Oct
08
2021
DURHAM — This time a year ago Duke’s Wendell Moore Jr. was on a special list of college basketball players Bill Walton most admired. Walton, the Basketball Hall-of-Famer and ESPN analyst, saw more than his basketball profile. Moore stood out among college athletes participating and organizing Black Lives Matter protests that spread across the country …
Oct
04
2021
DURHAM — Bates Jones left Davidson to play his graduate year at Duke, departing the Atlantic 10 campus just as Michigan State’s Foster Loyer arrived to renew his career at the mid-major school rich in college basketball tradition. Welcome to college basketball in the era of the transfer portal. It’s hard to keep track of …
Sep
28
2021
DURHAM – The “L” word is part of college basketball. Everybody loses games, even Duke in each of its five NCAA championship seasons. There hasn’t been an undefeated college basketball national champion since Indiana (32-0), 1976. But the “L” word is most definitely banned from Duke basketball this year. The “L” word as in “last.” …
Aug
06
2021
ACC Prescription analyzes the ACC Network’s recent agreement with cable provider MediaCom. Could COMCAST be next? Word is late September is when that will happen. RubbingtheRock has big new for Clemson as WR Justyn Ross is cleared to play. Ross when healthy might be the most talented WR in the ACC. What are the top …
Aug
05
2021
Duke released the non-conference portion of its schedule today that includes trips in November to New York to play Kentucky, Las Vegas to face Gonzaga and the Big Ten Challenge at Ohio State. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said upon announced this will be his final season before he retires he’s isn’t interested in a farewell …
Jul
14
2021
No one will ever confuse me with being Josh Pastner’s biggest fan. After a 2021 ACC Title, an NCAA appearance, and coaching his players Moses Wright (ACC POY) and Jose Alvarado (ACC Defensive POY) to the two biggest individual ACC awards, I had to eat some crow. Now Josh Pastner’s get his final vindication. …
Jun
04
2021
DURHAM — Jon Scheyer took his seat at podium set up astride Cameron Indoor Stadium’s Coach K Court. He had been introduced Friday as Duke’s 20th basketball coach by president Vincent Price, outgoing athletic director Kevin White and incoming AD Nina King. Scheyer, 33, leaned into the microphone. “So, I don’t want to break any …
Jun
04
2021
DURHAM — You don’t need to read Mike Krzyzewski’s bio to know he served in the Army after he played basketball and graduated from West Point. He often says his training and leadership skills gained apply to coaching basketball teams. Now, we’re learning that includes a succession plan for the dynasty he created at Duke …
Jun
03
2021
DURHAM — We know the numbers. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s Basketball Hall-of-Fame career is known for five NCAA titles. His all-time win record stands at 1,170 and counting as he enters his final season, the upcoming 2021-22 season. But how did he succeed and stay relevant on and off the court for a career spanning …
Jun
02
2021
Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski confirmed reports from sources he plans to retire at the end of the 2021-22 season. Coach K led the Blue Devils to five NCAA titles in a career from 1980 to the upcoming season. In 46 years as head coach at Army and Duke, his 1,170 career victories is an …
May
18
2021
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. By now, unless you’ve been lying under a rock, you know that Virginia Tech men’s basketball probably has one of the most consequential hires in the history of it’s program. Yes, that’s true. Virginia Tech head men’s basketball coach, Mike Young, hired Mike Jones as the …
May
07
2021
A quick for post for tonight, but a good read from ESPN. Which ACC coach would you want your kid to choose? The article goes deeper than just which coach to play for, but also answers these questions. ACC basketball’s Sleeping Giant Hubert Davis Biggest Challenge at UNC Coach with the most underrated ability to …
May
05
2021
Many measuring sticks gauge Tom Izzo’s success. Here’s one beyond citing one national title, eight Final Fours, 10 Big Ten regular-season titles, six Big Ten tournament crowns and 624 victories: 53 and counting. That’s how many Big Ten basketball coaches have come and gone since Izzo took over Michigan State’s program 26 years ago, the …
May
03
2021
Author : college football/basketball writer @MattZemek, Editor at @TrojansWire . Do yourself a favor and give him a follow on twitter. Was it a bubble, a structure, a container, a network? Whatever you want to call it, the NCAA set up a very particular living situation for NCAA Tournament teams in Indianapolis this past March. On a podcast created by …
Apr
21
2021
Today was another embarrassing day for NCAA. In other words just another day for the much maligned organization. Tweets from two of the highest profile media members said it all. This article is absolutely soul crushing. The NCAA says it’s about athlete welfare. This story, and so many others like it, show that to be …
Apr
12
2021
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) talk some ACC and NCAA Basketball this week with Mychal Hunter @ACCBR1 of http://ACCBasketballReport.com. Check that site out! We are also now available on iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rwradios-acc-weekly-podcast/id831843856?t=2 We are also now available on Stitcher! http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/httpwwwtalkshoecomtalkshoewebtalkcastjspmasterid130024cmdtc/the-acc-weekly-podcast?refid=stpr0 We are also now available on PodBean! https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/p573j-6e69d/The-ACC-Weekly-Podcast To listen go here – https://www.talkshoe.com/episode/15329048 In this order, these are topics …