Carolina-Duke Week Take One

Tonight in Chapel Hill Duke and Carolina got together to play basketball. It was for the lead in the ACC basketball race. Playing in front of the home folks Carolina pulled away for a 75-60 victory in Women's basketball

Wednesday night the Guys play in Durham. Neither team at this point is playing as they are the odds on favorite to win the national championship but there is still a month to go before the end of the regular season. The winner Wednesday just might get started on the roll.

Carolina has so many injuries their bench is depleted. Duke has shown since conference play has started the way to beat them is go inside. Duke is 14-0 at home this year which I think that is some of their problem. Not enough road games.

I think Carolina will win in a close game. If Duke makes their three pointers all night that might sway the game to their side.

Florida State to me has just as good of talent as any team in the ACC. They could be a team when the NCAA tournament starts to lose in the first game or make it all the way to the final four.

The other big four game of the week Wake visits the Wolfpack and I just don't see State handling Jeff Teague. If Teague shows up to play the rest of his teammates will follow him. When he hasn't shown up no one else has either. I think the Deacs win by double digits.

Tuesday night is the last home game of the regular season for the Gryphons of Rocky Mount High School. The lady's will get at least one playoff game at home if not more while the boys should have to travel through out the playoffs.

The girls Are still trying to go undefeated in conference play while the boys want to finish above 500 in conference. The only way either team can accomplish their goals is to win both games this week.

The boys have a tougher road in order to do that as they play Fike and Nash Central this week. Both are ahead of the Gryphons in the standings. The girls how ever have beaten both Fike and Central the first time through the conference rotation.

Finally, as a Wolfpack fan I have learned over the last couple of years not to get my hopes up until there is ten seconds to play and a ten point lead. Yesterday's 18 point give-a-way is another example of being on the edge of my seat but there was no cheering as I waited for the bottom to fall out.

In the end a simple foul shot cost the Wolfpack the game in regulation. My only beef with the coach is when you don't have any body who can handle the ball why do you try to run the clock out by holding on to the ball. That played right in to Va Tech's hands!