Apr
06
2016
Time for some ACC Bloggers! Following UNC’s tough loss in the National Title game North Carolina blog Tar Heel Blog takes a By The Numbers review look at Tar Heels basketball season. If you don’t think the ACC is surging athletically, check out ACC blog ACCPrescription as they discuss the ACC’s athletic renaissance. …
Apr
05
2016
I wouldn’t have had a problem with North Carolina winning national title Monday night. In fact I was really rooting for them because I picked them to win it all in my office pool. A Tar Heel win would have resulted in a nice 2nd place finish and decent payday for me. I ended up …
Apr
05
2016
Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. Let’s do an early dive into next season’s way-to-early preseason men’s basketball top 25. The season is barely over, but many of us already can’t wait until next year. Here is what @RobDauster had to say: 1. Duke Returning: Luke Kennard*, Matt Jones, Amile Jefferson*, Chase Jeter, Derryck Thornton …
Apr
04
2016
@Hokiesmash and I ( @TalkinACCSports ) preview a couple of great events on this podcast with two outstanding podcast guests @WillsWorldMN of and @JoeMicik. Be sure to check out the great ACC writing and podcast at accnation.net. I let the college hockey experts fire away on the Frozen Four, and then we preview the National Championship game between UNC …
Apr
03
2016
It’s Master’s week. If you’ve read the blog in the past you know we’ll check in on golf especially during the 4 majors, and this is one of those times. Let’s preview the top 10 contenders for the first major of the year. 1. Jason Day Jason Day has always been a world class golfer, but …
Apr
02
2016
Before the Elite 8 of this year’s NCAA Tournament was even complete we knew the ACC was going to have 2 teams in the Final Four and a team in the National Championship game. That’s what happens when you have 4 teams on one side of the Elite 8 bracket. The Sweet 16 had a …
Apr
01
2016
(h/t @WashingtonPost for the Photo of Whit Babcock) Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Hope you are all doing well. The Final Four is tomorrow night – and you’ll see North Carolina and Syracuse in one half of the bracket. That’s just terrific. Shows you how deep ACC men’s basketball really was this …
Mar
31
2016
Greetings, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. Hope you are enjoying the unseasonably great weather here – especially in the Washington, DC area – we are really lucky. This is going to be a quick post here. So, apparently, a junior member of the NCAA men’s basketball staff sent an errant text to a member …
Mar
30
2016
I know at least two ACC bloggers we have to check in with. The ACC has a couple of teams in the Final 4 – Syracuse and North Carolina, so we will start with them. TarHeelBlog says this year’s North Carolina Final 4 teams now has the toughness to win it all. What has …
Mar
29
2016
Virginia basketball has become one of the best basketball programs in the anywhere. The last 3 years they have won 89 games. In the country’s best basketball, the ACC, they have a brilliant record of 45-9, including an ACC Title. Tony Bennett is considered one of the best young coaches in college basketball. He completely …
Mar
28
2016
@Hokiesmash and I begin our spring football review and 2016 look ahead with the Duke Blue Devils. @MikeKlineDSB of dukefootballblog.com. We really appreciate @MikeKlineDSB joining us on the podcast and starting us off the series with some Duke football. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. In addition you can subscribe to …
Mar
27
2016
(h/t to @USAToday for the photo) Let’s get right to it. This week, @TalkinACCSports blogged about the two open men’s basketball coach jobs at Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) member institutions, including Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh. Now there is one less. Kevin Stallings, Vanderbilt men’s basketball coach, is going to be the next men’s basketball coach …
Mar
26
2016
The ACC, simply put, is having an astonishing 2016 NCAA Tournament. The numbers speak for themselves – 6 Sweet 16, 4 Elite 8 Teams, and guaranteed 2 Final 4 Teams, and a team in the national title. An entire side of the Elite 8 bracket is ACC teams. The recording set marks range from financial …
Mar
25
2016
Two pretty surprising job openings are now available in the ACC – Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh. Jamie Dixon is headed to TCU to talk over his at alma mater. In my opinion, this won’t end well for Dixon. Dixon is a good coach, but not a great recruiter. It will be tougher to recruit to …
Mar
24
2016
Ah the internet is a great thing. If it’s on the net, someone is going to find it. I can’t take credit for digging this up, but to whoever did these are impressive investigative skills. This comes from a project site at NC State. Design of a studio for the production of game-day video that …
Mar
23
2016
With the ACC getting six teams into the Sweet 16, the conference will be well represented this weekend. The ACC had two number 1 seeds, UNC and Virginia and they are both favorites to make the Final 4 and possibly win a national title. Fans of each ACC school will obviously say my school needs …