Jan
29
2022
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. I have been very critical of Virginia Tech Men’s Basketball guard play. I’ve mentioned that Virginia Tech needs 6’4″ – 6’6″ guards to be competitive in the ACC. Here my thoughts on Virginia Tech’s win over Florida State today – a nice tweet cap: 2/ I …
Jan
28
2022
The ACC Network has been uneven at best in their non-live sports programming. Earlier this year poorly received documentary on Notre Dame’s football year in the ACC fell flat with ACC fans. We asked blog contributor @mattzemek a couple of years back what kind of programming should the ACC Network have? The SEC Network has …
Jan
25
2022
Why the Chris Mack hire didn’t work out at Louisville is simply stunning. Mack spent nine years at Xavier, and won nearly 70% of his games. Even after Xavier moved from the Atlantic 10 to the Big East he kept winning. He made the NCAA Tournament 8 out of 9 years with an Elite 8 …
Jan
24
2022
Please Check Out our Podcast Sponsor – Main Street Pharmacy @Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) take you through ACC basketball this week! 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 topics we covered on the podcast. It’s episode 398 We tell you about ourselves Most …
Jan
23
2022
Do you realize selection Sunday is less than 2 months away? ACC teams had it rough in the non-conference portion of the season, and how has it affected the early projections? It’s never too early look, but hard to see the ACC getting more than 6 bids, and more likely 4 or 5. Here comes …
Jan
22
2022
Here come the Noles. In a week that saw them beat Duke and win at Miami, Leonard Hamilton is getting his team right for the stretch run prior to March. You don’t want any part of FSU right now. The lead nearly got away at Miami, but they won the game and that’s all that …
Jan
20
2022
@HokieSmash_ASD Midseason ACC Coach of the Year Jim Larranaga – Miami All-ACC First Team Isaiah Wong – Miami – Guard Dereon Seabron – NC State – Guard Armondo Bacot – North Carolina – Forward/Center Allondes Williams – Wake Forest – Guard Paolo Banchero – Duke – Forward All-ACC Second Team Keve Aluma – Virginia Tech …
Jan
18
2022
NET Rankings are from – https://www.warrennolan.com/basketball/2022/net 15. Georgia Tech (7-9, 1-5) NET Ranking 153 Last Week : 14 Congrats to Josh Pastner for guiding Georgia Tech to the bottom of the ACC, less than a year after winning the ACC. Life comes at you fast. 14. Boston College (7-8, 2-3) NET Ranking 159 Last week: 15 …
Jan
17
2022
Please Check Out our Podcast Sponsor – Main Street Pharmacy @Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are back for the New Year as the ACC Weekly Podcast gets back in gear. We have a great guest Tristan Freeman @hoopsnut351 – College Basketball Site Expert for @FanSided‘s @BustingBrackets. To find old podcasts prior to episode 385, you can follow …
Jan
16
2022
Louisville is in uncharted territory. I’m drawing a blank of the last time an ACC school looked to have made 2 universally praised hires with their men’s basketball and football team, and saw them so questioned several years later. In 2018 the men’s basketball team hired Xavier’s Chris Mack, and the football program hired Scott …
Jan
16
2022
Do you realize selection Sunday is barely two months away? ACC teams had it rough in the non-conference portion of the season, and how has it affected the early projections? It’s never too early look, but hard to see the ACC getting more than 6 bids, and more likely 4 or 5. Things look much …
Jan
14
2022
Duke’s coaches enjoyed more than one celebration following Wednesday’s bounce-back win over Wake Forest in Winston-Salem. First, there was the post-game celebration. The Blue Devils won 76-64. That was routine for a blue-blood program that this season is ranked No. 8 in the nation with a 13-2 record overall and 3-1 in the ACC. The …
Jan
12
2022
It’s January so we have to check on the Way Too Early top 25 rankings. I’ve never had a problem with these coming out early. They are fun to read through, and they create some off-season debate. The ACC is pretty well represented with 3 or 4 teams in each of these polls. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32999406/the-2022-way-too-early-college-football-top-25 https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-rankings-alabama-ohio-state-lead-way-too-early-top-25-ahead-of-2022-season/ …
Jan
11
2022
NET Rankings are from – https://www.warrennolan.com/basketball/2022/net 15. Boston College (6-7, 1-2) NET Ranking 186 Last week: 14 Boston College gets their chance to put Georgia Tech in this spot if they beat them this week. 14. Georgia Tech (6-8, 0-4) NET Ranking 167 Last Week : 13 I suggest Georgia Tech fans watch the Yellow …
Jan
10
2022
Please Check Out our Podcast Sponsor – Main Street Pharmacy @Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are back for the New Year as the ACC Weekly Podcast gets back in gear. It’s a great start as @TimThomasTLP of the fine Virginia Tech blog techlunchpail.com joins to talk ACC Basketball and Virginia Tech. To find old podcasts prior to …
Jan
09
2022
No one is going to argue that ACC basketball is down. We’ve been waiting for a team to stand up look like a real bonafide NCAA tournament team. We saw that Saturday in an ACC basketball game that is going to be hard to top the rest of the year in the conference. The Miami …