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ACC Weekly Five: 09.04.12 Edition

KCarpenter — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:55:39 +0000

Durham Herald-Sun: In some sad news, Duke basketball legend Art Heyman died this past week at the age of 71. An all-time ACC great, Heyman led Duke to its first Final Four and, in that same season, was the national player of the year along with many other honors. His infamous brawl with North Carolina’s Larry Brown may have been the climactic spark that really ignited the best rivalry in basketball. Tallahassee Democrat: Michael Snaer‘s swagger seems to have gained a few endorsements as the Blue Ribbon Yearbook named the senior as a first team preseason all-American. The Florida State guard’s [...]

Morning Five: 08.29.12 Edition

rtmsf — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:31:16 +0000

North Carolina’s title hopes were quite clearly derailed last season when point guard Kendall Marshall broke his wrist on a drive during the Heels’ Round of 32 game against Creighton. Not many people remember, though, that Marshall’s injury was actually the second devastating injury among UNC guards last year. Shooting guard (and, most importantly, the backup point to Marshall) Dexter Strickland went down with an ACL injury in a mid-January game against Virginia Tech, leaving Roy Williams’ team particularly vulnerable when its All-American lead guard suffered another season-ending injury two months later. Enough about the bad memories for Tar Heel [...]

Morning Five: 08.28.12 Edition

nvr1983 — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:31:34 +0000

Long before Coach K, JJ Redick, Christian Laettner, or Johnny Dawkins, Duke basketball was defined by one name only: Art Heyman. One of only 13 Blue Devils to have his number retired and perhaps more influential in creating Duke basketball than any other single player in its illustrious history, the three-time All-American and 1963 NPOY died yesterday at his home in Florida at the age of 71 years old. Prior to Heyman’s arrival on the Durham campus, Duke had been a plucky third fiddle in the Triangle region to the much more powerful programs down the road in Chapel Hill [...]

Morning Five: Christmas Eve Edition

rtmsf — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:34:19 +0000

Great, great news about Texas A&M’s Derrick Roland about his broken leg suffered in A&M’s game at Washington two nights ago. His surgery was successful and he will likely head home today or tomorrow for Christmas, and even better, according to the surgeon, he should be able to play basketball again at some point in the future. Jeff Goodman is one national writer who agrees with our assessment that Texas should be the #1 team in the polls right now. The fact is that they’ve just got a better resume than Kansas at this point in the season AND they’ve looked [...]