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15 results for "acc tournament"
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Oft-overshadowed Rodgers delivers
Mechelle VoepelA lot of things could have happened to give Georgia Tech its first ACC tournament title. Instead, the pendulum swung just enough to give Maryland its 10th. And while the most celebrated performance of Sunday's title game -- for obvious reasons -...
Blog | March 04, 2012 -
Kim Rodgers comes up big at right time for Maryland Terps
Mechelle VoepelA lot of things could have happened to give Georgia Tech its first ACC tournament title. Instead, the pendulum swung just enough to give Maryland its 10th. And while the most celebrated performance of Sunday's title game -- for obvious reasons -- was...
Blog | Conversation | March 04, 2012 -
Duke first 1-seed to lose before ACC semis
Mechelle VoepelMark Dolejs/US PresswireWake Forest knocked off No. 2 seed Miami in Friday's ACC quarterfinals.Quarterfinal Friday at the ACC tournament was the perfect example of why conference tournaments are terrific. And it was also the perfect example of why th...
Blog | March 03, 2012 -
Upsets wreak havoc for top seeds in ACC tournament
Mechelle VoepelQuarterfinal Friday at the ACC tournament was the perfect example of why conference tournaments are terrific. And it was also the perfect example of why they aren't. It all depends on your point of view, of course. If you were wearing NC State red ...
Blog | Conversation | March 02, 2012 -
Are Miami Hurricanes or Florida State Seminoles closing in on fir...
Mechelle VoepelThe likes of Duke and UNC have long dominated the ACC. But this could be the season when one of the league's Florida schools -- Miami or FSU -- wins the ACC tournament.
Story | Conversation | February 22, 2011 -
Lady Vols, Lady Dogs prepare to meet again
Mechelle VoepelBack in 1996, I was at the ACC tournament. And during a timeout at the end of a not terribly competitive game, one of the officials briefly chatted with us on press row about having just come from the SEC tournament the day before. "I tell you what,"...
Blog | January 20, 2010 -
Tennessee Lady Vols, Georgia Lady Dogs to meet in women's basketb...
Mechelle VoepelBack in 1996, I was at the ACC tournament. And during a timeout at the end of a not terribly competitive game, one of the officials briefly chatted with us on press row about having just come from the SEC tournament the day before. "I tell you what...
Blog | Conversation | January 20, 2010 -
Falcons fit right in with Sweet 16 regulars
Mechelle VoepelCurt Miller called his Bowling Green team the "party crashers" of Greensboro. But don't let the No. 7 seed fool you. No one's really too surprised to see the Falcons in the regional semifinals.
Story | Conversation | March 23, 2007 -
Emotion, Whittington driving forces for NC State
Mechelle VoepelWith a coach battling cancer for the third time, emotion and heart continue to drive NC State. But having Khadijah Whittington on hand doesn't hurt the Wolfpack's chances, either.
Story | Conversation | March 17, 2007 -
No matter how you tell it, Duke's rise a good story
Mechelle VoepelDuke has come a long way from the days when the Blue Devils were the one team everybody in the ACC could beat.
Story | Conversation | October 30, 2002 -
All eyes on ACC's traditional powers
Mechelle VoepelLast year, Georgia Tech came achingly close to being the first team since Clemson in 1999 to break up the Duke/North Carolina/Maryland monopoly on winning the ACC women's basketball tournament. This year, is there anyone outside those three that c...
Blog | March 07, 2013 -
After 20 years, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets return to ACC final
Mechelle VoepelIt's always kind of fun to look at these things from a where-were-they-then perspective. The last time Georgia Tech was in the final of the ACC women's tournament, current Yellow Jackets coach Machelle Joseph was finishing her senior season at Purdue...
Blog | Conversation | March 03, 2012 -
ACC, Big Ten and SEC women's conference tournaments play out acco...
Mechelle VoepelThe ACC, Big Ten and SEC tournament finals didn't provide much drama. But they did give everyone a chance to see three teams who are heading into the NCAA tournament full speed ahead.
Story | Conversation | March 06, 2011 -
UNC looks to end Duke's perfect season Sunday
Mechelle VoepelWith the ACC regular-season title already locked up, school pride and possibly the No. 1 overall seed for the NCAA Tournament are on the line when rivals Duke and North Carolina meet on Sunday.
Story | Conversation | February 23, 2007 -
ACC, as easy as 1-2-3
Mechelle VoepelWith the ACC's Duke, UNC and Maryland advancing to Boston, three teams from the same league reached the Final Four for he first time in NCAA women's Final Four history.
Story | Conversation | March 28, 2006