Thursday, March 03, 2005

Hoops Notes

JACKETS FALL TO WAKE RALLY


TECH FADES IN 2ND HALF


WAKE HOLDS OFF TECH


JACKETS ON TOURNAMENT ROPES


WAKE BEATS TECH


VYTAS COMES THROUGH FOR WF


VYTAS CAN COME HOME


WAKE INCREDIBLY EFFICIENT OFFENSIVELY


WAKE PERFECT AT HOME


WAKE 98 GT 91


RPI UPDATE
The Jackets move up to #38, even with the loss.


TOURNEY TEAMS SHOULD CONSIDER THEMSELVES LUCKY
A Gregg Doyel piece at Sportsline.com


ACC TEAMS FIGHT FOR BIDS
Women's hoops this time........ Also, GT got a player on the lady all-rookie ACC team.


SPORTS ON TV THIS WEEKEND


COACH HEWITT'S FORMER BOSS

Macarchuk's effect on the coaching profession has been deep and long lasting. Over 30 of his former assistants have gone on to distinguished coaching careers including Miami Heat head coach Stan Van Gundy and Georgia Tech's Paul Hewitt.


RPI CHANGES GIVE BOOST TO MONARCHS


NCAA HOPEFULS COPE WITH STARS OUT
From the USAToday.


BOBBY CREMINS TALKS MID-MAJORS
Quote:

Bobby Cremins has gone back and forth between the two leagues. He first played in the ACC at South Carolina, then coached in the SoCon at Appalachian State. He returned to the ACC as the coach at Georgia Tech. Now he visits both leagues as a color commentator for regional telecasts.


“A lot of people term it a midlevel conference,” Cremins says of the SoCon. “No question about it, the Southern Conference is mid-Division I basketball. But it’s an exciting brand of basketball. ... It’s really an exciting conference. It’s a fun conference.”

“You find kids who wanted to play in the SEC and ACC, but just weren’t recruited by those schools,” Cremins says. “Then they come into the Southern Conference and they really develop. Recruiting is different in this league. They’ve got to find sleepers.”


“Everybody asks me all the time, what is the difference between the Southern Conference and the ACC?” Cremins says. “The pressure can’t be the same, can it? Well, yes, it can. A lot of coaches in the Southern Conference are fighting for their jobs and trying to hold on to their jobs. There is a lot of pressure.”