ACC men's basketball has gone back to the 50's, and that's not the 1950's.
In the 96 regular-season conference games played by ACC men's basketball teams in the 2008-2009 season, teams scored under 60 points on 17 of a possible 192 opportunities.
Going into Wednesday night, it had already happened 24 times this season and that's with more than two weeks remaining in the regular season.
Three ACC teams -- Boston College, Clemson and North Carolina State -- have scored 47 points in a conference game. And, North Carolina's output Tuesday night in a 68-51 loss at Georgia Tech was its lowest in Roy Williams' seven seasons as head coach.
When Virginia carried a 25-21 lead into halftime Saturday at Virginia Tech, the Cavaliers and Hokies were on pace for the lowest- scoring game in the ACC this season. Some late UVa fouling pushed the final score to 61-55 in the Hokies' favor.
Tech coach Seth Greenberg, reached Wednesday on a recruiting trip, rejected the suggestion that the first half Saturday was ugly or that fans might not have found the display entertaining.
"I disagree," he said. "Depends if you're winning or not. As the coach of the winning team, I'd say our fans [were] pretty happy."
Three nights later, the Cassell Coliseum faithful saw Tech beat Wake Forest 87-83 in a game that produced the kind of offensive excitement that Saturday's affair lacked.
"Does a game have to be in the 90's?" Greenberg asked. "We're trying to score, but the other team has something to do with that. I'd like to see those figures from around the country before I make a generalization about our league.
Panerai Watches"There are a lot of teams around the country that play that way. [UCLA's] Ben Howland went to how many Final Fours playing that way?"
Hanging it up
Jack Shields, starting center for Virginia's football team in 23 of the past 24 games, has elected not to return for his fifth season of eligibility. Shields, on schedule to graduate this spring, cited burnout in an interview with UVa's athletic Web site and said he also has been plagued by back pain.
Anthony Mihota, who will be a redshirt junior, started against Virginia Tech when Shields couldn't play in the Cavaliers' 2008 finale. However, Mihota played in only two games this past season for a total of 25 plays, compared to 689 for Shields. UVa's No. 3 center, Mike Price, played in each of the Cavaliers' final 10 games but only on special teams.
Connections
Replica AHFormer Pulaski County linebacker Brandon Hazzard, son of one- time Virginia Tech linebacker Nolan Hazzard, played at Hargrave Military Academy this past fall and received a scholarship from Division I-A Kent State, where he enrolled for the second semester.
Hazzard had 98 tackles, including 22 for loss, on a 2008 Pulaski County team that got to the state semifinals before finishing 13- 1. Kent State coach Doug Martin says there is a chance that he will use Hazzard (6 foot, 260 pounds) at defensive end. Kent State signed three Hargrave players, all of whom enrolled at midyear.
- Tamara Smith, a 2009 Northside graduate and pitcher for the Concord (W.Va.) University softball team, has been chosen by USA Athletes International to play on a amateur national team that will play a series of exhibition games i
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