Feb
07
2021
By TOM SHANAHAN Any other year — well, at least in the past 61 — North Carolina’s 91-87 win over Duke Saturday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium would have been crowned an instant classic. It’s replay schedule on cable would be tweeted out. UNC freshman guard Caleb Love would be mentioned in the pantheon of …
Feb
06
2021
What a wild day in ACC basketball. Some teams solidified their NCAA resume – looking at Clemson and UNC. A couple of teams pulled out wins from near certain defeat – Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech; keeping Georgia Tech near the bubble, and Virginia Tech near the top of the ACC. Duke, Syracuse and Pitt …
Feb
06
2021
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Here’s a few thoughts I have on the Virginia Tech men’s basketball game on the road at Miami today: My unlikely player of the game – yes I said, is Wabissa Bede. He takes a lot of criticism for this offensive game (and some of it …
Feb
04
2021
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing Do you realize selection Sunday is only a couple of months away? 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
Feb
02
2021
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing @Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) drop another old-fashioned podcast here where go one on one and talk ACC Basketball. Enjoy! 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/14644266 In …
Feb
02
2021
Duke is Mike Krzyzewski winning five NCAA titles and 1,091 games. Duke is annual 5-star and 4-star talent stocking the roster. That usually doesn’t add up to the Blue Devils impressively winning two in a row followed by a sudden thud. But that was Duke in Monday night’s 77-75 loss at Miami. And this was …
Feb
01
2021
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing Like we did with College Football, where we periodically checked in on the ACC COY race we are going to the same with College Basketball. It should have been NC State’s Dave Doeren in the fall, but the ACC media didn’t agree. Will they agree this time? Who are the contenders? …
Jan
31
2021
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing. We’ve added conference records, and .NET rankings via http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2021/net 15. Boston College (3-10, 1-6) NET Ranking 130 Last week: 15 BC hasn’t played in a couple of weeks. When they return they get to face one very angry FSU team. 14. Miami (6-10, 2-9) NET Ranking 161 Last week: 10 Is …
Jan
31
2021
Give this article’s author and our esteemed friend and college football writer @MattZemek, Editor at @TrojansWire a follow Virginia and Florida State both served up clunkers on Saturday. Before I say anything else: The teams that beat them played really well. Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech displayed the desperation and hunger of teams trying to prove themselves and fight for …
Jan
30
2021
Georgia Tech has one of the best point guard lineages in college basketball. At one time, Georgia Tech and point guard U frequently came together in the same sentence. From Mark Price, to Kenny Anderson, to Travis Best, to Jarrett Jack great PG play was synonymous with Georgia Tech. It’s been awhile since Georgia Tech …
Jan
30
2021
We wrote earlier this week that Virginia Tech had a big opportunity Saturday night against Virginia. Did the Hokies ever come through on that opportunity with some kind of final 10 minutes where Virginia Tech’s Keve Aluma took over the game. How did Virginia Tech twitter react to the win that coupled with Georgia Tech …
Jan
30
2021
Duke placed five players in double figures, eight saw double-digit minutes and nine scored. Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski has been rotating lineups all year seeking consistency, but this time it was different. Plenty of guys saw the floor because the game was in hand the final 30 minutes. Duke toyed with Clemson, winning 79-53 …
Jan
30
2021
Five months ago we lost John Thompson, the Georgetown Hall-of-Fame coach. This week another influential African-American college basketball coach passed away, Temple Hall-of-Famer John Chaney. Both men were outspoken and often misunderstood. I was never around Thompson, but I was fortunate to see Chaney up close at the 2001 NCAA South Regional. It was easy …
Jan
28
2021
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing Do you realize selection Sunday is only a couple of months away? 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
Jan
28
2021
With apologies to Duke and North Carolina, Virginia has become the premier basketball program in the ACC under their coach Tony Bennett. Since the 2016-2017 season, North Carolina has 1 national title, 3 NCAA appearances, 1 regular season ACC title, and no ACC tournament Titles. Last year would have been certain miss of the NCAA …
Jan
27
2021
Coach K celebrated liked it was 1996. After Georgia Tech missed a three-point field goal attempt with six seconds to play and trailing Duke by six points, Mike Krzyzewski rose as quickly as a 73-year-old man with artificial knees and hips can and went down the sideline slapping hands with his players with a spring …