Dec
13
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing. 15. Boston College (1-5) Last week: 15 Boston College is one of the worst defensive teams in college basketball. BC really needs to move on from Jim Christian. 14. Wake Forest (2-0) Last week: 11 Wake Forest hasn’t done anything wrong, but it’s hard not to move teams past them …
Dec
09
2020
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said college basketball needs to reassess its ongoing approach to the season while COVID-19 outbreaks are rising within the sport and throughout the country. Krzyzewski spoke after the No. 10-ranked Blue Devils (2-2) lost 83-68 loss to No. 6 Illinois (4-1) on Tuesday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium. He pointed out …
Dec
08
2020
Time moves quickly in modern college basketball, especially in the era of NBA one-and-dones. Or in the case of Tre Jones, two-and-done. A year ago, Jordan Goldwire was the inexperienced guard without a career start learning to complement Jones, the returning starting point guard. They grew into a good fit. The lightly recruited 6-foot-2, 184-pounder …
Dec
06
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing. 15. Boston College (1-3) Last week: 9 Boston gave up over 180 points losses to St. Johns and Florida this past week. 14. Pittsburgh (2-1) Last Week: 14 Pitt has won a couple of games in a row after their season opening loss. Check back if they beat Northwestern and …
Dec
01
2020
Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski held court encircled by reporters, as usual, at the 2019 ACC media session in Charlotte – back in the pre-pandemic gathering days – when the subject turned to him rather than his team. “I’ve had enough stories written about me,” he said politely. “If I never had another story written …
Nov
29
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing. 15. Georgia Tech (0-2) Last Week : N/A Georgia Tech had a disastrous opening week with losses to Mercer and Georgia State. Josh Pastner did as poor a job as any coach in the country preparing his team for COVID world college basketball. 14. Pittsburgh (1-1) Last Week: N/A Somebody …
Nov
27
2020
Anyone that listens to our ACC podcast with @Hokiesmash_ASD and myself or reads this blog or follows me on twitter @TalkinACCSports knows I am not a fan of Josh Pastner. As far back as 2016, I was skeptical of the Pastner hire. From that piece comments from his former Mempis player Shaq Goodwin were a …
Nov
21
2020
Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo encourages his players to soak up the atmosphere when the Spartans face Duke at venerable Cameron Indoor Stadium, including interacting with students camped out for tickets at Krzyzewskiville. But the sights and sounds will be more like a preseason scrimmage in a high school gym when preseason No. 13-ranked …
Oct
28
2020
March Madness – in one form or another – is on its way back in 20201 assured Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski in a Wednesday Zoom call. And he likes the team he can put on the floor to chase an ACC title, Final Four and national title. “We have a lot of pieces,” Coach …
Oct
23
2020
Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski’s reputation has been sticking with the same six to seven players throughout a game and the season. He wasn’t much on going to the bench while advancing to 12 Final Fours and winning five national titles. But last year he was still rotating nine or 10 players into January and …
Oct
20
2020
Matthew Hurt played the AAU circuit as a 5-star basketball recruit, meaning he faced plenty of top talent in competition. His play attracted enough offers to have the luxury of narrowing his list to three blue bloods, Duke, Kentucky and Kansas. His high school days also included starting five of six games for the USA …
Oct
16
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing. Even though we’re in the middle of the college football season, college basketball is not far off. CBSSports.com has released their ACC Basketball preview. Some Highlights – Virginia is the pre-season pick to win the ACC. The Hoos are not one-hit wonders, but now a major college basketball power capable …
Oct
15
2020
Duke’s D.J. Steward grew up with the latest Class of 2020 college basketball 5-star recruits in the era of LeBron James. The 21st century also has become increasingly specialized, with trainers at a young for athletes focused on one sport. But the two – James and specialization – aren’t as closely connected as many 18-year-olds …
Oct
08
2020
The past two seasons Duke’s basketball lineups dripped with NBA first-round draft talent, but both rosters lacked one crucial element to balance the offensive attack. They needed a consistent three-point shooter. Small forward Joey Baker had his moments last year. He was 4-of-5 from three-point range and 6-of-7 from the field in Nov. 29 win …
Aug
31
2020
Henry Coleman III is a Duke basketball freshmen just a few days into his first year of classwork and months from his college debut, but a campus rally confronting racial injustice and systemic racism wasn’t too big for his world awareness. He was among those who addressed the crowd that gathered near Cameron Indoor Stadium …
Aug
20
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing Jeremy Roach said something revealing for a teen-ager that loves college basketball, particularly one that is a 5-star recruit committed to Duke. It was as simple as naming his favorite Duke player. It wasn’t Zion Williamson, the supernova, as you might expect. Williamson played the 2018-19 season, Roach’s junior season …