Jun
20
2014
Just over a year ago, I wrote a piece titled “In 2014, ACC basketball will have the greatest collection of coaches ever”. Well it’s 2014, and @theACCDN has brought together 4 of the mose celebrated ACC basketball coaches Rick Pitino, Roy Williams, Jim Boeheim, and Mike Krzyzewski for a series of sitdown discussions. It’s a series of videos that …
Jun
14
2014
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans!! It is time for the Learfield Sports Director’s Cup Update!! The Director’s Cup award honors institutions maintaining broad-based athletics programs success in many sports (including male and female sports). The Directors’ Cup , founded by the National Association of College Directors of Athletics and USA Today, began …
Jun
10
2014
Congratulations to the Virginia Cavaliers for advancing to the College World Series! You know we will be checking in on a Virginia blog or two for reaction. John Swofford appreciates Virginia and Georgia Tech beating Maryland in the last 2 weeks, saving him from some awkward moments with Maryland University. With that loss, the Maryland …
Jun
06
2014
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans!! Many of you might not have heard of the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup. It is an award that honors institutions maintaining broad-based athletics programs success in many sports (including male and female sports). The Directors’ Cup , founded by the National Association of College Directors of Athletics …
Jun
03
2014
Today Virginia’s Tony Bennett’s signed a new 7-year deal to continue to coach the Cavalier basketball team. A couple of weeks ago Clemson inked a 6 year deal with their head basketball coach Brad Brownell. Let me be clear about one thing. I think both of these guys are rock solid head coaches. When it comes to …
Jun
02
2014
We know you’ve missed, and it’s back! It’s articles from around the ACC Blogosphere. Right now were in the middle of the College Baseball Tournament where Virginia, departing ACC member Maryland and incoming ACC program Louisville are still alive. What else are the ACC bloggers writing about? Virginia blog StreakingtheLawn is pumped about the Hoos …
May
29
2014
@HokieSmash and I @TalkinACCSports have jam packed ACC podcast for you this week. Before we get into that though, a couple of future podcast notes. @HokieSmash has lined a up great series of guests starting in June and taking us through Augusts to prepare us for the College Football Season. In the next few days @WillsWorldMN will start us out with a …
May
19
2014
You’ve always seen coaching hotseat rankings for football or basketball, but how often have you seen them combined? I was thinking which school might have to be doing a double duty, in the near future if you know what I mean. This will be our ranking systems. 5 – Firing Imminent barring a miracle 4 …
May
15
2014
@HokieSmash and I @TalkinACCSports are ready to review all of the happenings from the ACC Spring meetings that were held this past week. We’re also going to take a look at the some of the ACC spring sports as they head into the post-season. We have @BH_Orange44 (Brian Harrison) a Syracuse Alum and blogger for Orange44.Blogspot.com to help us and give …
May
13
2014
More news coming out of the ACC meetings. The ACC basketball tournament has moved their schedule to a Tuesday – Saturday Format. I was fairly indifferent when the first rumors of this were brought up some weeks ago, but I think it’s a good move. This puts the ACC tournament semi-finals on a Friday prime time …
May
03
2014
@HokieSmash and I @TalkinACCSports have a great podcast for you. There’s been a lot to talk about since our last podcast. So let’s get right into it! To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. You can also find this most recent podcast and all our other podcasts on ITUNES at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rwradios-acc-weekly-podcast/id831843856?t=2. In addition you can subscribe …
May
01
2014
One of the best pre-conference college basketball events is back for it’s 16th season. It’s the ACC/Big 10 Challenge, and it just got bigger. The ACC gets the services of Louisville, and the Big 10 gets former ACC member Maryland and Rutgers. You can find all the matchups at the ACC’s Official Page. Which games should we …
Apr
27
2014
When I started looking through the ACC Basketball coaches, it just boggles the how much coaching talent will be in the ACC over the next few years. Certain Hall of Famer coaches will not be ranked in the top 3. I’ve never seen a greater collection of coaches in one conference. When you look at …
Apr
22
2014
Why am I bringing up something that’s two years old, and largely irrelevant to the current landscape of college athletics. The reason is because 2 years ago 3rd Tier TV rights discussions were all the rage. The ACC sold theirs away, and according to the mis-informed rumors of the day it would destroy the ACC. …
Apr
22
2014
Today the ACC released their conference matchups for 2015 and 2016. You can view the release at the ACC’s Site and the PDF layout here. If you are an ACC basketball fan this looks very exciting. There are the traditional heavyweight matchups between Duke and UNC. Then you have the old and new ACC member matchups. …
Apr
21
2014
Last week Louisville signed a 5 year $40 Million deal with Adidas. Their previous deal paid $2.55 Million a year. That’s an increase of of $5.45 Million per year for Louisville. @Hokiesmash and I ( @TalkinACCSports ) discussed this deal on our recent podcast and significance for the ACC. I want to go into a additional …