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Monthly Archive: March 2013
Mar
12
2013
2012-2013 End of Season Awards – ACC Men’s Basketball
Greetings from all of us at All Sports Discussion. In Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) country, men’s basketball season is one of our favorite times of the year. Our panelists will be discussing four topics. First, our panelists will predict the players that will obtain first-team all-ACC honors. Second, the panelists will provide their ACC defensive …
Mar
11
2013
Pre-ACC tournament – ACC Bubble Analysis for March 11, 2013
Plenty going on today, the ACC released their All-ACC Team, All-ACC Defensive Team, and All-ACC Freshman Team. Good stuff there… Now we want to take a look at how the ACC teams are doing heading into the ACC Tourney at how it could affect NCAA tournament. In my ranking system, any RPI win top (100) win is a …
Mar
10
2013
Articles from around the ACC Blogosphere March 10, 2013.
The week before the ACCT… If things work out I should be there for some of the games. How are the ACC bloggers feeling about things going into the ACC and NCAA tournaments? DukeSportsBlog says for Duke to reach their full potential they need Mason Plumlee to play at a high level, like he did …
Mar
09
2013
5 things I don’t like about the ACC’s 2013 Football Schedule
Before we dive deep into basketball over the next few weeks, I had few more thoughts on the ACC football schedule for 2013. Recently I wrote about the 5 things I like about the schedule, now lets take a look at the 5 things I don’t like about the ACC Schedule this year. 2nd and 3rd Week …
Mar
08
2013
(Special) ACC Bubble Analysis for March 8, 2013
Normally I’ll put my ACC Bubble Analysis out on Monday’s, but things are getting down to the wire here, and I’m going to up the frequency of the bubble analysis for the teams that have are still in the NCAA discussion. In my ranking system, any RPI win top (100) win is a good win and any …
Mar
08
2013
A Word About Rushing the Court…
Please stop talking about rushing the basketball court after a big college hoops win. Absolutely, I can understand the safety concerns that university and law enforcement officials have (as well as fans) about rushing the court. But – there should be no rules regarding the rush of the court in the sense that a certain win …
Mar
07
2013
2012-13 All-ACC Academic Men’s Basketball Team Announced
Thanks to @HokieSmash to submitting this. It never ceases to amazes athletes that are good academically with the amount of time they have to devote to their sport. GREENSBORO, N.C. – A pair of three-time All-ACC Academic team selections, Duke’s Mason Plumlee and Ryan Kelly, headline the 2012-13 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Men’s Basketball team, …
Mar
05
2013
Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Basketball – Power Poll – March 5, 2013
I’m filling for @HokieSmash this week on the ACC power poll. Here’s how I see the ACC power poll going into the last week of the regular season. Without further ado, here we go: Miami – I’m not going to penalize the Canes that much, after losing by 3 points on the road at Duke in the …
Mar
04
2013
ACC Bubble Analysis for March 4, 2013
Less than 2 weeks… less than 2 weeks is all you have to position yourselves for the NCAA tournament. Let’s check out where I have the ACC teams at the moment. In my ranking system, any RPI win top (100) win is a good win and any RPI top (50) obviously worth more. Any losses outside the …
Mar
03
2013
Articles from around the ACC Blogosphere March 3, 2013.
What a weekend in the ACC! This time in 2 weeks will be selection Sunday… Remember I’ll tell you who’s in and who’s out tomorrow in the ACC, but let’s see what the ACC bloggers have to say. Smart post by DukeSportsBlog… Ryan Kelly’s return was spectacular. The win over Miami was great, but DukeSportsBlog says …
Mar
02
2013
5 things I like about the ACC’s 2013 Football Schedule
I had a chance to finally sit down and really look at the ACC’s recently released 2013 football schedule. There’s new additions Pittsburgh and Syracuse plus a very ambitious non-conference slate. This will be a two part series where I go through what I like and I don’t like about the ACC schedule this season. Out of Conference …
Mar
01
2013
Duke and Miami Round 2
I tell you what, I’m looking forward to this game between Miami and Duke. I know the Blue Devils are coming off a loss to Virginia, but give credit to a Cavalier team that should be a NCAA team, and their ACC POY candidate Joe Harris. That game said more about how good Virginia is …