We hope you’ve been paying attention to November and December basketball, because that’s when those NCAA resumes largely get built. Here’s a selection of Men’s and Women’s NCAA Bracket Projections for 2026, as those conference seasons get going soon. Men https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2026-march-madness-men-field-predictions DRatings.com – Bracket Projections https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-tournament/bracketology/ https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-basketball/2026-ncaa-tournament-projections-purdue-michigan-among-mike-decourcys-no-1-seeds 12/2 Last Update https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens-basketball/bracketology  11/30 Last Update Women …

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The improvement in ACC basketball in 2025 is unmistakable. The numbers are now available that prove it out. Is it a vintage basketball year? Not quite, but the league is positioned to get 8-10 bids as we approach the conference portion of the season. To illustrate how far ACC had fallen, the league hasn’t been …

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We’ll add RPI Rankings when we have more data points. We also take a guess at where the NCAA tournament cutline should be. 18. Boston College (5-5, 0-0) NET 189 Last Week: 18 Boston College has already lost 5 times. There’s going to be a lot more Ls coming. They have no games this week. …

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The ACC lost this year’s challenge to the SEC 9-7. The ACC had an opportunity to win the challenge before a second-day collapse. Still, it was far better than the 14-2 shellacking of last year, and having the results used against the league. So, which ACC teams were winners and losers from the challenge? Winners  …

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We’ll add RPI Rankings when we have more data points. We also take a guess at where the NCAA tournament cutline should be. 18. Boston College (4-4, 0-0) NET 166 Last Week: N/A Georgia Tech is glad Boston College is in the ACC. Can BC pull a surprise and beat LSU this week? 17. Georgia …

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We’ll add NET and RPI Rankings when we have more data points. We also take a guess where the NCAA tournament cutline would be. 18. Boston College (3-4, 0-0) Last Week: N/A Last in ACC football, Last in ACC basketball. There’s real consistency at Boston College. 17. Pitt (4-3, 0-0) Last week: N/A You lose …

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Last season, the ACC got just 4 teams into the NCAA tournament, and UNC’s inclusion was heavily criticized. The quality wins were few and far between, the ACC/SEC challenge was a disaster, and the maligned league’s metrics were awful. Duke appeared to be and was the only ACC team you could trust in March. It’s …

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CHAPEL HILL – On October 3 – a month ahead of North Carolina’s basketball season opener on November 3 against Central Arkansas — newcomers Jonathan Powell and Derek Dixon were made available for interviews. That shouldn’t be noteworthy, but, ironically, it is. College athletic departments, in general, responded to this age of technology expanded communication …

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@AllSportsDACC and I (@TalkinACCSports ) review Week 6 and preview Week 7 in the ACC in a vintage 1 on 1 podcast. 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 565 ACC Football Scores Most Disappointing …

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Written by @shanny4055 The Duke-Michigan State basketball game “to be announced later” arrives when the Blue Devils play December 6 at the Breslin Center. It will be the second time Duke coach Jon Scheyer has met Michigan State and coach Tom Izzo since Scheyer succeeded his mentor, Mike Krzyzewski. What kind of Duke team will …

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Last year, the ACC/SEC challenge wasn’t so much of a challenge as it was a beatdown by SEC 14-2 on the ACC. If you look at the matchups below, this still looks like an SEC win, but it should be a closer. If I were to guess here in June this looks like a 9-7, …

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While the SEC and Big 10 continue to try and figure out how to destroy college football, the ACC released their conference opponents for men’s basketball. The ACC reduced the number of conference games from 20 to 18 in hopes that helps the ACC’s NCAA tournament chances. They better just win some quality OOC games. …

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