North Carolina Tar Heels Rumors & News
Meyinsse wins Prosser Award as top scholar
Above the Rims | Charlotte Observer — GREENSBORO -- Virginia senior center Jerome Meyinsse has been named the winner of the Skip Prosser Award as the top scholar-athlete in ACC men's basketball, the conference has announced.Meyinsse is a three-time Academic All-ACC and ACC Academic Honor Roll selection. He is a member of the President of Virginia's student-athlete advisory committee and an economic major.He is averaging 6.3 points and 4.1 rebounds, including 15.8 points and 5.5 rebounds over Virginia's final four regular-season games.Ken Tysiac
2 hours ago5 things to watch in ACC Tournament first round
Above the Rims | Charlotte Observer — While the four top seeds – Duke, Maryland, Florida State and Virginia Tech – watch and relax, seeds 5-12 in the ACC will try to survive their dreaded first-round conference tournament games Wednesday in Greensboro.Roy Williams will try one more time to rouse his underachieving North Carolina team against an opponent (Georgia Tech) that’s defeated the Tar Heels twice. A surging N.C. State team will attempt to recapture the magic from its run to the finals from its first season (2007) under coach Sidney Lowe.Wake Forest has a chance to continue the momentum from a win over Clemson in the regular...
6 hours agoTudor: Root for State and Carolina
ACC Now | News & Observer — GREENSBORO --If you give a flip about the underlying spirit of the ACC basketball tournament — I'm not saying you should — you better pull for N.C. State and North Carolina to win their games Thursday. Certainly, you should root for at least one of the two league cornerstones to advance. Otherwise, Friday around Greensboro Coliseum is going to be the basketball equivalent of Passover. Most of the sports world will just drive by without stopping for a second glance. Regional interest in the games will go the way national interest did about three or four years ago - off the radar. Even if Wake ...
18 hours agoMaryland's Williams is ACC Basketball Coach of the Year
Above the Rims | Charlotte Observer — Maryland's Gary Williams is a landslide winner for the ACC coach of the year award in a vote by members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association.The outcome was announced Tuesday, shortly after Terp senior Greivis Vasquez was voted league player of year. Georgia Tech's Derrick Favors was the winner in the top-rookie vote.
March 9, 2010ACC open practice times announced
ACC Now | News & Observer — One of the best days of the ACC basketball season happens on the eve of the ACC tournament. That's when teams hold a one-hour shootaround practice at the tournament site that's free and open to the media and the public. It's a good chance for fans who can't get seats for the games to see the players and coaches in a relaxed environment. Duke and North Carolina are the only teams that aren't participating in the open practices this year. Here's the schedule for Wednesday's open practices at the Greensboro Coliseum: Virginia 10-10:55 a.m.; Boston College 11-11:55 a.m.; Miami noon to 12:55...
March 9, 2010ACC open practice times set
Above the Rims | Charlotte Observer — One of the best days of the ACC basketball season happens on the eve of the ACC tournament. That's when teams hold a one-hour shootaround practice at the tournament site that's free and open to the media and the public. It's a good chance for fans who can't get seats for the games to see the players and coaches in a relaxed environment. Duke and North Carolina are the only teams that aren't participating in the open practices this year. Here's the schedule for Wednesday's open practices at the Greensboro Coliseum: Virginia 10-10:55 a.m.; Boston College 11-11:55 a.m.; Miami noon to 12:55 p.m.; ...
March 9, 2010Henson soon will have reason to cheer for Duke
ACC Now | News & Observer — Despite his team's 32-point loss Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium, North Carolina forward John Henson will have reason to root for Duke a couple years from now. Well, for the women's team, that is. Henson's sister Amber, a junior at Tampa's Sickles High, verbally committed to the Blue Devils on Sunday night, according to The St. Petersburg Times. Duke beat out Florida, Maryland, Stanford, Texas and UNC for the 6-feet-4 player, who averaged 22.1 points per game and 12.1 rebounds this season. "Even though going to school with John would be great, I tried to ignore all the pressure to go ...
March 8, 2010Ejected fan back -- at Duke
ACC Now | News & Observer — DURHAM — It was hard to hear above the jeers, but about five minutes into Saturday’s game, a familiar phrase – from a familiar fan – came out of the student section at Cameron Indoor Stadium: “Miss it, Deon!" Brian King – the Presbyterian supporter who now infamously got booted out of the Smith Center last December after screaming those words at North Carolina senior Deon Thompson during the Tar Heels blowout victory – was on the front row with the Cameron Crazies, cheering on the Blue Devils during Duke’s 82-50 blowout win. He was invited, he said, by the students. “I had a lot of...
March 6, 2010Duke 82, UNC 50
ACC Now | News & Observer — DURHAM -- With the lead at a whopping 32 points in the ninth minute of the second half, the Duke’s students were begging for more. “We want 40,” they chanted during a timeout. “We want 40.” They wanted to humiliate rival North Carolina as thoroughly as possible. And though the margin never reached 40 points, they got what they wanted. Fourth-ranked Duke celebrated the senior night of Jon Scheyer, Lance Thomas and Brian Zoubek with a 82-50 stomping of the Tar Heels on Saturday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The 32-point margin marked North Carolina’s largest in a loss at Duke and was just th...
March 6, 2010UNC's Thompson, Graves hurting
ACC Now | News & Observer — CHAPEL HILL — In a season that has seen eight different North Carolina players miss at least one game because of injury, it wasn’t all that surprising to learn that two Tar Heels – Deon Thompson (sore back) and Will Graves (who has been in a walking boot because of a sprained ankle) -- are hobbling entering Saturday’s game at No. 4 Duke. Coach Roy Williams said he is hopeful that both will play, although it will be a game-time decision. But Thompson – who has never missed a game, and missed the first practice of his career Thursday – said there’s no question about his status, even if he’s hu...
March 5, 2010
- Former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden to golf with sons at University of North Alabama Seminole Report | St. Petersburg Times Former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, who's been busy speaking at various functions across the country since the Gator Bowl win that ended his career, will hit the links as part of the University of North Alabama's Sportsman's Club Celebrity...
- Randy Shannon on lack of extension: 'It's been difficult' South Florida Sun-Sentinel
- Reader comments Tracking the Terps | Baltimore Sun We had a temporary technical glitch where I wasn't seeing reader comments. It has been corrected and comments have been posted. My apologies, everyone, for the delay. I really do try to stay on top of these.
- Live Terps chat with Jeff Barker at noon Friday Tracking the Terps | Baltimore Sun Jeff Barker will answer questions about the Terps in the ACC tournament and more at noon Friday. You can begin submitting questions about 30 minutes before the chat begins. If you'd like a reminder about the chat, enter your e-mail address below. Live Terps chat with Jeff Barker
- Maryland Terrapins fine-tuning their offense in advance of the ACC tournament Washington Post GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The churn began in earnest in early February. Day after day, the Maryland men's basketball team looked forward to its next opponent, searching for deficiencies that could be exploited. One of Coach Gary Williams's defining characteristics as a coach is his insular ability to ...
- Why does it seem so few care about Florida State basketball? Chopping Block | Orlando Sentinel This is a question that has been bugging me for a while. A question I’ve had since I began covering Florida State for the Orlando Sentinel in 2007: Why does it seem so few care about Florida State basketball? Football is first. I understand that. Football is what drives fans’ passions, athletic department revenue, merchandise sales, [...]
- Heisler's open letter to Sterling Inside the NBA | Charlotte Observer Ever-flippant Mark Heisler of the Los Angeles Times, in an open letter to Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-0311-heisler-clippers-20100311,0,6638681.column
- Panthers talking to former Wolfpack CB Inside the Panthers | Charlotte Observer The Panthers have stayed quiet, but they are doing a little business behind the scenes. Along the lines of the Wallace Wright signing earlier this week, they've discussed a deal with San Francisco CB Marcus Hudson, an N.C. State product...
- QB Moore signs Panthers' tender Inside the Panthers | Charlotte Observer Panthers' restricted free agent quarterback will sign the team's one-year qualifying offer of $3.043 million today, according to his agent. "It's a done deal," said agent Lynn Lashbrook. "He's excited about getting started for next season. He did not want...
- 5 things to watch in ACC first round ACC Now | News & Observer GREENSBORO -- While the four top seeds – Duke, Maryland, Florida State and Virginia Tech – watch and relax, seeds 5-12 in the ACC will try to survive their dreaded first-round conference tournament games Wednesday in Greensboro. Roy Williams will try one more time to rouse his underachieving North Carolina team against an opponent (Georgia Tech) that’s defeated the Tar Heels twice. A surging N.C. State team will attempt to recapture the magic from its run to the finals from its first season (2007) under coach Sidney Lowe. Wake Forest has a chance to continue the momentum from a win over C...
- Some thoughts on Brady Quinn Inside the Panthers | Charlotte Observer Some thoughts from around the Internet on Brady Quinn (left), who is on the trading block in Cleveland as former Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme visits today: From ESPN's Adam Schefter: The development isn't surprising. Quinn has been so inaccurate (52.1%...
- Peppers: There's still more I could give Inside the Panthers | Charlotte Observer Sean Jensen of the Chicago Sun-Times, who covers the Bears, took a trip this week to Bailey and Wilson, N.C., where new Bears signee and former Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers grew up. The first of two parts of his...