Thursday, November 13, 2003

CBS Sportsline reviews the ACC

Here is their take on ACC hoops in the coming year. Like everyone else, they have us picked to finish 7th. They do have BJ Elder on the 1st-team all-ACC.

On the decline: Coach Paul Hewitt seemed to have this program pointed skyward until a series of unexpected events: star-in-the-making Clarence Moore quit the team before last season, star-in the-here-and-now Chris Bosh entered the 2003 NBA Draft as a freshman, and former ACC rookie of the year Ed Nelson transferred after last season. The 6-foot-5 Moore is back, but Bosh and Nelson are gone, and with them went the Jackets' interior game. It's possible nobody in the country has a collection of five perimeter players as good as the above three, plus senior Marvin Lewis and junior Isma'il Muhammad, but can the Jackets rebound and defend against bigger teams -- which means everybody they play?

Here is another take on the ACC, from hoopsville.