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The Miami Hurricanes eliminated the final #1 seed (Houston) remaining in the NCAA Tournament. I don’t want to say I told you so, but I told you this could happen before the brackets were even released. You have to wait for the brackets, but I can very easily see not picking a single #1 seed …

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Armando Bacot is returning to UNC for a fifth year!👀 pic.twitter.com/cuv7VkwbBA — College Basketball Report (@CBKReport) March 22, 2023 Amazing get by @djoneshoop scoring an interview with new #NotreDame men’s basketball coach Micah Shrewsberry & his reasons for leaving Penn State to go back home. https://t.co/xLaZkl98rk — Irish Sports Daily (@ISDUpdate) March 23, 2023 Some …

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Nearly one year ago, Miami Jim Larranaga’s guided his Hurricane team to a Sweet 16 after a masterpiece of a coaching effort against the Auburn Tigers. 73 years young, Larranaga is doing it again. Miami is headed back to the Sweet 16 after the Canes thumped a solid Indiana team 85-69. Back in December Larranaga …

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@ASD_Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are taking a look ACC in the NCAA Tournament with Bryan Mauro @threecolorbeard  of https://bustingbrackets.com/.   We really enjoyed having Bryan on! We were so pleased to have Jamal join us on the podcast!  To find old podcasts prior to episode 385, you can follow this link -> https://www.talkshoe.com/show/the-acc-weekly-podcast In this order, these …

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After Purdue’s loss, that region became wide open and I said this yesterday, and still believe it. Why do I think tomorrow’s Duke/Tennessee winner will be in the Final 4? — Jeff or Jeffrey Fann (@TalkinACCSports) March 18, 2023 Tennessee has been an erratic, but a high ceiling team all year. They beat Kansas by …

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Friday saw the ACC continue flexing its March muscle as the conference was a Kihei Clarke pass from starting the NCAA tournament 5-1. The conference still moved to 4-2 this year and 18-7 so far in the last two years. Pittsburgh and Miami were the ACC wins on Friday. Pittsburgh faced a couple of rugged …

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March has exposed another team.. #1 Seed Purdue went to down #16 Seed Fairleigh Dickinson 63-58 in a stunning upset completing two straight seasons of March ineptitude likely to never be seen again. Purdue lost to a #16 seed and a #15 seed in back to back seasons. Throw in the 2021 season that saw …

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Virginia #4 Seed South Virginia gets a tricky opener with Furman, but they should be able to get by them. In the round of 32 they will face San Diego St or College of Charleston, If they can get by them, Alabama awaits. Yea that’s a really bad matchup for Virginia. Alabama’s athleticism is something …

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Clemson and Georgia Tech made a couple of men’s basketball coaching moves on Monday. I think they were the right ones too. Let’s start with Clemson. Brad Brownell will be back next season. To me, this seemed like a no-brainer, but a significant number of Clemson fans were less than happy about the decision. After …

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@ASD_Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are taking a look ACC in the NCAA Tournament with @Blacketologist (Jamal Murphy) who contributes to @andscape_ ,@sinow, @usatodaysports, @globalsportmtrs, @BROSpod, and @UpNext_Pod.  We were so pleased to have Jamal join us on the podcast!  To find old podcasts prior to episode 385, you can follow this link -> https://www.talkshoe.com/show/the-acc-weekly-podcast In this …

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ACC Team of the Week : Duke for winning the ACC Tournament NET Rankings are from – https://www.warrennolan.com/basketball/2023/net 15. Louisville (4-28, 2-18) NET Ranking 315 Last Week: 15 Congratulations Louisville you are the worst ACC team of the last quarter century. Kenny Payne can only get an F for this year’s coaching job. 14. Notre …

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Selection Sunday is here! Is your favorite team projected to make the field? Here’s a selection of Men’s and Women’s NCAA Bracket Projections for 2023 as of this week. Men https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2023-march-madness-men-field-predictions https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/ https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-tournament/bracketology/ Women https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/30423107/ncaa-women-bracketology-2023-women-college-basketball-projections https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/womens-basketball/bracketology Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page 

There is a laughable debate going on between bracketologists. Is Clemson an NCAA tournament team? Joe Lunardi’s comments on ESPN Friday night on why Clemson would be left out of the Big Dance ranged from comical to pure absurdity. Pressed for why Clemson would be left out, Lunardi could only point to the Tiger’s OOC …

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