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Two pretty surprising job openings are now available in the ACC – Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh. Jamie Dixon is headed to TCU to talk over his at alma mater. In my opinion, this won’t end well for Dixon. Dixon is a good coach, but not a great recruiter. It will be tougher to recruit to …

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With the ACC getting six teams into the Sweet 16, the conference will be well represented this weekend. The ACC had two number 1 seeds, UNC and Virginia and they are both  favorites to make the Final 4 and possibly win a national title. Fans of each ACC school will obviously say my school needs …

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With the ACC sending a record 6 teams to the Sweet 16, it’s been a great week of basketball for the conference. The ACC offices in Greensboro must be sharing high fives across the office, and I”m pretty sure John Swofford made a fist pump after each ACC win. North Carolina, Virginia, Miami, Duke, Syracuse, …

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@Hokiesmash and I were joined by Scott Burks @Klownchyld_1906  of the sports blog site http://theklowntimes.net/ .  We really appreciate ]@Klownchyld_1906   joining us on the podcast. He is an NC State graduate, and he know his ACC Sports inside and out. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. In addition you can subscribe to the Podcast on …

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Going to back to last season the ACC is a sterling 23-6 in the NCAA Basketball tournament. The conference was 17-5 last season and a  solid 6-1 to start this year. Actually let’s change that from solid to astounding considering the carnage that took place against the rest of the power 5. The Pac 12  …

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Quick post for tonight… I have a pet-peeve about the coverage for the NCAA Tournament. It’s getting kind of old to hear over and over again if this is the year a 16 beats a 1. So far number 1 seeds Virginia and Kansas knocked off Hampton and Austin Peay by an average of more …

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Miami #3 Seed – South Region Miami shouldn’t have any problem with Buffalo in round 1, but Arizona or Wichita State could be a real issue in round 2. If the Canes survive round 2, then I like the matchup with Villanova. I don’t trust team’s that rely on the 3 like the Wildcats, and …

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I’ll be the first to admit, I thought Brian Gregory was toast in the middle of February. Sitting at 13-12 (3-9), the Gregory watch was on. I was looking at possible coaching candidates at Georgia Tech. Gregory runs a clean program, and by  most accounts is good guy. I just thought he was overwhelmed at this …

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  The ACC tournament had featured game after game of close tightly contested affairs. Then North Carolina and Virginia got their turns in the ACC tournament and just flattened two quality teams in likely NCAA team Pittsburgh, and likely NIT team Georgia Tech by an average of 18.5 points. North Carolina beat Pittsburgh 88-71, and …

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A lot of us criticize ESPN’s coverage of their conference and their teams. You know the whole the SEC Bias thing. I’ve been critical of ESPN in the past as well.   There is one time though where ACC fans have to pleased with ESPN, and that is during the ACC Men’s basketball tournament. The ACC …

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  As we head into the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament UNC blog TarHeelBlog wraps up North Carolina’s win over Duke and the regular season.   The Heels go in as the ACC Tournaments #1 seed. Boston College and Jim Christian finished the year without winning an ACC Basketball game. BC blog BCInterruption wonders what Jim …

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  Thanks to @Hokiesmash for sending this press release. ACSMA Announces Basketball Postseason Awards, All-ACC Teams Virginia’s Brogdon voted ACC Player of the Year; Duke’s Ingram takes Freshman honor   GREENSBORO, N.C.(theACC.com) – ACC Player of the Year Malcolm Brogdon of Virginia leads the 2015-16 Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA) postseason basketball awards and all-conference …

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