@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) get you going for ACC basketball in this podcast!  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/5870438 In this order, these are topics we covered on the podcast. It’s episode 270. …

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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 …

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NC State gritted out a win against Pitt yesterday. Now, that shouldn’t sound like a big deal, except when you look at that kind of win in the context of NC State’s last 5-8 years of basketball. Those 8 or so years have been marred by a team that is inconsistent at best, and down …

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Greetings Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans.  Hope your weekend is going well. Well, after three games, here are a couple of lines about each ACC men’s basketball team: Virginia – The Hoos, like always, are playing great defense – but are playing confidently on offense this year (very efficient).  Seems like the ACC regular …

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You won’t see two better dunks this year than this weekend’s dunks by Duke’s Zion Williamson and Louisville’s Jordan Nwora. Nwora’s one handed ally-oop dunk was every bit as impressive as Williamson’s incredibly athletic 360 dunk. If we’re going to see stuff like this every week in the ACC, it’s going to be a great …

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  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 …

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Can anybody beat Duke? On paper, the answers appears to be no. We already know that Kentucky, the only school that can keep pace with Duke’s ability to recruit NBA lottery picks, isn’t a likely candidate. The Blue Devils’ NBA combine roster beat the Wildcats’ NBA combine roster by 34 points to start the season, …

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  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 …

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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 …

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Texas Tech is a very good basketball team. They are a year removed from an Elite 8 run, and came into their Thursday night game with the Duke Blue Devils, 10-0 and ranked in the top 15. The Red Raiders are a team with Final 4 aspirations, and are arguably the 2nd best team in …

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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 …

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My guys at Ferris State, who earned an exhibition game invitation from Duke as the defending NCAA Division II basketball champion, should feel more confident in themselves after watching Duke dismantle Kentucky on television. The numerical comparisons of Duke routing Ferris on Oct. 27 in an exhibition game at Cameron Indoor Stadium and Kentucky in …

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Michigan State is again part of the Champions Classic, an “Early Four” event in its eighth year, but something clouded Tom Izzo’s image entering his 24th season coaching the Spartans. Oh, he’s again directing a Final Four contender in a season that opens on Tuesday with the first game of the Champions Classic double-header at …

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DURHAM, N.C. – Mike Krzyzewski’s post-game concerns ranged beyond grading his No. 4-ranked basketball team’s performance as the Blue Devils prepared for their season opener with Kentucky on Nov. 6 in the Champions Classic. The venerable Coach K wanted to know if the Bulldogs, his invited guests as the reigning NCAA Division II champions, enjoyed …

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