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I think one of 4 teams could win the ACC tourney.
Duke, ND, State and FSU? I can't see anyone else.
I think one of 4 teams could win the ACC tourney.
Jim Thacker and Billy Packer. Back in the very early days of televised ACC games, first with C.D. Chesley and then Raycom, before Packer went national. When Packer and Thacker showed up to call your games, you knew it was a big deal!
NC State got the big home win over Notre Dame today; the Irish were without Ebo, who was out with a leg injury. The Pack pulled away and led by as many as 16 and withstood a strong 4th-quarter charge by Notre Dame.
FSU with a big, dominant win over Duke, pulling both the Blue Devils and the Fighting Irish back to the pack.
Miami's loss to Wake means that UNC, which beat Clemson today, now owns the #4 slot in the conference standings...with VaTech, Louisville, NC State and Miami all within a game of 4th place.
She's having a really nice season with the Illini. I have no idea how the other transfers are faring.and Genesis Bryant (Illinois) transferred after last season.
She's having a really nice season with the Illini. I have no idea how the other transfers are faring.
I think it's just the way it is now. Almost every program is seeing significant numbers of players leaving after each season (or during as the case may be).

28 days later.......Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a whilethere's the Duke wbb loss that I know well!![]()
Welcome back home (Minnesota), Sophie!!NC State's Jessica Timmons has left the team. I imagine she is heading to the transfer portal. That's the second player we have lost this season, after center Sophie Hart transferred to Minnesota in December.
That's 5 players who have left NC State prior to graduation in the past year, after Elle Sutphin (Davidson), Dontavia Waggoner (Boston College) and Genesis Bryant (Illinois) transferred after last season.
Things that make you go hhhhmmmmmmmmm.............................. Apparently, the Duke/FSU game was played with a men's ball in the 1st half per Duke.....ball was changed at the half, but FSU denies that a men's ball was used at all................................shadyI may also be reading too much into this one incident. But here's why: this same FSU player attempted something similar when we played them, trying to "entrap" Nika in an intentional foul. At least, that's how I saw it. The video from that game seemed pretty clear to me -- a fake head-snap after the two of them were already separated. And in two other games, similar hijinks occurred involving this player, and finally the UVa game, which seemed both the most extreme incident, and one in which the refs reacted in the most extreme way -- and I think got the call exactly backwards. It looks like some sort of escalation, as the profilers on police shows like to say about serial offenders.
Things that make you go hhhhmmmmmmmmm.............................. Apparently, the Duke/FSU game was played with a men's ball in the 1st half per Duke.....ball was changed at the half, but FSU denies that a men's ball was used at all................................shady

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Yikes. Reminds me of the deflategate drama with the Pats. We'll never know the truth. It does make for an interesting storyline if Duke and FSU meet again during the ACC Tournament.They shoul implement Geno’s idea of women using the same ball as the men in college to avoid this happening again. Article says ACC is refusing to consider an appeal of the game because ACC has a rule players confirm it’s the right ball during pregame captain’s meeting.
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Duke's Kara Lawson says men's ball used in 1st half vs. FSU
Duke coach Kara Lawson said the teams played with a men's basketball for the first half of a loss to Florida State on Sunday.www.espn.com

Per this quote from the article, it doesn't sound like FSU was that much better.would she have said this though if they had won? Seems like sour grapes. And if the ball affected them so much, why were the fsu girls really good? Maybe the fsu girls can play with the boys![]()
If you listen, her anger is about the lack of accountability and no one owning the mistake. ACC is denying there was a mistake either for optics or bc someone covered things up, so the investigation found nothing.Per this quote from the article, it doesn't sound like FSU was that much better.
"The Blue Devils were 7-for-34 from the field in the opening 20 minutes of that game. They were 12-for-38 in the second half. Florida State made 10 of its 30 shots in the first two quarters and 14 of 31 in the second half."
I think you're replying to the wrong response. My reply was in reference to this quote below. No idea why this response is being directed at me.If you listen, her anger is about the lack of accountability and no one owning the mistake. ACC is denying there was a mistake either for optics or bc someone covered things up, so the investigation found nothing.
At the end of the day, hopefully, the publicity ensures it doesn't happen again.
would she have said this though if they had won? Seems like sour grapes. And if the ball affected them so much, why were the fsu girls really good? Maybe the fsu girls can play with the boys![]()
You're right! Sorry!I think you're replying to the wrong response. My reply was in reference to this quote below. No idea why this response is being directed at me.
Yikes. Reminds me of the deflategate drama with the Pats. We'll never know the truth. It does make for an interesting storyline if Duke and FSU meet again during the ACC Tournament.
I’ve been trying to find a copy of the ACC’s statement, but can only find references to it in articles.Acc released a statement. Bad look for Lawson.
I’ve been trying to find a copy of the ACC’s statement, but can only find references to it in articles.
Not really. Their statement only claimed no evidence. It didn't say it didn't happen. And they changed a policy to confirm the right equipment is being used going forward.Acc released a statement. Bad look for Lawson.
Not really. Their statement only claimed no evidence. It didn't say it didn't happen. And they changed a policy to confirm the right equipment is being used going forward.