Wednesday Night Upsets

Today was huge in college basketball. Yesterday the heels took another step in the right direction. After dismantling archrival NC State in typical fashion, the Heels came home to destroy a hurting Maryland. Wayne Ellington and Tyler Hansbrough led the way to another Tar Heel victory and it seems as if the Heels are nearly back into top form. But besides the Heels, both Duke and Wake Forest had an interesting Wednesday. Wake Forest led off by trying to rebound off losing to Georgia Tech, the worst team in the ACC. They came out against Miami though looking like the Wake Forest we've seen in past years. They trailed after the first by only three and it seemed as though they would be poised for a strong second half. Jack McClinton and the Canes had a different. McClinton put up 30 points and led a rout on the seventh ranked team in country. The final score left the Demon Deacons hobbling to the locker room with a 27 point defeat. Certainly though we wouldn't see a similar outcome with Duke and Clemson though, but both games ended up very similar. Both would become large upsets and setup the Heels with a first place rank in the ACC. The Blue Devils from start to finish was dominated by a better and deeper Tiger team. Trevor Booker led Clemson in scoring and rebounding which led to the shocking 27 point defeat of Duke. These two games leaves the ACC and nation scratching their heads about two of best teams in NCAA basketball. Are these two teams as good as everyone though or are these skids just slumps or flukes? All that matters in Chapel Hill now though is that the Heels now seem to be the team to be beat. A new confidence will be clearly seen on the campus just because of these two losses. The Heels too are playing like they did at the beginning of the year. The only bad news thats been heard now is the suspension of William Graves. The sophomore was suspended for the rest of the season by Coach Roy Williams for unspecified reasons and everyone certainly is wondering what he did. But we'll never know I'm sure all we can do is support him and the rest of Heels. By the way UNC football's recruiting class has now been placed as the eighth best in country along with powerhouse programs like Alabama, Florida, Texas, and Oklahoma. Butch Davis is certainly turning our college in not only a basketball, soccer, and baseball powerhouse but a football one too.