Feb
08
2020
CHAPEL HILL – The next time unranked North Carolina faces a Duke team rated in the Top 10, bank on the Tar Heels pulling off an upset. If they can make free throws, that is. Struggling North Carolina was on the verge of shocking its historic Tobacco Road rival before sub-.50-percent free throw shooting down …
Feb
08
2020
Give author @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. ACC QUESTION of WEEK : Who was the single-season ACC basketball team of the past decade? The Louisville Cardinals won a national basketball championship this past decade, but not as a member of the ACC. Three ACC programs won a combined …
Feb
08
2020
DURHAM – Are you listening this Saturday, Blue Devils? Pay attention to the opponent was Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s complaint with his team last Saturday when the Blue Devils took Boston College lightly. Duke trailed most of the game until pulling out a 63-55 victory against a team it had defeated by 39 points a …
Feb
07
2020
Friday, the dean of ACC journalists, @DavidTeelatDP announced he was leaving the Daily Press. Overwhelmed by the kind words, today. Will respond to y’all ASAP. Beyond blessed to have called @DP_Sports home for 36 years and to exit on my terms. And please know this isn’t retirement. I’ve got a third-grader! #TinyTeel ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Coj6I0YyTl — David …
Feb
06
2020
For Current RPI Rankings and Quadrant Wins http://www.warrennolan.com/basketball/2020/rpi-live This where I see each ACC teams’ NCAA Chances. On Sundays we post Bracket Projections from several sports sites. 1. Louisville (20-3, 11-1) Projected NCAA Seed 2 If Louisville wins both of their games this week against Virginia and at Georgia Tech, I will give them a #1 …
Feb
05
2020
“Thanks for everything you’ve done.” That’s what I told Mark Dantonio in the summer of 2015 when I brought him a copy of “Raye of Light” at the Duffy Daugherty Building. We chatted briefly, and I introduced my daughter. How shortsighted was I not getting a snapshot that afternoon? Thank you is all that needs …
Feb
04
2020
With about 6 weeks left in the ACC basketball season, the ACC COY race is really starting to take shape. There are only four coaches that warrant any consideration. The top 3 ACC teams – Louisville, Florida State, Duke and their coaches Chris Mack, Leonard Hamilton, and Mike Krzyzewski are on that list. Virginia Tech’s …
Feb
03
2020
Here are some sobering ACC Revenue numbers from ACCPrescription. That ACC Network money can’t get here soon enough. Clemson football is on another level now says RubbingtheRock. Hoos place talks about how unfamiliar it is for Virginia basketball to be on the bubble. The ACC is loaded with top 25 baseball teams according to ACCNation. …
Feb
02
2020
Here’s is a selection of Men’s and Women’s NCAA Bracket Projections for 2020 as of February 2, 2020. Men http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/ http://realtimerpi.com/bracketology/bracketology_Men.html Women http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/bracketology https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/womens-basketball/bracketology http://realtimerpi.com/bracketology/bracketology_Women.html Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page
Feb
01
2020
North Carolina and point guard Cole Anthony can finally put to rest he’s not playing the remainder of the season to protect his NBA draft stock. Tar Heels coach Roy Williams said Friday Anthony has resumed practicing. That doesn’t mean the projected lottery pick will play Saturday when the Tar Heels play host to Boston …
Jan
31
2020
For Current RPI Rankings and Quadrant Wins http://www.warrennolan.com/basketball/2020/rpi-live This where I see each ACC teams’ NCAA Chances. On Sundays we post Bracket Projections from several sports sites. 1. Louisville (18-3, 9-1) Projected NCAA Seed 2 Louisville is back on top in the ACC, and eyeing a NCAA #1 seed. 2. Duke (17-3, 7-2) Projected NCAA …
Jan
29
2020
Mike Krzyzewski frequently shows anger on a basketball court, but it’s limited to poor play from his Blue Devils or calls he feels the referees missed. This time his wrath found a new target in Duke’s 79-67 win Tuesday night over visiting Pitt. At the halftime buzzer, the 40th-year Duke coach walked as briskly as …
Jan
28
2020
Recently we wrote about what we did like about the 2020 ACC Football schedule. Now we look at what don’t like. Georgia Tech’s over-scheduling Georgia and Notre Dame were always going to be on Georgia Tech’s schedule, but what’s the point of having UCF there too? Georgia Tech is the new Virginia, over-scheduling themselves out …
Jan
27
2020
DURHAM – The first Basketball Jones-led point guard tandem that pushed Duke to its 2015 NCAA basketball title was Tyus Jones and Quinn Cook. As interchangeable parts they set their Blue Devils lore into the quarry stone used to build Cameron Indoor Stadium. Now, another Jones-led Duke tandem resembles the 2015 depth that two interchangeable …
Jan
27
2020
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) welcome one of our favorite guests @MikeKlineDSB. We were glad to have him back, and appreciate him joining us. 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 We are also now available on PodBean! https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/p573j-6e69d/The-ACC-Weekly-Podcast To listen go here – https://www.talkshoe.com/episode/8221015 In this order, these are topics we covered on …
Jan
26
2020
The 2020 ACC Football schedule was released a few days ago. As we do each year, we’re going to tell you what like about it, and later what we don’t like about the schedule. Clemson vs Notre Dame – November 7, 2020 Last year ACC teams had very few marquee national OOC games during the …