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Duke at North Carolina Game Notes
• Game 24 • [10 AP / 9 Coaches] Duke (19-4, 6-2) vs. [5 AP / 5 Coaches] North Carolina (20-3, 7-1) Wednesday, February 8, 2012 • 9:00 p.m. • ESPN/ACC Network The Opening Tip • Duke (19-4, 6-2) faces North Carolina (20-3, 7-1) on Wednesday, Feb. 8 in Chapel Hill. Tipoff is set for [...]
Revisiting Preseason Predictions
Back on October 8th, I posted my ACC Basketball 2009-10 Season Preview including scintillating supporting rationale for my thought processes. With nine conference games in the books, it is time to revisit my words of wisdom in order to determine how accurate I am as a prognosticator. Not suprisingly, there have been a lot of [...]
Random thoughts for a Thursday morning
- If you ask nine out of ten people who follow ACC Basketball, they’ll tell you that Georgia Tech is the most talented team in the conference. Then why have they opened up as a 12 point underdog in Cameron Indoor Stadium this evening? – Just as important as recruiting is the fact that David [...]
Previewing the Clemson Tigers
The Tigers come a calling as Duke (11-1) hosts Clemson (12-2) on Sunday evening in each team’s ACC opener. Duke is coming off a 114-55 thrashing of Penn, while Clemson escaped South Carolina State 70-67 in their last game. In post game comments, Clemson Coach Oliver Purnell stated, “In college basketball, upsets happen all the [...]
Nolan Smith upgraded to probable
Here is the official word from Duke Sports Information – “Sophomore guard Nolan Smith is probable for Duke’s opening round game of the ACC Tournament on Friday. Smith has missed the Blue Devils last three games after suffering a mild concussion on Feb. 25 at Maryland. He is averaging 8.5 points and 2.3 rebounds per [...]