As of right now, I would say the "short list," comprised of teams in the top 20 in both offense and defense, would be:
North Carolina (15/4)
Kansas (10/1)
Texas A&M (12/1)
UCLA (8/1)
Ohio State (10/1)
Florida (7/2)
Memphis (18/1)
Notable omissions are Georgetown (a fast pace lends itself better to a deep tourney run, and their defense is 30th) and Wisconsin, who are without Brian Butch, their best rebounder. They could have someone step up through the first three rounds, but I just don't think it'll happen. And yes, I'm on the Memphis bandwagon even with their cruddy strength of schedule. Also, Joakim Noah better step up his game if Florida wants to have any chance. Any word on what's been going on with him lately? I know Donovan benched him for the majority of the second half of the Vanderbilt game, but I'm still not sure why.
Wednesday, February 28
2/28 Daily And
Ok, here goes folks, I have class at 11 am so this will be the usual time for this post (2 or 3ish) as opposed to in the morning. Anyways, onto the Mon/Tues activities.
1) College Wrap Up - (yes, its no coincidence, this category is growing faster than the national debt) Here is the important action: Michigan beat Mich St, ticket punching-ly good? eh, tough call, its a good win, but keeping up with Ohio St Saturday would almost get them there, congrats to Tommy Amaker for digging this program out of the depths (no bids since 1998) have the Dookies found their Roy Williams? Pitt stepped out of their funk (2-2, with wins over middling UW and S Hall) and beat sometimes dangerous WVU (they're only dangerous if you don't know how to handle their O or you take them lightly), this could save Pitt as a 2-seed, but only because of the poll-love, did you know that in KP land Maryland is better than Pitt?, see folks its OK to lose at Maryland.LOOK WHO'S ALIVE, its the Pokes down there in the Big XII, actually winning against a team with a winning record (KSt) will they make the tourney? (God I hope so, it makes picking the 6 over the 11 eeeeeeeeasy, and I mean EEEEEEEEASY). AFA lost to the Cougars, ending a long home winning streak, and slipping the Falcons into bubble land. Oh, yeah, the Gators lost, again, they're still a team to beat, one of the 8ish who have decent odds to win the whole thing (John lets make a short list). Also, G'town lost to a jacked up 'Cuse who really needed the win, and who's 2-3 is tailor-made to combat the Princeton offense, (they're still on the short list). To me, some of the incentive in winning a #1 seed for the Heels is going to East Rutherford, and NOT having Georgetown as a #2 since that would give the 'Hoyas a regional advantage. Also, Oklahoma acted just as expected by choking on Senior night against the Jayhawks. Also, the bubblicious local team Winthrop advanced to the Big South Quarters, and a new Forde Minutes.
Some articles via ACC Basketblog - Andrew Jones, Heel's potential, Ginyard attempts to motivate
2) NFL Combine/News - Clayton wraps up the combine with a great winners/losers section, and the Houston Chronicle weighs in on discipline, though a little draconian I would be in favor of a more strict off field incident on field punishment system (especially lost pay going to charities or something of that nature). Also, I've found that Hail Redskins has a great mock draft compilation with links and dates of a large array of mocks, its what I'll be using until the Mock Draft Muncher is reopened for this year. As of now I'd like the Panthers to target LSU S Landry or Florida S Nelson one of whom should be available at #14. And if you didn't know, the Browns won the coin toss and will pick 3rd, leaving the Bucs to pick 4th.
And-1) World Cup 2018 - The world's largest (but not best) sporting event is looking for a 2018 home, the FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said that, assuming 2014 goes to Brazil or Columbia, the 2018 World Cup would be in North America (read US, Mexico, or Canada). The 2010 Cup will be in South Africa which is when the 2014 host will be announced. The Cup is moved through the main Football bodies around the world Europe UEFA ( France 1998, Germany 2006), Asia (Korea/Japan 2002), Africa (S. Africa 2010), and then North America CONCACAF which hasn't hosted since the US in 1994.
SCHEDULE
LOCAL
UNC @ GT 3/1
Dook @ UNC 3/4
Ladies
Duke 67 UNC 62
UNC vs. BC/VT Winner 3/2 (ACC Tourney)
Bobcats 102 76ers 87
Raptors 93 Bobcats 76
Clippers 100 Bobcats 93
@ Sacto Kings Wed
West coast trip: 1 game down, 0-1
NOTABLES
wed
Maryland @ Duke (this should be a good one)
Texas A&M @ Texas (ditto as above, hook 'em horns)
'Nova @ UConn
UGA @ UK
Miss St @ Arkansas
thurs
asdf
UNC @ GT
VT @ UVA (go 'Hoos)
Memphis @ UTEP (the Tigers are beefing up their schedule again)
UCLA @ Wazzu (tasty)
USC @ UW
now, wasn't that better than a tuesday post and a wednesday post? let me know what you think
1) College Wrap Up - (yes, its no coincidence, this category is growing faster than the national debt) Here is the important action: Michigan beat Mich St, ticket punching-ly good? eh, tough call, its a good win, but keeping up with Ohio St Saturday would almost get them there, congrats to Tommy Amaker for digging this program out of the depths (no bids since 1998) have the Dookies found their Roy Williams? Pitt stepped out of their funk (2-2, with wins over middling UW and S Hall) and beat sometimes dangerous WVU (they're only dangerous if you don't know how to handle their O or you take them lightly), this could save Pitt as a 2-seed, but only because of the poll-love, did you know that in KP land Maryland is better than Pitt?, see folks its OK to lose at Maryland.
Some articles via ACC Basketblog - Andrew Jones, Heel's potential, Ginyard attempts to motivate
2) NFL Combine/News - Clayton wraps up the combine with a great winners/losers section, and the Houston Chronicle weighs in on discipline, though a little draconian I would be in favor of a more strict off field incident on field punishment system (especially lost pay going to charities or something of that nature). Also, I've found that Hail Redskins has a great mock draft compilation with links and dates of a large array of mocks, its what I'll be using until the Mock Draft Muncher is reopened for this year. As of now I'd like the Panthers to target LSU S Landry or Florida S Nelson one of whom should be available at #14. And if you didn't know, the Browns won the coin toss and will pick 3rd, leaving the Bucs to pick 4th.
And-1) World Cup 2018 - The world's largest (but not best) sporting event is looking for a 2018 home, the FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said that, assuming 2014 goes to Brazil or Columbia, the 2018 World Cup would be in North America (read US, Mexico, or Canada). The 2010 Cup will be in South Africa which is when the 2014 host will be announced. The Cup is moved through the main Football bodies around the world Europe UEFA (
LOCAL
UNC @ GT 3/1
Dook @ UNC 3/4
Ladies
Duke 67 UNC 62
UNC vs. BC/VT Winner 3/2 (ACC Tourney)
Bobcats 102 76ers 87
Raptors 93 Bobcats 76
Clippers 100 Bobcats 93
@ Sacto Kings Wed
West coast trip: 1 game down, 0-1
NOTABLES
wed
Maryland @ Duke (this should be a good one)
Texas A&M @ Texas (ditto as above, hook 'em horns)
'Nova @ UConn
UGA @ UK
Miss St @ Arkansas
thurs
asdf
UNC @ GT
VT @ UVA (go 'Hoos)
Memphis @ UTEP (the Tigers are beefing up their schedule again)
UCLA @ Wazzu (tasty)
USC @ UW
now, wasn't that better than a tuesday post and a wednesday post? let me know what you think
We all knew there was a reason for that career year
Gary Matthews, Jr. has been linked to the recent discovery of an illicit steroid distribution network in Florida.
Gym gems
On College Gamenight:
Rece, Digger, and Jay are discussing whom they'd rather have - Kevin Durant or Acie Law IV. Digger says he'll take Law IV, because you can go to him in the second half, unlike Durant. He cites the second half of the Texas-Villanova game, in which Durant had one point.
Rece: "Digger, when your boys at Notre Dame had one bad half, did you throw them under the bus?"
Jay: "He backed it up! He ran over them with the bus, then backed it up over them!"
Rece, Digger, and Jay are discussing whom they'd rather have - Kevin Durant or Acie Law IV. Digger says he'll take Law IV, because you can go to him in the second half, unlike Durant. He cites the second half of the Texas-Villanova game, in which Durant had one point.
Rece: "Digger, when your boys at Notre Dame had one bad half, did you throw them under the bus?"
Jay: "He backed it up! He ran over them with the bus, then backed it up over them!"
Tuesday, February 27
Stupid computers and their new-age stats
I give you a portion of the article written by Murray Chass, of the New York Times. The New York Times.
"Things I don’t want to read or hear about anymore:
Statistics mongers promoting VORP and other new-age baseball statistics.
I receive a daily e-mail message from Baseball Prospectus, an electronic publication filled with articles and information about statistics, mostly statistics that only stats mongers can love.
To me, VORP epitomized the new-age nonsense. For the longest time, I had no idea what VORP meant and didn’t care enough to go to any great lengths to find out. I asked some colleagues whose work I respect, and they didn’t know what it meant either.
Finally, not long ago, I came across VORP spelled out. It stands for value over replacement player. How thrilling. How absurd. Value over replacement player. Don’t ask what it means. I don’t know.
I suppose that if stats mongers want to sit at their computers and play with these things all day long, that’s their prerogative. But their attempt to introduce these new-age statistics into the game threatens to undermine most fans’ enjoyment of baseball and the human factor therein.
People play baseball. Numbers don’t."
Murray has now been ridiculed by, among others, Baseball Prospectus, Fire Joe Morgan, and the Thrice Fortnight Sports Blog. What an old scout.
"Things I don’t want to read or hear about anymore:
Statistics mongers promoting VORP and other new-age baseball statistics.
I receive a daily e-mail message from Baseball Prospectus, an electronic publication filled with articles and information about statistics, mostly statistics that only stats mongers can love.
To me, VORP epitomized the new-age nonsense. For the longest time, I had no idea what VORP meant and didn’t care enough to go to any great lengths to find out. I asked some colleagues whose work I respect, and they didn’t know what it meant either.
Finally, not long ago, I came across VORP spelled out. It stands for value over replacement player. How thrilling. How absurd. Value over replacement player. Don’t ask what it means. I don’t know.
I suppose that if stats mongers want to sit at their computers and play with these things all day long, that’s their prerogative. But their attempt to introduce these new-age statistics into the game threatens to undermine most fans’ enjoyment of baseball and the human factor therein.
People play baseball. Numbers don’t."
Murray has now been ridiculed by, among others, Baseball Prospectus, Fire Joe Morgan, and the Thrice Fortnight Sports Blog. What an old scout.
Sunday, February 25
2/26 Daily And-1
Alright folks, we're back in action (well, I'm back, John's been in action all weekend). The break, if you must know, was due a party-planning/throwing heavy weekend. Also, this is more of a random note, but I think I may start taking Tuesdays off of the Daily And-1, then I'm more likely to post on the weekends, and besides, the Tuesday morning posts are pretty weak as it is. So, on Mondays I'll be sure to preview Monday and Tuesday games, and the Wednesday recap will be slightly more extensive. Now, onto business.
1) Changing Seeds - As the second to last weekend of basketball is upon us, several teams were playing their way up or down the seeding ladder. Ohio State beat (Butch-less) Wisconsin by 2 in Columbus to allegedly wrap up a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament (flip-flopping with Wisc), I'd say that this is the case assuming they make it further than the Badgers in the Big 10 tourney, however, the Badgers can still make a case that they deserve the seed by winning out.
Edit: Andy Katz writes that the Buckeyes are finally where they thought they'd be preseason, an affirmed #1 in the nation. Also among the other "#1" seeds, some slip sliding went on both close to home (UNC loses @ MD, Florida loses @ LSU). (Warning rationalization ahead) Because so many of the top seeds have lost recently, and no one has seemed terrifically impressive, I'd venture a guess to say that the #1 seeds haven't actually changed due to an overall weak field, but thats just me. Edit: Looks like Joe Lunardi agrees, sort of, the Heels are obviously 1D and the Gators 2A (he has them paired in the East in his latest B-tology), I'm a bit biased, but I'd take either team for the title over OSU AND Wisconsin, but what have you done for me lately, also, Joe and I agree Florida's loss was worse than UNC's. Ok, onto tier 2 of teams changing positions, there were a couple of impressive teams, Georgetown beating Pitt and Vandy holding off a resilient UK side, Vandy may have played their way into a top-4 seed (and out of the dreaded 5-12 game), and is G'town a #2 seed? (Lunardi says yes) Put it this way, whether a 2 or a 3, they're in my Elite 8. Our favorite cool hand Luke balled out as ND upset Marquette, and a certain team from Niketown has earned the right to not be called "OverratedU", for 2 whole blog posts (while more importantly grabbing onto a fast sinking seed in the tourney). Several other results from the weekend, Byron's OverratedU (the hard luck Sooners) lost at home to Texas, Air Force slipped up against TCU (these smaller teams, Butler/AFA/Gonzaga can't afford these losses, it hurts their seeding too much). Also, 'Bama and OverratedSU (0-6 on the road for the year) continue to back their respective ways out of the tourney.
Tickets Punched - Maryland (sadly) Edit: Marck Schlabach agrees with me, funny that about 2 weeks ago I linked to a Baltimore article lamenting Gary's wasted recruited oppurtunity coming off the NCAA Championship 4 yrs ago, SIU (for a top 4 seed), and Texas (they can improve their seed by hanging in for their next 2 games, A&M and @KU, but even if they blow them, they're in)
2) NFL/Panthers News - Combine/Meat Market News, Fox's opinion on the team Herald and Charlotte Observer and tons of Mock Drafts, Edit: Jared Zabransky is getting a bit of press and PFR debates the "Workout Warrior"
And-1) MLB Camps - things are heating up down south, Cactus, Grapfruit, Bonds, Manny, MO Rivera, and even Bartolo Colon
(Everything in italics above was added just after lunch, wanted to tack on the Monday morning articles and comment on Lunardi's moves)
SCHEDULE
LOCAL
Maryland 89 UNC 87 it really hurts to outrebounded by such a poor rebounding team, though i'm personally not a fan of a 14-5 foul edge to Maryland with 3 mins to go in the 1st half. (PS: Still #1 in KP land, anyone know how to change Craig Littlepage's homepage? KP Blog)
UNC @ GT 3/1
Dook @ UNC 3/4
Ladies
UNC 96 Wake Forest 47
Duke 67 UNC 62
UNC vs. BC/VT Winner 3/2 (ACC Tourney)
Bobcats 102 76ers 87
Raptors 93 Bobcats 76
@ LA Clippers Mon
@ Sacto Kings Wed
West coast trip (6 games) starts for the Bobcats this week, look for them to increase their stakes in the Greg Oden lotto as they (probably) go 1-5, sorry for the pessimism.
NOTABLES
mon
KU @ OU - can the Sooners step up, unfortunately unlikely
G'Town @ 'Cuse - Hoyas continue their romp through the Big East
Gonzaga @ San Diego - can the 'Zags hold onto a good seed?
tues
Mich St @ UM
KSt @ OkSt - 51 @ 69, thats right, ESPN's faaaaavorite team is #69
WVU @ Pitt - can Pitt right the ship, I mean, they're still a good team
Florida @ Tenn - I almost feel sorry for the Vols
1) Changing Seeds - As the second to last weekend of basketball is upon us, several teams were playing their way up or down the seeding ladder. Ohio State beat (Butch-less) Wisconsin by 2 in Columbus to allegedly wrap up a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament (flip-flopping with Wisc), I'd say that this is the case assuming they make it further than the Badgers in the Big 10 tourney, however, the Badgers can still make a case that they deserve the seed by winning out.
Edit: Andy Katz writes that the Buckeyes are finally where they thought they'd be preseason, an affirmed #1 in the nation. Also among the other "#1" seeds, some slip sliding went on both close to home (UNC loses @ MD, Florida loses @ LSU). (Warning rationalization ahead) Because so many of the top seeds have lost recently, and no one has seemed terrifically impressive, I'd venture a guess to say that the #1 seeds haven't actually changed due to an overall weak field, but thats just me. Edit: Looks like Joe Lunardi agrees, sort of, the Heels are obviously 1D and the Gators 2A (he has them paired in the East in his latest B-tology), I'm a bit biased, but I'd take either team for the title over OSU AND Wisconsin, but what have you done for me lately, also, Joe and I agree Florida's loss was worse than UNC's. Ok, onto tier 2 of teams changing positions, there were a couple of impressive teams, Georgetown beating Pitt and Vandy holding off a resilient UK side, Vandy may have played their way into a top-4 seed (and out of the dreaded 5-12 game), and is G'town a #2 seed? (Lunardi says yes) Put it this way, whether a 2 or a 3, they're in my Elite 8. Our favorite cool hand Luke balled out as ND upset Marquette, and a certain team from Niketown has earned the right to not be called "OverratedU", for 2 whole blog posts (while more importantly grabbing onto a fast sinking seed in the tourney). Several other results from the weekend, Byron's OverratedU (the hard luck Sooners) lost at home to Texas, Air Force slipped up against TCU (these smaller teams, Butler/AFA/Gonzaga can't afford these losses, it hurts their seeding too much). Also, 'Bama and OverratedSU (0-6 on the road for the year) continue to back their respective ways out of the tourney.
Tickets Punched - Maryland (sadly) Edit: Marck Schlabach agrees with me, funny that about 2 weeks ago I linked to a Baltimore article lamenting Gary's wasted recruited oppurtunity coming off the NCAA Championship 4 yrs ago, SIU (for a top 4 seed), and Texas (they can improve their seed by hanging in for their next 2 games, A&M and @KU, but even if they blow them, they're in)
2) NFL/Panthers News - Combine/Meat Market News, Fox's opinion on the team Herald and Charlotte Observer and tons of Mock Drafts, Edit: Jared Zabransky is getting a bit of press and PFR debates the "Workout Warrior"
And-1) MLB Camps - things are heating up down south, Cactus, Grapfruit, Bonds, Manny, MO Rivera, and even Bartolo Colon
(Everything in italics above was added just after lunch, wanted to tack on the Monday morning articles and comment on Lunardi's moves)
SCHEDULE
LOCAL
Maryland 89 UNC 87 it really hurts to outrebounded by such a poor rebounding team, though i'm personally not a fan of a 14-5 foul edge to Maryland with 3 mins to go in the 1st half. (PS: Still #1 in KP land, anyone know how to change Craig Littlepage's homepage? KP Blog)
UNC @ GT 3/1
Dook @ UNC 3/4
Ladies
UNC 96 Wake Forest 47
Duke 67 UNC 62
UNC vs. BC/VT Winner 3/2 (ACC Tourney)
Bobcats 102 76ers 87
Raptors 93 Bobcats 76
@ LA Clippers Mon
@ Sacto Kings Wed
West coast trip (6 games) starts for the Bobcats this week, look for them to increase their stakes in the Greg Oden lotto as they (probably) go 1-5, sorry for the pessimism.
NOTABLES
mon
KU @ OU - can the Sooners step up, unfortunately unlikely
G'Town @ 'Cuse - Hoyas continue their romp through the Big East
Gonzaga @ San Diego - can the 'Zags hold onto a good seed?
tues
Mich St @ UM
KSt @ OkSt - 51 @ 69, thats right, ESPN's faaaaavorite team is #69
WVU @ Pitt - can Pitt right the ship, I mean, they're still a good team
Florida @ Tenn - I almost feel sorry for the Vols
Saturday, February 24
Ouch
Toe-stepping ahoy!
Top 50 Games for Saturday
Clemson at Boston College (Clemson needs a win here to get back on track in the ACC; they stand at 5-8 right now, with a slim chance of making the tournament)
Georgia Tech at Virginia (will Georgia Tech be able to win their second ACC road game??)
Indiana at Michigan State (Michigan State gets an excellent chance to prove it's for real real to the nation by taking down Indiana in Michigan. game of the day, as it's an 14-11 matchup)
Texas at Oklahoma (choking ahoy! another victory shitted away by Oklahoma!)
Marquette at Notre Dame (Notre Dame gets a chance to solidify its bid for the Tournament ["punch its ticket," if you will] with a victory over slightly-overrated Marquette)
Pittsburgh at Georgetown (Georgetown ROLLS over Gray-less Pittsburgh)
Stanford at UCLA (go Cardinal! make it twice this season, and 10 victories in the Pac-10!)
Florida at Louisiana State (they're still in the Top 50? How??)
Mississippi State at Georgia (easily the most boring matchup of all these, at 30-43)
Tennessee at Arkansas (I stand corrected: 47-40)
Top 50 Games for Saturday
Clemson at Boston College (Clemson needs a win here to get back on track in the ACC; they stand at 5-8 right now, with a slim chance of making the tournament)
Georgia Tech at Virginia (will Georgia Tech be able to win their second ACC road game??)
Indiana at Michigan State (Michigan State gets an excellent chance to prove it's for real real to the nation by taking down Indiana in Michigan. game of the day, as it's an 14-11 matchup)
Texas at Oklahoma (choking ahoy! another victory shitted away by Oklahoma!)
Marquette at Notre Dame (Notre Dame gets a chance to solidify its bid for the Tournament ["punch its ticket," if you will] with a victory over slightly-overrated Marquette)
Pittsburgh at Georgetown (Georgetown ROLLS over Gray-less Pittsburgh)
Stanford at UCLA (go Cardinal! make it twice this season, and 10 victories in the Pac-10!)
Florida at Louisiana State (they're still in the Top 50? How??)
Mississippi State at Georgia (easily the most boring matchup of all these, at 30-43)
Tennessee at Arkansas (I stand corrected: 47-40)
Thursday, February 22
2-22 Power 16
Power 16 for 2-22
#1 Seeds
1. Florida
2. North Carolina
3. UCLA
4. Ohio State
#2 Seeds
5. Kansas
6. Wisconsin
7. Texas A&M
8. Memphis
#3 Seeds
9. Georgetown
10. Pittsburgh
11. Washington State
12. Duke
#4 Seeds
13. Butler
14. Louisville
15. Air Force
16. Texas
Ryan, I'd like to see (if you're up for it) a mini- State of the NBA, focusing specifically on Wade, the Bobcats, and whatever else you'd like to comment on. This can be part of your Daily And-1 or *gasp* a different post altogether! Also, let's get a little golf love in the house. If not included in the Daily And-1 tomorrow (don't know how slow the news day will be), I'll do a post on recent match play.
#1 Seeds
1. Florida
2. North Carolina
3. UCLA
4. Ohio State
#2 Seeds
5. Kansas
6. Wisconsin
7. Texas A&M
8. Memphis
#3 Seeds
9. Georgetown
10. Pittsburgh
11. Washington State
12. Duke
#4 Seeds
13. Butler
14. Louisville
15. Air Force
16. Texas
Ryan, I'd like to see (if you're up for it) a mini- State of the NBA, focusing specifically on Wade, the Bobcats, and whatever else you'd like to comment on. This can be part of your Daily And-1 or *gasp* a different post altogether! Also, let's get a little golf love in the house. If not included in the Daily And-1 tomorrow (don't know how slow the news day will be), I'll do a post on recent match play.
2/22 Daily And-1
1) College Recap - A&M went to and smoked OverratedSU; OSU squeaked one out over Penn St, as KP said "It’s not often you see a cellar-dwelling team lose a starter in the first minute and still hang with the #1/#2 team in the nation in their building for 35 minutes."; Miami upset UVA and put UNC officially firmly in the drivers seat to an unshared ACC Reg Season Title. Miss St. pulled off the "upset" over Vandy (the Bulldogs were at home and had a 15 point higher KP rating); also, Andrew Jones out in Wilmington thinks the ACC won't get but 7 bids.
2) UNC/State Game - I'd like to provide my thoughts since I actually got to go to the game. In the second half we turned up the defensive intensity and started to rebound the ball on the offensive end of the floor. The Wolfpack didn't shoot any worse in the 2nd half, but I'm pretty sure their TOs increased. Too bad tarheelblue doesn't have that nifty intense box score with everything split to halves. Line of the game, Danny Green: 3-6, 2-3 (3pt), 4ORb 8TRb, 3 Blks, 1 steal, and all in 17 mins. Good Lucas article too.
And-1) NFL News Lineup - The Panthers are keeping Mike Rucker, the Lions tagged DT Redding (yeah, who?, apparently when you have one 8 sack year you're a top-5 DT), Also, the "NFL Meatmarket" starts in Indy soon here is a list of players to watch (well, you can't see yourself, so watch Mel Kiper Jr. or SportsCenter) and a good article on interview prep for the players.
Also - Women will get equal pay at Wimbledon
SCHEDULE
LOCAL
UNC 83 State 64
Ladies
Wake Forest @ UNC 2/22
Bobcats 100 Bulls 85
Bobcats 104 Hornets 100 Felton 21/11, Okafor 5 BS
Bobcats 100 T'Wolves 95 - Morrison scored 26 and 13 in a row to lead the comeback from 17 pts down
THATS 3 IN A ROW!!!
76ers @ Bobcats 2/23
Raptors @ Bobcats 2/24
NOTABLES
VT >> BC
FSU >> Maryland (someone should fear the turtle)
Michigan < Illinois
'Bama < Tenn
Duke @ Clemson
Stanford @ USC
Wazzu @ OverratedU (snicker snicker)
2) UNC/State Game - I'd like to provide my thoughts since I actually got to go to the game. In the second half we turned up the defensive intensity and started to rebound the ball on the offensive end of the floor. The Wolfpack didn't shoot any worse in the 2nd half, but I'm pretty sure their TOs increased. Too bad tarheelblue doesn't have that nifty intense box score with everything split to halves. Line of the game, Danny Green: 3-6, 2-3 (3pt), 4ORb 8TRb, 3 Blks, 1 steal, and all in 17 mins. Good Lucas article too.
And-1) NFL News Lineup - The Panthers are keeping Mike Rucker, the Lions tagged DT Redding (yeah, who?, apparently when you have one 8 sack year you're a top-5 DT), Also, the "NFL Meatmarket" starts in Indy soon here is a list of players to watch (well, you can't see yourself, so watch Mel Kiper Jr. or SportsCenter) and a good article on interview prep for the players.
Also - Women will get equal pay at Wimbledon
SCHEDULE
LOCAL
UNC 83 State 64
Ladies
Wake Forest @ UNC 2/22
Bobcats 100 Bulls 85
Bobcats 104 Hornets 100 Felton 21/11, Okafor 5 BS
Bobcats 100 T'Wolves 95 - Morrison scored 26 and 13 in a row to lead the comeback from 17 pts down
THATS 3 IN A ROW!!!
76ers @ Bobcats 2/23
Raptors @ Bobcats 2/24
NOTABLES
VT >> BC
FSU >> Maryland (someone should fear the turtle)
Michigan < Illinois
'Bama < Tenn
Duke @ Clemson
Stanford @ USC
Wazzu @ OverratedU (snicker snicker)
Wednesday, February 21
Now if only I had access to BP's MORP figures
Carlos Zambrano's last four seasons have all been 200+ IP seasons (average IP = 215, with PRAR (Pitching Runs Above Replacement) scores of 78, 91, 77, and 85, equaling an average of 82.75 for the last four seasons. He's getting $12.4 million this year. Let's take a look at the top pitchers signed in this offseason as free agents, not counting Matsuzaka or Gil Meche, for (hopefully) obvious reasons.
Carlos Zambrano
215 IP Avg, 82.75 PRAR Avg
1 year, $12.4 mil
$12.4 mil/yr
Ted Lilly
170.5 IP Avg, 52.5 PRAR Avg
4 years, $40 mil
$10 mil/yr
Jeff Suppan
194 IP Avg, 48.25 PRAR Avg
4 years, $42 mil
$10.5 mil/yr
Vicente Padilla
167.5 IP Avg, 45.75 PRAR Avg
3 years, $34 mil
$11 mil/yr
Jason Schmidt
204.25 IP Avg, 76.25 PRAR Avg
3 years, $47 mil
$16 mil/yr
Barry Zito
223.25 IP Avg, 68.75 PRAR Avg
7 years, $126 mil
$18 mil/yr
As you can see, the only comparables on this list for Zambrano are Zito and Schmidt. They all average 200+ IP/yr, and Zambrano has been a much better pitcher for the last four years than either. Zito may not be in a state of decline yet, but he certainly will be soon. Definitely before seven years are up. Schmidt certainly is, as his last four PRAR yearly totals are 94, 94, 45, and 72. Zambrano shows no signs of slowing down yet, and he's only 26 (Zito is 29, and Schmidt is 34). Better to throw an extra $1 mil to your ace pitcher than go to arbitration, and have a better chance of having him stay in Chicago for another few years. At any rate, he seems to be a steal this season at $12.4 million, especially given his IP track record. As they say in MVP, "This guy's a horse. When he's on the mound, the relievers usually get the night off."
Carlos Zambrano
215 IP Avg, 82.75 PRAR Avg
1 year, $12.4 mil
$12.4 mil/yr
Ted Lilly
170.5 IP Avg, 52.5 PRAR Avg
4 years, $40 mil
$10 mil/yr
Jeff Suppan
194 IP Avg, 48.25 PRAR Avg
4 years, $42 mil
$10.5 mil/yr
Vicente Padilla
167.5 IP Avg, 45.75 PRAR Avg
3 years, $34 mil
$11 mil/yr
Jason Schmidt
204.25 IP Avg, 76.25 PRAR Avg
3 years, $47 mil
$16 mil/yr
Barry Zito
223.25 IP Avg, 68.75 PRAR Avg
7 years, $126 mil
$18 mil/yr
As you can see, the only comparables on this list for Zambrano are Zito and Schmidt. They all average 200+ IP/yr, and Zambrano has been a much better pitcher for the last four years than either. Zito may not be in a state of decline yet, but he certainly will be soon. Definitely before seven years are up. Schmidt certainly is, as his last four PRAR yearly totals are 94, 94, 45, and 72. Zambrano shows no signs of slowing down yet, and he's only 26 (Zito is 29, and Schmidt is 34). Better to throw an extra $1 mil to your ace pitcher than go to arbitration, and have a better chance of having him stay in Chicago for another few years. At any rate, he seems to be a steal this season at $12.4 million, especially given his IP track record. As they say in MVP, "This guy's a horse. When he's on the mound, the relievers usually get the night off."
2/21 Daily And-1
yet another slow news day, here goes
1) College Recap - MSU "upset" Wisconsin (that's called a 5 spot KP difference and playing on the road), John's favorite lock is actually a lock now (the beat AFA), UK did what they had to and beat LSU at home (must have been haaaaaard), and WVU slipped up at Providence, 9-41 3FGs? (feeling a little more bubbly Mountaineers?). Oh yeah, the chokers (OverratedU) went into Mizzou and, well, choked.
2) Pro News Wrap-Up - The new prodigy Jason Garrett has been named O-Coordinator for the Cowboys, Cubs pay Zambrano 12.4 mil, why not just go to arbitration, that figure would probably be lower (is he worth it? John? anyone?)
And-1) Uh-oh - Kevin Durant is planning on attending classes through May, sucks for that #2 lottery winner
SCHEDULE
LOCAL
NC State @ UNC 2/21
Ladies
Wake Forest @ UNC 2/22
Bobcats 104 Hornets 100 Felton 21/11, Okafor 5 BS
Bobcats @ T'Wolves 2/21
76ers @ Bobcats 2/23
Raptors @ Bobcats 2/24
NOTABLES
BC @ VT (Go Eagles, b/c we'll need VT to beat UVA later)
FSU @ Maryland (someone should fear the turtle)
Michigan @ Illinois
A&M @ Overrated SU
'Bama @ Tenn
Vandy @ Miss St.
1) College Recap - MSU "upset" Wisconsin (that's called a 5 spot KP difference and playing on the road), John's favorite lock is actually a lock now (the beat AFA), UK did what they had to and beat LSU at home (must have been haaaaaard), and WVU slipped up at Providence, 9-41 3FGs? (feeling a little more bubbly Mountaineers?). Oh yeah, the chokers (OverratedU) went into Mizzou and, well, choked.
2) Pro News Wrap-Up - The new prodigy Jason Garrett has been named O-Coordinator for the Cowboys, Cubs pay Zambrano 12.4 mil, why not just go to arbitration, that figure would probably be lower (is he worth it? John? anyone?)
And-1) Uh-oh - Kevin Durant is planning on attending classes through May, sucks for that #2 lottery winner
SCHEDULE
LOCAL
NC State @ UNC 2/21
Ladies
Wake Forest @ UNC 2/22
Bobcats 104 Hornets 100 Felton 21/11, Okafor 5 BS
Bobcats @ T'Wolves 2/21
76ers @ Bobcats 2/23
Raptors @ Bobcats 2/24
NOTABLES
BC @ VT (Go Eagles, b/c we'll need VT to beat UVA later)
FSU @ Maryland (someone should fear the turtle)
Michigan @ Illinois
A&M @ Overrated SU
'Bama @ Tenn
Vandy @ Miss St.
Tuesday, February 20
2/20 Daily And-1
Yeeesh, what a slooooooooooooooow day. But never fear folks, I'll dredge up some kernels of news from here and there.
1) NFL News - The Chargers hired Norv Turner as Head Coach (not a bad move, they really just needed a servicable coach to use the current talent to win) and snagged Ron Rivera as LB's coach. The Colts franchise tagged Dwight Freeney and FO has a story about how tagging began. Lastly, Minter apparently played every minute for the Panthers last year for the first time.
2) College Wrap-Up - Marquette beat 'Nova, Bob Knight is pissed about the age rule (thats all he thinks about every time Durant snags a board or swishes a 3), and the cover story on ESPN poses the amazingly confusing conundrum of how OSU can be the #1 overall team but not a #1 seed according to Joe Lunardi. Wow, its as if the voters poll has NO IDEA what its talking about, and only reacts to short-term winning streaks and not overall ability of a team. Gee, whould have thunk it?
And-1) NBA News - Jordan finally said something about the Bobcats, and a good something, "We will spend to win", via a letter to Bobcat Season Ticket Holders (yeah, all 12 of them). Felton and Paul will reunite tonight as the Hornets come to town.
SCHEDULE
LOCAL
NC State @ UNC 2/21
Ladies
Wake Forest @ UNC 2/20
Hornets @ Bobcats 2/20
Bobcats @ T'Wolves 2/21
76ers @ Bobcats 2/23
Raptors @ Bobcats 2/24
NOTABLES
Wisconsin @ Mich St (12? how'd THAT happen)
T Tech @ Texas
DePaul @ ND
Air Force @ John's favorite lock for the tourney
OverratedU @ Mizzou
LSU (47? how'd THAT happen) @ UK
new note: when not in a title, italics denote sarcasm
1) NFL News - The Chargers hired Norv Turner as Head Coach (not a bad move, they really just needed a servicable coach to use the current talent to win) and snagged Ron Rivera as LB's coach. The Colts franchise tagged Dwight Freeney and FO has a story about how tagging began. Lastly, Minter apparently played every minute for the Panthers last year for the first time.
2) College Wrap-Up - Marquette beat 'Nova, Bob Knight is pissed about the age rule (thats all he thinks about every time Durant snags a board or swishes a 3), and the cover story on ESPN poses the amazingly confusing conundrum of how OSU can be the #1 overall team but not a #1 seed according to Joe Lunardi. Wow, its as if the voters poll has NO IDEA what its talking about, and only reacts to short-term winning streaks and not overall ability of a team. Gee, whould have thunk it?
And-1) NBA News - Jordan finally said something about the Bobcats, and a good something, "We will spend to win", via a letter to Bobcat Season Ticket Holders (yeah, all 12 of them). Felton and Paul will reunite tonight as the Hornets come to town.
SCHEDULE
LOCAL
NC State @ UNC 2/21
Ladies
Wake Forest @ UNC 2/20
Hornets @ Bobcats 2/20
Bobcats @ T'Wolves 2/21
76ers @ Bobcats 2/23
Raptors @ Bobcats 2/24
NOTABLES
Wisconsin @ Mich St (12? how'd THAT happen)
T Tech @ Texas
DePaul @ ND
Air Force @ John's favorite lock for the tourney
OverratedU @ Mizzou
LSU (47? how'd THAT happen) @ UK
new note: when not in a title, italics denote sarcasm
Monday, February 19
No one likes Clemson anyway
North Carolina jumps to the #1 spot in this week's Baseball America poll after a three-game sweep of Seton Hall this weekend.
2/19 Daily And-1
1) UNC/BC Game - "I fully expected us to go up there and lay an egg", was the quote via Byron after the game. Well, he was half right, the Heels' usually tight defense allowed the Eagles to shoot too well and visit the FT line too often but fighting fire with fire usually works, and the Heels own offense proved to be mightier bolstered by offensive rebounding (nearly half of UNC's misses fell back into their own hands, 26 FGM + 4 FTM, 13 ORs). The win coupled with a VT loss to insanely hot (67% hot) NC State put the Heels slightly in the drivers seat for the ACC reg season title and (in my opinion) the #1 seed that would surely follow. Observations. Other ACC action - Duke beat the hapless version of the GT team (the one that plays on the road) also the reminder of impending Coach K praise, if I hear you complaining about it I'm just going to yell at you the same way I yelled at you when you said things like "Duke sucks, they won't make the tournament" or "We should beat them by 20 points" consider yourselves warned, UVA beat FSU to stay in the 3-loss club (or should I say duo), Clemson continued to "play poorly with a target on its back", and Wake clawed their way out of the basement.
2) College review - the Overrateds lost again this weekend (yes OU and OSU), I'll, for clarity's sake, stop referring to Ohio St as Overrated-SU so we all know which two teams are Overrated U and Overrated SU. Vandy topped Florida, ruining their perfect SEC season but having little other real affect (besides punching their own dance ticket). SIU "upset" Butler, and the 2 Carolina BracketBusters toppled their Valley foes. Georgetown held off a quality Villanova side whose gameplan was excellent (Hibbert a non-factor, guarding the passing lanes well, switching defenses does anyone have tape of this for that big tournament in a month or so?). Florida is now #4 in KP-land, new order of business UNC, KU, A&M, FL, OSU, after the Jayhawks held the Huskers to 39 pts, they're the new #1 DE. The fall by Florida shows their weak SOS, comparable to Memphis. Ok, I know the last thing this site needs is another gimmick, but, I think that on Mondays and Fridays (after the majority of college games has been played Tue/Wed/Thu or Sat/Sun) I'm going to list the 2 or 3 teams that have "punched their ticket" to the dance. These will not repeat themselves (once your ticket is punched, thats it), nor will they be obvious teams that are current locks, but instead teams that have recently won a game/series of games that should get them in.
Tickets punched this weekend:
Vandy - beat Florida
Louisville - beat Pitt and Marquette, both on the road
Duke - won 2, essentially assured of a .500 ACC finish
(John, feel free to comment)
And-1) All-Star Weekend - John and I watched the Saturday activities via DVR and were pretty entertained, here's a recap. The Detroit team (Chauncey Billups, Bill Lambeer, and some chick) took the "Shooting Stars Challenge", Jason Kapono tied a final round record (24) to win the 3 pt shootout, D-Wade took the Skills Contest, and Gerald Green dunked his way over Nate Robinson (literally and metaphorically) Dee Brown style to win the dunk contest, though the best dunk was Dwight Howard's "12-6 Sticker Dunk" in which he dunked the ball and left a sticker up on the backboard at 12' 6". The West easily won the All-Star game 153-132. Observations.
News
Golden Boy Expecting
SCHEDULE
LOCAL
UNC 77 BC 72
NC State @ UNC 2/21
Ladies
UNC 93 Miami 70
State 72 UNC 65
Wake Forest @ UNC 2/20
Hornets @ Bobcats 2/20
Bobcats @ T'Wolves 2/21
76ers @ Bobcats 2/23
Raptors @ Bobcats 2/24
NOTABLES
Villanova @ Marquette
2) College review - the Overrateds lost again this weekend (yes OU and OSU), I'll, for clarity's sake, stop referring to Ohio St as Overrated-SU so we all know which two teams are Overrated U and Overrated SU. Vandy topped Florida, ruining their perfect SEC season but having little other real affect (besides punching their own dance ticket). SIU "upset" Butler, and the 2 Carolina BracketBusters toppled their Valley foes. Georgetown held off a quality Villanova side whose gameplan was excellent (Hibbert a non-factor, guarding the passing lanes well, switching defenses does anyone have tape of this for that big tournament in a month or so?). Florida is now #4 in KP-land, new order of business UNC, KU, A&M, FL, OSU, after the Jayhawks held the Huskers to 39 pts, they're the new #1 DE. The fall by Florida shows their weak SOS, comparable to Memphis. Ok, I know the last thing this site needs is another gimmick, but, I think that on Mondays and Fridays (after the majority of college games has been played Tue/Wed/Thu or Sat/Sun) I'm going to list the 2 or 3 teams that have "punched their ticket" to the dance. These will not repeat themselves (once your ticket is punched, thats it), nor will they be obvious teams that are current locks, but instead teams that have recently won a game/series of games that should get them in.
Tickets punched this weekend:
Vandy - beat Florida
Louisville - beat Pitt and Marquette, both on the road
Duke - won 2, essentially assured of a .500 ACC finish
(John, feel free to comment)
And-1) All-Star Weekend - John and I watched the Saturday activities via DVR and were pretty entertained, here's a recap. The Detroit team (Chauncey Billups, Bill Lambeer, and some chick) took the "Shooting Stars Challenge", Jason Kapono tied a final round record (24) to win the 3 pt shootout, D-Wade took the Skills Contest, and Gerald Green dunked his way over Nate Robinson (literally and metaphorically) Dee Brown style to win the dunk contest, though the best dunk was Dwight Howard's "12-6 Sticker Dunk" in which he dunked the ball and left a sticker up on the backboard at 12' 6". The West easily won the All-Star game 153-132. Observations.
News
Golden Boy Expecting
SCHEDULE
LOCAL
UNC 77 BC 72
NC State @ UNC 2/21
Ladies
UNC 93 Miami 70
State 72 UNC 65
Wake Forest @ UNC 2/20
Hornets @ Bobcats 2/20
Bobcats @ T'Wolves 2/21
76ers @ Bobcats 2/23
Raptors @ Bobcats 2/24
NOTABLES
Villanova @ Marquette
Sunday, February 18
UNC Honored Jerseys
Here is the actual answer to the question posed last night "what does it take to get your jersey number honored". The answer is from this Adam Lucas mailbag in 2005 about why Ed Cota's number isn't in the rafters. The short version is, to be retired you have to win national player of the year. Jordan, Worthy, Jamison, etc, all did that (no player can ever wear the number again). To be "honored" you have to meet one of the 4 following criteria:
1. the most valuable player (as voted by his teammates) of an NCAA championship team,
2. a first- or second-team All-American,
3. ACC Player of the Year, or
4. a member of a gold-medal winning Olympic team.
so, obviously McCants, May and Felton all have met those requirements. Apparently in 1994 these requirements were relaxed (they were previously tighter) and 25 additional jerseys were honored (7 already were), the number is now 43. Also, Byron was right, Tyler was a 1st Team All-American last year (voted by some outlets, you don't have to get AP or to sweep for it to count) so his jersey will be honored.
1. the most valuable player (as voted by his teammates) of an NCAA championship team,
2. a first- or second-team All-American,
3. ACC Player of the Year, or
4. a member of a gold-medal winning Olympic team.
so, obviously McCants, May and Felton all have met those requirements. Apparently in 1994 these requirements were relaxed (they were previously tighter) and 25 additional jerseys were honored (7 already were), the number is now 43. Also, Byron was right, Tyler was a 1st Team All-American last year (voted by some outlets, you don't have to get AP or to sweep for it to count) so his jersey will be honored.
Friday, February 16
2/16 "Daily" And-1
Sooooo, since my computer decided not to inform me that the battery was about to die, you all get a shortened version of my previous post. Ok, back from work, this post has officially been elaborated upon.
1) College BBall Update - duke beat bc: looks like missing sean williams finally caught up with them i guess all it takes is a post presence and the eagles look a lot weaker that and Nelson's assumingly crushing defense on Jar-red Dud-ley, purdue upset indiana (big help to their tourney cv, the rest of their schedule is easy so this may have paved the way), 'zona flashed-back to 2 weeks ago losing to USC: the pac-10 is obviously giving itself handouts again, making sure they all get in, and a couple of Overrated U's (OSU and OU) got scared/beaten (by penn st/cal respectively) you know, I wouldn't mind UNC being a 2 seed to OSU's #1.
2) Other news - roy is up for the hall of fame (isn't it weird how coaches get in before they retire? i guess its only fair b/c if you waited until after they retired it might be too late), the bengals franchise tagged DE justin smith, along with Bears - LB Lance Briggs and Pats CB Asante Samuel (smart moves). Keith Foulke retired, Jason Whitlock wants LJ traded, great KenPom blog about Coach K, and FO got around to reviewing the Panthers
From Saturday's Observer & Herald-Sun:
Ty Lawson
Inside ACC
Carolinas BBall
Winthrop
NBA Rookie/Soph Game
And-1) see the weekend preview below:
SCHEDULE
UNC @ State (ladies) 2/16
UNC @ BC 2/17 (uh-oh?)
College Weekend Preview
BracketBusters
Saturday
FSU @ UVA (go 'Noles)
UNC @ BC
Indiana @ UMich (indiana needs to bounce back strong)
T A&M @ OU (i think i can hear the choking from here)
UConn @ 'Cuse (back end of the bubble-icious)
G'Town @ 'Nova (nova's quickness/technique on defense seems to be neutralizing G'Town's O)
L'Ville @ Marquette (louisville looks to move into the "should be in" category after the pitt win)
Memphis @ Gonzaga (poor memphis, can't schedule a winner to save their life)
UCLA @ 'Zona
Florida @ Vandy (if the gators win, look for a 16-0 SEC run)
UK @ 'Bama
GT @ Duke (the jackets don't have a prayer)
Maryland @ Clemson (as the 5-6 ACC teams continue to beat up on each other)
comments added
BBusters round 1: Winthrop shocks Mizzou St., go BIG SOUTH, show the valley where its at
1) College BBall Update - duke beat bc: looks like missing sean williams finally caught up with them i guess all it takes is a post presence and the eagles look a lot weaker that and Nelson's assumingly crushing defense on Jar-red Dud-ley, purdue upset indiana (big help to their tourney cv, the rest of their schedule is easy so this may have paved the way), 'zona flashed-back to 2 weeks ago losing to USC: the pac-10 is obviously giving itself handouts again, making sure they all get in, and a couple of Overrated U's (OSU and OU) got scared/beaten (by penn st/cal respectively) you know, I wouldn't mind UNC being a 2 seed to OSU's #1.
2) Other news - roy is up for the hall of fame (isn't it weird how coaches get in before they retire? i guess its only fair b/c if you waited until after they retired it might be too late), the bengals franchise tagged DE justin smith, along with Bears - LB Lance Briggs and Pats CB Asante Samuel (smart moves). Keith Foulke retired, Jason Whitlock wants LJ traded, great KenPom blog about Coach K, and FO got around to reviewing the Panthers
From Saturday's Observer & Herald-Sun:
Ty Lawson
Inside ACC
Carolinas BBall
Winthrop
NBA Rookie/Soph Game
And-1) see the weekend preview below:
SCHEDULE
UNC @ State (ladies) 2/16
UNC @ BC 2/17 (uh-oh?)
College Weekend Preview
BracketBusters
Saturday
FSU @ UVA (go 'Noles)
UNC @ BC
Indiana @ UMich (indiana needs to bounce back strong)
T A&M @ OU (i think i can hear the choking from here)
UConn @ 'Cuse (back end of the bubble-icious)
G'Town @ 'Nova (nova's quickness/technique on defense seems to be neutralizing G'Town's O)
L'Ville @ Marquette (louisville looks to move into the "should be in" category after the pitt win)
Memphis @ Gonzaga (poor memphis, can't schedule a winner to save their life)
UCLA @ 'Zona
Florida @ Vandy (if the gators win, look for a 16-0 SEC run)
UK @ 'Bama
GT @ Duke (the jackets don't have a prayer)
Maryland @ Clemson (as the 5-6 ACC teams continue to beat up on each other)
comments added
BBusters round 1: Winthrop shocks Mizzou St., go BIG SOUTH, show the valley where its at
Thursday, February 15
Byron loves these posts
Top ACC players, according to ORtg (using 20% poss):
1. Ja-red Dud-ley (clap clap cl-cl-clap), Boston College (It's not even close. He has to be considered for POY at this point, and will almost certainly get ACC POY.)
2. K.C. Rivers, Clemson (still coming off the bench? Ryan?)
3. Zabian Dowdell, Virginia Tech
4. Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
5. Ben McCauley, North Carolina State
Any qualms with this as a first-team All-ACC list? Rivers probably won't make it because he (I think) still comes off the bench, which would get Brandan Wright a look at #6.
Edit: Oh wait, Sean Singletary has to be on first team All-ACC. He probably takes Dowdell's or Wright's spot. Also, Al Thornton is the only other player worth mentioning in this team too. So it seems there are eight players vying for five spots: Dudley, Rivers, Dowdell, Hansbrough, McCauley, Wright, Singletary, and Thornton. The final list will probably consist of Dudley, Hansbrough, Singletary, and Thornton, with either Dowdell or McCauley picking up the #5 spot.
1. Ja-red Dud-ley (clap clap cl-cl-clap), Boston College (It's not even close. He has to be considered for POY at this point, and will almost certainly get ACC POY.)
2. K.C. Rivers, Clemson (still coming off the bench? Ryan?)
3. Zabian Dowdell, Virginia Tech
4. Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
5. Ben McCauley, North Carolina State
Any qualms with this as a first-team All-ACC list? Rivers probably won't make it because he (I think) still comes off the bench, which would get Brandan Wright a look at #6.
Edit: Oh wait, Sean Singletary has to be on first team All-ACC. He probably takes Dowdell's or Wright's spot. Also, Al Thornton is the only other player worth mentioning in this team too. So it seems there are eight players vying for five spots: Dudley, Rivers, Dowdell, Hansbrough, McCauley, Wright, Singletary, and Thornton. The final list will probably consist of Dudley, Hansbrough, Singletary, and Thornton, with either Dowdell or McCauley picking up the #5 spot.
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