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Eagles prepare to soar in new league
By John Taddei | November 10, 2005After leaving the Big East, Boston College is hardly coming into the ACC under the radar.
After leaving the Big East, Boston College is hardly coming into the ACC under the radar.
What a difference a year can make.
Ilian Evtimov came to N.C. State as part of a 2001 freshman class that earned berths in four straight NCAA Tournaments and vaulted the Wolfpack into one of the ACC's perennial contenders.
In 2004, Leonard Hamilton brought in the nation's 11th-best recruiting class to play alongside the nation's top-ranked sophomore class.
It was definitely not supposed to be this way for John Gilchrist. As a sophomore two years ago, the point guard dominated an ACC Tournament which the Terrapins eventually won.
When Amanda Blumenherst was just 12 years old, an age when most people were still struggling with their multiplication tables, she teed off in her first national golf tournament.
Last season, the Blue Devils were hampered by a lack of depth.
Making the adjustment from high school basketball to the ACC is difficult. It is even harder trying to adapt as a shooting guard with an injured shooting hand.
Following last season's appearance in the College Cup and the addition of a top recruiting class, the men's soccer team had high hopes of dominating the ACC this season.
Many coaches and athletes hate to classify losses to superior squads as moral victories.
At the end of a season, basketball coaches often tell their squads that while teams are made during the season, players are made during the off-season.
For the second consecutive season, Duke will be forced to travel away from Williams Field for the start of the NCAA Tournament.
As the bracket suddenly flashed on the screen revealing Duke as a No. 3 seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament, the women's soccer team didn't quite know how to respond.
No one has ever doubted Mike Krzyzewski's ability as a college coach.
When the Blue Devils swimming and diving team set a collective goal to win an ACC dual meet at the beginning of the season, it was a goal a long time in the making-the men's team had not won a...
After losing the Carlyle Cup to the Tar Heels last year, 15-11, Duke is on pace to bring it back up Tobacco Road. One third of the way through the athletic year, the Blue Devils are ahead 4.5-1.5.
This basketball season has begun like a fairy tale. J.J.
With just over 30 minutes left to play in No.
The men's cross country team's second-tier runners swept Claflin Saturday to win the Wolfpack Invitational at the SAS Soccer Park in Cary, N.C.
CLEMSON, S.C. - No one saw this one coming.