Jan
02
2024
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, …
Jun
09
2023
In the last few months, we’ve done Hotseat rankings for football and Hotseat rankings for men’s basketball. What we haven’t done is combine the two biggest revenue sports in the ACC. Here is why this is important, if you have these 2 sports struggling, you are likely going to be making a decision. There are very few programs …
May
12
2023
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 …
Apr
20
2023
It’s back! The articles around the ACC Blogosphere. ACCPerscription says there is an existing blueprint for Pac 12/ACC merger – take a look at the ASUN/WAC merger. What was ShakintheSouthland’s reaction to Clemson’s spring game? Let’s take a look. What a difference a year makes in recruiting for Florida State says ChopChat. With the …
Apr
12
2023
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 …
Apr
07
2023
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 …
Apr
06
2023
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 …
Apr
05
2023
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 …
Apr
04
2023
Last month we wrote about how the Pac 12 struggled to control the narrative of their recent TV negotiations and realignment activities. When it comes to PR only the Pac 12 does as poor a job as the ACC. Over the last several months most of the realignment rumors have been pure non-sense, not even …
Apr
02
2023
Ok the NCAA tournament was wildly unpredictable, but should we have seen some of it coming? Well actually we did between at @ASD_Hokiesmash and myself @TalkinACCSports at @AllSportsDACC. We’ve talked about some of these before recently, but let’s go through where we hit the mark. A Final Four without the #1 seeds? We thought it …
Apr
01
2023
The Final Four is not on the schedule. Sometimes fans at elite programs forget it’s a tough road to navigate. At Michigan State, it’s true a Final Four opportunity escaped the Spartans with the Sweet Sixteen loss to Kansas State, but that’s a backwards view – an over-and-back violation of the program’s 25-year streak of …
Mar
31
2023
What a season. There aren’t many things cooler than seeing your school play in the Final Four. #Hokies pic.twitter.com/tGDYZTVl0s — Clark Ruhland (@Hokie20) April 1, 2023 The @HokiesWBB team made all of Hokie Nation so damn proud. @CoachBrooksVT has built something special and has done it the right way! Any player in the country would …
Mar
29
2023
The Miami men’s basketball team has made the Final Four, and the Virginia Tech Women’s have made theirs. Who has the better chance to come home with a National Title? Neither heads to their Final Four as the favorite. UCONN is the favorite to on the men’s side and South Carolina is the favorite on …
Mar
28
2023
It’s safe to say the @accnetwork has had mixed reviews since it’s launch in 2019. Sometimes its programming hits the mark and sometimes it hasn’t. One thing is for sure. When you have teams playing in collegiate sports biggest events you need to be covering it. That’s what having a conference network is for. It …
Mar
27
2023
@ASD_Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) breakdown some great sporting events – the Frozen Four and the Final Four. We are joined by blog friend @WillsWorldMN Will Ojanen of accnation.net. Please check out the great work being done over there. We were so pleased to have Jamal join us on the podcast! To find old podcasts prior …
Mar
25
2023
A funny thing happened (again) during March. The national perception was that ACC men’s basketball was having its worst year in history. Most computer metrics had the ACC as the 6th or 7th rated conference. ACC women’s basketball was also considered down, but not quite to the extent of the men. Top 15 fixtures like …