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  1. #1
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    ACC pre-season polls (aka: ooops, did I vote for UNC?)

    How shocking! We are the choice of the media to win the ACC.

    Here's their prediction for end of year finish.
    season.
    1. Duke
    2. VT
    3. UNC
    4. N.C. Sate
    5. Florida State
    6. Maryland
    7. Clemson
    8. Miami
    9. Georgia Tech
    10. Boston College
    11. Virginia
    12. Wake Forest

    http://www.wralsportsfan.com/college...story/8484214/

    It was not unanimous for us, I'd love to know who the one dissenting voter was.
    Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."

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    Singler unanimous 1st team choice, Nolan on team as well. Singler POY - http://bluedevilnation.net/2010/10/d...c-singler-poy/

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    Nolan Smith audio from ACC Op BB - http://bluedevilnation.net/2010/10/a...coming-season/

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    Coach K from ACC Operation BB. Maybe a mod should change the title to ACC Op BB for many posts to come - http://bluedevilnation.net/2010/10/a...o-part-1-of-5/

    I asked K about twitter and he had a lot to say and basically trusts his players. That will come shortly.

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    Blue Devils nearly unanimous choice

    http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5708368

    61 of a possible 62 first-place votes. Who didn't vote for Duke?

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    Quote Originally Posted by rhcpflea99 View Post
    http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5708368

    61 of a possible 62 first-place votes. Who didn't vote for Duke?
    Does that turncoat Bilas have a vote⸮

  7. #7
    Quote Originally Posted by SuperTurkey View Post
    Does that turncoat Bilas have a vote⸮
    He chose Duke to win the ACC, I believe. Although he chose MSU to cut down the nets in April...

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    Quote Originally Posted by rhcpflea99 View Post
    http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5708368

    61 of a possible 62 first-place votes. Who didn't vote for Duke?
    Chris Miles, TV reporter out of Virginia. He says it was a mistake.

  9. #9
    Quote Originally Posted by Duvall View Post
    Chris Miles, TV reporter out of Virginia. He says it was a mistake.
    I love the start of a season where a guy apologizes for accidentally voting UNC #1 in the conference.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Duvall View Post
    Chris Miles, TV reporter out of Virginia. He says it was a mistake.
    Quote Originally Posted by SuperTurkey View Post
    I love the start of a season where a guy apologizes for accidentally voting UNC #1 in the conference.
    Wow. That is just -- well, it's way too funny. I can only imagine what Chris Miles was thinking when the results of the poll first came out: "What crazy hack voted for anybody other than Duke?" ... only to find out later that it was him.

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    lol

    Quote Originally Posted by CameronBornAndBred View Post
    It was not unanimous for us, I'd love to know who the one dissenting voter was.
    Vote for UNC "an honest mistake", broadcaster says

    ...the media member who cast the only vote for UNC was Chris Miles, a broadcaster from WDBJ in Roanoke. He attended Fairfield University. He said Wednesday that he meant to vote Duke No. 1 and Carolina No. 2, and didn’t realize his error until after the poll was released.

    “It was an honest mistake,” Miles said.
    There's also this subtle dig from Roy...

    "They had to be a North Carolina graduate that hates Duke – that’s all I can tell you,’’ Tar Heels coach Roy Williams said, joking at the poll results. “I’m always pulling for the American against the guy from a foreign country, regardless of who it is – that had to be that situation, there."
    Those foreign Dukies invading NC, as always...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jderf View Post
    Wow. That is just -- well, it's way too funny. I can only imagine what Chris Miles was thinking when the results of the poll first came out: "What crazy hack voted for anybody other than Duke?" ... only to find out later that it was him.
    I'm not sure how one makes this mistake. You actually have to write in the name of each team in vertical slots numbered 1 through 12. You've really got to be not paying attention here.

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    ACC Pickem Contest

    We should have a pickem contest on here just for fun. Tack it and look back at the end of the year to see who won!

    1. Duke
    2. VA Tech
    3. Florida St.
    4. Miami
    5. UNC
    6. State
    7. Maryland
    8. Wake
    9. BC
    10. Clemson
    11. GA Tech
    12. Virginia

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimsumner View Post
    I'm not sure how one makes this mistake. You actually have to write in the name of each team in vertical slots numbered 1 through 12. You've really got to be not paying attention here.
    Or... and this is my evil cynical side coming out... he meant to vote for UNC expecting some others to join him, then when the poll came out and he saw he was the lone wolf, he had to come up with a cover story to save face???

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    Quote Originally Posted by dukeballboy88 View Post
    We should have a pickem contest on here just for fun. Tack it and look back at the end of the year to see who won!

    1. Duke
    2. VA Tech
    3. Florida St.
    4. Miami
    5. UNC
    6. State
    7. Maryland
    8. Wake
    9. BC
    10. Clemson
    11. GA Tech
    12. Virginia
    1. Duke
    2. VA Tech
    3. NCSU
    4. Miami
    5. FSU
    6. UNC
    7. Maryland
    8. Clemson
    9. BC
    10. UVA
    11. Wake
    12. GT

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    Is the rest of the ACC really so bad that unc-ch is third? I am going to be a skeptic until I see something other than NIT runner-up.

  17. #17
    If I remember correctly, a journalist was chided into re-casting his vote for ACC POY to make Hansbrough the unanimous selection...

    Does Ole Roy support justice?

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    Quote Originally Posted by northernduke View Post
    If I remember correctly, a journalist was chided into re-casting his vote for ACC POY to make Hansbrough the unanimous selection...

    Does Ole Roy support justice?
    Really? I never heard about that. I'm curious; who did the journalist picked instead?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jderf View Post
    Really? I never heard about that. I'm curious; who did the journalist picked instead?
    It was a little different - one of the beat writers chose not to include Hansbrough on the All-ACC first team in 2007, and the ACC decided to consider Hansbrough a unanimous selection anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by theAlaskanBear View Post
    Is the rest of the ACC really so bad that unc-ch is third? I am going to be a skeptic until I see something other than NIT runner-up.
    1) Yes; and
    2) UNC will have future NBA players at four spots in the starting lineup this year. The list of other ACC teams that can make that claim starts and ends with Duke.

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