Feb
17
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Our story begins in Lawrence, Kansas. Yes, Lawrence is not an ACC locale, but trust me — I know where I am going with this. If you have paid any attention to the Kansas Jayhawks in recent weeks, you have noticed how few …
Feb
17
2019
CHAPEL HILL – Cameron Johnson is the same guy that averaged 11.9 points a game two seasons ago, but he possesses a different aura about him. He’s no longer just another good ACC player in a Pitt uniform. At North Carolina, a blue blood basketball program, he’s a focal point dressed in Carolina Blue. Johnson …
Feb
16
2019
It wasn’t all that long ago that Wake Forest was a national brand when it came to college basketball. It had produced two of the all-time greats in Tim Duncan and Chris Paul had an innovative offensive coach in Skip Prosser. Then the unimaginable happened in 2007, Skip collapsed and passed away. Ever since that …
Feb
15
2019
CHAPEL HILL – Wake Forest coach Danny Manning is struggling. He guided the Demon Deacons to the NCAA tournament two years ago, but otherwise he’s mired in a fourth losing season out of five in Winston-Salam. The temperature is turning up on the hot seat. Manning never played for coached under Roy Williams at Kansas …
Feb
15
2019
ACCPrescription tells us about the the Pac 12 Network’s struggles and even the SEC Network lost a key sponsor. For Clemson or anybody that just wants to see Alabama get their brains beat in, ShakintheSoutland ranks on the Megacast Viewing Options. I might have to watch the SEC Network version of this. Wake Forest blog …
Feb
14
2019
Where did Jordan Goldwire come from? Besides the end of Duke’s bench, that is. Usually, guys like Goldwire, Duke’s lightly recruited sophomore guard, only play during blowouts. With the Blue Devils’ NBA combine roster, that means mop-up duty of an overmatched opponent. But on Tuesday night at Louisville, Duke trailed by 23 points with 9:55 …
Feb
13
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. This story on the Louisville Cardinals’ collapse against the Duke Blue Devils begins in a soup kitchen. For 10 years as a once-a-week volunteer and then for four years as a five-day-a-week assistant manager, I spent time at a Catholic Seattle soup kitchen. …
Feb
13
2019
There are no more Magic Johnsons in college basketball. That has been my thought the past decade while watching one-and-done college prospects follow each other like lemmings to the same two schools, Duke or Kentucky. Their paths are considered the easiest to an NCAA title, even though Kentucky hasn’t won since 2012 and Duke since …
Feb
12
2019
Who says college basketball only matters in March? This past weekend Duke vs Virginia pulled in the highest TV ratings of any program on cable this past week. Saturday cable ratings: Duke-Virginia takes the win https://t.co/BGgg0UMCXN — TV by the Numbers (@TVbytheNumbers) February 12, 2019 Oh and their previous meeting was the highest rated game of …
Feb
11
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. One day you’re the insect, the next day you’re the windshield. Such is life itself, and ACC basketball is part of the grand theater of this always-fascinating human existence. Just ask the Virginia Cavaliers, who have lived on both sides of life’s divide …
Feb
10
2019
This is going to be a weekly article, where I seed the ACC teams and where I think they’d should be placed if the tournament started the same day as my posting. In my ranking system, any RPI top (100) win is a good win and any RPI top (50) obviously worth more. Any losses …
Feb
10
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Assessing coaches is one of the toughest things to do in college sports. Naturally, there are and will be plenty of situations in which it becomes very easy to evaluate a coach — Kevin Stallings at Pittsburgh as a portrait of failure, Mike …
Feb
10
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. If you were raised properly, your mama told you to say “please” and “thank you” in various social situations. Instilling good habits and good manners is one of a parent’s many jobs. Conditioning children to express gratitude and appreciation is one of the …
Feb
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 : What did we learn from the Duke-Virginia rematch? Good questions generally require complex answers, and I have had to answer a lot of good questions over the past several months in both football and basketball. This week’s …
Feb
09
2019
It’s going to be huge game today when Virginia faces off with Duke. Gameday was there and those clever Virginia fans came up with some great signs. Here’s a sampling if you missed it. Cam Radish was my personal favorite. It’s the UVA fellow with the glasses. ????? pic.twitter.com/BdeaceA1ux — Caroline Darney (@cwdarney) February 9, …
Feb
08
2019
As we move into February begins, the real run for NCAA tournament positioning begins. Teams like Duke and Virginia will be playing for #1 seeds. Louisville, UNC, Virginia Tech, Syracuse and FSU will work on seeding. Clemson and NC State will try to get in to the Big Dance. Wake Forest and Georgia Tech are …