There are some fun matchups in the ACC Saturday, but the buzz is likely to be
over the bust of Maryland's Travis Garrison, and the ensuing turmoil it may
provide. Given what he's accused of - sexual assault and hitting a woman
in the face - and given the history at Maryland of what happened with Herman
Veal (when then-coach Lefty Driesell allegedly called the alleged victim and
pressured her to drop charges) and of course the full-scale disaster that hit
Maryland after Len Bias died, a tragedy which shook the entire athletic
department to its foundations. It's generally forgotten now, but in the
wake of Bias, his suitemates, Terry Long and David Gregg, were indicted
for obstruction of justice and possession of cocaine, and Driesell waiving
immunity to testify before the grand jury, which was considering indicting him
as well (they chose not to).
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School | Conf. | Pct. | Overall | Pct. | |||||||||||||||
Duke | 3-0 | 1.000 | 15-0 | 1.000 | |||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 2-0 | 1.000 | 10-2 | .833 | |||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 2-0 | 1.000 | 9-4 | .692 | |||||||||||||||
NC State | 2-1 | .667 | 13-2 | .867 | |||||||||||||||
Clemson | 2-1 | .667 | 13-3 | .812 | |||||||||||||||
Florida State | 2-1 | .667 | 11-2 | .846 | |||||||||||||||
Miami | 1-1 | .500 | 9-6 | .600 | |||||||||||||||
Maryland | 1-2 | .333 | 11-4 | .733 | |||||||||||||||
Virginia | 1-2 | .333 | 7-6 | .538 | |||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 0-2 | .000 | 11-4 | .733 | |||||||||||||||
Boston College | 0-3 | .000 | 11-4 | .733 | |||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 0-3 | .000 | 10-6 | .625 |
Will Maryland suspend him? Given the unfortunate precursors, it seems
almost certain that they would. Maryland is as sensitive to this sort of
thing - or should be, anyway - as any school in the conference. How they
handle it will be revealing.
Back to the on-court action! Saturday will see Georgia Tech at N.C.
State, Miami at UNC, and FSU at B.C.
All of these are intriguing on some level.
The Tech-State game will be a fight for tempo, with Tech trying to hurry up,
and State more content to be patient. Okay, Herbie, it's not the Princeton
offense, but it's not exactly the Celtics fast break, either. And surprise
- Theodis
Tarver is back on the team. You may recall he was ruled
ineligible, but
Miami seems to be playing well, and while we would expect UNC to win, we've
missed just about everything this year, so who knows? Maybe Miami
can do it.
One of our theories about the ACC is that other teams like to stick it to
whoever is down, or who seems down, and with FSU at 11-2, and with B.C. losing
three straight to kick off their inaugural ACC season, well, wouldn't FSU like
to make someone else the whipping boy for a change? And they are one of
the few teams who can really throw depth at B.C.'s front line, too.
- Garrison
charged in bar incident - Ginyard
is a defensive stopper for UNC - Wolfpack
want to keep focus - VA.
TECH NOTES - Florida
State To Face Boston College On Saturday - FSU
looks to pile up road wins - UNC
to face challenge in Miami trio - Wolfpack
looking to keep hot streak alive vs. Georgia Tech today - Terps
bent, not broken