Mar
24
2019
Survive and advance they say… That’s exactly what Duke did today in a 77-76 win over UCF. It was the signature game of the tournament so far. Frankly Duke should have lost. If you saw the end of the Duke\Wake Forest game near the end of the regular season, this was a replay. Crazy ending …
Mar
24
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. What is an “8-seed gulf game”? The answer is a million times less complicated than you might think. The difference in seeds — a gulf — is eight. That’s it. The Florida State Seminoles have made a long journey over the past two …
Mar
23
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Oxygen. We need it to live. The Virginia Cavaliers didn’t seem to be taking in much oxygen in the first 25 minutes of their NCAA Tournament first-round game against Gardner-Webb on Friday in Columbia, South Carolina. The Cavaliers took the memories of …
Mar
22
2019
L’Affaire Izzo erupted in the French-named city of Des Moines, but only casual fans tuning into the flashpoint moment of Thursday’s NCAA Tournament victory over Bradley viewed it as abnormal. Tom Izzo often snarls his teeth and strains blood vessels from neck to forehead. Not only that, there is precedent linking Izzo and two other …
Mar
22
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Death. Taxes. Syracuse living under a cloud in March. Whether it’s the big, bad NCAA, or a failed drug test, or a dubious inclusion into the NCAA Tournament, Syracuse and controversy have been intimately linked in March throughout this decade. This is not …
Mar
21
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Other than the inability to bother the Minnesota Golden Gophers, the Louisville Cardinals were just fine in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday in Des Moines. Other than the inability to force turnovers or rebound or execute various defenses, the …
Mar
20
2019
The brackets are set! Let’s check in on each ACC team’s bracket, and how far I expect them to go. Virginia – SOUTH #1 Seed There will be no first weekend upset for Virginia this year. This is an elite team, that can has more offensive fire-power than their predecessors. A likely Sweet 16 matchup with …
Mar
19
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. @hokiesmash_ASD, one of the co-founders of All Sports Discussion, hopes his Virginia Tech Hokies will make the Washington, D.C. East Regional a week and a half from now, on March 29. Whether the Hokies actually make D.C. will depend on them, but for …
Mar
19
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. The ACC Tournament ended on Saturday, March 16. This is an empirical fact. We saw it with our own eyes: Duke defeated Florida State in the ACC final. There was a celebration. There was a trophy ceremony. Players were happy. No games were …
Mar
19
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. “Duke always gets the calls.” It is a tale as old as the Scriptures… even if it’s wrong. Some ideas are so deeply baked into the national imagination that it is impossible to extract them from the minds of millions of Americans. One …
Mar
18
2019
Chris Clemons’ last shot at NCAA Tournament exposure fell short when the Big South co-champions lost in the semifinals of their conference tournament, but one historic stage remains within reach. Fittingly, the nation’s leading scorer can retrace Pete Maravich’s final college steps to a basketball mecca. If Clemons helps Campbell University to an NIT first-round …
Mar
18
2019
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are going to get you ready for the NCAA Tournament with special guest Jamal Murphy @Blacketologist. He is the executive producer/co-host, Bill Rhoden On Sports podcast (@BROSpod), @cbslocalsports, @usatodaysports. We appreciate Jamal joining us! You can also find this most recent podcast and all our other podcasts on ITUNES at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rwradios-acc-weekly-podcast/id831843856?t=2. We are …
Mar
18
2019
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) men’s basketball fans. Just a quick post here for tonight. @AllSportsDACC‘s recommended March Madness bracket contest is right below: Come join the “Hokies 5 minute brackets” group in ESPN Tournament Challenge and see if your bracket beats the rest. #bracket https://t.co/pwr2bT1IZF — Brian Shenk (@Bshenk15) March 17, 2019 …
Mar
17
2019
The headlines, TV replays and talking head superlatives feature Zion Williamson, but it all overlooks a dose of Jones Family PG Glue that has held together Duke’s ups-and-downs this season. Duke’s losses can all be traced to how much glue freshman point guard Tre Jones was able to apply. There were swabs in Duke’s staggering …
Mar
17
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : Who should be the NCAA Tournament’s No. 1 overall seed — Duke, Virginia, or another team? I will keep this very short and simple, since we will be reviewing brackets on Sunday night and will have much more …
Mar
16
2019
Here’s one last look where we think the ACC Teams will land in the NCAA Tournament. We pull the RPI numbers from CBS Sportsline. NCAA Net Rankings Virginia (29-3) (16-2) Projected NCAA Seed – 1 RPI – 3 NET RANKING – 1 Notes – Virginia will be a 1 seed, but did Duke take the …