exactly that to beat the Bulldogs.

This is Duke's first championship since beating Arizona in 2001.

NIT championship

One year after winning the NCAA national championship the North Carolina Tar Heels could not grab the NIT title. UNC lost to Dayton last night 79-68.
This may have been the last year for the NIT with talk of NCAA tournament expansion. Do you think the NCAA will expand, and will the NIT be a tournament next season?

UNC and NIT

North Carolina is on the way to the NIT championship game. Last night UNC narrowly escaped URI in overtime, 68-67. UNC will face Dayton in the title game Thursday.

Do you think the Tar Heels can cut down the nets in the NIT title game?

Duke to Final Four

Even with a lack luster performance from Kyle Singler the Duke Blue Devils were able to outlast Baylor 78-71. This is Duke's first trip to the Final Four since 2004 when they lost to Uconn.

Do you think Duke can get past their next opponent West Virgina?

Duke to elite eight

The Duke Blue Devils are moving on to the elite eight thanks to a big second half from Nolan Smith. The Blue Devils beat Purdue 70-57.
Here's the game recap:
http://http://www.ncaa.com/gametracker/launch/gt_mbaskbl.html?event=886073&school=ncaa&sport=mbaskbl&camefrom=&startschool=&

NIT

Virginia Tech's season is now over as they lost in the NIT to Rhode Island 79-72 http://http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/032410aaa.html
North Carolina still has hopes to win the NIT after a 60-55 win over UAB
http://http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/032310aaa.html

NCAA 2nd round

After Sunday play the ACC only has one team left in the tournament. The Duke Blue Devils are the only team moving into the sweet sixteen after they beat California 68-53.
The teams that lost were Wake Forest, Maryland and Georgia Tech.
Here is the full recap: http://http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/032110aab.html

How far can Duke go?

NCAA 1st round

Four out of the six ACC teams moved on past the first round of the NCAA national championship tournament. Duke, Maryland, Georgia Tech, and Wake Forest were the four teams to move on. The two to get knocked off were, Florida State and Clemson.
http://http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/032010aaa.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Who do you think will advance the furthest in the tournament?

Champion Crowned

Sundays ACC championship game ended with the Duke Blue Devils knocking off the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 65-61.
This is Duke's 9th ACC tournament championship in the last 12 years.

Tournament first round

The first round of the ACC tournament starts tomorrow with 4 games. The tournament will end Sunday with the championship game. Here is the tournament schedule.

Sunday recap

In the last ACC action of the regular season Wake Forest beat Clemson 70-65, and NC State beat Boston College 66-54. Here are the stats from each gamehttp://http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/030710aab.html

Championship is a draw

With wins by both Duke and Maryland Saturday, the regular season title is split by the Blue Devils and the Terps.
Duke beat down rival North Carolina 82-50.
And Maryland topped Virginia 74-68.

Final Weekend

This weekend holds the last games before the ACC tournament here are the standings before the teams go into their last games http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/acc-m-baskbl-body.html

Who do you think will come out of the ACC tournament as champion?

Tie for ACC regular season title

Wednesday night,fresh off of being rated 4th in the country, Duke lost to Maryland 77-72.
Maryland was one game behind top ACC team Duke, but after this game the two are tied in the standings.
Will either team lose this Saturday and give the other a chance to win the conference out right?
Duke plays home against North Carolina and Maryland goes to Virginia.

Last Tuesday of regular season

North Carolina is now on a short winning streak as they beat Miami 69-62. Also Clemson made a move up in the standings by beating Georgia Tech 91-80.

Weekend Summary

Saturday matched up six ACC schools against each other. Maryland won another game to keep them close to the conference leading Blue Devils by beating Virginia Tech 104-100. Georgia Tech bounced Boston College, 73-68. North Carolina stopped their losing streak by beating Wake Forest, 77-68. And NC State topped Miami by five, 71-66.
Here is the Saturday recap: http://http//www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/022710aaa.html

On Sunday Duke pushed their conference lead by beating Virginia 67-49. And Clemson beat Florida State 53-50.
Sunday's recap.

Can Maryland top Duke Tuesday and move into a tie for the top spot in the conference?

Miami tops Virginia

On Tuesday night Miami helped their position in the ACC standings by beating Virginia 74-62. The win brings them off the bottom of the conference standings.
It also brings up the question of the winner of the conference tournament.
So with how weak the ACC is this year is the conference tournament champion going to be Duke, or can a team like Miami or Virginia come from the bottom and win the conference?

This weekends action

The ACC was in full effect this weekend. The scores were as follows: Boston College 71 North Carolina 67, Maryland 76 Georgia Tech 74, North Carolina State 68 Wake Forest 54, Clemson 72 Virginia 49, and Duke 67 Virginia Tech 55. Here are the recaps for the first four games. And here is the recap from the
Duke VT game.

ACC player of the week

Following Wednesday nights action Duke's.John Scheyer was named ACC athlete of the week . ACC rookie of the week was Florida State's Michael Snaer.

Tuesdays Action

Number 25 Wake Forest was beat by Virgina Tech Tuesday by the score of 87-83. With the win Virgina Tech keeps a hold of second in the ACC behind Duke.

Also on Tuesday Georgia Tech beat North Carolina, 68-51. North Carolina continues to struggle and is 3-8 in conference play.

Here are the standings for the ACC conference before Wednesdays action.

Winners from Saturdays action

The ACC had a full slate of games Saturday, here are the scores from the each match up. Do you see anyone knocking off Duke as the number 1 team in the conference?

Sundays action puts Boston College up against Florida State.

Injuries keep key players out

North Carolina didn't only lose their game to Duke Wednesday night, they also lost their start player. To go along with two other big players Ed Davis will now be out for six weeks with a broken wrist. Duke also lost one of its main players in this game. Senior Lance Thomas is listed as doubtful for the Blue Devils upcoming game against Maryland. Thomas will be recovering from a bruised knee.

What do you think North Carolina's chances are to turn there season around now that Davis is done for what looks to be the rest of the season? And will Duke be able to stop Maryland inside without one of their top defenders, in Thomas?

Rivalry revisited

The Duke Blue Devils went down to Chappel Hill and beat a struggeling Tar Heel team. Neither team played too well but as the time ran out in the second half Duke had the 64-54 victory. For a complete recap of this game and the rest of the ACC action last night click here. As the second half of the ACC season starts who do you think will start to emerge as a national contender?

Maryland vs Virgina update

Due to the weather in the area of the Comacast Center in College Park, Md, the matchup between the Terps and the Cavaliers will be postponted until Feb. 15. For the full story check here: New game time.

Wake downs BC

Wake Forrest beat Boston College and has a chance to move to second in the ACC depending on Marylands play Wednesday. Wake won by the score of 92-85 on AL-Faroug Aminu's 22 points, 8 rebounds and 4 blocks. Here are the games full statistics http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=300400154.

Not one dominate ACC team

With the NCAA basketball season in conference play there has yet to be one team from the ACC to show that it is the top power from that conference. Duke and Florida State kept their rankings at one and two respectively from last week, but after these two the rest is one big jumble. Take a look at this link that ranks each team this week: ACC Rankings. Comment about where you think each of these teams will end up, not only in the ACC, but in the NCAA tournament, this season.