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Feb
19
2019

Jim Boeheim: There is no slowing down Blue Devils — only outscoring them

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For people waiting to see if North Carolina and Basketball Hall-of-Fame coach Roy Williams has the secret formula to slow down Duke, college hoop’s football version of the Alabama Death Star, forget digging into his game-plan history. Syracuse Basketball Hall-of-Fame coach Jim Boeheim says it’s simple: You have to keep up with them offensively, although …

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Feb
18
2019

Virginia is the Rafael Nadal of College Basketball

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Some of you might know that at my other Twitter account, @mzemek, I cover professional tennis for Tennis With An Accent, found at tennisaccent.com. Our story on the Virginia Cavaliers’ 64-58 win over the Virginia Tech Hokies on Monday night in Blacksburg begins …

Tags: Virginia Cavaliers, Virginia Tech Hokies

Feb
18
2019

North Carolina discounts experience edge in Duke rivalry

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – North Carolina seniors Luke Maye and Kenny Williams have played Duke twice a year and a third time in the ACC Tournament the past two seasons. They know what to expect from the Battle of the Blues. This also will be their fourth trip 10 miles down to the road when …

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Feb
18
2019

Is Duke-North Carolina really college basketball’s best rivalry? | @MattZemek answers

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ACC Basketball

Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : Is Duke-North Carolina really college basketball’s best rivalry? Some questions seem simple but demand a more complex answer. Some questions seem complicated but don’t require a complex answer. Some questions are complicated and demand an accordingly complicated response. …

Tags: Duke Blue Devils, North Carolina Tar Heels

Feb
17
2019

NCAA Tournament Projections for each ACC team – February 17, 2019

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by Jfann

This is going to be a weekly article, where I seed the ACC teams and where I think they’d should be placed if the tournament started the same day as my posting. In my ranking system, any RPI top (100) win is a good win and any RPI top (50) obviously worth more. Any losses …

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Feb
17
2019

Jonathan Kabongo — A Peripheral Hokie Who Could Become More Central

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Our story begins in Lawrence, Kansas. Yes, Lawrence is not an ACC locale, but trust me — I know where I am going with this. If you have paid any attention to the Kansas Jayhawks in recent weeks, you have noticed how few …

Tags: Virginia Tech Hokies

Feb
17
2019

Cameron Johnson offers different look in Carolina Blue

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CHAPEL HILL – Cameron Johnson is the same guy that averaged 11.9 points a game two seasons ago, but he possesses a different aura about him. He’s no longer just another good ACC player in a Pitt uniform. At North Carolina, a blue blood basketball program, he’s a focal point dressed in Carolina Blue. Johnson …

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Feb
17
2019

The 2019 Version of the ESPN FPI is good for another set of laughs.

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by Jfann

The ESPN FPI has released their 2019 pre-season football rankings, and as usual one of the worst analytic in sports ranks teams that at best is confusing and at worst is completely laughable. I have to admit though thanks to HokieMark’s comment where FootballOutsiders still ranked Alabama ahead of Clemson after losing by 4 Touchdowns …

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Feb
16
2019

What Happened to Wake Forest Basketball?

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by James Cunningham

It wasn’t all that long ago that Wake Forest was a national brand when it came to college basketball. It had produced two of the all-time greats in Tim Duncan and Chris Paul had an innovative offensive coach in Skip Prosser. Then the unimaginable happened in 2007, Skip collapsed and passed away. Ever since that …

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Feb
15
2019

This is not the weekend Roy Williams provides Danny Manning support

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CHAPEL HILL – Wake Forest coach Danny Manning is struggling. He guided the Demon Deacons to the NCAA tournament two years ago, but otherwise he’s mired in a fourth losing season out of five in Winston-Salam. The temperature is turning up on the hot seat. Manning never played for coached under Roy Williams at Kansas …

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Feb
15
2019

Around the #ACC Blogosphere For February 15, 2019

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by Jfann

ACCPrescription tells us about the the Pac 12 Network’s struggles and even the SEC Network lost a key sponsor. For Clemson or anybody that just wants to see Alabama get their brains beat in, ShakintheSoutland ranks on the Megacast Viewing Options. I might have to watch the SEC Network version of this. Wake Forest blog …

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Feb
14
2019

How Duke 3-star Jordan Goldwire surpassed 5-star Trevon Duval

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Where did Jordan Goldwire come from? Besides the end of Duke’s bench, that is. Usually, guys like Goldwire, Duke’s lightly recruited sophomore guard, only play during blowouts. With the Blue Devils’ NBA combine roster, that means mop-up duty of an overmatched opponent. But on Tuesday night at Louisville, Duke trailed by 23 points with 9:55 …

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Feb
13
2019

Chris Mack Confronts the Boomerang Principle at Louisville

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. This story on the Louisville Cardinals’ collapse against the Duke Blue Devils begins in a soup kitchen. For 10 years as a once-a-week volunteer and then for four years as a five-day-a-week assistant manager, I spent time at a Catholic Seattle soup kitchen. …

Tags: Chris Mack, Louisville Cardinals

Feb
13
2019

Credit Anthony Edwards for choosing ‘Magic’ path to Georgia

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College Basketball

There are no more Magic Johnsons in college basketball. That has been my thought the past decade while watching one-and-done college prospects follow each other like lemmings to the same two schools, Duke or Kentucky. Their paths are considered the easiest to an NCAA title, even though Kentucky hasn’t won since 2012 and Duke since …

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Feb
12
2019

Duke-Virginia highest rated basketball games of year so far.

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by Jfann

Who says college basketball only matters in March? This past weekend Duke vs Virginia pulled in the highest TV ratings of any program on cable this past week. Saturday cable ratings: Duke-Virginia takes the win https://t.co/BGgg0UMCXN — TV by the Numbers (@TVbytheNumbers) February 12, 2019 Oh and their previous meeting was the highest rated game of …

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