“Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” — Duke basketball (with apologies to Mark Twain). By Tom Shanahan A week ago, college basketball gave up Duke for dead following a third straight defeat that included a second in a row allowing 90 points. Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski sounded resigned to their 24-year NCAA …

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It’s not easy being a men’s basketball coach in the ACC. Night and night out you might be facing a coach that’s in or headed to the Hall of Fame, has been to a Sweet 16 or a Final 4. Maybe they have an ACC Title. For the last few years, a mediocre head could …

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The strangest of basketball seasons, thrown off kilter by the COVID-19 pandemic, just got a little stranger. Duke freshman Jalen Johnson announced Monday he’s declaring for the NBA draft. Duke’s NCAA Tournament chances were already in jeopardy, but now he’s coach’s Mike Krzyzewski’s latest one-and-done without playing games in February or March. “I appreciate everything …

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If you watched the Florida State vs Virginia game, you saw the only ACC team capable of getting to the Final 4 play like it. Virginia is a very good team. They can reach the Sweet 16, and given a favorable draw maybe even the Elite 8, but that’s as far as they can get. …

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#StayHealthy and practice social distancing @Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) talk some ACC Basketball this with blog friend @KilroyFSU.  A few technical difficulties, but good stuff on this episode.  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 …

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#StayHealthy and practice social distancing. We’ve added conference records, and .NET rankings via http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2021/net 15. Boston College (3-13, 1-9) NET Ranking 161 Last week: 15 BC has the bottom of these rankings on lockdown. UNC and Notre Dame are up this week. 14. Wake Forest (6-9, 3-9) NET Ranking 114 Last week: 14 Wake Forest had …

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When Duke loses, a cloud hangs over the Blue Devils failing to extend their streak of 24 straight NCAA Tournaments. A Duke win replaces the cloud with expectations. It’s enough pressure for a team to start pressing and show up on game day forcing inexplicable plays trying to do too much. But for all of …

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While coaches like ACC COY contenders Virginia’s Tom Bennett, Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton and your likely leader Virginia Tech’s Mike Young lead their team to the NCAA tournament we don’t want to forget the other side. We don’t want to leave the coaches who’ve underachieved, disappointed, and frustrated their fanbases without any hardware. There’s always …

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#StayHealthy and practice social distancing Do you realize selection Sunday is only month way? Here’s is a selection of Men’s and Women’s NCAA Bracket Projections for 2021. Men http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/ https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-tournament/bracketology/detail/ Women http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/bracketology 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

Georgia Tech’s season has been an uphill battle since the start. As much as Josh Pastner would like erase the opening two losses to Georgia State and Mercer, he can’t. They are there, and they are anchors. Georgia Tech needed to really produce during their ACC schedule to make up for those games. An extremely …

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Duke’s basketball roster lacks a Christian Laettner or Grayson Allen. Not even a J.J. Redick. In other words, there are no villains to dislike. Duke has plenty of jealous college basketball enemies for winning five national titles and advancing to 12 Final Fours under coach Mike Krzyzewski. Fans and media are also quick to jump …

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After NC State went down in a lackluster 77-68 home loss to Syracuse, the Wolfpack dropped to 8-8 (4-7). Any realistic chance at the NCAA tournament were put to rest, as NC State will go without a NCAA tournament victory for the 4th straight year. Last year doesn’t count as a true miss, but NC …

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Monday night, another ACC game was post-poned. This time it was UNC vs Miami. While we are well on way to completing the college basketball season every team in the ACC has had games cancelled. The question is now beginning across the country. Should conference tournaments be cancelled? Here’s a sampling of why the conference …

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#StayHealthy and practice social distancing. We’ve added conference records, and .NET rankings via http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2021/net 15. Boston College (3-11, 1-7) NET Ranking 148 Last week: 15 If Jim Christian is still the basketball coach of BC after this year, then Eagles have just given up on college basketball. 14. Wake Forest (5-8, 2-8) NET Ranking 123 Last …

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