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Armando Bacot just gave the quote of the night when asked about his injury.
“I thought 100 percent I was out for the rest of the game … and then something hit me like ‘I’m in the greatest college basketball game of all time.’ So I just had to thug it out.”
There’s no sports team my dad loves more than the Orioles.
While he fights COVID in a Raleigh ICU, he just watched John Means toss the O’s first no-hitter since 1969.
He just sent me this and now I’m an emotional wreck.
Harrison Ingram on facing Blake Hinson: “I took that matchup personally. They put him on the first team (All-ACC). They put me third team. I think I’m better than him, personally.”
“I got hit with a gum ball. Who has a gum ball?”
Harrison Ingram recounted walking over to the Cameron Crazies after Duke beat UNC.
He added, “We were talking crazy. It was fun.”
Zion Williamson on Scottie Pippen's comments: "I can't just stop playing. I'd be letting my teammates down, I'd be letting Coach K down, I'd be letting a lot of people down. If I wanted to sit out, I wouldn't have went to college. I came to Duke to play."
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*Clemson struggles with a Top 15 team*
National media: Clemson is overrated
*Ole Miss struggles with an unranked LSU*
National media: Hey, maybe the Tigers are pretty good.
Do you now see the difference in how these leagues are covered?
At ACC media day, Josh Pastner told us one of the reasons John Calipari didn’t take the N.C. State job in 2006 was “because he didn’t feel right about the pizza place” he visited during his interview.
“Next time you see Cal, ask him about it,” Pastner said.
So, today, I did.
“I’ll miss it a little bit, but I’m glad to go out with a W.”
Here’s Armando Bacot on his final trip to Cameron Indoor Stadium.
And, yes, he noticed Coach K sitting on the baseline.
“I’m still blacked out right now. I don’t even know what’s going on.”
After his 21-point, 13-rebound outing, Harrison Ingram said he watched the Georgia Tech game five times and is excited to hit Franklin Street later.
Hubert was just asked what it meant to him personally to make the Final Four in his first season as UNC’s head coach.
“It really isn’t about me at all. I’ve been to a Final Four as a player and a coach … It’s not my time, it’s their time.”
Seth Trimble says a lot of his UNC teammates “had motives” to beat Pitt.
“Historically, they’ve bullied us … I had a motive. (Ish) Leggett was named Sixth Man (of the year). I thought otherwise.”
About a month ago,
@JoelBerryII
shared a story about Michael Jordan visiting with the Tar Heels in the locker room after the 2016 Villanova loss.
So I asked Roy Williams about it today. His story didn’t disappoint.
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This is the greatest run in the history of the ACC Tournament.
It’s almost impossible to overstate how significant this win is for the N.C. State basketball program.
College hoops Twitter when a highly-ranked ACC team plays a close game with an unranked squad: “LOL the ACC is overrated. This is bad basketball.”
But when the same thing happens in the Big 12 nightcap: “Wow! There’s never an off night in the Big 12 conference. What a league!”
N.C. State (14) being ranked higher than Wake Forest (15) speaks to how flawed the AP poll system is.
They each lost to a common opponent, except Wake took Clemson to 2OT rather than losing by double digits.
The big difference: Wake’s win at FSU is better than any State win.
Back in 2007, VT suffered one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history.
ECU was its first home game and gifted VT $100,000, which led to Hokie fans chanting "Thank you Pirates" when the check was presented at the game.
Now ECU is in need of help and VT seems disinterested.
“Coach Smith, Coach Guthride, Coach Doherty and Coach Williams wore a coat and tie. That’s Carolina basketball.”
Here’s Hubert Davis on why he’s chosen to bring the blazer back on the UNC sideline.
There is no anti-ACC bias, I just present the truth.
Here are the facts:
The ACC has performed exceptionally well in the last three NCAA Tournaments, but the ACC has also had only 1/3 of its teams in the last three NCAA Tournaments.
“It’s really important to me for Armando to finish his career the right way.”
Hubert Davis spoke about a meeting he had with Armando Bacot this week leading up to UNC’s game against Duke.
Nobody did this to Bama after it…
1. Almost lost to Texas’ backup QB (scoring 20 points)
2. Almost lost to A&M (also with a backup)
3. Actually lost allowing 52 in regulation to Tennessee?
Yet when Clemson struggles against a Top 15 team — but still wins — we get the nonsense.
Does anyone think
@ClemsonFB
could actually win either division in the SEC or the B1G East? Do you think they could finish better than 3rd in the SEC East or B1G East?
I don't either!
Mack Brown: “The crowd is what it is. Rather than talk bad about our crowd, I’ll just applaud West Virginia for their crowd. They had a great crowd. It was impressive.”
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If only there was evidence of an ACC team DESTROYING said unranked Big 12 team involved in said close game to further strengthen your point
“I think, personally, that — even if Notre Dame loses — we should go to Duke.”
Lee Corso is pushing for College Game Day to make its first-ever trip to Durham next week.
The ACC is in basketball what the SEC has become in football.
They might not win it every year, but they’ve won (at lot) more than everybody else.
And even when they aren’t breathing fire — up to their standard — the last 2 years, they still send three teams to the Final Four.
Jeremy Roach said he knew that UNC would miscommunicate on that final basket.
He was asked how he knew that and responded, “They weren’t talking (defensively) all night.”
My dad tested positive for COVID last week. I learned today he was admitted to the hospital with low oxygen levels.
I’ve chosen to share this because it’s a reminder that while things are opening up, COVID is still around and should be taken seriously.
Keep us in your prayers.
Drake Maye just walked into the Smith Center — wearing a black Luke Maye UNC jersey — with Sam Howell.
There’s a chance those two will be teammates again in a few months.
Harrison Ingram’s 19 rebounds are the most ever for a UNC player against N.C. State.
“If you want to, you can tease him,” Hubert Davis said. “He could’ve had a double-double but he missed two free throws and gave everybody a free chicken sandwich.”
Armando Bacot’s career ends with 19 points and 12 rebounds.
It is the 87th — and final — double-double of his five-year career, tying him with Tim Duncan for the most in NCAA history.
Steve Kirschner: “More players will be available outside our locker room, but it’ll have to be quick.”
Hubert, stepping away from the podium: “Yeah, make it quick. We’ve got to get to Franklin Street.”
Tez Walker says 11 or 12 family members were in attendance for his UNC debut today.
His grandmother, who had never seen him play collegiately, was among that group.
Mack Brown ran across the field towards the App State tunnel to find Dashaun Davis and Christian Horn after the game.
He spent a full minute with them.
“That’s just who I am. I can’t control it.”
Cormac Ryan on shushing — and having some words for — the Cameron Crazies throughout his 31-point performance against Duke.
Georgia Tech coach Damon Stoudamire recounted being Hubert Davis’ teammate in the NBA.
“The one thing about him that you don’t see a lot in the NBA … was that on the bus — on the way to the game — he’d be reading his bible. He’s a great man.”
UNC is at Georgia Tech tomorrow.
Sidney Lowe says he hasn’t pulled out the red blazer since his final ACC Tournament as N.C. State’s coach.
He adds, “It’s a great feeling to come back and feel that love.”
Drake Maye says he hasn’t received offers from other schools to transfer and when asked if he’ll return to UNC, he said “That’s the plan.”
He added, “I’m a Carolina kid … and playing at Carolina is a dream to me.”
It seems like Coach K pressers only draw attention when there’s some sort of phony outrage.
So I thought it’d be nice to mix it up with this really touching moment from last night.
LOL at UNC still not being ranked.
They’ve won four in a row, their only loss in a month was at the No. 6 ranked team and they really don’t have a bad loss on their resume.
Last year, the SEC received eight bids and advanced zero to the Elite 8.
This year, the SEC got eight again and is off to a 1-5 start. No more than three will advance past Round 1.
Meanwhile, the ACC — with 5 bids — has already advanced three and Duke should soon make it four.
Among NFL owners, David Tepper has been a leader on subjects of race.
- He signed Eric Reid.
- He was the first owner to distance himself from CPI over the weekend.
- Here he was in 2018 when asked on TV about kneeling players:
*Oklahoma loses to TCU and UCF upsets Kansas*
College basketball Twitter: “Wow, there’s never an easy night in the Big 12.”
*Miami loses to Louisville and Clemson by double digits at Virginia Tech*
CBKB Twitter: “LOL the ACC is awful.”
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The SEC and Big Ten combined to get a quarter of the bids (16!) this year, yet neither league will send a team to the Elite 8.
This is embarrassing for the selection committee, which needs fewer metrics and more common sense.
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Here is Gary Hahn’s call of Michael O’Connell’s tying three.
Hahn is retiring at the end of the season.
Tomorrow he could call his first N.C. State championship in over 30 years as the voice of the Pack.
Statements like this capture why we’ve seen a distaste for national coverage in college sports and more of an appetite for local content.
Hubert completely transformed the roster — with bold, thoughtful transfers and a tough call on Caleb Love — to earn a No. 1 seed and ACC COY.
Armando Bacot called himself a “3 and D guy” after finishing on the ACC’s all-defensive team and hitting two triples in a game.
After two big blocks tonight, Seth Trimble says he’s a rim protector now.
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I asked SFA coach Kyle Keller what it meant to snap Duke’s 150-game winning streak at Cameron.
He took the opportunity to make a case for two NCAA Tourney bids for the Southland Conference.
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This was a cool moment down on the field.
British Brooks squatted down and was overcome with emotion after returning from injury to play tonight.
Mack Brown came over to give him a hug.