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			<title>The Full Syracuse.com Series</title>
			<link>http://juicedsportsblog.com/sports-news/news/the-full-syracusecom-series</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In case you missed any of the ACC previews Syracuse.com just finished up, here they all are.



Help Tyler Thornton Win SI College Athlete Of The Year!




ACC Basketball Breakdown: Predictions for the ACC in 2013-14
ACC Basketball Breakdown: Wake Forest hopes a young team matures quickly
ACC Basketball Breakdown: Virginia Tech loses best player off last-place team
ACC Basketball Breakdown: Pittsburgh must overcome some unexpected losses
ACC Basketball Breakdown: Notre Dame returns four starters off 25-win team
ACC Basketball Breakdown: North Carolina State suffers heavy losses after disappointing season
ACC Basketball Breakdown: North Carolina’s fortunes buoyed by return of All-America candidate James Michael McAdoo
ACC Basketball Breakdown: Miami loses top six players off ACC regular season and tourney championship team
ACC Basketball Breakdown: Maryland’s rebuilding effort hurt by loss of Alex Len to NBA
ACC Basketball Breakdown: Georgia Tech continues to rebuild under second-year coach Brian Gregory
ACC Basketball Breakdown: Florida State will have experienced, talented team despite loss of Michael Snaer
ACC Basketball Breakdown: Duke reloads with top recruit and key transfer
ACC Basketball Breakdown: Clemson will struggle to avoid ACC’s basement
ACC Basketball Breakdown: Boston College’s young players on the brink of growing up
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			<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 02:30:02 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Giglio Rates The ACC</title>
			<link>http://juicedsportsblog.com/sports-news/news/giglio-rates-the-acc</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Joe Giglio looks at the upcoming ACC – the new ACC race we should say - and sees Duke way ahead of everyone else. He’s picking Notre Dame to finish ahead of UNC, then Syracuse, Virginia and Maryland. Here’s his full list.





Duke
Notre Dame
UNC
Syracuse
Virginia
Maryland
Pittsburgh
Boston College
N.C. State
Georgia Tech
Wake Forest
Florida State
Miami
Clemson
Virginia Tech

 



The thing is, all the teams are intriguing in one way or another. How will James Johnson build his Virginia Tech program? Can Wake’s young core save Jeff Bzdelik’s job? Can Jim Larranaga pull a surprise with transfers and Jucos? Will Florida State return to form? Will Tech have a point guard?
It’s always fun. We can’t wait.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 03:00:11 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>If The Power Conferences Split</title>
			<link>http://juicedsportsblog.com/sports-news/news/if-the-power-conferences-split</link>
			<description><![CDATA[John Calipari wasn’t the first to suggest that the top conferences break away and either form their own NCAA division or a new entity. For football, that’s one thing. You only play a relative handful of games and as of now, the new playoff is just a four team affair.



IN


ACC
Big Ten
Big 12
PAC 12
SEC


Miami
Indiana
Kansas
UCLA
Florida


Duke
Ohio State
Kansas State
Arizona
Ole Miss


UNC
Michigan State
Ok.  State
Oregon
Alabama


NCSU
Michigan
Iowa State
Cal
Kentucky


Virginia
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Colorado
Missouri


Florida State
Iowa
Baylor
Arizona State
Tennessee


BC
Illinois
Texas
Stanford
Arkansas


Georgia Tech
Minnesota
West Virginia
Washington
LSU


Wake Forest
Purdue
Texas Tech
USC
Georgia


Clemson
Nebraska
TCU
Utah
Vanderbilt


Virginia Tech
Northwestern

Oregon State
Texas A&amp;M


Syracuse
Penn State

Wash. State
South Carolina


Notre Dame
Maryland


Miss.  State


Louisville
Rutgers


Auburn


Pitt







For basketball, it’s a bit different. If the top conferences – ACC, SEC, Big Ten, Big Twelve and PAC 12 – have either their own division or break away entirely, that severely reduces the pool of competitors. With all the comings and goings we’ve seen lately, we could be off, but we count 65 teams in those conferences. That’s enough for a 64 team tournament with a play-in.
But there are some problems with that idea, beginning with merit.
In a 65-team division, schools like Wake, Clemson, Penn State, Rutgers, TCU and Auburn would presumably have to be included.
Moreover, consider the teams which would be excluded. There’s a partial list to your right, but there are a lot of other teams which would be left out as well. You could, however, build a tournament just as interesting with teams like Temple, Georgetown, Memphis, UConn, Butler and UNLV – and you’d still have the Cinderella factor teams like Valpo and Davidson, among others, have provided.
Jay Bilas has often argued for a 64-team tournament with the best 64 teams, regardless of anything else. We’re not sure that would work perfectly either, but it’s a lot better than just taking the power conferences and limiting the field to those schools.
One secret of the tournament and by extension college sports in general is how a town or state or faith identifies with a team, perhaps partly because unlike pro teams, universities rarely move.



OUT ( A partial list)




Saint Louis
Virginia Commonwealth
Butler
La Salle
Temple
Massachusetts
Xavier
Charlotte
Saint Joseph’s
Richmond
Dayton
St. Bonaventure
Rhode Island
Davidson
Georgetown
Marquette
Villanova
Providence
St. John’s
Seton Hall
DePaul
Butler
Creighton
UConn
Cincinnati
Weber State
Memphis
UTEP
Tulsa
Marshall
Houston
Valparaiso
Princeton
Penn
Wichita State
Evansville
Indiana State
Bradley
New Mexico
UNLV
Wyoming
San Diego State
Murray State
Belmont
Western Kentucky
Charleston
New Mexico State
Gonzaga
Saint Mary’s
Brigham Young
Santa Clara
San Francisco 





That’s obvious in the case of someone like Kentucky, BYU or Notre Dame, but it’s also true for VCU, Creighton and Marshall. Marshall fans are some of our absolute favorites. They are just totally into their team. It’s a mini Kentucky without the nuttier elements.
A tournament with a field that changes from year to year is better and more in touch with fans than one which stays set. We hope that no one is dumb enough to follow Calipari’s suggestion without carefully considering what they’ll lose.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 03:00:08 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>ACC Looking At Tournament In The Garden</title>
			<link>http://juicedsportsblog.com/sports-news/news/acc-looking-at-tournament-in-the-garden</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the ACC spring meetings, various parties including the new arrivals are pushing to move the ACC Tournament to Madison Square Garden. There is a problem: MSG has no interest in rotating the tournament.  Certainly the North Carolina schools will want the tournament in the traditional footprint of the ACC and we would expect some sympathy from Virginia, Virginia Tech, Clemson and Georgia Tech. Greensboro is an easier trip.
Most people would be okay with rotating it we expect but moving it permanently? Not a wise move. You can ask NASCAR and the NHL what happens when you disrupt traditions and alienate your core fans. It’s not a good thing to do.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 02:00:05 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>So Who Does Wiggins Play Next Season?</title>
			<link>http://juicedsportsblog.com/sports-news/news/so-who-does-wiggins-play-next-season</link>
			<description><![CDATA[No one expects Andrew Wiggins to spend more than one year in college, so who gets to take him on?
Kansas put together a very tough schedule before signing him, starting with Duke in the second game of Wiggins’ brief college career.
Then it’s the Atlantis Tournament, where they might play Xavier, UTEP, Villanova, Tennessee, Wake Forest, Southern Cal or Iowa. They play New Mexico, a solid program, and Georgetown and San Diego State will come to call. They’re playing at Florida and Colorado.
We’re looking forward to seeing how he does, but it’s not the easiest path in the world.
By the way, does anyone else recall how firm Self was on not playing Wichita State? It never occurred to us to connect the dots with the brothers Wiggins, who might not relish playing each other.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:30:02 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Syracuse.com Examines Hokies, Cavs</title>
			<link>http://juicedsportsblog.com/sports-news/news/syracusecom-examines-hokies-cavs</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Syracuse.com continues their series on ACC rivals, with the latest article being on Virginia Tech. We didn’t realize how infrequently the teams had played in the Big East -just six times – and Syracuse has never played at Virginia Tech. How’d they manage that?
Also, we missed the Virginia preview, so here’s that.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:30:02 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Hurricanes add Ohio JUCO transfer Kelly</title>
			<link>http://juicedsportsblog.com/sports-news/news/hurricanes-add-ohio-juco-transfer-kelly</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Junior college transfer James Kelly has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball for the Miami Hurricanes.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 12:30:03 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>ACC Transfer Updates – Georgia Tech &amp; Wake Forest Edition</title>
			<link>http://juicedsportsblog.com/sports-news/news/acc-transfer-updates-georgia-tech-wake-forest-edition</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Brandon Reid, who transferred into Georgia Tech from Arkansas State, will graduate and transfer out for his final year of eligibility.
We haven’t seen this anywhere else, but Tech may also be in the hunt for Memphis transfer Antonio Barton.
Meanwhile, Julian Royal, who is also leaving Tech, will land at George Mason, where he’ll play for former Tech coach Paul Hewitt.
Finally, Wake transfer Chase Fischer has committed to BYU.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 02:30:02 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>ACC-Big Ten Matchups Announced!</title>
			<link>http://juicedsportsblog.com/sports-news/news/accbig-ten-matchups-announced</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With the new super-sized ACC, the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, for however much longer it lasts, will be different with three ACC teams (Wake Forest, Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech) sitting out.
The games have been announced though: Duke hosts Michigan, UNC goes to Michigan State, Pitt hosts Penn State, Indiana goes to Syracuse, Notre Dame makes a trip to Iowa, State will welcome Chris Collins and Northwestern, and Maryland visits Ohio State (we’ll give that one to the Big Ten; it seems fair).
We haven’t found the home team for the rest of the games yet but will add that later:

FSU vs. Minnesota
Illinois vs. Georgia Tech
BC vs. Purdue
Wisconsin vs. Virgina

 
Duke-Michigan is on December 3rd and should be fairly titanic.
We’ll have a lot more on this presently.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 19:30:02 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Holy Hell, This Is How Football Helmets Are Concussion Safety-Tested</title>
			<link>http://juicedsportsblog.com/sports-news/news/holy-hell-this-is-how-football-helmets-are-concussion-safetytested</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In a new study published today in the Journal of Neurosurgery, a group of scientists proved, seemingly, that modern football helmets are better than old leather ones. Thanks, guys. What is more notable, however, is that this batshit crazy device is how the data was gathered. 
The tests run here, by a group of scientists associated with Virginia Tech, found that 10 modern helmets performed significantly better at reducing the force transmitted to the skull from various types of impact. The results improved concussion risk by anywhere from 45 to 96 percent, which would be more encouraging if the old helmets weren&#039;t 80 years old. 
The study was undertaken, presumably, to combat the idea that helmets are totally ancillary to preventing brain injuries in football, and are only meant to protect the skull. Even though it&#039;s finally commonly accepted that chronic brain trauma is a a pervasive issue in football, how to address it still draws heated debates.
The by-now prevailing wisdom is that while better equipment will always be nice, the nature of brain trauma—momentum, not impact, crashing the brain into the inside of the skull—makes helmets secondary. On this side, though Virginia Tech claims that&#039;s not so, and helmets can prevent not just large concussions, but the smaller impacts that cause brain trauma over the years. These aren&#039;t blind claims—they use information gathered over several years that measures head acceleration and deceleration in actual games. VT has run previous studies rating all helmets currently in use, and provides the definitive and widely cited database of ratings. So there&#039;s some precedent for VT doing useful work here. 
It&#039;s also enough vested interest, though, for the Journal or Neurosurgery to run an editorial ahead of publication, pointing out that this paper, while peer reviewed, is in direct contradiction to a previously published paper. And, well, both probably can&#039;t be right, so we should all maybe go back and check our long division. 
Enough of that, though. Let&#039;s get back to the important part here. What the hell is that machine? A quick Google image search returns a few other images of the Bugs Bunny punishment machines, but writeups mainly focus on the sensors in the helmets (important), and not the spring-loaded-boxing-glove-like lab testing equipment (hugely important). 
So for now, know that modern helmets are almost definitely safer than the crap we used 100 years ago. We think. But also and more comfortingly, that they are being tested by the same equipment that punches Elmer Fudd in the head when he comes around looking for trouble. [Smithsonian]
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:30:02 EDT</pubDate>
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