Mar
14
2015
With both Duke and Virginia going down on Friday in the ACC Tournament, the ACC probably lost a chance at two number 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament. Will one of them still be a 1 seed? I feel fairly confident the answer is yes, and I’m leaning towards Duke on this one. The resumes …
Mar
13
2015
We in ACC land can be a little sensitive about ESPN’s college sports coverage. I don’t think I have to go into a lot of detail about ESPN’s perceived SEC Football Bias, but sometimes you have to give some credit to the 4 Letter Network. For the ACC that time, I believe is this week. …
Mar
12
2015
#1 UVA 58 vs. #9 Florida State 44 The Virginia Cavaliers are advancing to their first consecutive #ACCTourney semifinals for the first time since the 1994-95 season. Justin Anderson made his long awaited return after missing eight games due to injury. The Cavaliers came out on fire on offense, running out to a 14-2 lead only …
Mar
11
2015
March Madness is upon us! In our first 3 ACC games of the ACC Tournament, the games were decided by a total of 5 points. Tonight’s game should bring a similar type feel as well. #9 Florida State 76 vs. #8 Clemson 73 It was close in the end, but the Florida State …
Mar
10
2015
#12 Boston College 66 vs. #13 Georgia Tech 65 Georgia Tech held a 63-57 lead with 1:54 remaining and then disaster struck. Georgia Tech gave up an offensive rebound and a 3 point attempt by Boston College’s Patrick Heckmann with 1:10 remaining turned into a foul on GT’s Josh Heath. Heckmann brought the Golden Eagles within …
Mar
10
2015
Contributed by Michael Smith After wrapping up their regular season schedule with a perfect 31-0 SU record, 18-0 in SEC conference play, the Kentucky Wildcats enter the post-season as strong 1/1 favorites in March Madness futures betting at sportsbooks available through bettingsports.com. Following an early February stretch of five straight ATS losses, the Wildcats have …
Mar
10
2015
Greetings, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans – it’s the day you’ve been waiting for!!! The ACC tournament is here!!! For your enjoyment – and all of these picks are for recreational purposes only – here is who the All Sports Discussion blogger have winning the ACC tournament games (we also have Terry Johnson from …
Mar
09
2015
@Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) preview the ACC Basketball Tournament with a very special guest @JoshParcell. @JoshParcell is a Virginia Tech graduate and is currently employed by ESPNU. Remember any and all opinions expressed by @JoshParcell are exclusively his own, and are not representative of his employer or anyone associated with his employer. We really appreciate @JoshParcell taking the time to join …
Mar
08
2015
This will be our last ACC Bubble Analysis as a week from today is selection Sunday! The ACC Tournament is next week, so we are going to project seeds based on ACC tournament performance. For all things ACC Tournament related check out TheACC.com’s ACC Tournament Page. My RPI rankings come from, CBSSportsline.com. Locks (5) Virginia (28-2) …
Mar
07
2015
Sunday we will analyze the whole the ACC the their NCAA tournament chances, but today we are focusing on the ACC’s three most bubblicious teams – NC State, Miami, and Pittsburgh. Well at least coming into the week, they were on the bubble… NC State (19-12) (10-8) The Wolfpack are in the Big Dance, after …
Mar
05
2015
Here we are. We’ve reached the final weekend of the college basketball regular season, with just seven games separating us from the ACC Tournament. We’ve also reached the final basketball installment of the All Sports Discussion ACC Basketball Power Rankings. For everyone who has read along the way, thanks for joining the ride. Here’s to …
Mar
03
2015
@Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) talk some Pittsburgh Panther sports this week with @CzarOfPgh. @CzarOfPgh has been on the podcast before, and does a great job filling us in on Panthers. We definitely appreciate him coming on the show. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. You can also find this most recent podcast and …
Mar
02
2015
We are in the stretch run of college basketball, and spring football is starting up. Let’s see what the ACC bloggers have for us… With the ACC Tournament next week, Louisville blog, CardinalSportsZone has the current ACC seeding scenario. ACC Blog ACCPrescription has a nice breakdown of the ACC’s future OOC football opponents as …
Mar
01
2015
It’s officially March… That means March madness. Which ACC teams are locks and which are still trying to get into the Big Dance? In my ranking system, any RPI top (100) win is a good win and any RPI top (50) obviously worth more. Any losses outside the RPI top (100) is considered a bad …
Feb
27
2015
With all the latest rumblings I’ve heard about freshmen ineligibility, I’d figure I’d take a stab at it with 5 reasons why it isn’t necessary at all. While it’s only being considered by the Big Ten conference currently, eventually, talk will go to if all conferences should institute the rule. 1. Instituting a freshmen ineligibility …
Feb
26
2015
With three games left on the #ACC basketball schedule for each team, the dust is beginning to settle. As an #ACC basketball fan, if you’ve been following games, despite overall records, the #ACC conference has a bright future ahead of itself. If the #ACC ever needs a slogan, I think it should be “Are you …