ACC Hoops Preview

Going to give a quick rundown of the ACC from top to bottom.  Recruits ratings based on ESPN recruit overall grades.  Let me know your thoughts folks: (These are not their rankings I think they will have, teams are in no particular order)   1.  North Carolina Additions:  Henson (98) Strickland (95) McDonald (95) Wear Twins (Both 94) Losses:  Ginyard, Frasor, Green, Tanner, Wooten, Moody, Copeland, Hansbrough, Lawson, Ellington Prediction:  It seems like the whole UNC team has left and there is a completely new team coming in.  UNC is losing a total of 74% of their offense from last year.  Who will be the big names this year?  Deon Thompson, Ed Davis (one of the best bigs in the country in my opinion) and count on Tyler Zeller having a good year and stretching defenses out.  I think UNC is going to be better than most suspect this year.  They finish 2nd in the ACC to Duke but make a deeper tournament run.   2.  Duke: Additions:  Mason Plumlee(98), Ryan Kelly(97) Losses:  Greg Paulus, David McClure, Gerald Henderson Prediction:  Duke statistically speaking lost very little compared to the majority of ACC schools.  The only school's to retain more offense in the conference are Virginia and Maryland.  Duke is banking on Plumlee and Kelly to come in and do immediate damage in the conference.  Couple with Jon Scheyer (most improved player in the conference last year in my o... [More]

Thursday... Keep Riding the Sox

Red Sox have now won 10 straight at Fenway Park.  (7 straight overall)  Josh Beckett is 9-1 at Fenway this year.  The Red Sox team batting average against Ervin Santana is .317 with an OBP nearing .400...  Victor Martinez returns to the lineup just in time to takeover for Varitek who is a whopping 0-11 lifetime off Santana.

Beckett has not been lights out as of late, but is coming off a very solid performance against the Rays.

Sox to the bank tonight