Mar
15
2020
Give author @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. ACC QUESTION of WEEK : Should the NCAA selection committee release a bracket? We’re all trying to deal with hugely important matters of self-isolation, stocking up for several weeks — maybe multiple months — of confinement. Before anything and everything else, PLEASE …
Mar
14
2020
NOTE: I planned this story for the start of the NCAA Tournament, but it turned out to be my last Duke basketball story of the year. DURHAM – Picture this scene as Duke’s basketball team warms up. The players routinely take shots prior to the national anthem, player introductions and finally the tip-off with that …
Mar
11
2020
The story of Florida State Leonard Hamilton’s season and career is not yet written. The Noles still have plenty of goals ahead of them. Recently @mattzemek wrote about Hamilton’s place among all-time ACC Coaches. Leonard Hamilton just became a 3-Time ACC COY at age 71 Hamilton probably shouldn’t even be the head coach of Florida …
Mar
10
2020
Playing less than hour from their campus against a team Pittsburgh team that hadn’t won a game in over month, Wake Forest looked ready to make some noise in the ACC Tournament. The exact opposite happened as the Deacs were bounced by Pittsburgh becoming the first ACC team eliminated. That is not what the embattled …
Mar
09
2020
Give author @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Which ACC basketball teams enter the 2020 ACC Tournament with the most to prove? Which teams — with a bad showing in Greensboro, N.C. — will have the greatest reason to doubt themselves heading into the NCAA Tournament? The answer from this …
Mar
08
2020
Give author @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. ACC QUESTION of WEEK : Should Florida State get a 1 seed if it wins the ACC Tournament? Kansas will be the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region on Selection Sunday, which is one week away. Baylor will be the 1 …
Mar
07
2020
Anyone that follow this blog knows the Georgia Tech fan in me doesn’t care for Josh Pastner. My reasons are long and varied. He set expectations early on that it takes years to rebuild a basketball program with the get old stay old mantra. Through good recruiting basketball programs can turn things around in far …
Mar
03
2020
Virginia Tech’s Mike Young was the early leader for ACC COY, but faded. Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski has lost 3 of their last 5 games. The realistic candidates for ACC Coach are Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton, Louisville’s Chris Mack, and newcomer Virginia’s Tony Bennett. It’s probably going to come down to who wins the ACC regular …
Mar
02
2020
DURHAM – Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski still says 20 conference games is two too many, but the increase this season from 18 was necessary to accommodate ESPN launching the ACC Network. His players, though, disagree. They are happy with the expansion, especially with what happened 12 days ago. Duke avenged a 22-point loss to N.C. …
Mar
02
2020
So it’s official, Georgia Tech is dropping the appeal of the postseason ban. Georgia Tech dropping appeal of postseason ban. Story here- more to come.https://t.co/gKALi5GKE6 — Ken Sugiura (@ksugiuraajc) March 2, 2020 While the Jackets are currently playing some of their best basketball of the season, at 15-14 (9-9), an ACC Tournament Title was required …
Mar
02
2020
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) welcome one of our favorite guests @Blacketologist (Jamal Murphy). Check out his work at https://sports.cbslocal.com/tag/jamal-murphy/ among other locations. 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/8528613 In this order, these are topics we covered on …
Mar
01
2020
So here’s the tweet that blew up in Mr. Fetes’s face… This was during the Virginia \ Duke game that the Cavaliers ended up winning. Why would anyone wanna play basketball at Virginia? What’s the pitch? “Hey do you wanna play the most boring style of offense possible and win games in the 50s?” It …
Mar
01
2020
Here’s is a selection of Men’s and Women’s NCAA Bracket Projections for 2020 as of March 1, 2020. Men http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/ http://realtimerpi.com/bracketology/bracketology_Men.html Women http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/bracketology https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/womens-basketball/bracketology http://realtimerpi.com/bracketology/bracketology_Women.html Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page
Mar
01
2020
Give author @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. ACC QUESTION of WEEK : Are the Virginia Cavaliers playing the best basketball in the Atlantic Coast Conference? Before directly answering that question, let’s look at the larger landscape of the league. North Carolina State lost to North Carolina in the past …
Feb
29
2020
Brad Brownell seems to have hotseat questions nearly every season at some point. At the beginning of season when Clemson had dropped 6 of 7 games, those questions started again. It’s safe to say after wins over Duke, Louisville, and Florida State the last few weeks, Brownell will be back for 2021. In fact there …
Feb
27
2020
For Current RPI Rankings and Quadrant Wins http://www.warrennolan.com/basketball/2020/rpi-live This where I see each ACC teams’ NCAA Chances. On Sundays we post Bracket Projections from several sports sites. 1. Florida State (24-4, 14-3) Projected NCAA Seed 1 I”d make the Noles a #1 seed. They can win the national championship. 2. Louisville (23-6, 14-4) Projected NCAA Seed …