Pat Kelsey has rebuilt Louisville from the nightmare Kenny Payne era. They are a competitive top-25 caliber basketball program. Under Kelsey they’ve won 51 games the last two years. They made the NCAAs both years and advanced to the second round in 2026. They have been the ACC’s second or third-best program the last two …
Category Archive: College Basketball
Apr
09
2026
Articles Around the #ACC Blogosphere – April 9, 2026
ACC Prescription ponders an Big 12 and ACC merger. Does it make sense? I think on some level, this should be entertained. RubbingtheRock says the national media is laughing at Clemson’s QB1 situation, but says the joke is on them. What does Duke blog DukeBasketballReport think of the Michael Malone hire at UNC? ChopChat says …
Apr
08
2026
Grading the new ACC Basketball coaching hires
There was a lot of coaching turnover in ACC’s men’s basketball the past several weeks. Who knows how it will turn out, but how do we feel about the hires right now? Luke Murray, Boston College : B+ Luke Murray has heached coached a major college program, but he’s been hired by Dan Hurley 3 …
Apr
07
2026
Way too Early 2026-27 College Basketball Rankings
The paint is not even dry off Michigan’s national championship. Let’s start taking a look at those Way Too Early Top 25 College Basketball Rankings. Hey, we know the portal could blow everything up, but it creates some fun talking points. Who knows what teams will like then, but in early April, here is what …
Apr
06
2026
Michael Malone’s hire at UNC met with collective blank stare.
UNC is one of the premier coaching jobs in all of college, just went to Michael Malone. No, not Billy Donovan, Tommy Lloyd or Dusty May, but Michael Malone. It was met with collective blank stare and confused looks. Look, UNC may go on to win multiple NCAA championships with Malone, but this hire came …
Apr
04
2026
The ACC school that almost landed UConn’s Dan Hurley once upon a time.
UConn and Dan Hurley are back in the national title game after the Huskies beat Illinois. It’s UConn’s 3rd national title appearance in the last 4 years, and it could be UConn’s 3rd National Title in the last 4 years. They are the country’s premier men’s basketball program, and Hurley is the best coach in …
Apr
03
2026
Tommy Lloyd is out. Where does UNC look next for it’s basketball coach?
Arizona head coach Tommy Lloyd is not going to UNC per CBS Sports. Arizona is a top-notch basketball program if not quite a Blue-Blood, but you can win there, and win big. The Wildcats may win the national title this year. Hubert Davis won nearly 70% of his games, went to a national title game …
Apr
02
2026
Ugh – NCAA tournament very likely headed towards expansion
The NCAA Tournament – the industry’s crown jewel – faces an uncertain future. With inevitable expansion on the horizon, a difficult conversation lingers: What happens when the event’s contract expires? “There are pressures. P4 have shared that with us.”https://t.co/zsL1SL71Bh — Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) April 2, 2026 Soon after the completion of this year’s NCAA tournament, …
Mar
31
2026
Decent year for ACC basketball, but NCAA tourney shows where growth needed.
With the Duke Blue Devils bowing out against UConn in a disastrous final 10 possession, the ACC did not have a team in the Final 4 for the first time since 2021. It wasn’t a total washout of a NCAA tournament, but it wasn’t good either. The ACC was in fact an improved league getting …
Mar
30
2026
Podcast – @AllSportsDACC and @TalkinACCSports talk Frozen and Final Four with @WillsWorldMN
@AllSportsDACC and I (@TalkinACCSports ) talk discuss the Elite 8, Final 4 and Frozen 4 with @WillsWorldMN of ACCnation.net. It’s always great to have Will on! 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 585 @WillsWorldMN tells us …
Mar
29
2026
Duke and Jon Scheyer choke again, and it costs them a trip to the Final Four.
After Duke choked away a Final 4 game away to Houston this is what we wrote… 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 …
Mar
27
2026
Jon Scheyer outcoaches Rick Pitino late as Duke advances to Elite 8
Rick Pitino is one of the all-time great coaches in the history of college basketball. For Duke to get to the Final 4, Jon Scheyer was going to have to match up with some Hall of Famers. How would he handle it in a tight game? Well, if the Sweet 16 was any indication – …
Mar
26
2026
Lane Kiffin and Will Wade will form the most unlikable pair of coaches in America.
We all know college athletics is more big business than sport these days. Players move, coaches move, and there is gazillions of dollars running around everywhere. That said, it takes a special kind of person in college athletics to be truly universally loathed, and now two of the most loathed are at the same school. …
Mar
25
2026
Articles Around the #ACC Blogosphere – March 25, 2026
ACC Prescription asks which ACC Football teams are under the most pressure going into Spring Practice. TarHeelBlog writes an appreciation thread for fired men’s basketball coach Hubert Davis. DukeBasketballReport takes a look at Duke’s Sweet 16 matchup with St. Johns. FromtheRumbleSeat takes a look at what Georgia Tech men’s basketball will look like with new …
Mar
24
2026
Hubert Davis is done at UNC
Hubert Davis is done at UNC. I thought he’d get one more year, but UNC was ready to move on. Breaking: Hubert Davis will not return as North Carolina’s men’s basketball head coach, sources tell @PeteThamel and @JeffBorzello. He spent the last five years leading the Tar Heels as head coach. pic.twitter.com/aH1rxwammu — ESPN (@espn) …
Mar
24
2026
Lack of Cinderella’s may have explanation, and it’s not just NIL.
NIL is widely considered the reason for the lack Cinderella’s in the last 2 NCAA Men’s tournaments. I have found that to be an incomplete reason for what we are seeing. @CBB_Central Kevin Sweeney does an excellent job diving into this topic in detail. Todd Golden made an interesting point to me on the lack …















