After Lackluster Season, ACC Must Improve Depth to Have the “Best Ever”...
Prior to the beginning of the college basketball season, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski infamously proclaimed that the ACC had the potential to be the greatest college basketball conference of all-time. That...
View ArticleMorning Five: 04.07.14 Edition
The national title game is set for tonight and we feel fairly confident in saying that nobody saw this one coming on Selection Sunday. Connecticut proved that its victory over Florida in December was...
View ArticleYour Way Too Early 2014-15 AAC Preview
As we anxiously wait to see whether UConn can deliver a title to the American Athletic Conference in its very first season of existence, it’s important to take some time to wildly speculate about how...
View ArticleWhat’s on the Mind of the 15 ACC Programs Right Now
With the start of the ACC college basketball season rapidly approaching, allow us to put on our psychoanalyst’s hat to determine what’s on the mind of each of its 15 member programs right now. Some are...
View ArticleACC Preview: Wake Forest’s Burning Question
This team preview is part of the RTC ACC microsite’s preseason coverage. You will find a list with links to all the team previews on the ACC Microsite Preview Page, located here. How fast can Danny...
View ArticleSix Questions: Your Unofficial AAC Preview Primer
The college basketball season is fewer than three weeks away, but more importantly, the college basketball preview season is in full swing. There are literally dozens of excellent previews out there...
View Article15 Takeaways From ACC Operation Basketball
The ACC’s Operation Basketball on Wednesday experienced the prevailing theme of putting last season in the rearview mirror and starting anew. This included the teams with successful campaigns just as...
View ArticleOne on One: An ACC Preview With Bret Strelow
Rush the Court is back with another edition of One on One: An Interview Series, which we will bring you throughout the preseason with previews of each of the major conferences. With the college...
View ArticleACC M5: Who’s Been a Turkey Edition
Here’s a look at some of the most disappointing performances so far by ACC teams. Clemson: The Tigers already have two bad losses on their resume. First came a 77-74 home loss to Winthrop on Monday,...
View ArticleACC M5: 12.08.14 Edition
WralSportsFan: The first conference game of the year took place in Raleigh on Saturday night with N.C. State defeating Wake Forest by a score of 78-65. Mark Gottfried continues to get good production...
View ArticleACC Exam Week: Grading Out the 15 Schools
It’s Exam Week in the Atlantic Coast Conference, so what better time than the present to analyze the basketball aptitude of the 15 member institutions? Below we present three groupings: the teams...
View ArticleACC M5: 01.06.15 Edition
Tar Heel Blog: As you certainly know by now, ESPN legend Stuart Scott passed away Sunday after a very public fight with cancer. He was one of the most recognizable voices at the Worldwide Leader for...
View ArticleACC Stock Watch: Conference Play Edition
Conference play got under way for the ACC roughly two weeks ago, and the early games have lived up to their lofty billing in providing us with valuable insights. Some teams are clearly playing up to...
View ArticleACC M5: 01.23.15 Edition
ESPN: Dana O’Neil penned a must-read profile of Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski by talking with many of his longtime friends and family. It’s a long but great read. With Coach K getting a shot at 1,000 wins...
View ArticleACC M5: 01.29.15 Edition
BballBreakdown.com: Josh Riddell does a great job reviewing the strengths and flaws of Duke‘s defense. Long story short (but read the article, it has lots of great GIFs to go with the analysis): Duke...
View ArticleACC Stock Watch: 02.06.15 Edition
Another week, another slate of terrific basketball from the ACC. While some teams seemingly riding high got a dose of reality this week (hello Virginia and Notre Dame), others showed their ability to...
View ArticleACC M5: 02.10.15 Edition
Grantland and Daily Tar Heel: Here are the last two Dean Smith tributes (for now). Grantland‘s Charles Pierce discusses his personal memory of Smith, putting it in the context of his own life and...
View ArticleDanny Manning is Making Progress at Wake Forest
During Sunday’s NBA All-Star game, there was a stretch of the game when Atlanta Hawks point guard Jeff Teague, Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul, and San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan were...
View ArticleACC M5: 03.04.15 Edition
BC Interruption: I’m hoping we get the full breakdown of possibilities from Patrick Stevens later this week, but Brian Favat does a good job projecting the ACC Tournament bracket (along with a look at...
View ArticleACC M5: 03.05.15 Edition
Syracuse Post-Standard: Whatever the Post-Standard is paying Patrick Stevens, it isn’t enough because here’s his exhaustive list of ACC Tournament seeding scenarios. Some of those are simple (notably,...
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