Feb
16
2014
This week will be known as the week that “could have been” for several ACC teams. When you have a team on ropes and you are on the bubble, you have to finish. As we go through our Bubble Analysis you’ll see teams which teams helped themselves and which ones if they miss tournament will …
Feb
16
2014
It is Sunday, so you know it is once again time for another episode of “Pushing the Envelope”. As I have said before the podcastwill air each and every Sunday by CLNSRadio, and can also be heard by going to BlogTalkRadio starting at 10:00 a.m. EST. And if you can not catch the show live, …
Feb
15
2014
Each week when we do our ACC bubble analysis we primarily focus on that week’s results. When you are on the bubble though, you have to take into account everything, wins, losses, OOC wins, OOC losses. Obviously the ACC Bubble teams need to win take care of their themselves by winning, but we want to …
Feb
13
2014
Count me in on the bandwagon – Syracuse PG Tyler Ennis is now in the picture for Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men’s Basketball Player of the Year (we knew he was going to be 1st team All-ACC – and an All-American – and now he gets a shot at the ACC’s top individual player award). …
Feb
12
2014
We’ve mentioned from time to time here, that criticisms of ACC basketball have become an exaggerated popular narrative this basketball season. The facts are this. It is not vintage ACC basketball. From top to bottom it’s not as strong as the Big 12 or Big 10. The ACC currently sits 5th in conference RPI. That’s …
Feb
11
2014
If you are in the middle of this Southern Snowstorm stay safe out there… In the meantime we have some articles around ACC Blogosphere for you. Wednesday there are a couple of huge ACC Basketball games. TarHeelFanBlog has a Tale of the Tape for that little rivalry game between North Carolina and Duke. As usual …
Feb
10
2014
@HokieSmash and I ( @TalkinACCSports ) had a very special podcast on Monday evening. @theACCDN host @JeffFischel joined us to talk about what’s going at the ACC Digital Network. If you follow the blog, you know we’ve written about the @theACCDN in the past as it’s grown from an emerging internet venture to one of if not the …
Feb
09
2014
The ACC is so down they have 9 teams in the top 75 of the RPI. 3 of the top 6 the KenPom.com rankings, and 7 in the top 50. Does that sound like a disappointing basketball conference? No of course not… I’d take the ACC’s top 8 or 9 teams against any in the …
Feb
08
2014
One of the most disappointing parts of the realignment era (2010-2012) was the loss of some great traditional rivalries. There would be no more Texas vs Texas A&M football games, no more Oklahoma vs Nebraska football games, Syracuse and Georgetown would never play basketball again as conference rivals. So it went with conference realignment. With …
Feb
06
2014
@HokieSmash and I ( @TalkinACCSports ) are back at it with this week’s ACC Podcast. There was plenty of ACC Basketball to discuss and of course a look at the National Signing Day results for the ACC. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. Next week the podcast will be at …
Feb
02
2014
I’m calling this past week moving week for the ACC bubble. A couple of team made huge strides toward the NCAA’s while others suffered devastating losses. Syracuse and Duke played a classic, and I can’t wait for that rematch. In my ranking system, any RPI top (100) win is a good win and any RPI …
Feb
01
2014
Rarely do big games live up to their pre-game hype. Believe me there was a lot of hype for Saturday’s game between Syracuse and Duke. It was going to be played in front a record setting crowd in the Carrier Dome. Before the game started some on Twitter bristled that a regular season game was …
Feb
01
2014
I saw a recent post on Mr SEC.com that ranked the SEC’s Happiest Fanbase in 2013. I thought that was pretty interesting and decided to put something similar together for the ACC. Like Mr SEC, I’m going to stick with 2 Big revenue producing sports, college football and and men’s basketball. Let me explain my criteria… …
Jan
28
2014
As we’ve maintained for quite some time on this blog, it’s not a matter of if for an ACC Network it’s a matter of when. Today we got another clue on the current status, and we should be hearing more in the next few days and weeks. Here’s why, in a story from AJC.com on …
Jan
28
2014
If you’re someone interested in the ACC Network and ACC Digital Network some interesting news came out Tuesday. In this post we’ll discuss the ACCDN’s news, then in another post we’ll look at the ACC Network news. In the blog’s sidebar is an ACCDN Widget. Because I applied for the widget, from time to time …
Jan
26
2014
While the ACC stays strong at the top, a couple of teams from the middle of pack really made a nice move this week. I think when all is said and done, the ACC will end up with at least 6 bids, with a chance at 7. Let’s see who is up and who’s down …