Morning Five: 02.09.15 Edition
The word legend is overused, but college basketball lost a legend on Saturday night as Dean Smith passed away at the age of 83. Smith, who belongs on any Mount Rushmore you want to make for the sport,...
View ArticleACC M5: 02.11.15 Edition
Deadspin and Sports Illustrated: The great stories about the life of Dean Smith just continue to come off the press. Deadspin this week reprinted a profile of the North Carolina legend from a 1982...
View ArticleACC M5: 02.19.15 Edition
Raleigh News & Observer: Wow! What a game. It was far from pretty, but Duke‘s win over North Carolina delivered on all of the hype. My thoughts on the game: Duke played better for the majority of...
View ArticleACC M5: 02.26.15 Edition
Orlando Sentinel: Let’s start with our game of the night. Florida State almost came back to knock Miami right out of any NCAA Tournament talk thanks to Xavier Rathan-Mayes turning into a video game...
View ArticleACC M5: 02.27.15 Edition
WDRB: Well the Chris Jones saga at Louisville just took an awful turn, as Jones pled not guilty to rape and sodomy charges yesterday. Obviously, these are serious and heinous crimes. Eric Crawford...
View ArticleMorning Five: 03.06.15 Edition
There had been hope that Justin Anderson would return this weekend from a broken finger and help make Virginia a legitimate national title threat again (well as much as you can be with Kentucky this...
View ArticleACC M5: 03.06.15 Edition
The Daily Tar Heel: I’m not sure how this story isn’t getting much play, but the North Carolina student newspaper didn’t want to be outdone by the Duke Chronicle. They point out a major discrepancy...
View ArticleACC Regular Season Superlatives
The ACC regular season has come to a close, which means it’s time for conference tournament play and postseason dreams that stretch deep into March. For now, though, it’s a great time to look back at...
View ArticleACC Tournament Preview
The ACC Tournament gets started in Greensboro today and the microsite will be there throughout the week to provide coverage all the way through Saturday night’s championship game. Let’s tease the next...
View ArticleA Rusty Justin Anderson Returns for Virginia
ACC Microsite writers Matt Patton and Brad Jenkins will be reporting live from Greensboro at the 2015 ACC Tournament throughout the week. After 20 minutes of play in Thursday’s ACC Tournament...
View ArticleRushed Reactions: #19 North Carolina 71, #3 Virginia 67
ACC Microsite writers Matt Patton and Brad Jenkins will be reporting live from Greensboro at the 2015 ACC Tournament throughout the week. Three Key Takeaways from North Carolina’s ACC semifinal win...
View ArticleDreams of an ACC First Weekend
The ACC’s six NCAA Tournament teams have a lot on the line this weekend. Let’s take a look at each to determine how their current status projects in getting through the first weekend and beyond. Duke:...
View ArticleRushed Reactions: #7 Michigan State 60, #2 Virginia 54
Rush the Court will be providing wall-to-wall coverage of each of the NCAA Tournament from each of the 13 sites this year. Follow our NCAA Tourney specific Twitter accounts at @RTCeastregion,...
View Article2014-15: ACC Year in Review
The 2014-15 season will go down as one of the most successful campaigns in the ACC’s long and illustrious history. It was the kind of year that commissioner John Swofford must have envisioned when the...
View ArticleComputers and Eyes Tell Divergent Stories About Virginia
What I’m about to write won’t make me very popular with the majority of new wave, analytically-obsessed fans, who comprise a majority of today’s young college basketball devotees. But forget what...
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