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Category Archive: College Basketball

Mar
24
2019

How many ACC teams will make the Final Four? | answered by @mattzemek

Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : How many ACC teams will make the Final Four? In ACC country, the Final Four is serious business at Duke, North Carolina and Virginia. It would be a dream come true for Florida State and Virginia Tech. …

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Mar
24
2019

North Carolina shows how the economy (of college hoops) works

Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  North Carolina played a relatively normal, solid first half on Friday against Iona in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. UNC scored over 50 points, which is exactly what one should have expected in both halves of that game against a badly …

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Mar
24
2019

Duke survives UCF, but they have plenty of work to do.

Survive and advance they say… That’s exactly what Duke did today in a 77-76 win over UCF. It was the signature game of the tournament so far. Frankly Duke should have lost. If you saw the end of the Duke\Wake Forest game near the end of the regular season, this was a replay. Crazy ending …

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Mar
24
2019

Florida State changes the script in an “8-seed gulf game”

Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  What is an “8-seed gulf game”? The answer is a million times less complicated than you might think. The difference in seeds — a gulf — is eight. That’s it. The Florida State Seminoles have made a long journey over the past two …

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Mar
23
2019

Virginia turned one page — can it turn a few more?

  Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  Oxygen. We need it to live. The Virginia Cavaliers didn’t seem to be taking in much oxygen in the first 25 minutes of their NCAA Tournament first-round game against Gardner-Webb on Friday in Columbia, South Carolina. The Cavaliers took the memories of …

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Mar
22
2019

L’Affaire Izzo has Michigan State history with Pete Newell and Jud Heathcote

L’Affaire Izzo erupted in the French-named city of Des Moines, but only casual fans tuning into the flashpoint moment of Thursday’s NCAA Tournament victory over Bradley viewed it as abnormal. Tom Izzo often snarls his teeth and strains blood vessels from neck to forehead. Not only that, there is precedent linking Izzo and two other …

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Mar
22
2019

Orange cloud — Syracuse can’t get out of its own way

Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  Death. Taxes. Syracuse living under a cloud in March. Whether it’s the big, bad NCAA, or a failed drug test, or a dubious inclusion into the NCAA Tournament, Syracuse and controversy have been intimately linked in March throughout this decade. This is not …

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Mar
21
2019

A beautiful and ugly loss for Louisville

Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  Other than the inability to bother the Minnesota Golden Gophers, the Louisville Cardinals were just fine in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday in Des Moines. Other than the inability to force turnovers or rebound or execute various defenses, the …

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Mar
20
2019

Looking at each ACC Team’s 2019 NCAA tournament bracket.

The brackets are set!  Let’s check in on each ACC team’s bracket, and how far I expect them to go. Virginia – SOUTH #1 Seed There will be no first weekend upset for Virginia this year. This is an elite team, that can has more offensive fire-power than their predecessors. A likely Sweet 16 matchup with …

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Mar
18
2019

Chris Clemons can trace Pistol Pete’s steps on career scoring ladder to the Garden

Chris Clemons’ last shot at NCAA Tournament exposure fell short when the Big South co-champions lost in the semifinals of their conference tournament, but one historic stage remains within reach. Fittingly, the nation’s leading scorer can retrace Pete Maravich’s final college steps to a basketball mecca. If Clemons helps Campbell University to an NIT first-round …

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Mar
18
2019

Podcast – @Hokiesmash_ASD & @TalkinACCSports preview the NCAA Tournament with @Blacketologist

@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are going to get you ready for the NCAA Tournament with special guest Jamal Murphy @Blacketologist. He is the executive producer/co-host, Bill Rhoden On Sports podcast (@BROSpod), @cbslocalsports, @usatodaysports. We appreciate Jamal joining us! You can also find this most recent podcast and all our other podcasts on ITUNES at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rwradios-acc-weekly-podcast/id831843856?t=2. We are …

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Mar
17
2019

Zion puts down the dunks, Tre Jones applies Duke’s glue

The headlines, TV replays and talking head superlatives feature Zion Williamson, but it all overlooks a dose of Jones Family PG Glue that has held together Duke’s ups-and-downs this season. Duke’s losses can all be traced to how much glue freshman point guard Tre Jones was able to apply. There were swabs in Duke’s staggering …

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Mar
17
2019

Who should be the NCAA Tournament’s No. 1 overall seed — Duke, Virginia, or another team? | @MattZemek answers

Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : Who should be the NCAA Tournament’s No. 1 overall seed — Duke, Virginia, or another team? I will keep this very short and simple, since we will be reviewing brackets on Sunday night and will have much more …

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Mar
16
2019

One Last Look – ACC Seeding Projections for the NCAA Tournament.

Here’s one last look where we think the ACC Teams will land in the NCAA Tournament. We pull the RPI numbers from CBS Sportsline.  NCAA Net Rankings Virginia (29-3) (16-2) Projected NCAA Seed – 1 RPI – 3 NET RANKING – 1 Notes – Virginia will be a 1 seed, but did Duke take the …

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Mar
16
2019

The @accnetwork nails radio show with @WesDurham and @MarkPacker tandem.

We asked the question a few weeks ago who would be the @accnetwork’s  Paul Finebaum. In other words, who would be the radio show host or hosts. We suggested @MarkPacker and @WesDurham could be candidates separate or together. Their ACC Central show on Sirius/XM 371 is a great ACC radio. I listen to it any …

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Mar
16
2019

North Carolina seeks one thing on Selection Sunday — it’s not what you think

Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  If the North Carolina Tar Heels had made one shot at the very end of Friday night’s thrilling ACC Tournament semifinal against the Duke Blue Devils, they would be a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, no questions asked. They missed that …

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