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Now that the ACC has accepted Pitt and Syracuse into the ACC the discussion moves to what this means going forward. The first thing that immediately jumps out to me is that, in stark contrast to the last expansion, this is expansion significantly improves the basketball side of the ACC. With 4 of the last [...] Continue reading The Big East Coast Conference? Talk about a sudden lurch of the tectonic plates beneath the landscape of college athletics. On Saturday rumors began flying that the ACC had been in talk with Syracuse and Pittsburgh regarding a jump to the ACC from the Big East. Those rumors quickly gelled into “holy crap there is something to this” last night [...] Continue reading ACC Accepts Pitt, Syracuse In the latest episode of “Things About the NCAA That Leave You Scratching Your Head”, WRAL is reporting that NC State had to get clearance from the NCAA to have “American Idol” finalist Scotty McCreery throw out the first pitch at the Wolpfack’s Wolfpack’s baseball game against Florida State on Saturday. McCreery is staging a [...] Continue reading NCSU Has to Get NCAA Permission for “Idol” Finalist to Throw Out First Pitch The ACC preseason basketball poll was released Wednesday afternoon with UNC picked 3rd over all behind Duke and Virginia Tech. UNC also received one first place vote denying Duke a unanimous pick at #1. Here is how the ACC media ranked the league for the 2010-11 basketball season. 1. Duke(62) 2. Virginia Tech 3. UNC(1) [...] Continue reading ACC: UNC Picked 3rd; Barnes ROY The ACC and ESPN officially announced the details of the new TV deal. Some previously unknown tidbits came to light including the disposition of the Sunday Night basketball games and how both UNC-Duke games would be handled. First, in a move which will undoubtedly require me to upgrade to digital cable, the Sunday Night Game(s) [...] Continue reading ACC Announces TV Deal Scouring the interwebs for your weekend reading pleasure… **Inside Carolina is reporting that offensive tackle Kiaro Holts, ranked the #5 OT in the country by Scout.com, has committed to the Tar Heels. This is another big O-line get from Indiana, following James Hurst. Consistency on the offensive line has been a Carolina shortcoming for a [...] Continue reading Weekend Quick Hitters Looks that way though I do not imagine the Pac 11 is quite done yet. For now it looks like the six BCS conferences will remain intact with some minor changes. [...] Continue reading Conference Realignment Not A Bang But A Whimper? Could North Carolina and Duke, along with Texas and Texas A&M, join the Southeastern Conference as the push for mega-conferences (and the subsequent implosion of college athletics as we know it) begins? That’s SEC commissioner Mike Slive’s “dream”, according to Ken Medlin over at WRAL, who references a blog post from the Austin American-Statesman. According [...] Continue reading As the Dominos Fall: UNC, Duke on SEC’s “Dream List” Inside Carolina has a final journal entry from Kendall Marshall prior to the freshman point guard’s arrival on campus this weekend. Marshall is expected to arrive along with Reggie Bullock and Harrison Barnes. I know it has been said ad nauseum but you cannot help but be impressed with the work ethic and level [...] Continue reading Odds and Ends: Summer Boredom Edition |
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