Mar
03
2020
Virginia Tech’s Mike Young was the early leader for ACC COY, but faded. Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski has lost 3 of their last 5 games. The realistic candidates for ACC Coach are Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton, Louisville’s Chris Mack, and newcomer Virginia’s Tony Bennett. It’s probably going to come down to who wins the ACC regular …
Mar
02
2020
DURHAM – Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski still says 20 conference games is two too many, but the increase this season from 18 was necessary to accommodate ESPN launching the ACC Network. His players, though, disagree. They are happy with the expansion, especially with what happened 12 days ago. Duke avenged a 22-point loss to N.C. …
Mar
02
2020
So it’s official, Georgia Tech is dropping the appeal of the postseason ban. Georgia Tech dropping appeal of postseason ban. Story here- more to come.https://t.co/gKALi5GKE6 — Ken Sugiura (@ksugiuraajc) March 2, 2020 While the Jackets are currently playing some of their best basketball of the season, at 15-14 (9-9), an ACC Tournament Title was required …
Mar
02
2020
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) welcome one of our favorite guests @Blacketologist (Jamal Murphy). Check out his work at https://sports.cbslocal.com/tag/jamal-murphy/ among other locations. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rwradios-acc-weekly-podcast/id831843856?t=2. We are also now available on Stitcher! http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/httpwwwtalkshoecomtalkshoewebtalkcastjspmasterid130024cmdtc/the-acc-weekly-podcast?refid=stpr0 We are also now available on PodBean! https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/p573j-6e69d/The-ACC-Weekly-Podcast To listen go here – https://www.talkshoe.com/episode/8528613 In this order, these are topics we covered on …
Mar
01
2020
So here’s the tweet that blew up in Mr. Fetes’s face… This was during the Virginia \ Duke game that the Cavaliers ended up winning. Why would anyone wanna play basketball at Virginia? What’s the pitch? “Hey do you wanna play the most boring style of offense possible and win games in the 50s?” It …
Mar
01
2020
Here’s is a selection of Men’s and Women’s NCAA Bracket Projections for 2020 as of March 1, 2020. Men http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/ http://realtimerpi.com/bracketology/bracketology_Men.html Women http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/bracketology https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/womens-basketball/bracketology http://realtimerpi.com/bracketology/bracketology_Women.html Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page
Mar
01
2020
Give author @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. ACC QUESTION of WEEK : Are the Virginia Cavaliers playing the best basketball in the Atlantic Coast Conference? Before directly answering that question, let’s look at the larger landscape of the league. North Carolina State lost to North Carolina in the past …
Mar
01
2020
Name a pro athlete that collected NFL paychecks for nine years — providing his family a comfortable life — but upon retirement from his playing days returned to his high school alma mater located in an impoverished urban neighborhood. In other words, identify a star athlete that was coddled in college and overpaid as a …