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Category Archive: College Basketball

Mar
15
2024

Put Pittsburgh and TCU in Dayton

It’s such a good idea, I wish I had thought of it first. For some reason that escapes me, TCU keeps showing up in bracket projections while Pittsburgh looks significantly less secure. As I wrote below Pitt has several metrics working in their favor, yet the narrative continues. How can TCU be in and Pittsburgh …

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Mar
14
2024

Pittsburgh is an NCAA team… period, after beating Wake Forest.

Two NCAA Caliber teams entered, and one left with their NCAA chances intact. Pittsburgh beat Wake Forest Thursday 81-69. Wake Forest fell to 20-13 (11-9) NET 38 with the loss. They lost 4 of their last 6 games, and are just 1-8 against the Q1. Wake Forest is good enough to win a couple of …

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Mar
14
2024

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey wants to wreck the best post-season in sports.

It’s the purest form of sport. Everybody has a shot if they play their way in. No judges, no bias, and your media contract and stadium size don’t matter. If you win your conference tournament you can play for a national title. The NCAA basketball tournaments are as fair and equitable as post-season that exist …

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Mar
13
2024

What do Wake Forest and Pittsburgh ‘realistically’ need to do to get to NCAAs. (Part 6)

It’s part 6 in our ongoing series of the ACC’s two biggest bubble teams. Who is going to make Wake Forest or Pitt? Do both make it, neither? Is anyone else close? Syracuse and Virginia Tech needed deep runs in the ACC Tournament to even approach the bubble. Neither came close bowing out after their …

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Mar
12
2024

Should Georgia Tech fans be optimistic about basketball future?

Georgia Tech was the first team eliminated in this year’s ACC Tournament in an 84-80 loss to Notre Dame. The game had the Jackets finish the season 14-18 (7-13) and they lost their final 2 games in Damon Stoudamire’s first coaching year in Atlanta. If you go back to the last 15 years, this was …

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Mar
11
2024

ACC 2023-2024 Men’s Basketball Awards

Via https://theacc.com/news/2024/3/11/uncs-rj-davis-leads-acc-mens-basketball-2023-24-season-honors.aspx for the full article, here is this year’s Men’s Basketball Awards. Check out that All-Freshman team, that is one talented bunch of young players. 2023-24 ALL-ACC TEAM FIRST TEAM Name, School, Points RJ Davis, North Carolina, 373 PJ Hall, Clemson, 363 Kyle Filipowski, Duke, 346 Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest, 292 Blake Hinson, Pitt, …

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Mar
11
2024

Podcast – @ASD_HokieSmash and @TalkinACCSports preview the ACC Basketball Tournament

@ASD_Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) take a look at ACC basketball as the season continues. It’s a classic podcast where we go 1 on 1.  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 are the topics we covered on the podcast. It’s episode 492 What we’re plugging …

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Mar
10
2024

North Carolina gets opening they need for a #1 Seed in NCAA tournament.

We’ve focused on the bubble in recent weeks, but there’s movement at the other end of the bracket especially for North Carolina. The first three #1 seeds are pretty well set. Purdue, Houston, and UConn are locked in as #1 seeds. That left Tennessee, Arizona, and North Carolina fighting it out for that 4th #1 …

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Mar
10
2024

2024 ACC Tournament bracket schedule

ACC Tournament bracket via @MikeMonaco_ pic.twitter.com/d8PY6oXuZ2 — Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) March 10, 2024 Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page

Mar
10
2024

NCAA Bracket Projections (Men’s and Women’s) March 10, 2024

Conference tournaments are in earnest this week, and the NCAA tournament entries are not settled at all. Here’s a selection of Men’s and Women’s NCAA Bracket Projections to see where your teams may be headed and what they have to do. Men https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-basketball/2024-ncaa-tournament-projections https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-tournament/bracketology/ https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens-basketball/bracketology https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2023-march-madness-men-field-predictions Women https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/womens-basketball/bracketology https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/30423107/ncaa-women-bracketology-2024-women-college-basketball-projections Make sure you follow the All …

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Mar
09
2024

What do Wake Forest and Pittsburgh ‘realistically’ need to do to get to NCAAs. (Part 5)

It’s part 5 in our ongoing series of the ACC’s two biggest bubble teams. Who is going to make Wake Forest or Pitt? Do both make it, neither? Is anyone else close? Syracuse is 19-11 (11-9), but with a NET of 84 probably probably needs a run to the ACCT finals even to get a …

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Mar
08
2024

ACC Bubble Teams need to root against these teams this weekend.

For ACC Bubble teams like Wake Forest, Pittsburgh, Virginia, and on the fringe Virginia Tech there are a few things on their checklist for the weekend. Number 1 – They all need to win this weekend. Wake Forest vs Clemson Pittsburgh vs NC State Virginia vs Georgia Tech Virginia Tech vs Notre Dame Virginia 21-9 …

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Mar
07
2024

March 7, 2024 ACC Basketball Power Rankings

NET and RPI from – https://www.warrennolan.com/ 15. Louisville (8-22, 3-16) NET – 213 / RPI – 274 Last Week – 15 Louisville’s season can’t end fast enough, and they can’t find a new coach fast enough either. 14. Miami (15-15, 6-13) NET – 94 / RPI – 141 Last Week – 14 Miami’s losing streak …

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Mar
06
2024

What do Wake Forest and Pittsburgh ‘realistically’ need to do to get to NCAAs. (Part 4)

We continue the ACC’s most intriguing bubble watch today. Who is going to make Wake Forest or Pitt? Do both make it, neither? Is anyone else close? Syracuse is 19-11 (11-9), but with a NET of 84 probably probably needs a run to the ACCT finals even to get a look. Virginia Tech is 17-13 …

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Mar
05
2024

One tweet to describe Wake Forest after losing to Georgia Tech

Wake had every opportunity to win that. But, just like your NCAA Tournament chances: pic.twitter.com/SlafsWmzzM — Will Ojanen (@WillsWorldMN) March 6, 2024 The Deacs fell behind by 19 in the first half to a Georgia Tech team with nothing to play for but pride and lost. Wake Forest better find a way to beat Clemson …

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Mar
04
2024

Podcast – @ASD_HokieSmash and @TalkinACCSports talk ACC Basketball

@ASD_Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) take a look at ACC basketball as the season continues. It’s a classic podcast where we go 1 on 1.  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 are the topics we covered on the podcast. It’s episode 491 What we’re plugging …

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