The paint is not even dry off Florida’s national champion and let’s start taking look at those Way Too Early Top 25 College Basketball Rankings. Who’s what teams will like then, but in early April here is what we have. https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/college-basketball-rankings-houston-duke-purdue-lead-way-too-early-top-25-and-1-for-2025-26-season/ https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/44575415/mens-college-basketball-way-too-early-top-25-rankings-2025-26-season https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2025/04/08/college-basketball-men-early-top-25-rankings/82965561007/ https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-basketball/college-basketball-rankings-houston-purdue-headline-way-too-early-top-25 Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and …

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When you look back on the 2025 men’s basketball season, I’ll always think the Duke Blue Devils were the highest ceiling team of in the country. You don’t win national titles on potential, though. Duke was the better basketball team against Houston for 38 minutes. They were more skilled and better prepared, and the result …

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 @AllSportsDACC and me (@TalkinACCSports ) are ready to talk Frozen and Final Four with our good friend @WillsWorldMN of accnation.net. Check out Will’s great work over there. 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 are the topics we covered on the podcast. It’s episode 540 …

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I know the NCAA basketball tournament is into the Final 4, but take a break and look where the early NCAA baseball and softball projections are at. Baseball  https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/baseball/bracketology Baseball America D1 Baseball Projections- coming Softball https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/softball/bracketology Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page.

Duke is headed to the Final 4 after burying a very good Alabama team by 20 85-65. It was an astonishing display of dominance, talent, and coaching by Duke who will enter the Final 4 as the favorite. Sorry I don’t care what happens tomorrow. Auburn finally showed their November/December form late against Michigan, but …

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While we are still in the middle of March Madness, a story is out there waiting to be written. How did ACC/FSU/Clemson lawsuits get settled? Nearly a month ago a settlement was reached as reported by ESPN, and we know the details summed up below. As a result of the settlement, the penalty to leave …

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The last time Alabama beat Duke in basketball, the Empire State Building didn’t exist. pic.twitter.com/dQYSg82TB3 — Hoops At Duke (@Hoopsatduke) March 28, 2025 No, they won’t. Alabama plays 3 guards at 6’1, 6’3, and 6’4. We are going to be switching at every position and all 3 will be seeing above 6’5 all night with …

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The Sweet 16 is set to begin Thursday. Yahoo ranks their top 16 teams and USA Today has their Sweet 16 team rankings.  How do we rank the Sweet 16 teams? Duke – The most talented team in the field is playing the best of anyone in the field. Florida  – The Gators are deep, …

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Remember in 2018 when the ACC was largely down in football and Clemson was an incredible national championship-caliber team? They went on to win it all in dominant fashion. In fairness, Syracuse finished 15th in the country and NC State won 9 games. They were pretty good, but you get the idea. This year ACC …

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We aren’t even out of the opening weekend of the NCAA tournament, and the ACC, save Duke, has flamed out so far. Clemson played its worst first half of basketball in recent memory, losing in an upset to McNeese State. Louisville, despite a home court advantage, was run off the court by Creighton, and UNC …

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UNC got bounced from the NCAA tournament Friday 71-64 by Ole Miss. The Tar Heels finished the season 23-14. After 4 seasons, head coach Hubert Davis has a resume that just about any program and coach in the country would be proud of save a couple of places like blueblood schools like Duke or Kansas. …

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By 6 PM on the first day of the NCAA tournament Louisville and Clemson were eliminated in a relative surprise loss to Creighton and a stunner to McNeese State. Both were double-digit losses where neither team sniffed winning the game. What the *&$(@ happened? First off this isn’t an indictment of the ACC. Louisville and …

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Attribution for Picture:  CogSciLibrarian, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons What is the Richmond Times-Dispatch subscription services staff thinking about when they call me to re-subscribe after they fire their entire college sports staff?   I told them not to call me again until they rehire all their college sports columnists and writers – …

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 @AllSportsDACC and me (@TalkinACCSports ) take a look at the ACC Tournament, and start discussing the NCAA tournament. 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 are the topics we covered on the podcast. It’s episode 538 Most Surprising and Disappointing ACC Team of the …

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Last year, Virginia got a bid to the NCAA tournament as a last-four team. They deserved the bid, but they received a lot of criticism for their inclusion. They promptly went out and lost by 25 to Colorado State. This year, the committee made the correct decision and included UNC in the field. They are …

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It’s the greatest postseason in sport – March Madness! How did the ACC fair? Well, the conference only got 4 bids, but you really can’t argue that it should have been more. Duke, Clemson, and Louisville were the locks. Then there was one more potential bid and that was North Carolina. As we said earlier …

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