By 6 PM on the first day of the NCAA tournament Louisville and Clemson were eliminated in a relative surprise loss to Creighton and a stunner to McNeese State. Both were double-digit losses where neither team sniffed winning the game. What the *&$(@ happened? First off this isn’t an indictment of the ACC. Louisville and …
Mar
19
2025
What is the @RTDNews Thinking? What was the End Game?
Attribution for Picture: CogSciLibrarian, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons What is the Richmond Times-Dispatch subscription services staff thinking about when they call me to re-subscribe after they fire their entire college sports staff? I told them not to call me again until they rehire all their college sports columnists and writers – …
Mar
18
2025
NCAA Baseball Projections and the Softball Bracket Results for March 18, 2025
I know the NCAA basketball tournament is about to get underway, but take a break and look where the early NCAA baseball and softball projections are at. Baseball https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/baseball/bracketology D1 Baseball Projections- coming Baseball America – coming Softball https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/softball/bracketology Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page.
Mar
17
2025
Podcast – @AllSportsDACC and @TalkinACCSports review ACC Tournament and preview the Big Dance
@AllSportsDACC and me (@TalkinACCSports ) take a look at the ACC Tournament, and start discussing the NCAA tournament. To find old podcasts prior to episode 385, you can follow this link -> https://www.talkshoe.com/show/the-acc-weekly-podcast In this order, these are the topics we covered on the podcast. It’s episode 538 Most Surprising and Disappointing ACC Team of the …
Mar
17
2025
Answer critics – go out and win UNC
Last year, Virginia got a bid to the NCAA tournament as a last-four team. They deserved the bid, but they received a lot of criticism for their inclusion. They promptly went out and lost by 25 to Colorado State. This year, the committee made the correct decision and included UNC in the field. They are …
Mar
16
2025
NCAA Tournament Committee gets ACC Selections and Seedings mostly right.
It’s the greatest postseason in sport – March Madness! How did the ACC fair? Well, the conference only got 4 bids, but you really can’t argue that it should have been more. Duke, Clemson, and Louisville were the locks. Then there was one more potential bid and that was North Carolina. As we said earlier …
Mar
15
2025
Duke’s Jon Scheyer’s in-game coaching ability shines with ACC Title.
When you are the head coach at Duke, everything you do will be measured against the legendary Mike Krzyzewski. Duke isn’t the only place where an ACC Hall of Famer had to be replaced in recent years, but it’s the only one at the moment that appears to be on stable ground with that Hall …
Mar
15
2025
NCAA Bracket Projections (Men’s and Women’s) March 15, 2025
Times up… If you haven’t made your March move, it’s up to the committee. Here’s a selection of Men’s and Women’s NCAA Bracket Projections for 2025, as we get into March. Men https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2025-march-madness-men-field-predictions https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-basketball/2025-ncaa-tournament-projections https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/ https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens-basketball/bracketology Women https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/30423107/ncaa-women-bracketology-2025-women-college-basketball-projections https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/womens-basketball/bracketology Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page
Mar
15
2025
ACC Tournament Final is set – Duke and Louisville
If you only saw the ACC Tournament, you wouldn’t have any clue many called the ACC down this year. The Friday semi-finals featured 3 Top 15 teams (Duke, Clemson, and Louisville), and another classic between Duke and UNC. The Saturday Finals is a blue-blood finale in a top 15 matchup between Duke and Louisville. This …
Mar
13
2025
Articles Around the #ACC Blogosphere – March 13, 2025
ACCPrescription asks what ACC should do to get ACC basketball back on track. It’s a new era with Luke Loucks taking over FSU basketball from Leonard Hamilton. RubbingtheRock tells us CFB analyst Josh Pate explains what separates Clemson from other football programs. North Carolina survived Wake Forest, and I think has punched their ticket to …
Mar
12
2025
UNC’s NCAA resume is better than you think.
Wednesday UNC clobbered Notre Dame 76-56. The win moved Heels 21-12 (13-7). The victory itself doesn’t put UNC into the Big Dance. Notre Dame finished the season 15-17 (8-12), but losing would have been devastating for the Heels. They didn’t lose and they looked impressive in wiping out the Irish. UNC’s resume is being questioned …
Mar
11
2025
Paul Finebaum spews realignment non-sense about FSU and Clemson.
Paul Finebaum is at it again. He loves to go after Clemson and Florida State, and I suspect it’s because they are the greatest threat to SEC football superiority outside of Michigan and Ohio State or whatever’s left of it. This time via Tigernet.com, he had this to say… “I think if you’re sitting there …
Mar
10
2025
Podcast – @WillsWorldMN and @TalkinACCSports preview the ACC Tournament.
@WillsWorldMN filled in for @AllSportsDACC who is out on some R&R. Will join me (@TalkinACCSports ) dived in the ACC Tournament in this podcast. We had a lot to talk about! Check out Will’s work at accnation.net. To find old podcasts prior to episode 385, you can follow this link -> https://www.talkshoe.com/show/the-acc-weekly-podcast In this order, these …
Mar
09
2025
March 9, 2025 ACC Basketball Power Rankings
18. Miami (7-24, 3-17) NET – 226, RPI – 282 Last Week: 18 Miami actually won their final game against NC State, but the season is done for the Canes. It’s time to find a permanent coach. 17. Boston College (12-19, 4-16) NET – 203, RPI – 257 Last Week: 17 Why is Earl Grant …
Mar
09
2025
NCAA Bracket Projections (Men’s and Women’s) March 9, 2025
It’s March! Just a week until Selection Sunday. Here’s a selection of Men’s and Women’s NCAA Bracket Projections for 2025, as we get into March. Men https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2025-march-madness-men-field-predictions https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-basketball/2025-ncaa-tournament-projections https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/ https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens-basketball/bracketology Women https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/30423107/ncaa-women-bracketology-2025-women-college-basketball-projections https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/womens-basketball/bracketology Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page
Mar
08
2025
The ACC was close to being a 7 bid league.
No one will argue the ACC is down this year, but it didn’t have to be as tenuous with NCAA bids as it is. I’m not talking about money or coaches. The ACC as it is currently constructed should have had at least 6 bids and probably 7. There are 3 ACC locks, Duke, Clemson, …