This was a series I was going to work on in May, but the off-season started earlier than we wanted. #StayHealthy and practice social distancing. Games 1 – 5 | Games 6 – 10 | Games 11 – 15 | Games 16 – 20 | Games 21 – 25 | Games 26 – 30 | Games 31 …
Category Archive: ACC
Mar
20
2020
ACC Dunks of the Year for 2019-2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing. Starving for basketball highlights during what should be March Madness? Here are the top ACC Basketball Dunks of year. I am surprised John Newman’s dunk wasn’t in there somewhere, but I’ll give it an honorable mention. Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook …
Mar
19
2020
The ACC’s 50 best Out of Conference Football wins of the 2010s (50-46)
This was series I was going to work on in May, but the off-season started earlier than we wanted. #StayHealthy and practice social distancing. Games 1 – 5 | Games 6 – 10 | Games 11 – 15 | Games 16 – 20 | Games 21 – 25 | Games 26 – 30 | Games 31 – …
Mar
18
2020
Final ACC Basketball Power Rankings for 2020
For Current RPI Rankings and Quadrant Wins http://www.warrennolan.com/basketball/2020/rpi-live It was a disappointing finish to the season that ended too early… #StayHealthy and practice social distancing. 1. Florida State (26-5, 16-4) Leonard Hamilton’s had himself a team this year, and they were the ACC’s best. 2. Virginia (23-7, 15-5) The Hoos were on fire at the end …
Mar
16
2020
What Happened to Wake Forest Basketball?
If you were a fan of college basketball in the late 90’s you remember those great Wake Forest basketball teams. Tim Duncan and Randolph Childress made a run in 1995 to the Sweet 16. The next year, 1996, it was Tim Duncan, Tony Rutland, and Rusty LaRue taking Wake back to the Sweet 16. Between …
Mar
15
2020
Should the NCAA selection committee release a bracket? | answered by @mattzemek
Give author @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. ACC QUESTION of WEEK : Should the NCAA selection committee release a bracket? We’re all trying to deal with hugely important matters of self-isolation, stocking up for several weeks — maybe multiple months — of confinement. Before anything and everything else, PLEASE …
Mar
14
2020
J-Rob’s ‘better than Rudy’ story missed time to breath in NCAA
NOTE: I planned this story for the start of the NCAA Tournament, but it turned out to be my last Duke basketball story of the year. DURHAM – Picture this scene as Duke’s basketball team warms up. The players routinely take shots prior to the national anthem, player introductions and finally the tip-off with that …
Mar
12
2020
NCAA Should Grant extra year of scholarships due to Coronavirus
No March Madness, No NBA, No Spring Baseball, No Spring Practices… In a matter of 48 hours, it all ended due to the Coronavirus. While the matter is greater than sports, and there is no question the cancellations were the right thing to do, the NCAA can look into granting an extra year of scholarships …
Mar
11
2020
No NCAAs his first 6 years, Leonard Hamilton now a 3-Time ACC COY.
The story of Florida State Leonard Hamilton’s season and career is not yet written. The Noles still have plenty of goals ahead of them. Recently @mattzemek wrote about Hamilton’s place among all-time ACC Coaches. Leonard Hamilton just became a 3-Time ACC COY at age 71 Hamilton probably shouldn’t even be the head coach of Florida …
Mar
10
2020
This feels like the end of the Danny Manning era at Wake Forest
Playing less than hour from their campus against a team Pittsburgh team that hadn’t won a game in over month, Wake Forest looked ready to make some noise in the ACC Tournament. The exact opposite happened as the Deacs were bounced by Pittsburgh becoming the first ACC team eliminated. That is not what the embattled …
Mar
09
2020
Podcast – @BrentBlevins & @TalkinACCSports talk ACC Tournament with @HardwiredSports
We thank @RBrentBlevins for filling in for @Hokiesmash_ASD this week. He joins me (@TalkinACCSports ) as we welcome on Lukas Harkins (you can follow him on twitter at @HardwiredSports). He is a college basketball site expert, writer, and bracketologist for @BustingBrackets (BustingBrackets.com) covering the nation and recruiting. 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 …
Mar
09
2020
Louisville, NC State carry the most pressure into 2020 ACC Tournament
Give author @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Which ACC basketball teams enter the 2020 ACC Tournament with the most to prove? Which teams — with a bad showing in Greensboro, N.C. — will have the greatest reason to doubt themselves heading into the NCAA Tournament? The answer from this …
Mar
08
2020
Should Florida State get a 1 seed if it wins the ACC Tournament? | answered by @mattzemek
Give author @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. ACC QUESTION of WEEK : Should Florida State get a 1 seed if it wins the ACC Tournament? Kansas will be the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region on Selection Sunday, which is one week away. Baylor will be the 1 …
Mar
07
2020
Begrudgingly, I give Josh Pastner some credit for Georgia Tech’s season.
Anyone that follow this blog knows the Georgia Tech fan in me doesn’t care for Josh Pastner. My reasons are long and varied. He set expectations early on that it takes years to rebuild a basketball program with the get old stay old mantra. Through good recruiting basketball programs can turn things around in far …
Mar
03
2020
The race for ACC COY is down to three coaches.
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
Blue Devils’ chance for rematch avenges loss to NC State
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. …