Somebody at Bears, Balloons, and Beyond, at the corner of New Garden Road and Battleground Avenue, must be a University of Pittsburgh alum. The balloons in the blue and gold streamer above have "Pitt Alumni" stamped on them. The ACC Tournament is in full swing in Greensboro and Pitt, a new kid on the ACC block, came all the way from Pennsylvania to beat one of the backyard favorites, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Yesterday, the Panthers toppled the 15th ranked Tarheels in the Greensboro Coliseum 80 to 75. The basketball action continues today. With UNC eliminated, tickets just might be easier to obtain.
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Tournament has been held every year since 1954. For the first thirteen years, the tournament was held in Raleigh. 1967 was the first year that it was held in Greensboro. Other years Greensboro has hosted are: 1971-1975; 1977- 1980; 1982; 1984; 1986; 1988; 1995-1998; 2003-2004; 2006; 2010- 2011; 2013-2014. Greensboro is scheduled to have the tournament next year; after that, it will to to Washington, D.C. After that, rumor has it that it will be played in New York. Greensboro has had it more than any other venue, back in the days when the conference felt a little more like a backyard brawl with Duke dominating the winner's circle 19 times and North Carolina coming in second with 17 times. We'll start planning our NYC vacations now. North Carolinians are very loyal fans!
It's a colourful van.
Our university basketball championships finished up last weekend. My university's men's team won the nationals for I believe the tenth time since 2002.
Posted by: William Kendall | Saturday, March 15, 2014 at 04:41 PM