http://www.davesez.com/ ACC sports and more en-us daveirwin1@yahoo.com 2007-07-26T18:47:52-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001333.php 1333@http://www.davesez.com/ General 2007-07-26T18:47:52-05:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001332.php 1332@http://www.davesez.com/ General 2007-07-26T15:31:43-05:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001330.php You may have noticed - things have been a bit slow around here. With ACC basketball and football both deep in their offseason, I just haven't been able to work up the energy to put out too many posts. Been... 1330@http://www.davesez.com/ General 2007-05-18T16:24:54-05:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001329.php There's just something about Charles Barkley. He's not the smartest guy in the world, but he's certainly smart. He's not the funniest guy in the world, but he's certainly funny. He's not the best basketball analyst in the world, but... 1329@http://www.davesez.com/ General 2007-05-15T17:36:08-05:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001327.php William Maloney, AKA Eagle In Atlanta, wrote a column last week for his AOL FanHouse site. In it, he ranks the ACC coaches using an objective measure - the coach's winning percentage versus the school's all-time winning percentage. It's hard... 1327@http://www.davesez.com/ General 2007-05-14T11:43:33-05:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001325.php I love ACC basketball. I love statistics. I probably spend an inordinate amount of time gathering, reading and thinking about ACC basketball stats, but I've got nothing on this guy. Michael O'Hara has collected and is publishing a book with... 1325@http://www.davesez.com/ General 2007-05-09T10:03:10-05:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001324.php When the NCAA released its 2007 APR report last week, it generated the usual slate of articles looking at how local schools fared. Those that did well were praised and excuses were generally provided for those who didn't do well.... 1324@http://www.davesez.com/ General 2007-05-07T11:14:10-05:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001323.php The other night, I was playing in a local rec league basketball game. My team was getting drilled by the top team in the league. One of their players showed up for just the second half. He is a short,... 1323@http://www.davesez.com/ General 2007-05-03T17:29:48-05:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001320.php Eagle In Atlanta has an interesting post today about some controversy involving former BC and current NC State coach Tom O'Brien. The story, as detailed in this ESPN.com piece, is that O'Brien promised safety Ryan Glasper that he'd redshirt him... 1320@http://www.davesez.com/ General 2007-05-01T17:20:28-05:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001319.php This is crazy. Almost all college students root for their own school in every sport. In a few cases, you find a kid who sticks to their childhood team despite going to a different school. But an athlete rooting against... 1319@http://www.davesez.com/ General 2007-04-30T15:44:34-05:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001317.php Yesterday I wrote about the NBA draft decisions of Brandan Wright, Sean Singletary and Thaddeus Young. Well, I guess I should have waited a day because as I was typing that up, Javaris Crittenton and James Mays were announcing that... 1317@http://www.davesez.com/ General 2007-04-26T15:10:12-05:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001316.php 'Tis the season. The season when young basketball stars get to decide if they want to go for the gold or stay for a shot at the golden ring. Truthfully, I think most probably aren't really thinking about the ring.... 1316@http://www.davesez.com/ General 2007-04-25T15:03:00-05:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001313.php Have you ever wondered why Florida, south Florida in particular, churns out so many fantastic, blazingly fast football players? ESPN the Magazine thinks they know why. Now, I don't normally seek out ESPN Mag articles, because they tend to be... 1313@http://www.davesez.com/ General 2007-04-18T14:40:30-05:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001312.php There has been a lot of discussion over the past few days about Virginia Tech's response in the early hours of Tuesday's tragedy. Did they take the matter seriously enough? Did they respond quickly and effectively enough? Did they really... 1312@http://www.davesez.com/ General 2007-04-18T10:08:39-05:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001311.php Sports still seem incredibly unimportant today, but this video is still worth posting. Normally, there's absolutely no good reason to watch a regular season MLB game, but this isn't normal. I don't think. A fan tries and fails to catch... 1311@http://www.davesez.com/ General 2007-04-17T15:42:53-05:00