Apr
10
2021
As we take last look at the college basketball season, and look ahead to the college basketball there will be a ton of a player movement with the transfer market. That’s just part of the game now, and coaches have to deal with it. So heading into this off-season and looking ahead to the 2021-2022 …
Apr
08
2021
ACCPrescription asks if some ACC schools are investing in the wrong sport. With the college basketball season over less than a week, ACCNation is ready to take a look a very early look at ACC basketball for the 2021-2022 season. Clemson might have their best defensive line since 2018 according to RubbingtheRock. TarHeelBlog asks if …
Apr
07
2021
Take these way too early pre-season college basketball rankings with a grain of salt. Expect a lot of player movement the next few months. That !aid it’s still a fun conversation to check where teams are being looked following the end of the 2020-2021 basketball season. Congrats to this year’s champion the Baylor Bears! https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2021/04/06/college-basketball-way-too-early-mens-preseason-top-25/7076060002/ …
Apr
06
2021
All that was needed before Hubert Davis was officially introduced as North Carolina’s new basketball coach was to hear his predecessor had signed off on the promotion from assistant coach. Turns out Roy Williams had endorsed Davis as a Tar Heel long before the Monday announcement and the formal press conference on Tuesday at the …
Apr
05
2021
The North Carolina tradition fueled the logic and speculation. Now it’s reality. The Tar Heels promoted assistant Hubert Davis to head coach, following a pattern of that dates back 70 years – long enough to encompasses Dean Smith sliding over from assistant to head coach in the 1961-62 season. The job opened up only four …
Apr
04
2021
Author : our esteemed friend and college football/basketball writer @MattZemek, Editor at @TrojansWire . Do yourself a favor and give him a follow on twitter. Every sport has a handful of games which never leave the public memory and never exit the national conversation. You remember where you were when those games happened. The arrival of a new season or postseason …
Apr
04
2021
College basketball is refreshing again. The Final Four — on both the men’s and women’s sides – has knocked us off our feet two straight nights, the women on Friday in San Antonio and the men Saturday in Indianapolis. The climate change has displaced the predictable air clouding the sport through the previous decade. Kentucky …
Apr
03
2021
By TOM SHANAHAN The North Carolina basketball head coach succession has been infrequent but consistent for 70 years. The Tar Heels have stayed in the family starting with Frank McGuire (1952-61) to promoting of top assistant Dean Smith (1961-97). Then came the elevation of Smith’s top assistant, Bill Guthridge (1997-2000), to hiring former Smith player …
Apr
01
2021
Thursday legendary coach Roy Williams retired. It is hard to have imagine that a coach that won over 900 games, with 3 National Titles, and went to 9 Final Fours would be under-appreciated, but I think he was. When you coach at places like Kansas and UNC you’re expected to win big, but that doesn’t …
Mar
30
2021
So how are you liking the NCAA Tournament scheduling this year? The exclusive Sweet 16 TV windows of the weekend. The 10 PM starts of 50% of the Elite 8. Take a look what our friend Matt Zemek proposes. I think NCAA should consider something similar. While we wait for the start of UCLA-Michigan for …
Mar
29
2021
That’s never good when you do a final ranking on a conference’s season, and the college basketball season is still going. That’s we find the ACC this year, and someone has to be first. 15. Boston College (4-16) Last week: 15 New coach Earl Grant has one of the biggest rebuilding jobs we’ve seen in …
Mar
28
2021
The NCAA tournament went as most of followers of the ACC expected – with a couple of Sweet 16 teams, and then out of the NCAA tournament. If an ACC team was going to go further, only FSU was probably capable of that, but the Noles peaked in mid-January. All of the issues we saw …
Mar
28
2021
Cuse’s defense actually did pretty admirably against a top 5 offense. But a season long trend of inconsistent output is challenged when Houston asked “anybody other than Buddy wanna step up?” and the answer was “Naw.” — Andy Pregler (@acpregler) March 28, 2021 Good run to the Sweet 16 though. Reload and hopefully come back …
Mar
26
2021
A quick for post for this evening. Just 32 College Basketball teams remain in the Men’s and Women’s Sweet College Basketball Tournament. Get ready for a great weekend of basketball. How about a preview of this weekend’s Sweet 16 basketball games? Men’s Sweet 16 Preview CBSSPorts – Florida State and Syracuse remain from the ACC …
Mar
24
2021
Oh, how we missed the NCAA basketball tournament. The 2021 resumption of March Madness and its many upsets has resoundingly reminded how much after the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the 2020 tournament. The 2020 college football post-season, though, played out as if we wouldn’t have missed anything. The College Football Playoff was the same old, same …
Mar
23
2021
March Madness isn’t just for big time college hoops’ fans. It’s become sewn into the fabric of our society, an event where even the most casual observer can have a vested interest in a team they have never heard of making a deeper than expected run through the tournament. Some have their NCAAB picks for …