ACC M5: 02.12.13 Edition
Tar Heel Blog: North Carolina‘s starting lineup has been a point of contention among fans the entire season. If it’s not replacing Desmond Hubert, it’s replacing Dexter Strickland. The Tar Heels have...
View ArticleDuke and North Carolina Never Disappoint: Four Takeaways From Wednesday Night
Ethan Mann is a writer for the ACC Microsite. He is a senior at Duke University who just attended his last home game as an undergraduate against North Carolina and re-watched the game on TV for further...
View ArticleBelieve Your Eyes: The ACC is a Bad Free Throw Shooting Conference
Last night, the Clemson Tigers defeated the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 56-53. In the win, the Tigers shot 9-of-17 from the free throw line, good for a not-exactly-world-beating 52.9%. It was a...
View ArticleThe New Look Tar Heels Are Slowly Finding Their Way
Bennet Hayes is a regular contributor for RTC. You can find him @HoopsTraveler on Twitter. He filed this report from Tuesday’s game in Atlanta between Georgia Tech and North Carolina. While we are not...
View ArticleLessons Learned: ACC Weekend Wrap-Up
It was a boring penultimate weekend of Atlantic Coast Conference play where everything went according to plan and nothing exciting happened. Just kidding: It was a in fact a sensational weekend of...
View ArticleDuke Reminds Everybody That It Might Be The Favorite In March
It was over at the half. Coaches sometimes hate when others say that, but in Duke’s 69-53 victory over North Carolina, both Roy Williams and Mike Krzyzewski largely agreed–it was over at the half. Seth...
View ArticleACC M5: 03.12.13 Edition
ACC: The official first teams were released yesterday. As the blogosphere has become more involved in the voting, I’m starting to think we’ve seen the last of unanimous all-conference voting. This...
View ArticleBracket Prep: South Region Analysis
Throughout Monday, we will roll out our region-by-region analysis on the following schedule: East (9 AM), Midwest (11 AM), South (1 PM), West (3 PM). Here, Kevin Doyle (@kldoyle11) breaks down the...
View ArticleThe ACC in the NCAA: Previewing UNC vs. Villanova
Villanova is like Michigan State or Kansas to North Carolina. For whatever reason, these teams just feel fated to meet in the tournament. The last two times these teams met in the tournament were 2009...
View ArticleNCAA Game Analysis: Second Round, Friday Evening
#2 Georgetown vs. #15 Florida Gulf Coast – South Region Second Round (at Philadelphia) – 6:50 PM ET on TBS Florida Gulf Coast is one of the better stories in this year’s NCAA Tournament. Only in their...
View ArticleRushed Reactions: #8 North Carolina 78, #9 Villanova 71
Brian Goodman is an RTC correspondent. He filed this report from the Kansas City pod of the West Region. Three Key Takeaways: PJ Hairston and Friends Survived the Villanova Comeback UNC showed it’s an...
View Article2012-13 Rush the Court All-America Teams
If this was baseball, a batting average of .333 would represent Hall of Fame type numbers. Back in November when our group of RTC pollsters and hoop experts selected their preseason All-America teams,...
View ArticleMorning Five: 04.17.13 Edition
In one of the least surprising early entry decisions ever Shabazz Muhammad announced that he would be leaving UCLA after one season during which he became two years older. Muhammad’s recruitment and...
View ArticleThe NBA Draft Is a Complicated Beast; Let’s Just Stay Out of It
Chris Johnson is an RTC Columnist. He can be reached @ChrisDJohnsonn. Every year brings its share of puzzling NBA Draft decisions, and most of the frustration is typically captured by one underlying...
View ArticleRTC 2013-14 Post-NBA Draft Deadline Top 25
Although we are less than a month removed from Louisville’s win over Michigan in the National Championship game, it certainly isn’t too soon to look ahead to what the 2013-14 season has in store. With...
View ArticleACC M5: 10.17.13 Edition
Syracuse Post-Standard: This article isn’t new, but it’s relevant with Midnight Madnesses kicking off the college basketball season in earnest this week. Donna Ditota took the time to compile the...
View ArticleRoy Williams’ Two-Point Guard Lineup Not a Return to Small Ball for UNC
When Roy Williams stated on Tuesday that he is “convinced” that he will play both of his point guards (incumbent starter Marcus Paige and freshman Nate Britt) on the floor at the same time in the...
View Article20 Questions: Will PJ Hairston’s Eligibility Make or Break UNC This Season?
When the Tar Heels left Coral Gables last February 9 as victims of a violent Miami beatdown, an NCAA Tournament bid was far from a certainty. NIT discussion had grown ever-real for one of college...
View ArticlePreseason ACC Microsite Awards: Joe Harris Preseason POY
The ACC microsite is happy to announce our preseason Player of the Year and all-ACC teams, as selected by the five writers contributing this season. Some Notes: Seven of 15 teams had at least one...
View ArticleSights & Sounds: Top Four Dunks, Season’s First RTC, & Cliff Alexander’s...
Another full weekend of college hoops is in the books, and although it didn’t hold the same level of excitement of the opening weekend, there were plenty of memorable moments. Here’s a collection of...
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