http://www.davesez.com/ ACC sports and more en-us daveirwin1@yahoo.com 2007-08-20T13:44:51-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001336.php 1336@http://www.davesez.com/ 2007-08-20T13:44:51-05:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001335.php 1335@http://www.davesez.com/ 2007-07-31T15:47:31-05:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001334.php 1334@http://www.davesez.com/ 2007-07-29T23:54:03-05:00 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/001331.php 1331@http://www.davesez.com/ 2007-07-22T22:46:38-05:00 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/001328.php I don't have much experience watching and evaluating high school football talent, but this highlight reel of Georgia Tech running back recruit Jonathon Dwyer is pretty damn impressive. I don't know, maybe all D-1 RB recruits look like that against... 1328@http://www.davesez.com/ 2007-05-14T13:59:33-05:00 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/001326.php Mike Krzyzewski takes a lot of grief from fans and media, much of it deserved, for being a bit of a pain in the ass. He can be arrogant, gruff and condescending - all common traits among the super-driven, but... 1326@http://www.davesez.com/ 2007-05-11T11:42:53-05:00 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/001322.php The New York Times published an article yesterday about a recent study on the racial makeup of referees and their calls in NBA games. The study (you can read it here), done by two Ivy League economists, looked at data... 1322@http://www.davesez.com/ 2007-05-03T15:50:23-05:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001321.php USA Today put out a list the other day of the top 100 high school basketball players in the class of 2007. The first thing any ACC fan should notice with this list is the dearth of elite players headed... 1321@http://www.davesez.com/ 2007-05-03T09:47:10-05:00 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/001318.php The guys (guy?) over at the Georgia Tech Sports Blog have an interesting post about the joy of watching Steve Nash play and remembering when he faced off against Stephon Marbury in college. The comments on that game 12 years... 1318@http://www.davesez.com/ 2007-04-26T15:41:14-05:00 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/001315.php David Glenn has a blog entry up today talking a bit about the ACC and the NFL Draft (What, you thought this post was going to be about Brandan Wright?). It's a pretty vanilla entry by Glenn's lofty standards, but... 1315@http://www.davesez.com/ 2007-04-23T17:07:09-05:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001314.php Wanna know how a #1 NFL draft pick (deserved or not) rolls? In a burnt orange Lamborghini at about 130 mph on I-40 here in Raleigh, that's how. Evidently Super Mario doesn't follow the news much and hasn't heard about... 1314@http://www.davesez.com/ 2007-04-19T09:55:56-05:00 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 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001310.php I'm sure you've seen the story by now. A gunman went crazy at Virginia Tech today and killed over 30 people, including himself. It's just mind boggling. It's hard to understand how one person could do so much damage. From... 1310@http://www.davesez.com/ 2007-04-16T15:13:30-05:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001309.php You probably saw it in the news yesterday, legendary Grambling football coach Eddie Robinson passed away at the age of 88. Robinson is famous for being a great football coach and great leader of young men, particularly the predominantly poor,... 1309@http://www.davesez.com/ General 2007-04-05T15:10:18-05:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001308.php As soon as a season ends, the first thing most fans do is wonder about the next season. Will my team be better or worse? Is anyone going to leave early? What will I do without Jason Cain's mustache? Thankfully,... 1308@http://www.davesez.com/ General 2007-04-05T14:08:46-05:00 http://www.davesez.com/archives/001307.php I'm going to be on Grant Thompson's Internet Radio show again today at 2:35. In previous appearances, I talked about the ACC and it was going to do/was doing in the NCAA Tournament. Well, now that that's all over and... 1307@http://www.davesez.com/ General 2007-04-04T14:10:22-05:00