Apr
03
2021
(Rest in Peace, William Evans – Photo via Associated Press) Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. By now, you’ve heard that Major League Baseball is moving the 2021 All-Star Game at a location to be determined. I advocate Washington, DC – and here’s why: We need to honor the U.S. Capitol Police Force. …
Apr
03
2021
By TOM SHANAHAN The North Carolina basketball head coach succession has been infrequent but consistent for 70 years. The Tar Heels have stayed in the family starting with Frank McGuire (1952-61) to promoting of top assistant Dean Smith (1961-97). Then came the elevation of Smith’s top assistant, Bill Guthridge (1997-2000), to hiring former Smith player …
Apr
02
2021
ACCPrescription looks at what new commissioner Jim Phillips needs to do as he takes over the ACC from John Swofford. TarHeelBlog says the UNC basketball will be a changed world after the retirement of Roy Williams. YellowJackedup is very excited to tell us about the return of Jordan Usher to Georgia Tech basketball. Another returnee …
Apr
01
2021
Thursday legendary coach Roy Williams retired. It is hard to have imagine that a coach that won over 900 games, with 3 National Titles, and went to 9 Final Fours would be under-appreciated, but I think he was. When you coach at places like Kansas and UNC you’re expected to win big, but that doesn’t …
Mar
31
2021
@ADavidHaleJoint and @aadelsonESPN wrote an quality piece on the Challenges faced by new ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips. It’s as sobering as view of the ACC as we’ve seen since 2013. That was the year the ACC signed the Grant of Rights, and prior to that it the ACC was in tenuous position. There were several …
Mar
30
2021
So how are you liking the NCAA Tournament scheduling this year? The exclusive Sweet 16 TV windows of the weekend. The 10 PM starts of 50% of the Elite 8. Take a look what our friend Matt Zemek proposes. I think NCAA should consider something similar. While we wait for the start of UCLA-Michigan for …
Mar
29
2021
That’s never good when you do a final ranking on a conference’s season, and the college basketball season is still going. That’s we find the ACC this year, and someone has to be first. 15. Boston College (4-16) Last week: 15 New coach Earl Grant has one of the biggest rebuilding jobs we’ve seen in …
Mar
28
2021
The NCAA tournament went as most of followers of the ACC expected – with a couple of Sweet 16 teams, and then out of the NCAA tournament. If an ACC team was going to go further, only FSU was probably capable of that, but the Noles peaked in mid-January. All of the issues we saw …
Mar
28
2021
Cuse’s defense actually did pretty admirably against a top 5 offense. But a season long trend of inconsistent output is challenged when Houston asked “anybody other than Buddy wanna step up?” and the answer was “Naw.” — Andy Pregler (@acpregler) March 28, 2021 Good run to the Sweet 16 though. Reload and hopefully come back …
Mar
26
2021
A quick for post for this evening. Just 32 College Basketball teams remain in the Men’s and Women’s Sweet College Basketball Tournament. Get ready for a great weekend of basketball. How about a preview of this weekend’s Sweet 16 basketball games? Men’s Sweet 16 Preview CBSSPorts – Florida State and Syracuse remain from the ACC …
Mar
25
2021
Is it too early to start looking NCAA Baseball Projections? I don’t think so. They are already being released so let’s take a look. https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2021-ncaa-baseball-tournament-projected-field-of-64-32421/ https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/baseball/bracketology https://d1baseball.com/ – should be updated sometime in the next few weeks. Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page
Mar
24
2021
Oh, how we missed the NCAA basketball tournament. The 2021 resumption of March Madness and its many upsets has resoundingly reminded how much after the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the 2020 tournament. The 2020 college football post-season, though, played out as if we wouldn’t have missed anything. The College Football Playoff was the same old, same …
Mar
23
2021
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Today, Virginia Tech Athletic Director, Whit Babcock, announced that Virginia Tech would not be holding a spring football game. The Virginia Tech Athletic Department based their decision on novel coronavirus (COVID-19) discussions with Commonwealth of Virginia public health and campus officials. As my friend @TalkinACCSports will tell …
Mar
23
2021
March Madness isn’t just for big time college hoops’ fans. It’s become sewn into the fabric of our society, an event where even the most casual observer can have a vested interest in a team they have never heard of making a deeper than expected run through the tournament. Some have their NCAAB picks for …
Mar
22
2021
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) talk some ACC and NCAA Basketball this week with Mychal Hunter @ACCBR1 of http://ACCBasketballReport.com. Check that site out! We are also now available on iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rwradios-acc-weekly-podcast/id831843856?t=2 We are also now available on Stitcher! http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/httpwwwtalkshoecomtalkshoewebtalkcastjspmasterid130024cmdtc/the-acc-weekly-podcast?refid=stpr0 We are also now available on PodBean! https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/p573j-6e69d/The-ACC-Weekly-Podcast To listen go here – https://www.talkshoe.com/episode/15134309 In this order, …
Mar
21
2021
We’ve been through a lot of ACC programs and their twitter reactions after big wins. Syracuse hasn’t had a lot of those moments lately, but they got a huge one today defeating a very good West Virginia team to reach the Sweet 16. Jim Boeheim as a double digit seed and causing havoc in the …