Dec
11
2022
It’s an unbalanced conference this year in ACC basketball. Virginia is likely to be ranked #1 this week and the conference has two top 15 NET teams, Virginia and Duke. They also have two at 250+ Florida State and Louisville. There are several ACC teams trying to build cases as fellow top 25 caliber teams …
Dec
10
2022
After Louisville got blown out at previously 1-9 Florida State 75-53 to drop to 0-9, I started to wonder is Louisville on its way to being worst ACC team in the last quarter century? Now there is still 2/3 of the season left, so we’ll have to see how the Cards do during conference play, …
Dec
06
2022
ACC Team of the Week : Pittsburgh – for 2-0 record winning at Northwestern and NC State NET Rankings are from – https://www.warrennolan.com/basketball/2022/net 15. Louisville (0-8) NET Ranking 361 Last Week: 15 Could Louisville be the worst ACC team we’ve seen this century? There are TWO teams with a worse NET ranking. TWO! 14. Florida State (1-9, …
Dec
01
2022
It’s only December, but fair or not resumes for the NCAA Tournament are built during the OOC portion of the schedule in November and December. Don’t think so? Why do you think the ACC only got 5 bids last year, with Notre Dame barely making the field and the only team higher than an 8 …
Nov
28
2022
ACC Team of the Week : NC State – for 2-1 record at Battle of Atlantis (Wins Dayton and Butler) NET rankings and NCAA Projections will be added in future polls. 15. Louisville (0-6) Last Week: 15 Mark your calendars for December 10 when Louisville plays Florida State. 14. Florida State (1-7) Last Week: 14 I …
Nov
20
2022
ACC Team of the Week : Virginia – for beating top 20 teams Baylor and Illinois. NET rankings and NCAA Projections will be added in future polls. 15. Louisville (0-3) Last Week: n/a Bellarmine, Wright State, and App State have wins over Louisville. The Cards are just terrible and could start the year 0-8, or 1-7. …
Nov
18
2022
This will be a short post this evening. The University of Virginia has had the toughest of weeks due to the recent tragic events with their football team. The Virginia men’s basketball provided a little joy in a dark dark week for at least a couple of hours. Tony Bennett reminded why he’s one of …
Nov
17
2022
The tragic events at UVa saddened us all. You can do something about it by supporting the families of the victims at their Go Fund Me pages found at StreakingtheLawn. ACCPerscription posts what if the ACC and Pac 12 really did partner? What would that look like? What is ShakintheSouthLand take on Clemson the last …
Nov
14
2022
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) get you ready for the ACC Basketball with Tristan Freeman @hoopsnut351. Tristan was excellent and I’m so ready for basketball season now. Check out Tristan’s work at https://bustingbrackets.com/author/tfreeman1/. 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 topics we covered on …
Nov
11
2022
ACCPerscription posts when and where to find this weekend’s ACC games. ShakintheSouthland gave out some grades to the Clemson offense after the debacle at Notre Dame. It wasn’t good. ChopChat had several benefits of Florida State blowing away Miami this past Saturday. What is the season outlook for the Georgia Tech basketball team FromtheRumbleSeat? NC …
Aug
25
2022
There’s one more storyline to consider regarding John Calipari’s self-serving comments that Kentucky is a basketball school. And I’m here to explain it. The headlines last week favored Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops’ snappy comeback while responding to Calipari’s blunder. “This program wasn’t born on third base,” said Stoops, correctly noting the contrast of Calipari …
Aug
14
2022
John Calipari’s comments that Kentucky is a basketball school at the expense of his school’s improving football program not surprisingly drew an angry reaction from Wildcats’ coach Mark Stoops. It’s not that Calipari’s statement isn’t true. Kentucky has long been considered a basketball school. The problem is Calipari uttered a smarmy, self-serving comment. He didn’t …
Aug
11
2022
ACC Prescription has the story of the ACC working with the consultant group FishBait Inc. to look at revenue opportunities for the conference. Well, we will see, but whatever works. The ACC needs to be creative on this. Wake Forest QB Sam Hartman is out indefinitely for a non-football-related injury via BloggersSoDear. We hope to …
Aug
04
2022
ACC Prescription takes a look at how big conferences could potentially get. RubbingtheRock looks at 5 things Clemson football will keep an eye on as camp opens. What are the 3 biggest keys for Virginia football according to StreakingtheLawn? Miami players will receive $3 for every jersey sale says CanesWarning. Miami has this NIL thing …
Jun
24
2022
𝗔𝗖𝗖-𝗕𝟭𝗚 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗘 🏀 Matchups for the 24th annual #ACCB1G Challenge have been set! 📰: https://t.co/kbAx60uyUM pic.twitter.com/Zbb8ApJDRb — ACC Men’s Basketball (@accmbb) June 24, 2022 The ACC-Big 10 challenge matchups were announced on Friday. For me this is the official start of the college basketball season, but does it kind of seem the same teams keep …
Jun
22
2022
The NBA Draft is tomorrow June 23, 2022 is the date. Let’s take a look at the final NBA Mock Drafts before then. Like I said a couple of weeks back… There are plenty of Duke players on the list, and for my money if I’m choosing Jabari Smith of Auburn and Paolo Banchero of …