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Summer Hoops Preview '14: History points to Duke in new ACC

ACC Now | News & Observer — Summer Hoops Preview '14 Today: The Picks; Duke, UNC, N.C. State Monday: Wake Forest, Notre Dame, Boston College, Florida State Tuesday: Clemson, Maryland, Miami, Pittsburgh Wednesday: Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech If Duke's history is the precedent, the rest of the newly expanded ACC is in trouble. The Blue Devils have a chance to be historically good in 2013-14. Mike Krzyzewski has taken Duke to the NCAA tournament 29 times in his 33 seasons. He has lost in the round of eight only twice: last season to Louisville (the eventual champion) and in 1998 to Kentucky (the eventua...

Pack hoops will visit all three ACC newcomers in '14

ACC Now | News & Observer — N.C. State will visit all three ACC newcomers next basketball season. The Wolfpack will have to travel to Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Notre Dame, according to the schedule information released by the ACC on Tuesday. The league announced the conference opponents for the 2013-14 basketball season, but not the dates or the order of the games, and the Wolfpack will face North Carolina, Wake Forest, Miami and Pitt twice. Mark Gottfried's third team will get Boston College, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland and Virginia at PNC Arena, where it went 16-1 last season. The Wolfpack will have to travel ...

Instant Analysis: Miami no fluke, neither are Heels

ACC Now | News & Observer — GREENSBORO -- You can’t accuse North Carolina of going anything less than full speed. The Tar Heels gave it everything they had in the 87-77 loss. That it wasn’t enough was testament less to another swing-and-miss in Greensboro -- North Carolina hasn’t won an ACC title here since 1998 -- than to how deep, talented and well coached Miami is. Miami winning the ACC basketball title is a lot like Wake Forest winning the ACC football title: Two old, experienced teams from unheralded programs that put all the pieces together at the right time. Shane Larkin is a stud. That regular-season championship...

Instant Analysis: Wake fans caught at crossroads

ACC Now | News & Observer — GREENSBORO -- It was C.J. Harris’ final game at Wake Forest. It was almost certainly not Jeff Bzdelik’s. Both those circumstances left Demon Deacons fans with their tie-dye in a twist. A group of disgruntled Wake fans raised enough money to buy a banner ad at the bottom of the Greensboro News & Record sports page Thursday -- apparently, on each of the four days of the tournament -- demanding Bzdelik’s firing. That movement will surely only gather momentum after Thursday’s 75-62 loss to Maryland, the Demon Deacons’ seventh straight in the ACC tournament. (They haven’t won an ACC tournament ...

Instant Analysis: Still many questions for Miami

ACC Now | News & Observer — GREENSBORO -- For a No. 1 seed that went 15-3 in the ACC, an unusual amount of questions exist about Miami’s postseason viability and how far the Hurricanes will go in the NCAA tournament. The Hurricanes answered none of them with a 69-58 win over Boston College in Friday’s first quarterfinal. The late-season loss at Wake Forest had the distinct feel of a first-weekend upset, and while Larranaga later said he thought his team got a little fat and happy with that 13-0 record in the ACC, the lingering bad taste from that game, and an 2-3 finish in the league with losses at Duke and to Georgia Te...

Pack throttles Wake, 81-66

ACC Now | News & Observer — RALEIGH — N.C. State let a 16-point lead slip away at Wake Forest in January. C.J. Leslie wouldn't let that happen on Wednesday night, not in the Wolfpack's final home game of the season, not with the real season about to begin. Leslie's 19 points and 10 rebounds helped N.C. State throttle Wake Forest 81-66 for the Pack's sixth win in seven games and third straight at home by double-digits. N.C. State (22-8, 11-6 ACC) closed out its home schedule with a 16-1 record, including an 8-1 mark in the ACC. It was the final home game together for State's veteran quartet of Leslie, Richard Howell, Scot...

UNC forward Joel James out against Georgia Tech

Above the Rims | Charlotte Observer — Coach Roy Williams says freshman Joel James will miss his third straight game with a concussion when the Tar Heels travel to Georgia Tech on Tuesday. James apparently took a blow to the head during a Feb. 5 win against Wake Forest and began experiencing headaches afterward, but he didn’t notify the team’s medical staff and played in a lopsided loss at Miami that weekend. James, a 6-foot-10, 260-pound center, didn’t play in the loss at Duke nor the weekend home win against Virginia. - Observer news services

Hot-shooting Miami burns UNC for 87-61 win

ACC Now | News & Observer — CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Miami scored the first nine points of the game on Saturday against North Carolina. From there, things never really got much better for the Tar Heels, who suffered an 87-61 loss at the BankUnited Center. The defeat, UNC’s worst of the season, sent the Heels back to reality after their dominant victory against Wake Forest earlier this week. In that game, UNC (16-7, 6-4 ACC) did what it wanted, when it wanted. It did little right, though, against Miami. Especially defensively. The Hurricanes (19-3, 10-0) made 10 3-pointers during the first half, when they built a 44-27 half...

UNC leads Wake Forest 47-27 at halftime

Above the Rims | Charlotte Observer — CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina leads Wake Forest 47-27 at halftime here at the Smith Center. The Tar Heels closed the half on a 15-1 run, and blew open a game they led 32-26.The Demon Deacons didn't make a field goal during the last five minutes and 54 seconds of the half, and they committed 13 first-half turnovers. The Heels turned those into 18 points.UNC also outscored Wake Forest 22-12 in the paint, and 6-0 off of fast break points.Reggie Bullock led UNC with 12 points during the first half. James Michael McAdoo had nine, and Marcus Paige added five points and six rebounds, which represent a...

Weekend wake up: winning in the ACC

ACC Now | News & Observer — Mason Plumlee and the Blue Devils pulled out a rare ACC road win at Wake Forest. Credit: CHUCK LIDDY Every Saturday, the News & Observer takes a look around the ACC. That also provides an opportunity to check in with the Blue Devils and look for any emerging trends. After Duke’s tight win at Wake Forest, head coach Mike Krzyzewski was asked about winning big versus winning close games, and the clearly exasperated coach cut the question off. “It means the other team probably died. If you won by 20 in this conference it means that the team that lost cooperated,” Krzyzewski said. There’s n...

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