Mar
31
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. The bottom-line reality — that the Virginia Cavaliers won and crossed the finish line, finally returning to the Final Four for the first time since 1984 — mattered more than almost anything else for the Hoos, coach Tony Bennett, and their fans on …
Mar
31
2019
Did I not tell you Virginia fans that you were headed to Final 4 on Tuesday? Were you worried? OK I also said Carson Edwards wouldn’t score 42 points again and he did. Hats off to that young man as he channeled Seth Curry and Randolph Childress in an at times unconscious offensive performance. It …
Mar
30
2019
Excerpts taken from Raye of Light, Chapter 10: The Missing Heisman. By Tom Shanahan Michigan State football legend George Webster was Zion Williamson before Zion Williamson was Duke’s basketball wunderkind. Their stories are a comparison of two South Carolina giants and how America has changed between their generations. What better time to highlight the late …
Mar
30
2019
My buddy and podcast partner @Hokiesmash_ASD got to, in person, see his Hokies in Washington DC give the Duke Blue Devils everything they wanted in more in a 75-73 Sweet 16 loss. It was definitely one of the best games of the tournament, and unfortunately for Virginia Tech they came up a bit short. It …
Mar
29
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. I wrote earlier this season at All Sports Discussion that if North Carolina was going to do big things in the NCAA Tournament, the young pups — Coby White and Nassir Little — would have to become the big dogs on the Tar …
Mar
29
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. For nearly a full year, the Virginia Cavaliers had to think about the first game they would play in the NCAA Tournament. UMBC. UMBC. UMBC. That was the only thing the national media and a lot of outside observers associated with the Cavaliers. …
Mar
27
2019
Another Sweet 16, and again the ACC leads all conferences with the number of Sweet 16 participants. This time 5 teams made the Sweet 16. In 2016 the ACC sent a record 6 teams. In 2015 there were 5 teams again, and in 2018 there were 4. In 2015 Duke won the national title. In …
Mar
27
2019
NC State has been forced to play their NIT games at Reynolds Coliseum due to the Carolina Hurricane’s games being in conflict. To be honest, Reynolds is the perfect place for NC State to be playing these games. I know many people haven’t been watching these games, because well, it is the NIT and really …
Mar
27
2019
49 and counting. I wondered about a number representing Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo’s success and stability spanning 24 seasons. A total besides his 22 straight NCAA trips in 24 seasons, seven Final Fours, nine Elite Eights, 14 Sweet Sixteens, nine Big Ten regular-season championships, six conference tournament titles and 604 career victories with …
Mar
26
2019
Virginia fans bristle when someone suggests that something is lacking in Tony Bennett’s resume. I can understand it too. Virginia under Tony Bennett has been enormously successful. They have plenty of wins against Duke and UNC. There are #1 seeds, 30+ wins seasons, ACC regular and tournament titles. If there’s something to accomplish in the …
Mar
25
2019
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) preview the Sweet 16 and discuss the state of NC State sports with @JamesCurle of wolfpackerpodcast.podbean.com. Please check that podcast out! We really appreciate @JamesCurle 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 also now available on Stitcher! …
Mar
24
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 : 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. …
Mar
24
2019
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 …
Mar
24
2019
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 …
Mar
24
2019
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 …
Mar
23
2019
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 …