Archive for July, 2009

The top ACC defensive players countdown

Determining the order for my top 15 defensive players in the ACC took much more deliberation than picking the offensive players.
As has been par for the conference course in recent years, the league appears loaded with high-end defensive players (while, again, experiencing a shortfall of offensive star power).
And that’s even without two guys who’d be [...]

Counting down the top ACC offensive players

The SEC is holding its annual media days kickoff this week in Hoover, Ala., and it’s a spectacle unlike any other. Swarms of TV cameramen wait at the escalator between floors to get their money shot of their team’s coach stepping on and heading to an assigned conference room for media interviews. I’m told about [...]

Dabo’s media golf kickoff, from tee to green

SUNSET – Instead of playing a full round at his own golf tournament Tuesday, Dabo Swinney elected to plant himself at two different holes during the course of the event so he could spend time with each grouping.
At one point, while my foursome was on the 16th green at The Reserve at Lake Keowee, Swinney [...]

Spiller gets wall-to-wall coverage

Preseason Heisman Trophy campaigns might be slightly more meaningful than … well, the lists of preseason position rankings and predictions for ACC finish that are being churned out (and will continue to be here as well, over the course of the next week or so). But not by much.
Every player is technically a candidate and [...]

The Bowden resignation/dismissal: You decide

FLORENCE, Ala. — Terry Bowden stood at the front of the stage set up on the floor in North Alabama’s basketball gym Tuesday morning, introducing family members to the crowd of about 500 high school and college students on hand for a motivational speech regarding what it takes to be a champion.
After mentioning that their [...]

Rivers hoping what happens in Vegas extends elsewhere

Only two of the 21 NBA organizations fielding teams in this week’s summer league had not released their rosters before Tuesday, so I was beginning to wonder whether Clemson guard K.C. Rivers was going to get the squeeze.
That curiosity was premature — Rivers is slated to potentially play for the Dallas Mavericks, beginning with Friday’s [...]

Bobo goes under the knife, and other hoops ramblings

A brief note passed along by Clemson hoops SID Philip Sikes …
Sophomore center Catalin Baciu, otherwise known as “Bobo,” had arthroscopic surgery June 22 on his right shoulder.
The surgery/injury aren’t expected to hinder Baciu into next season; he’s merely expected to be limited for 2-3 weeks as he recovers.
In other hoops news or non-news … [...]