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Mike’s ACC Tournament Preview

Knowing how crazy life sometimes gets for me, I’m gonna go ahead and knock this sucker out tonight. since I have not adjusted to the time change yet. Be on the lookout for Eric’s later in the week. With Clemson’s nail-biting victory over Virginia Tech at Littlejohn this afternoon and Virginia’s mild upset of Maryland at JPJ on Senior Night for 11 year guard Sean Singletary, the ACC Bracket is set and games tip off on Thursday afternoon in Charlotte, a fitting location considering the stakes at hand this coming weekend.

2008 ACC Tournament Starts Thursday

The 2008 ACC Tournament will take place in Charlotte, starting March 13-16. The games will be held in Bobcats Arena and the bracket has been finalized.

Starting at noon on Thursday, Wake Forest will take on Florida State, followed by Miami against NC State. At 7pm, Georgia Tech will battle Virginia, then Maryland will compete against Boston College. All of the games will be on Raycom, except for the Tech/UVA game, which will be on ESPN2.

2008 ACC Tournament first-round previews

First Round - Thursday

#8 Wake Forest (17-12, 7-9 ACC) vs. #9 Florida State (18-13, 7-9)

Game 1 - Noon, Raycom

Series record: Wake Forest leads 22-15

In ACC Tournament: Wake Forest leads 3-0

Heels, Blue Devils ready for ACC Tournament

 

Defeating rival Duke in an ACC regular-season title game at Cameron Indoor Stadium is something to savor, which North Carolina’s Tar Heels did late Saturday night.

But before leaving their locker room, the Heels were already looking ahead, talking about marching on in March.

ANDERSON’S ROAD FROM PERDITION

Kevin Anderson claims he will be too strong for Kevin McIntyre tonight after putting his body “through hell”.

Anderson lost the British welterweight title to his fellow Scot in a surprise defeat in November, but a two-month stint training under Bob Shannon in Manchester has reignited his desire.

Costner, Hanks could make it a college baseball Hollywood stars night

The rivalry between the UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton baseball teams was intense enough — both made the College World Series in Omaha last season — but some red-carpet escalation could be in the wind.

Fullerton already has its mega-star in actor-fan Kevin Costner, who attended the university and has been a supporter of the baseball team for years. Irvine may now have a counterbalance to match that star power through second baseman Tyler Hoechlin.

Princeton looking to end Virginia’s five-game winning streak

No. 3 Virginia and No. 11 Princeton entered last week’s Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic undefeated, but with questions concerning their respective teams’ play. Following the event, Virginia answered a few of its own in a tightly fought 14-13 overtime win against Syracuse. Princeton, meanwhile, discovered a whole new batch of problems in a tough 14-9 loss to Johns Hopkins.

Baseball Falls on Late Home Runs to UNC-Asheville

CHARLESTON, S.C. - The Wright State baseball team dropped a 2-0 decision to UNC-Asheville in the opening game of the 2008 Citadel Shootout on Saturday afternoon. The Green and Gold out-hit the Bulldogs six-to-four, but were shutout for the first time in 80 games dating back to the 2006 season.

Iowa women: Hawkeyes set record in rout of Michigan

 Iowa was stingy on defense and greedy on the boards in today’s 58-37 victory against Michigan in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Conference women’s basketball tournament.

It was the lowest-scoring game in Big Ten tournament history, and Iowa set a record by allowing only 37 points, two fewer than the previous mark.

3A Girls | No. 1 Ravens slam door on No. 2 Lakes late

Nichole Jackson gets juiced for big games.

And this one was gigantic for the Auburn Riverside High School girls basketball team.

So it was no surprise to see Jackson squeeze in 5 of 8 three-point shots to help lead the top-ranked Ravens to a 64-39 victory over No. 2 Lakes of suburban Tacoma on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Class 3A state girls basketball tournament.

Regional Wrestling Results

Region 1103 — Pat Healy (Jefferson) dec. Pete Smith, 3-1; Jeff Nichols (Wayne Valley) pin. Anthony Capaccio, 5:09; Kevin Antero (Newton) maj. dec. Dave Cholish, 14-0; Billy Hagany (Lenape Valley) pin. Dante Porrazzo, :58.

112 — Jake Capesela (Wayne Valley) dec. Dan Brockerhoff, 4-2; Kevin Churchill (Newton) maj. dec. Arbon Borova, 9-1; Zach Dipini (Wallkill Valley) pin. Brian Wrede, 5:22; Chris Benvenuto (Lenape Valley) pin. Aron Sabino, 5:40.

MCL - MULTIMEDIA CRICKET LEAGUE

Tomorrow MCL final match will be held at HB4, multimedia university . Time 5-30 pm. All are invited to watch the match. Free ticket. this is a very big opportunity..so dont miss that.i will write about the whole tournament after the final match. but now i wanna say that popularity of this tournament is sky high. Final match will be held between CYBER FALCONS n TROJEN HORSES.

Madieu Williams Close to Becoming a Viking

Scout.com has confirmed the Minnesota Vikings have the parameters of a deal with FS Madieu Williams ( Cincinnati Bengals) and he’s going to fly today to Minnesota for a visit, a league source said. So there’s a good chance that a deal gets done with the team.

Former Bengal Williams agrees to sign with Vikings for $33 million

Williams 

An all-night negotiations session with the Minnesota Vikings produced a deal that has made Madieu Williams a formal Bengal and now one of the highest-paid safeties in the NFL.

Sami, Saqlain, Mushtaq among 10 signing for ICL

 Pakistan cricket has received a big jolt with 10 players, including fast bowler Mohammad Sami, reportedly joining the rebel Indian Cricket League. Apart from Sami, spinners Saqlain Mushtaq and Mushtaq Ahmed are among those who have signed their contracts but an announcement will come from the ICL soon.

Bond’s county deal threatened by ICL link

Shane Bond’s contract to play  for English county Hampshire this season has been called into question because of the player’s links with the ‘rebel’ Indian Cricket League (ICL) after officials warned it would be taken into account when assessing his registration.Former New Zealand quick Bond, 32, signed by Hampshire as early-season cover for Shane Warne, and Pakistan’s Rana Naved, due to play for Yorkshire, featured in November’s inaugural ICL.

IPL, ICL find rich harvest in New Zealand

The acronyms IPL and ICL seem to be occurring more often than LBW in New Zealand cricket as a tide of Indian money washes up on these southern shores.

New Zealand cricketers have proved particularly susceptible, or vulnerable, to big-money offers to join the officially-sanctioned Indian Premier League (IPL) or its rival, unsanctioned Indian Cricket League (ICL).

ICC should recognise ICL: Buchanan

 Former Australian coach John Buchanan has advised the International Cricket Council to stand up to the BCCI and recognise its rebel venture Indian Cricket League so that the game and players in all nations benefit from the Twenty20 competitions. Buchanan, who has signed up to coach Kolkata franchise of the Indian Premier League, said it was important to retain the older as well as the young talents, many of whom were also preferring to play in the ICL, another Indian T20 league which is being opposed by the national boards.

IPL — COMMENTS

IPL - A useless idea.
by S.Panicker
The concept of IPL is just a show off. In a country where millions are still under poverty this seems to be a nasty money laundering business. Will these cricketr’s ever spend a single penny to serve those poor. If at all they do they do it for tax savings.