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 …
Category Archive: College Basketball
Aug
25
2022
The Kentucky athletics history lesson Stoops needs to teach Calipari
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
Tom Izzo promotes Michigan State; John Calipari sells himself
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
Articles Around the #ACC Blogosphere – August 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
2022 Articles Around the #ACC Blogosphere – August 4, 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 Big 10 Challenge Matchups Announced
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
NBA Mock Drafts for 2022 (Updated Links)
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 …
Jun
17
2022
Hubert Davis was ready for the NIL era from his NBA days
The Name, Image and Likeness one-year anniversary is upon us. It was July 1 last year when the NCAA threw in the towel on holding back against public sentiment, state legislatures and looming court rulings permitting college athletes to cash in. NIL’s impact continues to evolve rapidly entering year two, but looking back, North Carolina …
Jun
11
2022
Who has the 10 hottest seats in the ACC? (Football and Basketball combined)
In the last few months, we’ve done Hotseat rankings for football and Hotseat rankings for men’s basketball. What we haven’t done is combine the two biggest revenue sports in the ACC. Here is why this is important, if you have these 2 sports struggling, you are likely going to be making a decision. There are …
Jun
08
2022
NBA Mock Drafts for 2022 (links)
Did you know the NBA Mock Draft is only a couple of weeks? June 23, 2022 is the date for the draft. Plenty of Duke players on the list, and for my money if I’m choosing Jabari Smith of Auburn and Paolo Banchero of Duke I’m taking Banchero. I know what I saw when I …
Jun
02
2022
Way Too Early 2022-2023 College Basketball Top 25 Rankings (Update -Links)
We did Way Too Early College Basketball rankings back in April, but since then Wednesday was the deadline for players to withdraw from the NBA Draft so some rankings have changed. CBSSports, 247, and NCAA just updated their rankings, while ESPN is just a couple of days old. https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/college-basketball-rankings-gonzaga-gets-good-news-ucla-drops-in-top-25-and-1-after-nba-draft-deadline/ https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/College-basketball-rankings-247Sports-updates-Top-25-for-2022-23-188232875/#188232875_3 https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2022-06-02/college-basketball-rankings-drew-timmes-return-sees-gonzaga-rise-andy-katzs https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/page/earlytop25053122/gonzaga-bulldogs-villanova-wildcats-way-too-early-top-25-men-college-basketball-rankings-2022-23 Make sure you …
Apr
19
2022
Clemson’s Brad Brownell not having the off-season he needs.
Princeton transfer Jaelin Llewellyn has decommitted from Clemson, he told @On3sports. Averaged 15.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists last season. Story: https://t.co/txCC2GTfEd pic.twitter.com/8AXzZ3T46q — Joe Tipton (@TiptonEdits) April 20, 2022 Clemson 🏀 coach Brad Brownell is down two assistants, the second of which was made official Saturday as Kareem Richardson took a job at …
Apr
15
2022
If Caleb Love returns UNC is a top 3 team.
Just a quick post for this evening, but if you are a North Carolina basketball fan then the news just keeps getting better. First North Carolina sends Coach K into retirement with two straight losses to the Tar Heels as UNC made an unexpected run to the national title game. Then Tar Heels finished the …
Apr
09
2022
End of the season ACC Basketball Coach Hotseat Rankings
We’ve reached the end of the college basketball season. Which ACC Coaches can feel comfortable in the off-season, and who might want to keep their realtor’s number handy? We go from coldest to hottest. 0 – Ice Cold Seat 1 – Still cool 2 – There’s smoke 3 – Getting Warm 4 – On Fire …
Apr
08
2022
Way Too Early 2022-2023 College Basketball Top 25 Rankings (Links)
The season just ended with Kansas crowned the national champions, and we might as well look at next season. This is likely to change significantly with the transfer portal, but it’s still worth it to look at some way too early top 25 rankings. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/page/earlytop25040422/arkansas-razorbacks-no-1-way-too-early-top-25-college-basketball-rankings-2022-23 https://www.si.com/college/2022/04/05/ncaa-basketball-rankings-early-top-25-arkansas-kentucky https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/news/college-basketball-rankings-2022-23-kentucky-ucla-top-25/ux3bcoa9s0k7bx8772mosjhq https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/college-basketballs-way-too-early-131923172.html?src=rss https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2022-04-08/college-basketball-rankings-arizona-arkansas-top-preseason-power-36-2022-23 Make sure you follow the All …
Apr
07
2022
Final ACC Basketball Power Rankings April 7, 2022
15. NC State (11-21, 4-16) Last Week: 15 Anybody want to play for Kevin Keatts next year, because it doesn’t seem like it. 14. Georgia Tech (12-20, 5-15) Last Week : 14 If Georgia Tech doesn’t hit a couple home runs in the transfer portal, next year will go much like this year. 13. Pittsburgh …