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Coaches in OT games

A reader who saw our list of all-time ACC basketball coaches based on their records in close games asked us to make a list based on overtime records only. So here it is.

Battle of the Broadcasters

We've started our own little basketball tournament, with a field of 32 college basketball broadcasters that you'll eventually narrow down to a champion on April 6, the day of the NCAA championship game. The field is broken into four "regionals" — play-by-play announcers, color commentators, studio hosts and analysts, and the best of the rest. You can find it here.

Since we decided to start with a field of 32, we had to leave out some announcers, you ought to weigh in on that if you disagree with any of the picks. The first vote involves picking four out of each group of eight.

My picks: play-by-play — Nantz, Enberg, Shulman, Johnson: color commentators — Bilas, Gminski, Elmore and Bonner; studio hosts and analysts — Rece Davis, Seth Davis, Knight and Gottlieb; best of the rest — Burke, Kellogg, Lundquist and McDonough.

I like Dickie V's passion and fun factor, but I prefer the more serious analysts who are more inclined to make a point I hadn't thought of, though I doubt any one of these folks is liable to openly challenge the NCAA or the college sports industry on anything. 

March 12, 2009: Maryland 74, N.C. State 69

Maryland outs the Wolfpack in the first round of the ACC men's tournament in Atlanta in Friday, March 12, 2009.

In praise of alternate channels

Many college basketball fans in the Triangle who want to see No. 1 UConn face No. 3 Pittsburgh on Saturday will be able to find it on an alternate WRAL digital channel.

The Cameron Crazies

See a photo gallery of Cameron Crazies photos from over the years.

Feb. 25, 2009: Duke 78, Maryland 67

Duke tops Maryland 78-67 behind Gerald Henderson's 19 points.

Highlights of the last four years of the UNC/Duke rivalry

Highlights of the last four years of the UNC/Duke basketball rivalry.

Jan. 28, 2009: Wake Forest 70, Duke 68

Last second shot by Wake's James Johnson lifts the Deacons to a 70-68 win over No. 1 Duke at Lawrence Joel coliseum in Winston-Salem.

First Look: Miami at N.C. State

See Ethan Hyman's unedited take from the Wolfpack's game with Miami at the RBC Center on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009.

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