Apr
01
2023
The Final Four is not on the schedule. Sometimes fans at elite programs forget it’s a tough road to navigate. At Michigan State, it’s true a Final Four opportunity escaped the Spartans with the Sweet Sixteen loss to Kansas State, but that’s a backwards view – an over-and-back violation of the program’s 25-year streak of …
Mar
31
2023
What a season. There aren’t many things cooler than seeing your school play in the Final Four. #Hokies pic.twitter.com/tGDYZTVl0s — Clark Ruhland (@Hokie20) April 1, 2023 The @HokiesWBB team made all of Hokie Nation so damn proud. @CoachBrooksVT has built something special and has done it the right way! Any player in the country would …
Mar
30
2023
Before anyone starts, we know that football pays the bills but missing revenue opportunities is still missing revenue opportunities. There is a growing call for Women’s Basketball to break away on their own from the current NCAA Media Rights agreement set to end in 2023-2024. Our friend and editor at @TrojanWire @MattZemek recently discussed this …
Mar
29
2023
The Miami men’s basketball team has made the Final Four, and the Virginia Tech Women’s have made theirs. Who has the better chance to come home with a National Title? Neither heads to their Final Four as the favorite. UCONN is the favorite to on the men’s side and South Carolina is the favorite on …
Mar
28
2023
It’s safe to say the @accnetwork has had mixed reviews since it’s launch in 2019. Sometimes its programming hits the mark and sometimes it hasn’t. One thing is for sure. When you have teams playing in collegiate sports biggest events you need to be covering it. That’s what having a conference network is for. It …
Mar
27
2023
@ASD_Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) breakdown some great sporting events – the Frozen Four and the Final Four. We are joined by blog friend @WillsWorldMN Will Ojanen of accnation.net. Please check out the great work being done over there. We were so pleased to have Jamal join us on the podcast! To find old podcasts prior …
Mar
26
2023
Sometimes analysts rely so heavily on their analytic takes, they will go to the grave with them no matter what happens on the field of play. Remember Bill Connelly back in 2019 unable to bridge the gap between his analytics and Clemson’s 44-16 trouncing of Alabama? Because of the season-long results, and because this was …
Mar
25
2023
A funny thing happened (again) during March. The national perception was that ACC men’s basketball was having its worst year in history. Most computer metrics had the ACC as the 6th or 7th rated conference. ACC women’s basketball was also considered down, but not quite to the extent of the men. Top 15 fixtures like …
Mar
24
2023
The Miami Hurricanes eliminated the final #1 seed (Houston) remaining in the NCAA Tournament. I don’t want to say I told you so, but I told you this could happen before the brackets were even released. You have to wait for the brackets, but I can very easily see not picking a single #1 seed …
Mar
23
2023
Armando Bacot is returning to UNC for a fifth year!👀 pic.twitter.com/cuv7VkwbBA — College Basketball Report (@CBKReport) March 22, 2023 Amazing get by @djoneshoop scoring an interview with new #NotreDame men’s basketball coach Micah Shrewsberry & his reasons for leaving Penn State to go back home. https://t.co/xLaZkl98rk — Irish Sports Daily (@ISDUpdate) March 23, 2023 Some …
Mar
22
2023
1) Alabama – How Alabama made the game against Maryland non-competitive was a bit scary. They are long, athletic, and skilled. San Diego State, maybe Creighton may be able to push. them We’ll see, but they entered the tournament as the best and remain there. 2) Houston – For just a moment there was some …
Mar
21
2023
Nearly one year ago, Miami Jim Larranaga’s guided his Hurricane team to a Sweet 16 after a masterpiece of a coaching effort against the Auburn Tigers. 73 years young, Larranaga is doing it again. Miami is headed back to the Sweet 16 after the Canes thumped a solid Indiana team 85-69. Back in December Larranaga …
Mar
20
2023
@ASD_Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are taking a look ACC in the NCAA Tournament with Bryan Mauro @threecolorbeard of https://bustingbrackets.com/. We really enjoyed having Bryan on! We were so pleased to have Jamal join us on the podcast! 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
19
2023
Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Here’s my question for you today: Did The Athletic actively make a choice to set a fire on the brand it created for its readers? I would argue, yes, yes, it did. The Athletic was started as niche sort of website – readers would purchase subscriptions for …
Mar
18
2023
After Purdue’s loss, that region became wide open and I said this yesterday, and still believe it. Why do I think tomorrow’s Duke/Tennessee winner will be in the Final 4? — Jeff or Jeffrey Fann (@TalkinACCSports) March 18, 2023 Tennessee has been an erratic, but a high ceiling team all year. They beat Kansas by …
Mar
17
2023
Friday saw the ACC continue flexing its March muscle as the conference was a Kihei Clarke pass from starting the NCAA tournament 5-1. The conference still moved to 4-2 this year and 18-7 so far in the last two years. Pittsburgh and Miami were the ACC wins on Friday. Pittsburgh faced a couple of rugged …