ACC Tournament still the best game around

Late last week, reporters scurried around St. Pete Times Forum trying to sniff out indifference.

The Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament w..
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Making the call on last-minute All-ACC picks

CLEMSON - The deadline for All-Atlantic Coast Conference voting was Sunday at9 p.m.

This observer's ballot was sent at 8:59, and not becaus..
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Unbalanced schedule = misleading records

Clemson - When expansion precipitated the move to an unbalanced schedule in 2004-05, purists in the Atlantic Coast Conference wailed and moaned abo..
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Maryland finally coming into postseason form

CLEMSON - Gary Williams was in a good mood early Sunday evening, joking with reporters as he wrapped up a press conference that followed an 82-66 t..
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ACC teams jockey for postseason bids

CLEMSON - With three weeks left in the regular season, not much is clear for the Atlantic Coast Conference as it tries to squeeze as many teams as ..
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Don't hand the ACC title to UNC - yet

CLEMSON - It might be premature to proceed with engraving North Carolina's name onto the 2007 NCAA Championship trophy. Heck, it might even be a li..
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Rating midseason standouts, disappointments

CLEMSON - At the pseudo halfway point of the Atlantic Coast Conferenceseason, the shape of things is about what most observersexpected back in Octo..
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Maryland's shaky ACC start cause for concern

CLEMSON - Gary Williams bristled Sunday night after a reporter had the audacity to bring up Maryland's 1-4 start in Atlantic Coast Conference play...
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Experience paying off big for Virginia Tech

CLEMSON - It's often said that veteran backcourts are the key to extended NCAA Tournament runs.

The Atlantic Coast Conference schedule is y..
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Rating ACC's top freshmen

CLEMSON - Much of the Atlantic Coast Conference's freshman class might have been a Who's Who of high school basketball last year, but it's still ea..
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Clemson appears Nashville-bound

CLEMSON - Last year's bowl selection process was a certified nightmare for the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Boston College tied with Florida ..
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Defense dominates in ACC

Defense rules again this year in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

A year after nine of the league's 12 teams finished in the nation's top 50 ..
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Rating the offensive coordinators

CLEMSON - Maybe it's the lack of big-time quarterbacks. Maybe it's the abundance of solid defenses.

Whatever the reason, offense as a whole..
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Forecasting the awards

CLEMSON - Intrigue aplenty as the Atlantic Coast Conference heads into the November stretch run.

In the Atlantic Division, five of six team..
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Grobe: Loss 'my fault'

CLEMSON - These days, it's not often that a head coach accepts blame for giving away a game.

Stadium-sized egos, inflated by skyrocketing s..
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Jackets terrorizing QBs

CLEMSON - It's absurdly early to start talking about who'll end up on the All-Atlantic Coast Conference team, but a few players haven't left much d..
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Coker on hottest of ACC's hot seats

CLEMSON - Hard to believe it's been almost three years since an Atlantic Coast Conference football coach has been fired.

It happened way ba..
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Florida schools falter

CLEMSON - Dating to last season, Florida State has lost five of its past eight games. Miami has dropped four of its past six.

Think about t..
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Little love lost for N.C. State coach

CLEMSON - Normally, cheering in press boxes is strictly forbidden.

Apparently there's an exception when North Carolina State loses to Akron..
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Duke looks hopeless

CLEMSON - A few weeks ago, South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier cast a lone and laughable vote for Duke in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll.

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Must appreciate rivalry between Miami-Florida St.

CLEMSON - Given the struggles experienced by Miami and Florida State over the past few years, it's easy to get wrapped up in their newfound mortali..
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Expanded ACC Tournament leaves empty feeling

GREENSBORO, N.C. ? At any other college basketball tournament, empty seats are commonplace and accepted.

But the Atlantic Coast Conference ..
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Inside look at an All-ACC ballot

CLEMSON ? All-Atlantic Coast Conference ballots were due Sunday night, and filling in the blanks this year entailed the typical indecision and hand..
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Only four dance partners from ACC?

CLEMSON ? Get the earplugs ready.

We're going to need them if the Atlantic Coast Conference lands just four teams in the NCAA Tournament, b..
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Demon Deacons struggling mightily

CLEMSON ? As far as Atlantic Coast Conference basketball goes, it hasn't been a good year for the prognosticators.

First, there's North Car..
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Youthful Tar Heels holding their own

CLEMSON ? Roy Williams' third North Carolina team might infuriate him at times with its inconsistency. It might not come close to matching the nati..
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Officials suspended for Duke-FSU call

CLEMSON ? There's a long-held suspicion that teams facing Duke are matched up against two opponents ? the Blue Devils and the referees.

A r..
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Tragedy breeds inspiration for Hokies

CLEMSON ? For many college athletes, overcoming adversity means staying up late cramming for a final or fighting through a sprained ankle.

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Outside influence could help Tar Heels

CLEMSON - With Tyler Hansbrough emerging as one of the Atlantic Coast Conference's most formidable low-post players, North Carolina's fortunes coul..
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Hurricanes serve notice on rest of ACC

CLEMSON ? A few weeks ago, Miami didn't look particularly menacing to the rest of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Hurricanes started jus..
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Inaugural title game a downer

CLEMSON ? This probably wasn't what commissioner John Swofford had in mind when the Atlantic Coast Conference hatched its grand plans to expand. FULL STORY »

Tough task to pick postseason honors

CLEMSON ? All-ACC ballots are due Sunday, and this voter is as conflicted as ever about the selections.

It's hard to recall a time when so ..
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After further review, coaches don't like replay system

CLEMSON - The Atlantic Coast Conference's replay system could be headed for the recycling bin come spring.

Several coaches, including Clems..
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Rating the ACC bowl scenarios

CLEMSON ? With three weeks left in the regular season, five teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference have assured themselves of bowl eligibility.

ACC not as deep as predicted

CLEMSON? In mid-September, it looked as if the middle of the Atlantic Coast Conference pack could help the conference stand above all others in col..
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Va. Tech stands alone atop conference

Is there any question Virginia Tech has established itself as the premier team in the Atlantic Coast Conference?

We'll find out in the next..
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Demon Deacons' record misleading

Wake Forest's fifth-year coach probably finds it hard to avoid sitting back and pondering the possibiliti..
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UVA struggling again

Al Groh could sure use one.

Groh, in..
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Seminoles look set at quarterback

Florida State's Bobby Bowden likes it just fine for now. Starter Drew Weat..
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Amato's seat getting warm

The only thing plummeting faster than the sky in Raleigh is Chuck Amato's popularity.

Amato's appeal is tarnished with every game his North Car..
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ACC fans not up to SEC level

At each of his past two Tuesday press conferences, Clemson football coach Tommy Bowden has taken time to solicit his fans' vocal cords.

Bowden ..
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New-look ACC has seven in rankings

When the Atlantic Coast Conference hatched expansion plans a few years ago, the conference had designs on becoming the nation's premier football po..
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N.C. State, Miami snatch defeat from jaws of victory

If Fl..
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Overall, league not living up to its billing

CLEMSON--Even before last season was complete, followers of ACC basketball looked to this year and saw something special ahead.

S..
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Few clear choices in making All-ACC selections

Care to come up with five names for ..
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Clemson beginning to dream of NIT

After a few weeks spent shying away from postseason talk i..
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March Madness or March sadness?

CLEMSON -- The three-team battle for the ACC regular-season title figures to be intriguing, but the five-team brawl for NCAA Tournament bids co..
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