Atlantic Coast

Columns

1. Ex-BC star Raji dancing his way into national spotlight with Packers

   Columns

   02/01/2011

   … the cusp of Super Bowl glory for Raji. He sat out the 2007 season because of academic issues, but was a first-team All- Atlantic Coast Conference selection for BC in 2008, when he became the first Boston College defensive tackle to lead his team in sacks …
2. Bowl me over: Why one man cannot embrace college football

   Columns

   11/17/2010

   … Murphy and Dan Wetzel advocates for an NCAA Division 1 playoff system, but it ..... goes without saying. Consider that the NCAA has set up a system where it makes millions ..... anyone outside the bursars' offices of the ACC schools care about that? And ..... brained concoction? Not a soul. But for NCAA Division 1 football, somehow that’s the perfect …
3. Future spree: On a hectic day, Sox spend heavily on draftees

   Columns

   08/17/2010

   … year-old left-hander led the Hurricanes and ranked among Atlantic Coast Conference leaders in ERA (1st), wins (2nd) and strikeouts ..... nine innings and walking just 2.6 hitters per nine in the ACC . He features a solid low- to mid-90s fastball, and secondary …
4. Donahue a nice hire, but Pearl was the one BC needed

   Columns

   04/08/2010

   … beginning of the first real dynasty in NCAA men's hoops since the days of John Wooden ..... where he had an 86-38 record, two NCAA appearances and a Sweet 16 berth (complete ..... No reason to think Boston College -- an ACC school, after all -- would be any different ..... to his name. As in, "Can he recruit ACC players?" or "Can he deal with the academic …
5. Plenty of questions remain following Selection Sunday

   Columns

   03/15/2010

   … Maryland was the co-champ of the ACC in the regular season and Georgetown is a ..... CBS has a $6 billion contract with the NCAA , and I'm sure CBS wouldn't want Duke ..... or UConn . You really think CBS and the NCAA made a secret deal to give Duke an easy ..... Virginia Tech played nobody in its pre- ACC schedule. I guess if I had to take one …

Blogs

1. Panthers draft BC's Luke Kuechly

   Blog

   04/26/2012

   … season play. He still almost broke the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) single ..... 9 per game. Kuechly broke the BC and ACC career tackle records with 532 tackles ..... Stephen Boyd and only 13 tackles short of the NCAA FBS record held by Tim McGarigle. He also broke the BC and ACC single-season tackle records, records …
2. Gabe Moton explains decision to leave BC

   Blog

   04/20/2012

   … series with UMass. The teams had played since 1995. “Their coaches indicated that because of the expanded 18-game [ Atlantic Coast Conference] schedule, they couldn’t continue the series,” UMass athletic director John McCutcheon told The Boston Globe …
3. Alex Oriakhi granted release from UConn, rumored to be considering ACC , SEC schools

   Blog

   03/28/2012

   … Massachusetts native is considering North Carolina, Missouri and Kentucky, with Duke also expressing an interest. If UConn’s 2013 NCAA tournament ban is upheld due to its poor academic progress rating, Oriakhi could be allowed to play immediately for his new …
4. Austin Rivers confirms he'll enter NBA draft

   Blog

   03/27/2012

   … averaged a team-high 15.5 points this season and was a first-team All- ACC pick and the ACC Rookie of the Year. He scored 19 points in the Blue Devils' NCAA tournament loss to Lehigh. "Coach K and the rest of the staff really helped …
5. Should the Celtics draft Austin Rivers?

   Blog

   03/23/2012

   … Rivers’s total number of pick and rolls and isolations used this season (356 over 34 games) ranks in the top-5 in the NCAA . Perhaps the only player on Duke’s roster dynamic enough to consistently distort defenses with his dribble penetration and ..... score, and I think that would be great for us.” Doc Rivers has clearly enjoyed watching his son play, often rushing to ACC games during off-days in the Celtics’ schedule. It would be a fascinating story, no doubt, and as coach Rivers said …