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 …
Feb
22
2017
We often criticize for ESPN for seeming biased coverage, perceived scheduling slights, and more. It’s kind of a thing now to rip ESPN, and they probably deserve at least some it. Wednesday night for the ACC ESPN hit a scheduling home run, that was good for ESPN, good for the ACC, and especially good for …
Feb
20
2017
UNC, Duke, and Louisville are the ACC’s top 10 teams. Florida State and Notre Dame when they are playing their best look like they can reach the final 4. Georgia Tech is the ACC’s surprise team, and Virginia Tech is playing for their first NCAA bid in several years. With so many ACC storylines, we’ve …
Feb
19
2017
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I @TalkinACCSports really get the ACC Basketball talk going in this podcast. We were joined by Tim Thomas ( @TechLunchPailD ) of the Virginia Tech Blog Site Techlunchpail.com. Thanks to @TechLunchPailD for coming on the podcast. Please check out his site. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. In addition you can subscribe to the Podcast …
Feb
17
2017
It has been 2 days since Mark Gottfried was fired by NC State. If you only follow the national basketball writers, you would think that Mark Gottfried was the greatest coach NC State has ever had. Jay Bilas used his twitter account to applaud Gottfried for making 4 NCAA tournament fields, 2 NCAA tournament wins, …
Feb
16
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 …
Feb
13
2017
Well, as everyone has seen Mark Armstrong’s report about the future of Mark Gottfried and the NC State basketball program. Now, it should surprise no one that the school is denying the report of the firing. But, as we all know, that’s what schools do, they deny until the season is over then make the …
Feb
12
2017
As we enter the 2nd week February, at least 11 ACC teams are in the running for a possible NCAA bid. The only ACC teams with virtually no chance of making the field are Boston College, Pittsburgh, NC State and Clemson. Boston College is rebuilding, and Kevin Stallings is only in his first year at …