Freshmen turn heads with ACC success
The Atlantic Coast Conference tournament served two purposes last weekend. First, it determined the conference champion. Second, it was a coming out party for this year's stellar freshman class.
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The Atlantic Coast Conference tournament served two purposes last weekend. First, it determined the conference champion. Second, it was a coming out party for this year's stellar freshman class.
When the men's basketball team faced Florida State in Cameron Indoor Stadium on Jan. 22, the Seminoles were struggling. FSU arrived in Durham with an 8-6 record and was trying to get its point guard, Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward, acclimated to playing with a round ball instead of a football.
Two topics dominated yesterday's Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball head coaches teleconference. The discussions revolved around avoiding the ACC Tournament play-in game (the Thursday night No. 8-seed vs. No. 9-seed contest) and the disturbing squabbles between head coaches that have occurred in public this year.
Last year the Virginia Cavaliers came into Cameron Indoor Stadium and broke Duke's Atlantic Coast Conference record-tying 36-game home winning streak with a 77-69 upset victory. When they return tonight they will face a Duke team that will be missing sixth-man co-captain Marty Clark, who is out with severe tendonitis in his foot.
Under a sunny, blue sky the baseball team returned to the field yesterday. After having two games canceled because of the inclement weather over the weekend, the Blue Devils played a makeup game Monday against Virginia Military Institute.
This time, the weather didn't stop the baseball team and Furman from throwing after the first pitch.
When the men's basketball team travels to Atlanta for tonight's 8 p.m. game against Georgia Tech, it won't know what to expect. So far this year the Yellow Jackets have been a Jeckyl and Hyde story.
The head coaches of the Atlantic Coast Conference addressed the media on their weekly teleconference yesterday. For the second straight week the ACC boasted the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the country, and little movement occurred in the league standings over the past week.
When the men's basketball team travels to Atlanta for tonight's 8 p.m. game against Georgia Tech, it won't know what to expect. So far this year the Yellow Jackets have been a Jeckyl and Hyde story.