Feb
21
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. The North Carolina Tar Heels will gladly take a win over the Duke Blue Devils, especially in Cameron Indoor Stadium, anytime they can get one. Winning at Duke — as it often does for UNC — gives the Tar Heels a noticeably better …
Feb
21
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Many people are understandably worried about Zion Williamson. The Duke Blue Devils could worry about Zion if they choose to, but with Mike Krzyzewski using the word “stable” to describe the possible No. 1 pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, it seems that …
Feb
20
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. The highest NCAA Tournament seed Leonard Hamilton has attained at Florida State is a No. 3 seed. In order to notch that seed this season, the Seminoles either have to win at North Carolina this Saturday and win the rest of their regular-season …
Feb
20
2019
Duke always recruits great players under coach Mike Krzyzewski, but there is a difference with this year’s cast of NBA one-and-dones and the past. The 2018-19 great players are also good guys. The Blue Devils’ selfless play is their trademark entering Wednesday’s home game against No. 8 North Carolina at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Social media …
Feb
20
2019
Good afternoon, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Hope you are well during this snow day if you live in the DC area (and wherever you have bad weather!) Stay safe and read some @AllSportsDACC content. With the ACC Network launching on Thursday night, August 22, 2019, we thought it would be a good idea …
Feb
20
2019
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams and his wife Wanda grew up in early 1960s America, a time when parents chided kids for not finishing their dinner with an indirect reference to the Great Chinese Famine. “There are 800 million people starving in Red China!” Well, he and his wife have …
Feb
19
2019
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) continue our in-depth look at Virginia Tech with a focus on basketball this with. We also look at ACC basketball in general with a great guest in @PaulVWags of espnblacksburg.com . 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 …
Feb
19
2019
For people waiting to see if North Carolina and Basketball Hall-of-Fame coach Roy Williams has the secret formula to slow down Duke, college hoop’s football version of the Alabama Death Star, forget digging into his game-plan history. Syracuse Basketball Hall-of-Fame coach Jim Boeheim says it’s simple: You have to keep up with them offensively, although …
Feb
18
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Some of you might know that at my other Twitter account, @mzemek, I cover professional tennis for Tennis With An Accent, found at tennisaccent.com. Our story on the Virginia Cavaliers’ 64-58 win over the Virginia Tech Hokies on Monday night in Blacksburg begins …
Feb
18
2019
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – North Carolina seniors Luke Maye and Kenny Williams have played Duke twice a year and a third time in the ACC Tournament the past two seasons. They know what to expect from the Battle of the Blues. This also will be their fourth trip 10 miles down to the road when …
Feb
18
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : Is Duke-North Carolina really college basketball’s best rivalry? Some questions seem simple but demand a more complex answer. Some questions seem complicated but don’t require a complex answer. Some questions are complicated and demand an accordingly complicated response. …
Feb
17
2019
This is going to be a weekly article, where I seed the ACC teams and where I think they’d should be placed if the tournament started the same day as my posting. In my ranking system, any RPI top (100) win is a good win and any RPI top (50) obviously worth more. Any losses …
Feb
17
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Our story begins in Lawrence, Kansas. Yes, Lawrence is not an ACC locale, but trust me — I know where I am going with this. If you have paid any attention to the Kansas Jayhawks in recent weeks, you have noticed how few …
Feb
17
2019
CHAPEL HILL – Cameron Johnson is the same guy that averaged 11.9 points a game two seasons ago, but he possesses a different aura about him. He’s no longer just another good ACC player in a Pitt uniform. At North Carolina, a blue blood basketball program, he’s a focal point dressed in Carolina Blue. Johnson …
Feb
17
2019
The ESPN FPI has released their 2019 pre-season football rankings, and as usual one of the worst analytic in sports ranks teams that at best is confusing and at worst is completely laughable. I have to admit though thanks to HokieMark’s comment where FootballOutsiders still ranked Alabama ahead of Clemson after losing by 4 Touchdowns …
Feb
16
2019
It wasn’t all that long ago that Wake Forest was a national brand when it came to college basketball. It had produced two of the all-time greats in Tim Duncan and Chris Paul had an innovative offensive coach in Skip Prosser. Then the unimaginable happened in 2007, Skip collapsed and passed away. Ever since that …