Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Bracket nerds and college basketball historians — from Jim Nantz to your nextdoor neighbor — pay attention to these things. The Duke Blue Devils have repeated their national championship journeys over the years, and anyone who follows Duke closely knows this. In 1992, …
Monthly Archive: April 2019
Apr
04
2019
Virginia at the Final Four Part I — avoiding Ryan Boatright and more
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. The Virginia Cavaliers have reached college basketball’s Holy Grail once again. For the first time since 1984, the Hoos are the Who’s Who of their sport. They will try to reach their first national championship game when they face the Auburn Tigers in …
Apr
03
2019
Buzz Williams elevated what could be done at Virginia Tech.
Buzz Williams is on his way to Texas A&M. There’s no way to sugar coat it. That’s a big loss for the Virginia Tech basketball program. When Buzz Williams was hired, we said it was a good to great hire. We told you that back in 2014. Williams won’t be overwhelmed competing against the like …
Apr
03
2019
NIT: Lipscomb revives Tobacco Road and New York in reverse
Tobacco is no longer North Carolina’s economic engine, Tobacco Road as an old label for college basketball in the state and Lipscomp University is located in Nashville, Tenn. But there is still a reverse Tobacco Road trip for the Bison to complete. Lipscomb, which won three NIT rounds at North Carolina opponents to earn the …
Apr
02
2019
Podcast – @Hokiesmash_ASD & @TalkinACCSports preview the Frozen and Final Fours with @JoeMicik and @WillsWorldMN
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) preview a couple of big sporting events this weekend the Frozen and Final Fours with a couple of our favorite frequent guests @JoeMicik of the @thebracketyard and @WillsWorldMN of accnation.net. Please check their sites out! You can also find this most recent podcast and all our other podcasts on ITUNES at …
Apr
01
2019
The good guys took down the Duke and Kentucky one-and-done dragons
A Michigan State fifth-year senior and an Auburn junior slew a pair of NBA Combine team dragons, leaving Duke and Kentucky short of an NCAA title – not to mention a Final Four – a fourth straight year. Experience still matters most in college basketball. Michigan State’s Kenny Goins and Auburn’s Jared Harper along with …