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Wake beat Clemson 96-88. The Wake defense was horrible in the first half, but passable in the 2nd. Johnson carried everyone in the 2nd half. People talk about Teague a lot but James Johnson is the key to this team’s postseason success. He can hit shots, take anyone off the dribble, and rebounds well.

Funny comment from Teague after the game:
“Everything we do is competitive,” Teague said. “Even when it comes to talking about who has the prettiest girlfriend and things like that. We just have a competitive group of guys.”

In other news, Duke lost to UNC, so Wake locks up the #2 seed for the ACC tourney. Bracket:
ACC
At Georgia Dome
Atlanta
FIRST ROUND
Thursday, March 12
Game 1: No. 8 Virginia Tech vs. No. 9 Miami, noon
Game 2: No. 5 Clemson vs. No. 12 Georgia Tech, 2:30 p.m.
Game 3: No. 7 Maryland vs. No. 10 NC State, ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Game 4: No. 6 Boston College vs. No. 11 Virginia, 9:30 p.m.
QUARTERFINALS
Friday, March 13
Game 5: No. 1 North Carolina vs. Game 1 winner, ESPN2, noon
Game 6: No. 4 Florida State vs. Game 2 winner, ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.
Game 7: No. 2 Wake Forest vs. Game 3 winner, ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Game 8: No. 3 Duke vs. Game 4 winner, ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.
SEMIFINALS
Saturday, March 14
Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, ESPN, 4 p.m.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Sunday, March 15
Game 11: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, ESPN, 1 p.m.

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Oh yeah, Wake beat MD to stay firmly in 3rd in the ACC… need a Duke loss to move up to the crucial 2 spot.

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Title says it all. check out the video:

Oh yeah, apparently is also dating this girl

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I’m not blaming the refs for the loss. I’ll blame our perimeter D and some poor decisions by Dino instead. But the reffing was questionable at best. As Brahsome puts it, Elliot Williams needed a passport for all the travelling he did. Video:

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I think that professional athletes are often hailed as heroes when they do the most minor good thing — but at the highschool and college level (to some extent) athletes still play for the love of the game. That’s why this story from ESPN is so great.

A player’s mom recently died, and as a result he showed up late for a game. His coach, not thinking he was coming at all, left him off the roster. When the coach went to sub him in in the 2nd quarter, it was an automatic technical, giving the opposing team 2 shots. The opposing coach picks a shooter and says, “You know you are missing these, right?” The kid nods, heads up to the floor, and intentionally misses both throws. Really good gesture.

Reminds of CP3 scoring 62 for his grandfather and missing the last free throw on purpose:

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