Feb
19
2016
Happy Friday – bunch of random thoughts about Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) basketball – here we go: You watched the North Carolina – Duke game – we sure all did!! Coach Roy Williams inexplicably decides to give his post player (the guy who will be the ACC player of the year), Brice Johnson, who had …
Feb
17
2016
Recently I posted an article title Is Cat Barber the front-runner for ACC Player of the Year. It was met with a good response, so I decided to look more in-depth at the 3 other players I consider the top candidates to win ACC player of the year. I have UNC’s Brice Johnson, Duke’s Grayson Allen, …
Feb
16
2016
What are the ACC Bloggers writing this week? Interesting article from ACC Blog ACC Prescription. Is ESPN a good TV partner for the ACC? I’m not sure ESPN is always that great a partner, but what is the alternative? Please don’t say FOX either. What’s a Duke Bloggers take on the controversial Grayson Allen game …
Feb
15
2016
An interesting race is shaping up in the ACC Player of the Year race this season. Several players like Duke’s Grayson Allen, UNC’s Brice Johnson, and Virginia’s Malcolm Brogdon are in contention come from NCAA Tournament Caliber teams. Other contenders are Clemson’s Jaron Blossomgame, Notre Dame’s Demetrius Jackson, and Syracuse’s Michael Gbinije. Every one of …
Feb
14
2016
Bubble teams better make their move now. Time is running out as we are just a month way from Selection Sunday. 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 …
Feb
13
2016
What is an ACC game that comes down to the final minute, that doesn’t have some controversy? When Duke’s Grayson Allen hit the game winning shot to beat Virginia, I initially thought what a great play with no whistles. Then I watched the replay. Grayson Allen with the floater at the buzzer to win! #UVAvsDUKE …
Feb
13
2016
Good afternoon – I’m going to step out of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) here – and talk briefly about Georgetown University Hoyas Men’s Basketball (I’m a Georgetown alumnus – so I will tweet about the Hoyas from time to time). II went to the game on Saturday night, January 30, 2016 at the Verizon …
Feb
12
2016
Good afternoon, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. As you know, I am member of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association – and I receive occasional press releases from from the ACC. This one caught my eye… the ACC just released the Men’s Conference Basketball Matchups for the next two seasons. Look out below: …
Feb
11
2016
@Hokiesmash and @TalkinACCSports were joined by Matt Purdy @UMwolfpack87. We cover a lot of ACC topics with @UMwolfpack87, and we appreciate Matt taking the time to join us. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. In addition you can subscribe to the Podcast on ITUNES to get the quickest updates! You can also find …
Feb
10
2016
We’ve been wondering for awhile when the Cable Sports Bubble was going to burst. There have been concerning numbers from ESPN for awhile. Now we are hearing reports about the Los Angeles Clippers disappointing TV rights offer from Fox. This is from the site Forbes.Com. Last September, Fox reportedly offered a $60 million a year deal for the …
Feb
09
2016
ACC Blogger time… ACC Blog ACCPrescription has some old football rivalries involving ACC teams that are being played again this fall. Check out their article and find out which ones. How is the site DukeBlogger feeling about after the Blue Devils big win over Louisville Monday? Pretty good I’d say. Florida State cleaned up on National …
Feb
08
2016
Alright, now that the dust has settled and the smoke has cleared, we have our Super Bowl winners: the Denver Broncos. Congratulations to Peyton Manning and company, and as my colleague @TalkinACCSports said, Manning owes Von Miller and that Broncos defense dinner. The Broncos defense sacked Cam Newton six times and forced 4 turnovers, including …
Feb
07
2016
Just a short post following Denver’s Super Bowl win… Peyton Manning is likely going to call it a career after winning his 2nd Super Bowl. He didn’t play especially well. Manning was just 13 for 23 for 141 yards with 2 Turnovers, but he doesn’t have to apologize for anything. He is a Super Bowl …
Feb
07
2016
We have some major shifting in this week’s bubble analysis. 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 …
Feb
06
2016
As we get into the 2nd half of conference basketball, we have our annual edition of coaching candidates to replace Brian Gregory at Georgia Tech. We go back to exactly 1 year ago for last year’s possible coaching candidates to replace Brian Gregory, and his 21-59 ACC record. 2 years ago we said Brian Gregory had …
Feb
05
2016
Sometimes even really smart people make mistakes. The Louisville administration made one Friday. Gary Parrish of CBSSportsline nails it in his article Louisville selfishly punishes seniors by self-imposing late postseason ban. From that article… Any postseason ban, I think, should always be for the subsequent season once a semester begins, that way goals and dreams …