Holding Court With David Glenn

In the summer of 2020, North Carolina baseball coach Scott Forbes accepted a doubly difficult task. The long-time Carolina pitching guru was promoted to succeed the retiring Mike Fox, who was by far the most successful coach in the program’s proud history.

Although much has changed in American basketball over the past 40-plus years, college players’ typical approach to their NBA draft early entry decisions has remained at least partly intact.

Welcome to the “Wild, Wild West” era of college sports. While that phrase originally described the lawless, unruly culture often seen in the western United States in the 1800s, it applies nicely to the current state of college athletics, too.

When North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye walks on stage Thursday night, soon after hearing his name called in the first round of the National Football League draft, he immediately will step into a much larger television spotlight than anything he encountered as a UNC player.

When the National Hockey League playoffs begin this weekend, the Carolina Hurricanes will serve as hosts for the New York Islanders in the teams’ best-of-seven, first-round series.

They are the only head coaches who have taken an Atlantic Coast Conference team seeded #8 or lower all the way to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament.

Lately, ACC teams have been winning the national championship almost half the time. That’s a stunning accomplishment.

Below is a simple, time-tested, four-step process to maximize your chance of winning your NCAA Tournament bracket contest and/or office pool.

As the ACC men’s basketball tournament unfolds with plenty of juicy storylines this week, here are 10 historical “fun facts” worth considering about the crown jewel of ACC basketball.