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Category Archive: College Basketball
Feb
26
2016
Of the two, which “alleged” Grayson Allen trip was better?
Grayson Allen is a really good basketball player. Athletically gifted with a solid jumpshot, he’s a leading candidate for the ACC POY. He’s got a problem though, controversy keeps surrounding him, and his 2 “alleged” tripping incidents are making him the new poster boy for Duke hate in the line of Christian Laettner and JJ …
Feb
25
2016
How about North Carolina’s Brice Johnson for ACC Player of the Year?
We continue our look at the 4 ACC players that we think are the conference’s leading POY candidates. We started with NC State’s Cat Barber and then wrote about Virginia’s Malcolm Brogdon. Now we’re going to talk about North Carolina’s Brice Johnson, and after that we’ll give our thoughts on Duke’s Grayson Allen in a …
Feb
24
2016
So Roy Williams, Leonard Hamilton, and Brad Brownell in the last two weeks should have been fired.
In a what have you done for me lately world, there are three ACC basketball coaches who drew the ire of a vocal segment of their fanbases in recent weeks. Those coaches are UNC’s Roy Williams, FSU’s Leonard Hamilton, and Clemson’s Brad Brownell. Why some fans of these schools have called for the heads of …
Feb
22
2016
February 22, 2016 Podcast – @Hokiesmash and @TalkinACCSports talk ACC Basketball with @treadmillhorse
@Hokiesmash and @TalkinACCSports were joined by Dan Caro @treadmillhorse of the Virginia Tech Blog Site treadmillhorse.com. We appreciate Dan taking the time to join us. It was a fun podcast! To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. In addition you can subscribe to the Podcast on ITUNES to get the quickest updates! You can also …
Feb
21
2016
ACC Bubble Analysis for February 21, 2016
Call it revenge of the bottom half of the ACC week. They are no easy games in the ACC. 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, …
Feb
19
2016
Roy Williams Forgets He Has The #ACC Player of the Year – and other Random #ACC Hoops Thoughts
Happy Friday – bunch of random thoughts about Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) basketball – here we go: You watched the North Carolina – Duke game – we sure all did!! Coach Roy Williams inexplicably decides to give his post player (the guy who will be the ACC player of the year), Brice Johnson, who had …
Feb
17
2016
Making the case for Malcolm Brogdon as ACC Player of the year.
Recently I posted an article title Is Cat Barber the front-runner for ACC Player of the Year. It was met with a good response, so I decided to look more in-depth at the 3 other players I consider the top candidates to win ACC player of the year. I have UNC’s Brice Johnson, Duke’s Grayson Allen, …
Feb
15
2016
Is Cat Barber the front-runner for ACC Player of the Year?
An interesting race is shaping up in the ACC Player of the Year race this season. Several players like Duke’s Grayson Allen, UNC’s Brice Johnson, and Virginia’s Malcolm Brogdon are in contention come from NCAA Tournament Caliber teams. Other contenders are Clemson’s Jaron Blossomgame, Notre Dame’s Demetrius Jackson, and Syracuse’s Michael Gbinije. Every one of …
Feb
14
2016
ACC Bubble Analysis for February 14, 2016
Bubble teams better make their move now. Time is running out as we are just a month way from Selection Sunday. 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 …
Feb
13
2016
Did Grayson Allen travel, was he fouled, or was no call correct on Final Winning Shot?
What is an ACC game that comes down to the final minute, that doesn’t have some controversy? When Duke’s Grayson Allen hit the game winning shot to beat Virginia, I initially thought what a great play with no whistles. Then I watched the replay. Grayson Allen with the floater at the buzzer to win! #UVAvsDUKE …
Feb
12
2016
#ACC Releases Men’s Conference Basketball Matchups For 2016-17 and 2017-18
Good afternoon, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. As you know, I am member of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association – and I receive occasional press releases from from the ACC. This one caught my eye… the ACC just released the Men’s Conference Basketball Matchups for the next two seasons. Look out below: …
Feb
11
2016
February 11, 2016 Podcast – @Hokiesmash and @TalkinACCSports talk ACC Basketball and review NSD with @UMwolfpack87.
@Hokiesmash and @TalkinACCSports were joined by Matt Purdy @UMwolfpack87. We cover a lot of ACC topics with @UMwolfpack87, and we appreciate Matt taking the time to 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 the quickest updates! You can also find …
Feb
07
2016
ACC Bubble Analysis for February 7, 2016
We have some major shifting in this week’s bubble analysis. 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 …
Feb
06
2016
Possible Coaching candidates for Georgia Tech basketball – 2016 edition.
As we get into the 2nd half of conference basketball, we have our annual edition of coaching candidates to replace Brian Gregory at Georgia Tech. We go back to exactly 1 year ago for last year’s possible coaching candidates to replace Brian Gregory, and his 21-59 ACC record. 2 years ago we said Brian Gregory had …
Feb
05
2016
Louisville makes mistake with self-imposed postseason ban
Sometimes even really smart people make mistakes. The Louisville administration made one Friday. Gary Parrish of CBSSportsline nails it in his article Louisville selfishly punishes seniors by self-imposing late postseason ban. From that article… Any postseason ban, I think, should always be for the subsequent season once a semester begins, that way goals and dreams …