Mar
09
2017
It’s the ACC Tournament week, and Duke and North Carolina are meeting again – this time in the Friday semi-finals. That means a ratings bonanza for ESPN. Duke/UNC games were two of the four highest rated college basketball games this season, but it would have been big rating if UNC/Louisville were playing tomorrow too. Pulled …
Mar
08
2017
So, here we are again. Listening to Jim Boeheim complain again and again about how the ACC needs to give up on it’s roots and only play the ACC tournament in BIG media markets (and then getting absolutely crushed by the City of Greensboro’s twitter account). .@AdamZagoria @ACCSports We kindly disagree. But I guess you …
Mar
07
2017
Well Day 1 of the ACC Tournament is in the books, and there were several story lines. Clemson suddenly has won 3 games in a row, and may be in the process of saving Brad Brownell’s job after defeating NC State. Their penetrating guards could really cause Duke problems Wednesday. They nearly knocked off Duke …
Mar
06
2017
The ACC Tournament is going play a major role in where the ACC Teams end up in the NCAA Tournament. Let’s take a look where an ACC team could end up based on how many games they win. We pull the RPI numbes from CBS Sportsline. Here is the ACC Tournament Bracket. (4) North Carolina …
Mar
05
2017
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I @TalkinACCSports are going to get your ready for the ACC Basketball tournament. We have @_EthanMoore of louisvillesportslive.net joining us on the podacast. Thanks to @_EthanMoore for taking the time to preview the tournament with us. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. In addition you can subscribe to the Podcast on ITUNES to get the …
Mar
05
2017
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. We’re going to step out of the ACC for this post and talk about the disaster that is Georgetown University men’s basketball (yes, the author of this post is an alumnus of Georgetown). The guys at @CasualHoya have you covered on a big decision that Georgetown has to …
Mar
05
2017
Thanks to @Hokiesmash_ASD for sending this press release. The ACSMA ALL-ACC team will be released tomorrow. http://theacc.co/mbb17allacc ACC Announces All-Conference Team, Postseason Awards UNC’s Jackson voted ACC Player of the Year; NC State’s Smith takes Freshman honor GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year Justin Jackson of North Carolina leads the official …
Mar
05
2017
To me, this is the best time of year. All of those small schools punching their tickets to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. We see student bodies rush the court upon winning their Conference Tournaments excited to make the Big Dance! We know that for the most part, a lot of these small conference winners …
Mar
04
2017
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. Just a quick post here. It’s always interesting to do a Monday morning quarterback look at the preseason media poll and where the ACC teams ended up in conference leading to their tournament seeding. Here we go: ACC Team Preseason Media Poll Pick ACC Tournament Seeding …
Mar
04
2017
Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. Ahead of our podcast with Ethan Moore (@_EthanMoore on Twitter) of Louisville Sports Live (@LvilleSprtsLive on Twitter) where we preview the ACC men’s basketball tournament, I wanted to post my Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA) ACC All-Conference Team/Individual Awards Ballot. Here are my selections (I feel bad that I left …
Mar
02
2017
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
27
2017
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I @TalkinACCSports talk NC State basketball and basketball in this podcast. We were joined by James Cunningham ( @JamesIV1978 ), our newest site contributor and NC State fan. We were happy have @JamesIV1978 join us. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. In addition you can subscribe to the Podcast on ITUNES to get …
Feb
26
2017
With the ACC Basketball Regular season nearing an end, the ACC Coach of Year award is still up for grabs. My podcast partner @Hokiesmash_ASD and I ( @TalkinACCSports ) put together who we think should be the top candidates for the award. Jim Larranga – Miami Coach L loses 5 starters off his sweet 16 team – and …
Feb
25
2017
Two weeks ago I made this statement about Brad Brownell’s tenure as the head basketball coach at Clemson University possibly nearing an end. The season as we got into conference play, it became a one disappointment after another. 6 of the 8 Tiger ACC losses have come by single digits. End of the game sequences …
Feb
24
2017
The ACC went from the weakest football conference in 2011 to the strongest 2016. What were some of the reasons it happened? ACC Blog ACCPrescription tells us. Defending college football national champion Clemson has some great players to replaced. Clemson blog Rubbing the Rock has the top position battles to watch during Spring Practice. I …
Feb
23
2017
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 …