Apr
16
2015
Irish Chop Seminoles: Before losing to Toledo on Wednesday, Notre Dame extended its winning streak to eight games by sweeping the Florida State Seminoles. The Irish held Florida State to four runs over the course of the weekend in South Bend, dominating the series. So what does this mean for the Atlantic Division? Firstly, Louisville …
Apr
14
2015
Greetings, Atlantic Coast Conference sports fans – I’m going to steal a page out of Jeff’s (@TalkinACCSports) book this afternoon – and give you all a look from our ACC blogger friends (you’ll notice a lot of spring football in these posts from now – Jeff and I are really looking forward to the upcoming …
Apr
09
2015
Greetings, Atlantic Coast Conference sports fans – I’m going to steal a page out of Jeff’s (@TalkinACCSports) book tonight and give a look from ACC bloggers. Here. We. Go. @TheUVAFool drops some odds in a blog post (via Bovada) on who will win the 2015-16 men’s college basketball title – Vegas seems to like the …
Apr
08
2015
Opening Day: While the college season has been going strong since mid-February, the Major League Baseball season opened Sunday night, with most teams playing their first games on Monday. A couple of ACC products put in strong efforts to start the season. Miami’s Jon Jay opened the ACC’s ledger on the season, batting 2-for-4 with a …
Apr
01
2015
This week serves as a halfway mark for the college baseball season, and each weekend brings us closer and closer to the ACC Baseball Tournament in Durham, N.C. and the NCAA Tournament that follows. This also serves as a great chance to see how the Atlantic Cost Conference’s baseball teams stack up and what work …
Mar
28
2015
Mike Krzyzewski and Duke were expected to reach the Elite 8, but that doesn’t make their run through the NCAAs any less meaningful. Ask top 2 seeds Kansas and Villanova if a high seed guarantees an Elite 8. Duke was in no position to assume they’d make the Elite 8 either, after getting bounced in the …
Mar
23
2015
Sensational Seminoles: In an unexpected twist to the start of the ACC baseball season, the Virginia Cavaliers sit last in the Coastal Division standings with a 3-6 record in conference play. That distinction follows a 2-1 series loss at home to Florida State this weekend. Virginia won the series opener as Cavaliers head coach Brian …
Mar
17
2015
@Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) preview the NCAA Basketball Tournament with a couple of our favorite people – blog contributor @HereGoJayAgain and frequent podcast guest @WillsWorldMN (Will Ojanen ) of accnation.net. We really appreciate @HereGoJayAgain and @WillsWorldMN for taking the time to join us. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. You can also find this most recent podcast …
Mar
16
2015
Road Worriers: This weekend was a testament to the parity of the ACC in baseball. The five teams in Baseball America’s top 25 rankings for the week were a combined 9-6 in conference play this weekend, despite all playing unranked teams. Two of those ranked teams suffered series losses on the road this weekend, No. …
Mar
09
2015
McKay Saves The Day: The marquee series of the first weekend of ACC conference action was the meeting of top-25 squads Miami and Louisville in the Bluegrass State. A six-run seventh inning gave the Cardinals the opening win, while Miami jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the second game and coasted to a 9-5 …