Mar
16
2019
We asked the question a few weeks ago who would be the @accnetwork’s Paul Finebaum. In other words, who would be the radio show host or hosts. We suggested @MarkPacker and @WesDurham could be candidates separate or together. Their ACC Central show on Sirius/XM 371 is a great ACC radio. I listen to it any …
Mar
16
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. If the North Carolina Tar Heels had made one shot at the very end of Friday night’s thrilling ACC Tournament semifinal against the Duke Blue Devils, they would be a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, no questions asked. They missed that …
Mar
15
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Here we go. The Virginia Cavaliers ran into a team with length, power and athleticism. The Hoos didn’t have answers against Florida State on Friday night in the first of two ACC Tournament semifinals. Plenty of people will look at how Florida State …
Mar
15
2019
A mere three years ago Army cornerback Elijah Riley graduated from high school and arrived at West Point, but the consecutive winning seasons his senior class has put together feels like a a three-decade accomplishment. That much time has passed since Army last strung together a winning streak spanning three seasons. Jim Young arrived from …
Mar
15
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. In these days before Selection Sunday, you will hear talk about seeds and regions, and to be sure, they do contain a certain amount of value. However, the ultimately important detail about the NCAA Tournament — the one which transcends the seeds and …
Mar
15
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. If you recall the 2014 NCAA Tournament, you will remember that North Carolina State was the last at-large team in the field. The first team left out of that tournament was SMU. The Mustangs were the team — there is usually one every …
Mar
13
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. We have written several stories about Clemson Tigers men’s basketball in recent weeks at All Sports Discussion. We wrote about the need to take advantage of opportunities when they arise. We wrote about the need for Clemson to beat North Carolina to improve …
Mar
12
2019
Another forgettable season for Georgia Tech basketball ended Tuesday. The Yellow Jackets finished the year 14-18 (6-12) after they went down to the ACC’s last place team Notre Dame. Josh Pastner’s three year mark at Georgia Tech is 48-53 ( 20-34 ), and he’s running out of time. Georgia Tech fans knew Pastner was taking …
Mar
12
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Has the decision already been made to fire Danny Manning as head coach of the Wake Forest men’s basketball program? Regardless of the answer, the Demon Deacons at least have the choice to chart a new course if they want to. It …
Mar
11
2019
A lot of people have wondered what role if any the ACC’s syndication TV partner Raycom would have once the ACC Network launched. Back in 2013 when we speculated what the ACC Network would look like, we also discussed Raycom’s potential role. My expectation is Raycom will continue to manage the Digital Aspect, but that …
Mar
11
2019
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are going to get your for the ACC Tournament. We had a great first time guest @haslametrics of the NCAA hoops analytics site http://Haslametrics.com. Please check that out! 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 also now available on Stitcher! …
Mar
11
2019
The smart NFL teams — ones that find prospects in college basketball dating to Dallas Cowboys scout Gil Brandt converting Pete Gent and Cornell Green in the early 1960s from the hard-court to the gridiron — safely tucked away their file on Ky Bowman. That meant once Bowman began his Boston College basketball career three …
Mar
10
2019
The ACC Tournament is going play a major role in where the ACC Teams end up in the NCAA Tournament. Let’s take a look where an ACC team could end up based on how many games they win. We pull the RPI numbers from CBS Sportsline. NCAA Net Rankings 2019 ACC Tournament Bracket Virginia (28-2) …
Mar
09
2019
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. On occasion, I step out of the ACC on the blog to talk about the Georgetown University Men’s Basketball team (I’m a Georgetown alumnus so I do check out the Hoyas once in a while). Earlier this week, Georgetown experienced one of their worst losses in 40 …
Mar
09
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 : Is Brad Brownell underappreciated by Clemson fans? When assessing whether a coach is underappreciated, the main question I ask myself is this: Are fans expecting too much of a coach, relative to the history of the program and …
Mar
09
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Frankie Valli had The Four Seasons. Tony Bennett – the Virginia men’s basketball coach, not the iconic singer – has The Six Seasons. Go back six seasons ago. Go back to November of 2013 and the start of the 2013-2014 college basketball season. …