Around ACC Nation

Good and bad news for Carolina. Or maybe it's just good news all around. Football coach John Bunting won't be back next year after a dreadful season to this point, but the basketball team has been picked to finish first in the ACC this year in voting at Operation Basketball Sunday.

Overall, in basketball, this could be a bounce-back year for the ACC.

ESPN is reporting that former Maryland star Shawne Merriman will be suspended for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy.

Steve Ellis of the Tallahassee Democrat writes that watching Bobby Bowden and his team struggle hurts those who love the coach.