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Wake Forest’s Jake Dickert is the best coach nobody talks about.

How many ACC schools are 11-4 in their last 15 games, with a 2-0 record against teams from the SEC and Big 10. Just because the name isn’t Clemson or Florida State doesn’t mean it isn’t something to pay attention too. Wake Forest wasn’t expected to do much this year. It seems like they never …

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Duke win at Illinois proves last year’s ACC Title was no fluke.

Duke always seems to be an afterthought in the ACC. For that matter, so does Wake Forest, which won 9 games last year and Purdue on Saturday, but Duke is your defending ACC Champion, and won 9 games last year. In 2024, when Manny Diaz arrived, they won 9 games too. They won at Illinois …

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Boston College gets special Red Bandana game victory over Rutgers.

On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Red Bandana game honoring 9/11 hero Boston College grad Welles Crowther, the game against Rutgers may have been just a little bit more meaningful. It seemed this year, maybe because of those 25 years, that more remembrances of that fateful day were made than in previous …

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Boston College’s Red Bandana game on the 25th Anniversary of 9/11.

Today is the 25th Anniversary of 9/11, and we remember all the victims of that awful day as well as the first responders and heroes like Boston College’s Welles Crowther. “The Red Bandana game, Welles Crowther, stands for everything that’s good in our society and our country.” Steve Addazio reflects on the importance of The …

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The ACC’s three biggest questions of week 2

The three biggest ACC football questions of the week. Here we go for Week 2 Will Pittsburgh’s season take off with a win over UCF? Miami, Louisville, SMU, and Virginia are getting all the discussion as the ACC’s top teams, but teams like Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech are waiting in the wings. Beat UCF and …

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Wake Forest’s Jake Dickert is the best coach nobody talks about. Duke win at Illinois proves last year’s ACC Title was no fluke. Boston College gets special Red Bandana game victory over Rutgers. Boston College’s Red Bandana game on the 25th Anniversary of 9/11. The ACC’s three biggest questions of week 2

Apr
08
2019

Podcast – @Hokiesmash_ASD & @TalkinACCSports review the spring and preview 2019 Duke Football with @MikeKlineDSB

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@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are starting ACC football previews with Duke football this year with @MikeKlineDSB. @MikeKlineDSB has been with us before, and we’re happy he’s joined us again. 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. We are also now available on Stitcher! http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/httpwwwtalkshoecomtalkshoewebtalkcastjspmasterid130024cmdtc/the-acc-weekly-podcast?refid=stpr0 We …

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Apr
08
2019

Glen Coates’ success reward for high school coach that is Will Grier’s father

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Army wide receiver Glen Coates tells an education story more Americans need to hear to understand the impactful work high school coaches and teachers provide. Their rewards are satisfying and fulfilling but certainly not financial. Instead, we live in American society that directs dollars to the likes of New England’s Bill Belichick for winning Super …

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Apr
07
2019

Michigan State’s Tom Izzo validated with or without second NCAA title

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Tom Izzo’s opinion that he needed a second NCAA title to “validate” his career sparked myriad responses. Mostly, the Michigan State basketball coach’s innermost thoughts were met with rebuttals he has already proven himself. Let me tell you a story from the Heart of Tobacco Road, where I live, that illustrates that common belief. A …

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Apr
07
2019

NCAA Baseball Tournament Bracket Projections for April 7, 2019

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As the college baseball season starts winding down, it’s time to check out where your favorite college baseball team will end up, who is hosting, and who still has work to do to get into the field. I’ll be checking on these links and posting updates every week until the field is announced. Here’s are …

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Apr
07
2019

Will Virginia Win It All? | answered by @mattzemek

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : Will Virginia win It All? When I made my picks at the start of the 2019 NCAA Tournament, I thought Virginia would make the Final Four. When the Final Four arrived, I thought Virginia — which I …

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Apr
06
2019

Virginia doesn’t care about your missed call complaints.

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Virginia is playing for the national title after a heart stopping 63-62 win over Auburn Saturday. There was controversy to to finish the game that we will go through, but guess what Virginia doesn’t nor should they care about it. Facing an epic collapse after blowing a late 10 point lead, Virginia made the plays …

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Apr
06
2019

Gus patch honors man that added Magic to Michigan State

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If you wondered about the “Gus” patch adorning Michigan State’s basketball jerseys, they represent the indomitable character of Gus Ganakas. The team has stitched the spirit of the late Spartans coach to their Final Four run. The patch’s story is one that the CBS TV crews have failed to properly tell the nation during the …

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Apr
06
2019

Clemson \ NC State : Similar seasons, but likely different futures.

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The NCAA tournament is nearly complete. The field had neither Clemson or NC State. Both made the NIT as 2 seeds, but neither made it New York. By any any measure Clemson and NC State had very similar seasons.  A look at their resumes show much didn’t separate the two. Let’s take a look at …

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Apr
05
2019

Kenny Goins plays with green-and-white passion of Magic

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Tom Izzo enriches the Michigan State basketball program’s history with season awards named for former players and coaches. It is one way the Basketball Hall of Fame coach connects the past to the present and into the future. Johnny Green, who led the Spartans to their first Final Four in 1957 while averaging 13.2 points …

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Apr
04
2019

Virginia at the Final Four Part III — not getting left on the island

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  The Virginia Cavaliers — players, coaches, trainers, support staff — are necessarily and completely focused on the Final Four in Minneapolis. They should be. Why would they not be? It’s all business for a team in search of making more history and redefining …

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Apr
04
2019

Virginia at the Final Four Part II — a new era

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  This installment of All Sports Discussion’s coverage of the Virginia Cavaliers at the 2019 Final Four deals with a “quiet” fact, the kind of fact which is easy to miss in the larger celebration of the Hoos’ return to college basketball’s biggest stage. …

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Apr
04
2019

Duke and North Carolina won’t get to torment Tom Izzo at this Final Four

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  This story about Duke and North Carolina at the 2019 Final Four begins with a tennis connection. I cover tennis at another Twitter account — @mzemek — and at a site called Tennis With An Accent, which you can follow at  @accent_tennis during …

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Apr
04
2019

Past glories in Minneapolis create a mixed reality for Duke this week

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  Bracket nerds and college basketball historians — from Jim Nantz to your nextdoor neighbor — pay attention to these things. The Duke Blue Devils have repeated their national championship journeys over the years, and anyone who follows Duke closely knows this. In 1992, …

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Apr
04
2019

Virginia at the Final Four Part I — avoiding Ryan Boatright and more

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  The Virginia Cavaliers have reached college basketball’s Holy Grail once again. For the first time since 1984, the Hoos are the Who’s Who of their sport. They will try to reach their first national championship game when they face the Auburn Tigers in …

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Apr
03
2019

Buzz Williams elevated what could be done at Virginia Tech.

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Buzz Williams is on his way to Texas A&M. There’s no way to sugar coat it. That’s a big loss for the Virginia Tech basketball program. When Buzz Williams was hired, we said it was a good to great hire. We told you that back in 2014.  Williams won’t be overwhelmed competing against the like …

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Apr
03
2019

NIT: Lipscomb revives Tobacco Road and New York in reverse

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Tobacco is no longer North Carolina’s economic engine, Tobacco Road as an old label for college basketball in the state and Lipscomp University is located in Nashville, Tenn. But there is still a reverse Tobacco Road trip for the Bison to complete. Lipscomb, which won three NIT rounds at North Carolina opponents to earn the …

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