As we’ve just gotten past the mid-season of the college basketball season who are the leading candidates for ACC COY? Hubert Davis – North Carolina I think at the moment Hubert Davis is the leader in the clubhouse. Picked 3rd in the ACC in the pre-season, the Heels look like the best team in the …

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We hope everyone had a nice start to the year! Here’s a selection of Men’s and Women’s NCAA Bracket Projections for 2024, and we get conference season going. Men https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2023-march-madness-men-field-predictions https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-tournament/bracketology/ https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens-basketball/bracketology (last update 12/22) Women https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/30423107/ncaa-women-bracketology-2024-women-college-basketball-projections https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/womens-basketball/bracketology (last update 12/21) Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook …

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Here we go again… We already saw during college football that the ACC was mercilessly ripped for their football perception despite having winning records against the SEC and Big 10, resulting in the egregious snub of Florida State from the playoffs. Now comes college basketball with some semblance of where results matter, or so we …

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15. Louisville (6-9, 1-3) NET – 236 / RPI – 261 Last Week – 15 Louisville is in their customary spot at the bottom of the ACC, but beating Miami was stunning. They are closing ground on Georgia Tech. 14. Georgia Tech (8-7, 1-3) NET – 137 / RPI – 94 Last Week – 9 …

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As we start with conference season, we ask the three biggest ACC basketball questions for this week. Can Wake Forest escape the house of horrors at FSU?  Wake Forest has won 9 games in a row. Florida State was coming off a loss to Lipscomb and wrecked Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech last week. There …

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@ASD_Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) get you going on ACC basketball with Mychal Hunter (@ACCBR1). We appreciate Mychal joining us!  To find old podcasts prior to episode 385, you can follow this link -> https://www.talkshoe.com/show/the-acc-weekly-podcast In this order, these are the topics we covered on the podcast. It’s episode 483 @ACCBR1 tell us about himself Virginia Tech’s …

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On Saturday, after an impressive 10 point win at Clemson it became apparent North Carolina is the team to beat in the ACC. Clemson was off to an 11-2 start and top 20 ranking. They had wins over Alabama, TCU, and South Carolina. PJ Hall was playing at an All-American level. Joe Girard looked like …

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We hope everyone had a nice start to the year! Here’s a selection of Men’s and Women’s NCAA Bracket Projections for 2024, and we get conference season going. Men https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2023-march-madness-men-field-predictions https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-tournament/bracketology/ https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens-basketball/bracketology Women https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/30423107/ncaa-women-bracketology-2024-women-college-basketball-projections https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/womens-basketball/bracketology Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page 

15. Louisville (5-7, 0-1) NET – 259 / RPI – 314 Last Week – 15 Louisville has to play at an angry bunch of Virginia Cavaliers this week. 14. Florida State (6-6, 0-1) NET – 142 / RPI – 125 Last Week – 13 Florida State took a devastating loss to Lipscomb this past week, …

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The transfer portal never seems to close these days, but here’s a good read from cbbreview.com on the ACC’s top 10 basketball transfers so far.  Even since this article came out Joe Girard III formerly of Syracuse, transferred to Clemson and I’d put him somewhere in the 4-8 range on this list. He definitely is …

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We should be still awash in the glow surrounding the 2023 LSU-Iowa NCAA women’s basketball title. The parallels with the 1979 Michigan State-Indiana State men’s championship deserve more discussion. When Michigan State’s Magic Johnson faced Indiana’s State’s Larry Bird, the showdown captivated the nation. The 24.1 TV audience rating remains a record (as does Michigan …

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We’ve reached the end of the college basketball season. Which ACC Coaches can feel comfortable in the off-season, and who might want to keep their realtor’s number handy? We go from coldest to hottest. 0 – Ice Cold Seat 1 – Still cool 2 – There’s smoke 3 – Getting Warm 4 – On Fire …

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The season just ended with Connecticut crowned the national champions. Congrats to the Huskies on a great season. This is likely to change significantly with the transfer portal, but it’s still worth it to look at some way too early top 25 rankings, and see where things are following the season. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/36058691/uconn-huskies-no-1-2023-24-way-too-early-top-25-men-college-basketball-rankings https://www.si.com/college/2023/04/04/mens-college-basketball-2023-2024-way-to-early-top-25-rankings https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-basketball/college-basketball-power-rankings-all-too-early-top-25-for-2023-24 https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/news/college-basketball-rankings-uconn-ucla-way-too-early-top-25/pzbporqftx38isgvw0j3eq0q …

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Back in February, we wrote about the lazy national narrative concerning ACC Basketball.  The Big 10 is ranked 2nd in the NET rankings, and most bracketologists have them as a 9-bid league. Including the bottom of the ACC, the ACC won the ACC/Big 10 Challenge 8-6, and that was without 22-win NC State being in …

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