By: Michael Protos in: Columns
22 Feb 2010In the second bracket projection of this season, the Bracket Breakdown punishes some Wildcats while rewarding others. And Charlotte doesn’t look like one of the 65 teams worthy of a bid to the NCAA Tournament — as of Feb. 22.
By: Michael Protos in: Columns
2 Feb 2010Have you read this script before? One ACC team celebrates NCAA Tournament success, but several other highly seeded teams bemoan early exits.
There was no question entering this season that Wake Forest has talent, a good deal of it in fact. A recruiting class as heralded as theirs, added to a nice young core that featured sophomores James Johnson and Jeff Teague, takes care of that. What wasn’t known was how quickly this group might bring the Demon Deacons back to being contenders in the ACC. We’ve already got our answer: very quickly. As in, right now.
As we begin to enter the grinding two months of conference play, the ACC appears to be one of the top conferences in the country. The conference has two undefeated teams remaining – and neither one is named Duke or North Carolina.

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