So is anyone going down to Tampa for it? I'll be down in florida getting on and off my cruise ship and IF I hear that we are still playing I will head over to tampa. In fact the ship we might sign up for is out of tampa. I looked at the schedule and if the standings were to stay the way they are right now we would seriously have a good chance at doing something beside just going to it. I think we could do something...other thing is have any of you noticed where it is next year? It's in CHARLOTTE! and during time while we are in school. It is AFTER spring break. I think we will be decent next year as well. Well discuss...

(As Of February 18)
School Conf. Pct. Overall Pct.
North Carolina 9-3 .750 23-4 .852
Virginia 9-3 .750 18-7 .720
Boston College 9-4 .692 18-8 .692
Virginia Tech 8-4 .667 18-8 .692
Duke 7-6 .538 20-7 .741
Maryland 6-6 .500 20-7 .741
Clemson 5-7 .417 19-7 .731
Georgia Tech 5-7 .417 17-9 .654
Florida State 5-8 .385 17-10 .630
NC State 4-8 .333 14-11 .560
Wake Forest 4-9 .308 13-13 .500
Miami 3-9 .250 10-16 .385

Game Matchup Time Coverage
Opening Round: Thursday, March 8
1 #8 vs. #9 12:00 p.m. RLF
2 #5 vs. #12 2:00 p.m. RLF
3 #7 vs. #10 7:00 p.m. ESPN2
4 #6 vs. #11 9:00 p.m. RLF
Quarterfinals: Friday, March 9
5 #1 vs. #8/9 Winner 12:00 p.m. RLF/ESPN2
6 #4 vs. #5/12 Winner 2:00 p.m. RLF/ESPN2
7 #2 vs. #7/10 Winner 7:00 p.m. RLF/ESPN2
8 #3 vs. #6/11 Winner 9:00 p.m. RLF/ESPN2
Semifinals: Saturday, March 10
9 Game 5 & 6 Winners 1:30 p.m. RLF/ESPN
10 Game 7 & 8 Winners 3:30 p.m. RLF/ESPN
Championship: Sunday, March 11
11 Championship Game 1:00 p.m. RLF/ESPN

2/19/2007 1:22:03 AM

Hate to say it... but UNC or Duke will win it all. Unless Sidney's Red Jacket has somethin to do with it.

[Edited on February 19, 2007 at 1:24 AM. Reason : 1983]

2/19/2007 1:23:55 AM

I'll definitely be there, for as long as we are in it.

2/19/2007 1:33:37 AM

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"other thing is have any of you noticed where it is next year? It's in CHARLOTTE!"

You say that as if this has never happened before.

2/19/2007 1:41:56 AM

yeah. it's usually even closer in greensboro.

2/19/2007 1:42:53 AM

2007 - Tampa, Fla.
2008 - Charlotte, N.C.
2009 - Atlanta, Ga.
2010 - Greensboro, N.C.
2011 - Greensboro, N.C.
2012 - Atlanta, Ga.
2013 - Greensboro, N.C.
2014 - Greensboro, N.C.
2015 - Greensboro, N.C.

2/19/2007 1:54:05 AM

it needs to be in grensboro all the time

gary williams can fuck himself

2/19/2007 2:07:54 AM

greensboro is horrible in every way. worst idea ever. have it in nice places.

2/19/2007 2:15:30 AM

Although I have never "toured" Tampa, I am from that region of Florida and I recomend it as one of the top tourists cities/beaches in the country. The people there are generally friendly and laid back, and if you all can plan to have an extra day or two, GO TO SARASOTA!

I remember being there for the tourney two years ago and going to random bars on the harbor to watch the games. The weather will be amazing this time of year, and it should be an absolutely awesome experience regardless if we win anything. Plus, the grouper/snook fishing will hit it its prime for any adventurous enough to give it a shot on the docks (businesses are starting to beef up the security measures, but there are still tons of great spots).

I whish I could be there, have fun!

2/19/2007 2:17:34 AM

i like this, whenever its in greensboro, i got people, and they get me tix

looks like actually going to have work on getting some in char and atl

2/19/2007 2:17:55 AM

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"other thing is have any of you noticed where it is next year? It's in CHARLOTTE!"

durrrrrrrrrrrrr

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"greensboro is horrible in every way. worst idea ever. have it in nice places."

the acc offices are in greensboro, hence it being the traditional host

it should never leave either, i can't get tickets now

2/19/2007 3:42:02 AM

^^^ The tourney was in DC two years ago...are you talking about a different tourney?

Yeah, nothing wrong with Greensboro. If you go to watch the games, particularly on Thursday and Friday, do you really have time to do anything other than watch basketball? Maybe hit up a bar or something one night, but for the most part, a bar is a bar.

2/19/2007 5:10:01 AM

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"The tourney was in DC two years ago...are you talking about a different tourney"

No, I think that was it. The one where Bethel pulled a muscle. I was just in Florida because it was spring break and I went home.

But I would imagine that people going to Tampa for the tourney will prolly get tickets to see it live, so, lol at my post.

2/19/2007 5:27:41 AM

everywhere they pick for the tournament out of NC are horrible

DC wasn't too bad when it was up there, that was pretty nice actually

but tampa's arena is so small that'll will be tough to even get everyone who wants to get a ticket in there

oh and atlanta is horrible, when it was there in.. 1999? (that is probably way off) last time it was there anyway, it was just bad, there were seats in there were people couldn't see that well, or at all.

hopefully they'll change some of that for the final four this year

greensboro is fine..

[Edited on February 19, 2007 at 1:25 PM. Reason : ]

2/19/2007 1:23:11 PM

charlotte and atlanta would be better than greensboro

2/19/2007 1:48:49 PM

I'll be in Tampa for the Tourney.

don't have a ticket, but hopefully either State will pull some upsets and I can get some tickets from leaving fans or I can find some that aren't TOO ridiculously expensive.

2/19/2007 2:01:58 PM

Even though I now live in FL, I say have in NC (Greensboro) just for the sake of tradition.

2/19/2007 2:09:28 PM

I agree gboro isnt much fun, but when it comes to $$ and central location, the ACC will favor gboro. The reason it is in gboro is mainly because it is cheap and the arena is big enough to handle it and it is always available cheaply because the sports teams in gboro blow. Its also the former location of ACC administration.

However, if the bottomline at charlotte, Tampa, and Atlanta is comparable, then I could see them moving away from gboro. We would have to wait a long time though....

2/19/2007 2:12:27 PM

Charlotte will rock. Bobcats arena downtown and all the bars and shit.

Can't wait.

Oh and I second the "fuck Gary Williams" sentiment. It should just return to Greensboro forever.

2/19/2007 2:14:23 PM

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"fuck Gary Williams"

Agreed... did he get sand in his vagina over this? I forgot.

2/19/2007 2:45:48 PM

bunch of haters

just jealous

2/19/2007 2:50:42 PM

definitely not jealous of his sweat glands...

2/19/2007 3:03:24 PM

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"but tampa's arena is so small that'll will be tough to even get everyone who wants to get a ticket in there"

Wait are they holding it in the ice hockey arena that the Lightning play in or the dome that the Devil Rays play in, like the 1999 Final Four?

If they ever hold the tournament in Phillips Arena, the ACC would make a killing off of all the suites in that place. There's like a whole wall of expensive suites on one side of the arena.

2/19/2007 8:13:23 PM

^ where the lightning play



[Edited on February 19, 2007 at 8:21 PM. Reason : yep]

2/19/2007 8:17:24 PM

I love it in Gboro, and while I can understand size complaints for the colliseum, its a great place to see basketball, very intimate

plus back in the day State would stay in the High Point Radison downtown

2/19/2007 8:17:51 PM

Well the St. Pete Times Forum isn't too small; it has a capacity of 20,500 for basketball. The Greensboro Coliseum on the other hand has a capacity of 23,500 for basketball. The Charlotte Bobcats Arena has a college basketball capacity of 20,200.

I miss the days of the old Charlotte Coliseum. That place had a basketball capacity of 24,042.

[Edited on February 19, 2007 at 8:35 PM. Reason : ]

2/19/2007 8:34:16 PM

^i thought it was 18 because of the bar and huge hole.

2/19/2007 8:35:21 PM

hmm, i've just heard that it was small, never really looked

2/19/2007 8:35:34 PM

I don't know, I got those numbers from Wikipedia.

2/19/2007 8:41:15 PM

Charlotte will be fun. 2 and half hour drive from here. While we are actually here in school. Only will have to skip thursday and friday....and charlotte is wild. That weekend will be super wild. Some other schools might even be on their spring break. I love charlotte night life, especially if we are good and we have a lot of our fans there. AND in the same year the 1st and 2nd round is in raleigh...how weird if we could get in there at the region. Just some fun ideas...

2/19/2007 10:29:27 PM

Can students get discounted tickets?

2/19/2007 11:12:14 PM

^ hahahahahaha

students get discounted tickets?!?!?!?!

thanks for the laugh buddy

2/20/2007 10:03:08 AM

i wish i could get off and go to this
i looooove Tampa, its a fun city

2/20/2007 10:15:14 AM

It'll be really hard to make an ACC tournament run with our short-ass bench...which makes what we did during Herb's first year even that more remarkable. That has to be one of the best ACC tournament runs ever...even though we didn't even win the thing.

2/20/2007 10:36:01 AM

^ i think our short bench is an advantage in the ACC Tourney...not many teams are used to having guys play that many minutes in such a short span like ours...

2/20/2007 1:11:30 PM

^god you're dumb, and
^^ the greatest ACC tourney run was in 1983

[Edited on February 20, 2007 at 1:24 PM. Reason : duh]

2/20/2007 1:23:51 PM

what about '74 when we had to beat umd?

2/20/2007 1:34:41 PM

Yeah, Herb's first year wasn't even in the top 3 greatest tournament runs at State. Much less the ACC.

^Ending in the greatest college basketball game ever.

2/20/2007 1:41:10 PM