We just had national signing day, and some major movement basketball wise in the ACC. How do the ACC bloggers feel about the goings on? StateoftheU asks after Miami destroys North Carolina whether the Hurricanes are the number 1 team in the country? It sounds crazy, but is there team playing better right now in …
Monthly Archive: February 2013
Feb
09
2013
Mid-Season ACC basketball awards.
We’ve just crossed the halfway point of the ACC basketball season, and we’ve got some mid-season award winners, and on this list that isn’t always a good. Team of the First Half – Miami Hurricanes This one was easy. Miami is playing as well ANYBODY in the country. They are 10-0 in the ACC, and …
Feb
09
2013
ACC Spotlight game: Miami vs North Carolina
Short post for tonight… Big game Saturday between Miami and North Carolina. The Heels seemed to have positioned themselves pretty well for the NCAAs, but could certainly improve their seeding. Now here’s the thing though, Miami push for a number 1 seed is gaining steam, CBSSportsline has the Hurricanes as a number 1 seed. Here’s a …
Feb
07
2013
Q&A with @LonelyTailgater (VT OC, ACC Hoops, Twitter, and Life)
Good evening, Virginia Tech Hokies and Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. We have a real treat tonight. We have a Q&A with John Stansberry who is a resident of Durham, NC and an alumnus of Auburn University. He concentrates on college football on his blog, Lonely Tailgater, and since 1998 he has been a college …
Feb
05
2013
Atlanta Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Power Poll – February 5, 2013
Good day, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men’s Basketball Fans!!! We’re pretty much at the midpoint of the ACC conference season for all of the teams and it’s time again for our weekly power poll. A special shout out to @ztevans and @TalkinACCSports who were used as sounding boards for this poll. A disclaimer this week …
Feb
04
2013
ACC Bubble Analysis for February 4, 2013
It’s February so if your’re going to make a move towards the NCAA tournament you better start now… In my ranking system, any RPIw top (100) win is a good win and any RPI top (50) obviously worth more. Any losses outside the RPI top (100) is considered a bad loss, and outside the RPI (150) are …
Feb
04
2013
Miami’s Shane Larkin and Boston College’s Joe Rahon earn weekly ACC basketball honors
The latest from ACC press release via @HokieGuru GREENSBORO, N.C. – Miami sophomore Shane Larkin has been named the ACC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, and Boston College’s Joe Rahon has been selected the conference’s Rookie of the Week. Larkin averaged 19.0 points, 4.0 assists, 4.0 steals, 3.0 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 38.5 minutes …
Feb
03
2013
Articles from around the ACC Blogosphere February 3, 2013.
This will be an abbreviated Around the ACC Blogosphere for today. Hey it’s Super Bowl Sunday! Remember national signing day is this week. Huge victory for Miami at NC State… Look put Miami in the top 10. Obviously StateoftheU is excited. It wasn’t always pretty in UNC’s OT win over Virginia Tech in Chapel Hill, but as …
Feb
02
2013
Who has the inside track to a NCAA tournament #1 seed, the Duke Blue Devils or Miami Hurricanes?
When was the last time an ACC team not named Duke or North Carolina had shot at an NCAA tournament number 1 seed? I’m guessing Wake Forest in the 2004-05 year when they played the whole season ranked in the top 10 and even spent two weeks at number 1. They went into the ACC …
Feb
01
2013
Miami and NC State: A huge ACC basketball game without UNC or Duke.
Saturday Miami and NC State will play in a really big regular season ACC basketball game. Miami leads the ACC with a 7-0 record and is ranked #14. The Hurricanes are also the RPI’s #2 rated behind fellow ACC team Duke. NC State is ranked #19, and sits 4th in the ACC with a 5-3 …