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Announcers deliver a perfect play-by-play of NC State’s Terquavion Smith’s chair-punching tantrum

March Madness brings out the emotions in everyone — both good and bad.

With the season on the line and tensions at an all-time high, players can let their emotions get the best of them during March Madness.

That’s exactly what happened to N.C. State star Terquavion Smith during the Wolfpack’s first-round NCAA men’s basketball tournament loss to Creighton on Friday afternoon.

Smith shined in a 72-63 loss for No. 11-seeded N.C. State, scoring a game-high 32 points, but his team shot just 37.5% from the field and spent most of the contest playing from behind.

Late in the second half, Smith let his frustrations out on a chair, prompting an absolutely hilarious play-by-play breakdown of the outburst from announcers Steve Smith and Avery Johnson.

As they point out, Smith appears to consider flipping the team’s supply of Powerade before thinking better of it. That’s when the chair — a perfect target — came into sight.

Poor chair never stood a chance.

The tantrum didn’t last long as his teammates and a staffer quickly separated the two, but it was a good summary of a game the Wolfpack had a chance to win but ultimately weren’t able to execute well enough outside of their star player.

The NCAA tournament brings out both the best — and worst — in everyone, and we saw another example of that today.

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UNC wing Leaky Black finishes second in ACC Defensive Player of the Year voting

UNC basketball wing Leaky Black finished second in ACC Defensive Player of the Year voting for the 2022-23 season.

The ACC announced its league awards on Monday afternoon. While UNC basketball players received honors, they were vastly different than the expectations coming into the season.

Armando Bacot headlined the group. He was a first-team All-ACC selection, coming in second in ACC Player of the Year voting.

No other Tar Heel made it on the All-ACC teams.

UNC wing [autotag]Leaky Black[/autotag] came in second in ACC Defensive Player of the Year voting. Despite being a guy opposing coaches consistently raved about on the defensive side of the ball, Black fell 11 votes short of the top spot, which was given to Virginia’s Reece Beekman.

Black consistently guarded opposing team’s best players. Some of his notable performances were holding ACC Player of the Year Isaiah Wong of Miami to just 10 points on 3-of-8 from the field and three turnovers, first-team All-ACC wing Hunter Tyson of Clemson to two shot attempts in 32 minutes and Terquavion Smith of NC State to a combined 10-of-31 in two matchups.

On the season, Black averaged 1.3 steals and 0.8 blocks per game. He was ranked second in the league in defensive box score plus/minus and fourth in defensive win shares.

He was also part of the All-ACC Defensive Team.

Here is the final voting:

Reece Beekman, Virginia, 29 votes
Leaky Black, North Carolina, 18
Jesse Edwards, Syracuse, 13
Dereck Lively II, Duke, 6
Federiko Federiko, Pitt, 3
Ja’von Franklin, Georgia Tech, 3
Justyn Mutts, Virginia Tech, 2
Norchad Omier, Miami, 1

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ACC men’s basketball leaders as of Feb. 5

No Notre Dame players on this list.

The ACC continues to march forward with its season. It’s getting late for some teams to make a move, and others will be just fine when the time comes to unveil the NCAA Tournament bracket. Here are some players who could help sway the selection committee for their team, especially if they’re on the bubble:

ACC men’s basketball leaders as of Jan. 29

One Notre Dame player cracks the list.

We are prepared to leave January behind and enter February, the final full month of college basketball’s regular season. This is when we’ll really get to see whether the teams that have made noise to this point are legitimate or whether any struggling teams are just lying in the weeds. In the meantime, here are some of the players most making noise, specifically those in the ACC:

Notre Dame battles NC State hard but still winless on road

Still nothing to show for a good effort.

To Notre Dame’s credit, it was about as good an effort as it’s shown on the road this season. But like every other game away from Purcell Pavilion, a victory just wasn’t meant to be. This time, it was NC State reaping the benefits, and the Irish will head home after an 85-82 loss.

During the first half, the Irish (9-12, 1-9) turned an 11-point deficit into a seven-point lead. The Wolfpack (16-5, 6-4) cut that lead to three before halftime, then went in front themselves early in the second half, which was a dogfight. While there wasn’t really any one moment that doomed the Irish, they couldn’t convert on a number of good looks or open shots to make a close game even closer or, in some cases, to tie it up. It also did not help that they were crushed in the turnover battle, 15-2.

Jarkel Joiner was the Wolfpack’s big player with 28 points and six rebounds. Terquavion Smith, the ACC’s scoring leader who fresh off a serious injury scare Saturday at North Carolina, had 17 points to go with six assists. D.J. Burns Jr. scored 14, and Casey Morsell added 11.

[autotag]Cormac Ryan[/autotag] and [autotag]JJ Starling[/autotag] paced the Irish with 19 and 18 points, respectively. [autotag]Marcus Hammond[/autotag] had a nice stats line of 11 points, 10 rebounds and four assists. [autotag]Dane Goodwin[/autotag] also scored 11, and [autotag]Ven Allen-Lubin[/autotag] added 10 off the bench.

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ACC men’s basketball leaders as of Jan. 22

One Notre Dame player is on the list.

As we enter the final full week of January, we continue to be impressed by those leading the bunch in the ACC. While we don’t know where their teams will be at the end of February, they should at least factor into their respective teams’ seeding in the ACC Tournament. Here are the statistical leaders at this point in the season:

ACC men’s basketball leaders as of Jan. 15

One Notre Dame player on the list.

With the ACC having reached the midway point of January, we’re at somewhat of a benchmark for the season. While there is plenty of time for new faces to emerge atop the main statistical leaderboards, it would help if those new faces made their move sooner rather than later. For now though, here’s who stands out:

2023 NBA Mock Draft 2.0: Wembanyama, Henderson on top; Freshmen rising in latest projections

Rookie Wire took a look at where the next draft class stands at the midway point of the season.

The 2022-23 basketball season is in full swing as the next wave of prospects across the college level and the professional ranks look ahead to the 2023 NBA draft on June 22.

Of course, Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson remain at the top of draft boards at the start of the new year. Both could shut down their seasons right now and still be viewed as the best two players in the class. In other words: They are locked in at Nos. 1 and 2.

Elsewhere, though, fortunes change seemingly nightly.

Several prospects have improved upon their preseason rankings, while others have struggled and had their stock fall. The latest look at the class even has several freshmen on the rise after some impressive performances through the first half of the year.

Rookie Wire took a look at where the first round stands at the midway point of the season. It is important to note that team needs were not necessarily taken into account with each pick. The projections are rather a look at where each individual player stands at this point of the process.

Note: The order of the draft was pulled from Tankathon as of Jan. 10. The draft will have only 58 picks this year because the Bulls and Sixers were stripped of their second-round picks by the NBA due to tampering violations.

ACC men’s basketball leaders as of Dec. 25

One Notre Dame representative on this list.

Christmas is over, which means ACC teams finally can look forward to the conference schedule in earnest. Now is the time for teams to size up the players they most have to plan for. Here they are, at least as far as statistical leaders:

ACC men’s basketball leaders as Dec. 18

One Notre Dame player is on this list.

As the ACC heads towards Christmas, teams are getting one final look at what they have before the holiday. It’s the least that can happen as conference play gets ready to take over for the rest of the season. Here are the conference players currently standing out statistically: