Mar
15
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Here we go. The Virginia Cavaliers ran into a team with length, power and athleticism. The Hoos didn’t have answers against Florida State on Friday night in the first of two ACC Tournament semifinals. Plenty of people will look at how Florida State …
Mar
15
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. In these days before Selection Sunday, you will hear talk about seeds and regions, and to be sure, they do contain a certain amount of value. However, the ultimately important detail about the NCAA Tournament — the one which transcends the seeds and …
Mar
15
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. If you recall the 2014 NCAA Tournament, you will remember that North Carolina State was the last at-large team in the field. The first team left out of that tournament was SMU. The Mustangs were the team — there is usually one every …
Mar
13
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. We have written several stories about Clemson Tigers men’s basketball in recent weeks at All Sports Discussion. We wrote about the need to take advantage of opportunities when they arise. We wrote about the need for Clemson to beat North Carolina to improve …
Mar
12
2019
Another forgettable season for Georgia Tech basketball ended Tuesday. The Yellow Jackets finished the year 14-18 (6-12) after they went down to the ACC’s last place team Notre Dame. Josh Pastner’s three year mark at Georgia Tech is 48-53 ( 20-34 ), and he’s running out of time. Georgia Tech fans knew Pastner was taking …
Mar
12
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Has the decision already been made to fire Danny Manning as head coach of the Wake Forest men’s basketball program? Regardless of the answer, the Demon Deacons at least have the choice to chart a new course if they want to. It …
Mar
11
2019
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are going to get your for the ACC Tournament. We had a great first time guest @haslametrics of the NCAA hoops analytics site http://Haslametrics.com. Please check that out! 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 also now available on Stitcher! …
Mar
11
2019
The smart NFL teams — ones that find prospects in college basketball dating to Dallas Cowboys scout Gil Brandt converting Pete Gent and Cornell Green in the early 1960s from the hard-court to the gridiron — safely tucked away their file on Ky Bowman. That meant once Bowman began his Boston College basketball career three …
Mar
10
2019
The ACC Tournament is going play a major role in where the ACC Teams end up in the NCAA Tournament. Let’s take a look where an ACC team could end up based on how many games they win. We pull the RPI numbers from CBS Sportsline. NCAA Net Rankings 2019 ACC Tournament Bracket Virginia (28-2) …
Mar
09
2019
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. On occasion, I step out of the ACC on the blog to talk about the Georgetown University Men’s Basketball team (I’m a Georgetown alumnus so I do check out the Hoyas once in a while). Earlier this week, Georgetown experienced one of their worst losses in 40 …
Mar
09
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : Is Brad Brownell underappreciated by Clemson fans? When assessing whether a coach is underappreciated, the main question I ask myself is this: Are fans expecting too much of a coach, relative to the history of the program and …
Mar
09
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Frankie Valli had The Four Seasons. Tony Bennett – the Virginia men’s basketball coach, not the iconic singer – has The Six Seasons. Go back six seasons ago. Go back to November of 2013 and the start of the 2013-2014 college basketball season. …
Mar
09
2019
Something occurred to me watching Virginia’s 73-68 victory over Louisville today. In a well played highly competitive game where Virginia did just enough to win, I think we are seeing the beginning of what will be the ACC’s next great coaching rivalry. The ACC was built on great coaching rivalries – Mike Krzyzewski vs …
Mar
09
2019
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Luke Maye grew up a North Carolina fan. Both his parents are UNC graduates, including his father Mark having played quarterback for the Tar Heels’ football team from 1984 to 1987. But when he grew into a 6-foot-8, 225-pound power forward at Cornelius Hough High near Charlotte and developed into an …
Mar
09
2019
Remember when Will Wade was one of the hottest names in coaching? He was a former Grad Assistant at Clemson, and in 2017 his name was circulated as a candidate to replace Brad Brownell. His name was also tossed around in Raleigh as possibility before Kevin Keatts was hired. Now according to a Yahoo Sports …
Mar
08
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. After North Carolina State lost to Georgia Tech on Wednesday night to throw itself squarely on the bubble, I wrote about the ACC Tournament situation facing the Wolfpack and fellow bubble-hugger Clemson. The Wolfpack and the Tigers live in a climate of constraints. …