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The NCAA Tournament field will be set in less than 24 hours. With that said let’s take one last look at where the ACC teams stand… Let’s start with who’s not going to the NCAAs. Maryland, Miami, Wake Forest , Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Boston College and Virginia Tech you’re not on anybody’s NCAA lists. …

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Did you throw your ACC bracket out of the window after Day 1? Now that 6 teams have played we start to get a feel for what we might need to keep an eye on for Day 2. Maryland vs Florida State 12:00 PM This one is basically a tossup. The Terrapins are a talented …

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It’s that time of year again… the ACC tournament. This ACC tournament is always a great event, but this has a vintage feel to it. There a 4 top 15 teams in Virginia, UNC, Duke and Syracuse, ACC POY T.J. Warren is from N.C. State. That same N.C. State team along, Clemson and Florida State …

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@HokieSmash brought in some special guests for our ACC Basketball Awards Podcast. We have Jerran Anderson @HereGoJayAgain joining us again. He was a student basketball manager at Virginia Tech just a few short years ago, and recently was a guest for Episode 23 as we had a Virginia Tech basketball specific podcast. We are happy to have …

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Just a short post for tonight… 2 Weeks ago the ACC tournament picture looked nice and tidy – 5 locks (Virginia, Syracuse, UNC, Duke, and Pittsburgh) It’s completely been turned upside down since. Pittsburgh loses at home to Florida State and N.C. State to slide back towards the bubble. Florida State has won 4 of …

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With Syracuse, Pittsburgh, and Notre Dame joining the ACC this year, many basketball fans were ready to anoint the ACC the best basketball conference in America. That was pre-mature, and obviously made by folks that haven’t followed ACC Basketball in recent years. The bottom of the ACC is struggling and I mean really struggling, but …

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Congratulations to the Virginia Cavaliers for clinching the top seed in the ACC Tournament. It might be unofficial, but I’m calling them the ACC regular season champions. How did their win over Syracuse affect their NCAA position, and how did it affect Syracuse’s? Anyone else make a move? In my ranking system, any RPI top …

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If you read this blog, as early as mid January I was saying Virginia was turning into a very dangerous team.  The signs were there you just had to be paying attention. A month and half later Virginia clinched the regular season ACC title by dismantling a very good Syracuse team. The Cavaliers have won their …

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@HokieSmash and I ( @TalkinACCSports ) are talking some ACC basketball tonight, and we are talking about ACC Bubbles. Who’s in Who’s out… To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. In this order, these are topics  @HokieSmash and I ( @TalkinACCSports )  covered on this podcast. A look back at Syracuse\Duke and “The Call” …

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ACC Basketball is in the homestretch, and it’s been a fun year especially at the top of the conference. What do the ACC Bloggers have to say about things? What’s one of the biggest factors in UNC’s 9 game winning streak? TarHeelFanBlog says it’s Marcus Paige’s play in the 2nd half of games. Syracuse blog …

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ACC basketball is fun to watch again. Elite Teams, bubble madness, Hall of Fame Coaches battling, tons of media coverage… It’s what John Swofford always dreamed of. Now about those bubble teams… In my ranking system, any RPI top (100) win is a good win and any RPI top (50) obviously worth more. Any losses …

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When you the read the title of this post, notice I didn’t say the best conference. The Big 12 and Big 10 might actually be deeper, but is there a more compelling conference in the country right now than the ACC? Pat Forde of Yahoo sports says the ACC is the hottest conference going. ESPN …

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