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Count me in the camp that says making NCAA tournament is better than anything that can in the NIT tournament. You can also count me in the camp that say the NIT is still a very meaningful tournament and can lead to bigger things in the future. In 2006 the NIT had their selection process …

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A largely miserable NCAA tournament for the ACC came to an end Friday evening when Michigan St. defeated Virginia in the Sweet 16. I hesitate to lump Virginia with the rest of the ACC’s first weekend failures. The Cavaliers in my mind are a top 5 team, that ran into a Spartans team that is …

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My podcast co-host @HokieSmash and I @TalkinACCSports have one of our favorite guests backs on the podcast. Former Virginia Tech basketball manager Jerran Anderson @HereGoJayAgain joins us to talk about the latest happenings in ACC Basketball. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. You can also find this most recent podcast and all our other podcasts …

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Twitter is a great thing, because you can get a feel for how fans feels about things. Surprisingly a sizeable number think that the results of the NCAA don’t reveal much if anything about the conferences the teams come from. The sample size is too small they say… This makes no sense to me. The …

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The ACC entered the NCAA tournament with 6 teams, 3 top 3 seeds, and 4 teams ranked in the top 25. Before the first weekend of the NCAAs is over, the ACC is already down to two teams Virginia and North Carolina who play Sunday. Pittsburgh and NC State can be forgiven somewhat. The Panthers …

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For team ranked #3, winners of the ACC regular season and ACC tournament, Virginia is one disrespected team. I mean really disrespected. Tony Bennett should have no issues motivating his team, because the Hoos are a heavy underdog in their own region. The experts from CBSSportsline? Not a single one picked Virginia to make the …

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My podcast co-host @HokieSmash and @TalkinACCSports have a special show for tonight. We are previewing the NCAA tournament and finishing with the surprising dismissal of Virginia Tech basketball coach James Johnson. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. 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. …

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Just returned from the ACC Tournament, so this will be a short post. Congratulations to the Virginia Cavaliers on a great tournament. They were the ACC’s best team all year, and they were the ACC’s best team this weekend. They were a deserving champion. Cavalier fans really showed up today, and it kept Duke from …

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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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