Feb
04
2019
Watch Coby White now that the ACC basketball logjam at the top has been halved to three one-loss teams, Virginia, Duke and North Carolina. In the past week, North Carolina’s maturing freshman has moved ahead a couple chapters in the education of a point guard. You can hear it in his deeper comments and see …
Feb
03
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
02
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 : So far this year, Is Virginia Tech’s Buzz WIlliams having the best coaching season of his career? When a question begins with the words “so far,” it has to be dealt with on its own terms, not …
Feb
02
2019
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Roy Williams was still coaching at Kansas the first time he saw Julius Peppers in a summer tournament. Upon hearing Peppers was committed to North Carolina he thought the kid was in over his 6-foot-5 height. “The Peach Jam is my favorite tournament of the summer time,” Williams said of the …
Feb
02
2019
NC State has their new Athletic Director, and it’s Boo Corrigan. With Debbie Yow retiring, NC State hired a search firm, to the consternation of Jay Bilas and others, to arrive at Mr. Corrigan. The hire has been lauded around the country, and for the first time NC State doesn’t seem to be absorbing shots …
Jan
27
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 …
Jan
27
2019
Not since the disgraced Reggie “Kardashian” Bush, the only Heisman Trophy winner stripped of the award, and the shamed Marion “BALCO” Jones, forced to return Olympic track medals, have I felt so conned by a high school athlete. Dennis “Shoe Money” Smith Jr. earned his way into my hall of shame. Smith’s one-and-done basketball season …
Jan
27
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 Louisville’s Chris Mack the early front-runner for ACC Coach of the Year? The important word in the question above is “early.” The ACC basketball season has more than a full month left, and the showdowns at …
Jan
26
2019
This is a big week for NC State basketball. They have 3 straight home games against Clemson, Virginia, and Virginia Tech. NC State needs to go 2-1 in this stretch to show that they are a Top 25 program. I believe that this is achievable. NC State is not the same team without Markell Johnson. …
Jan
21
2019
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) had a great ACC basketball podcast with @Peacone36 (Mychal Hunter) of ACCBasketballReport.com . Take a listen, Mychal knows his ACC Basketball. 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! http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/httpwwwtalkshoecomtalkshoewebtalkcastjspmasterid130024cmdtc/the-acc-weekly-podcast?refid=stpr To listen go here – https://www.talkshoe.com/episode/5913312 In this order, these are …
Jan
20
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 …
Jan
20
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 does Duke’s win over Virginia mean for both teams? When one remembers that Virginia won in Cameron Indoor Stadium last season, Duke and Mike Krzyzewski had this game circled for a long time. It wouldn’t have …
Jan
18
2019
Virginia and ESPN’s College GameDay crew are at Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday for an ACC first-place showdown. The unbeaten Cavaliers (16-0) are 4-0 in conference play and the Blue Devils 14-2 and 3-1. But what about the other 3-1 teams in range of a first-place tie if Duke wins? After all, there are four …
Jan
16
2019
For all Cameron Indoor Stadium’s charm on television, it’s not a modern grandiose palace with plush accommodations tucked away from the masses. The hallway to the locker room is a few steps down the door from the very modest media room. I happened to be standing in the doorway after the second of Duke’s two …
Jan
15
2019
Shakespeare’s happy endings were his romance plays. The storylines moved with comedic and tragic turns, but an uplifting denouement separated those works from others. So what would Shakespeare write about the life of Gus Ganakas? The former Michigan State coach, who passed away last week at age 92, overcame basketball tragic turns that make for …
Jan
14
2019
Here were go again… A big ACC basketball game that we have to struggle to find on television. This time it’s the biggest Virginia vs Virginia Tech matchup in history. In fact it’s the biggest game ever between any schools from the state of Virginia. Good luck finding it. Last year we wrote multiple articles …