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 …
Mar
22
2021
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) talk some ACC and NCAA Basketball this week with Mychal Hunter @ACCBR1 of http://ACCBasketballReport.com. Check that site out! 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/15134309 In this order, …
Mar
21
2021
We’ve been through a lot of ACC programs and their twitter reactions after big wins. Syracuse hasn’t had a lot of those moments lately, but they got a huge one today defeating a very good West Virginia team to reach the Sweet 16. Jim Boeheim as a double digit seed and causing havoc in the …
Mar
21
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. As a warm-blooded male member of the human species, I like high-scoring sports. Give me 1987 UNLV-Indiana as a Final Four national semifinal any day, any week, any year, over 2000 Wisconsin-Michigan State. The Bennett …
Mar
20
2021
Good evening – just a quick post for tonight. The 2020-2021 Virginia Tech men’s basketball season is over – but it ended where no one thought it would. Check out my tweetcap below: Virginia Tech has a double bye in the #ACC tournament – and picked towards the bottom of the league in the …
Mar
20
2021
Fair or not doesn’t it seem we’ve started to define a successful basketball season by how far teams go in the NCAA tournament. While that’s certainly important, letting that be the only criteria for success short changes a lot of good work during a season, especially as one trying as this year. For the 4 …
Mar
20
2021
We knew the ACC might have have a rough NCAA tournament. The conference is down this year, and there was the possibility it could get downright ugly. The opening day of the NCAA tournament did nothing to alleviate those concerns. Virginia Tech led Florida for much of the game only to fade down the stretch …
Mar
18
2021
North Carolina’s Garrison Brooks understood a year ago what Duke and Kentucky players learned this season. Signing a scholarship with a college basketball Blue Blood doesn’t include an automatic trip to March Madness. That truth was reemphasized this year for two more of the bluest of Blue Bloods, 2015 NCAA champion Duke and 2012 NCAA …
Mar
17
2021
If you followed this blog or podcast with my buddy @Hokiesmash_ASD, you know I was not a Josh Pastner fan. I was indifferent to the hire, marginally encouraged by his first season NIT team, and really frustrated most of the next 3 1/2 years. After the Jackets fell to 9-8 (5-6) following a last …