Nov
23
2019
I think most us already had Scott Satterfield as the clear front-runner for the ACC COY. Wake Forest Dave Clawson was right there through the first half of the season, but has lost ground in the 2nd of the season and lost the head to head game with Satterfield and Louisville. Dabo Swinney is doing …
Nov
20
2019
Tom Izzo’s 25th season as Michigan State’s basketball coach clearly places him in rarified air. Among one-school identity coaches winning an NCAA title, Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim is the only other club member at 44 and counting. Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski is in his 40th Blue Devils season with five NCAA titles, but he spent five at …
Nov
18
2019
As you read this, Dave Odom is enjoying his annual Maui two-week working-vacation. The extended stay comes with the job as tournament director of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational next week that includes No. 3-ranked Michigan State. “Nice work if you can get it,” as the George Gershwin song goes. Odom, best known for his …
Nov
14
2019
DURHAM – Get ready for revolving door of college basketball teams occupying the No. 1 chair in national rankings. Unless, that is, Duke’s pressure defense has something to say about the upcoming weeks. The No. 2-ranked Blue Devils are poised to become the third No. 1 team in three weeks of voting in next week’s …
Nov
04
2019
DURHAM – Duke basketball again confronts teams with a formidable trio, although it’s not comprised of one-and-done NBA draft picks like a year ago. This trio doesn’t require a hot shooting hand or drives to the basket to have a big night. Its defensive hands create a road block to the basket. The Blue Devils …
Oct
20
2019
CHARLOTTE – Virginia, always on the lookout for the “hidden gems” coach Tony Bennett seeks to develop as a means to challenge the 5- and 4-star Duke and North Carolina recruits, has a possible Twin Tower pairing from North Carolina high schools. Jay Huff is a 7-foot-1, 243-pound redshirt junior from Durham’s Voyager Academy. Huff …
Oct
14
2019
CHARLOTTE – As North Carolina took its turn on stage at the ACC basketball media day, the dominant subject was the Tar Heels blending their new roster. They have an influx of newcomers following the loss of four starters and six players in all. Roy Williams, with seniors Garrison Brooks and Brandon Robinson accompanying him, …
Oct
08
2019
CHARLOTTE — What a difference a year makes in college basketball and there is no better example these days than Virginia coach Tony Bennett and his team. The Cavaliers showed up for this year’s ACC Operation Basketball media day on Tuesday in Charlotte as NCAA defending champions. If anyone forgot, the ACC office was proud …
Aug
10
2019
Times don’t always change for the better. Fifty-three years ago, when Jim Crow still plagued the old South, the city of Fayetteville, N.C., demonstrated it was ahead of the times down the slow, painful march to the new South. The segregated city gave a parade and key to the city to Jimmy Raye, an African-American. …
Jul
30
2019
Syracuse quarterback Tommy DeVito has a lot of people talking in the college football world this offseason, some even going as far as naming him a Heisman Trophy dark horse candidate. DeVito has a tough act to follow with the departure of Eric Dungey, but he appears to be up to the task and has …
Jul
29
2019
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) haven’t forgot about basketball. We go ahead and get ready for ACC basketball which is just 3 months away. We were joined by (Mychal Hunter) @ACCBR1 of ACCBasketballReport.com. Please check that out! 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 …
Jul
05
2019
To Kevin Warren: Welcome to the Big Ten Conference. Congratulations on being named the historic league’s next commissioner, succeeding Jim Delaney. Welcome to the Conference of Pioneers. Hey, if Bill Walton can call the Pac-12 the Conference of Champions, well, Big Ten fans certainly own the right to label the Big Ten the Conference of …
Jun
03
2019
The NBA early entry withdrawal deadline spawned a spate of stories projecting college teams as winners and losers. They were based on players staying in school and those gone to the NBA – actually, overseas or to the G-League for most of them. Those evaluations were a little late. The most important of these stories …
Jun
02
2019
Good morning. Site friend, @CardinalBig, asked us to rank #ACC Men’s Basketball for 2019-2020. Here you go: I’ve only got one. Rank your projected finish in ACC men’s basketball in conference this coming year. — BigCardinalFan (@CardinalBig) June 1, 2019 *Manning, Pastner, Brownell, and Christian are not the answers * 15.) WFU 14.) GT …
May
17
2019
Not all parents of elite athletes are nuts. We’re reminded of that with comments from Zion Williamson’s step-father, Lee Anderson. Following rapid speculation that Duke’s “Zeus of College Basketball” season will look for a way out of playing for the New Orleans Pelicans, the NBA team that won the lottery for the No. 1 draft …
May
05
2019
In the times we live in with the one-and-done rule being imposed by the NBA (remember it is an NBA rule that has been negotiated with the NBAPA). This year’s Final Four has shown that there are numerous ways to build a winner in college basketball. There does not seem to be just one way …