Mar
22
2023
1) Alabama – How Alabama made the game against Maryland non-competitive was a bit scary. They are long, athletic, and skilled. San Diego State, maybe Creighton may be able to push. them We’ll see, but they entered the tournament as the best and remain there. 2) Houston – For just a moment there was some …
Mar
21
2023
Nearly one year ago, Miami Jim Larranaga’s guided his Hurricane team to a Sweet 16 after a masterpiece of a coaching effort against the Auburn Tigers. 73 years young, Larranaga is doing it again. Miami is headed back to the Sweet 16 after the Canes thumped a solid Indiana team 85-69. Back in December Larranaga …
Mar
20
2023
@ASD_Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are taking a look ACC in the NCAA Tournament with Bryan Mauro @threecolorbeard of https://bustingbrackets.com/. We really enjoyed having Bryan on! We were so pleased to have Jamal join us on the podcast! 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 …
Mar
18
2023
After Purdue’s loss, that region became wide open and I said this yesterday, and still believe it. Why do I think tomorrow’s Duke/Tennessee winner will be in the Final 4? — Jeff or Jeffrey Fann (@TalkinACCSports) March 18, 2023 Tennessee has been an erratic, but a high ceiling team all year. They beat Kansas by …
Mar
17
2023
Friday saw the ACC continue flexing its March muscle as the conference was a Kihei Clarke pass from starting the NCAA tournament 5-1. The conference still moved to 4-2 this year and 18-7 so far in the last two years. Pittsburgh and Miami were the ACC wins on Friday. Pittsburgh faced a couple of rugged …
Mar
17
2023
March has exposed another team.. #1 Seed Purdue went to down #16 Seed Fairleigh Dickinson 63-58 in a stunning upset completing two straight seasons of March ineptitude likely to never be seen again. Purdue lost to a #16 seed and a #15 seed in back to back seasons. Throw in the 2021 season that saw …
Mar
16
2023
Just a brief post here, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) men’s basketball fans on Virginia’s stunning loss to Furman. Jeff Pearlman is right: This here. #uva #acc https://t.co/OeafHbWbhA — AllSportsDACC (@AllSportsDACC) March 16, 2023 Oh yea Tony Bennet won a national title in 2019. Any criticism of him that starts with “If he hadn’t won …
Mar
16
2023
Good afternoon, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) men’s basketball fans. Here’s my recap in a tweet thread of the 2022-2023 Virginia Tech men’s basketball season: That’s kind of the story of the #hokies season – an unreal sense of inconsistency — AllSportsDACC (@AllSportsDACC) March 16, 2023 Some night, the #hokies would play tough against the …
Mar
15
2023
Virginia #4 Seed South Virginia gets a tricky opener with Furman, but they should be able to get by them. In the round of 32 they will face San Diego St or College of Charleston, If they can get by them, Alabama awaits. Yea that’s a really bad matchup for Virginia. Alabama’s athleticism is something …
Mar
14
2023
Clemson and Georgia Tech made a couple of men’s basketball coaching moves on Monday. I think they were the right ones too. Let’s start with Clemson. Brad Brownell will be back next season. To me, this seemed like a no-brainer, but a significant number of Clemson fans were less than happy about the decision. After …
Mar
13
2023
@ASD_Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are taking a look ACC in the NCAA Tournament with @Blacketologist (Jamal Murphy) who contributes to @andscape_ ,@sinow, @usatodaysports, @globalsportmtrs, @BROSpod, and @UpNext_Pod. We were so pleased to have Jamal join us on the podcast! To find old podcasts prior to episode 385, you can follow this link -> https://www.talkshoe.com/show/the-acc-weekly-podcast In this …
Mar
12
2023
ACC Team of the Week : Duke for winning the ACC Tournament NET Rankings are from – https://www.warrennolan.com/basketball/2023/net 15. Louisville (4-28, 2-18) NET Ranking 315 Last Week: 15 Congratulations Louisville you are the worst ACC team of the last quarter century. Kenny Payne can only get an F for this year’s coaching job. 14. Notre …
Mar
11
2023
Selection Sunday is here! Is your favorite team projected to make the field? Here’s a selection of Men’s and Women’s NCAA Bracket Projections for 2023 as of this week. Men https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2023-march-madness-men-field-predictions https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/ https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-tournament/bracketology/ Women https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/30423107/ncaa-women-bracketology-2023-women-college-basketball-projections https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/womens-basketball/bracketology Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page
Mar
10
2023
There is a laughable debate going on between bracketologists. Is Clemson an NCAA tournament team? Joe Lunardi’s comments on ESPN Friday night on why Clemson would be left out of the Big Dance ranged from comical to pure absurdity. Pressed for why Clemson would be left out, Lunardi could only point to the Tiger’s OOC …
Mar
09
2023
North Carolina couldn’t do it. An entire season of basketball and they never took control of their own destiny. Wednesday with a chance to seal their NCAA fate, they played hard, but not particularly smart in a 68-59 loss to Virginia. They closed the gap, and they made runs. It looked a lot like in …
Mar
08
2023
If you read the blog, you know I’m not a Josh Pastner fan. The Georgia Tech fan in me would be celebrating if he’s fired tomorrow. That said I’m going to try and be fair when I make the case for and against Josh Pastner to be retained at Georgia Tech. Let’s start with against …