There are those who would say that ACC expansion was a mistake, that expansion has diluted a once-great product by bringing in sub-par basketball programs merely because they would improve the league’s football. The theory is that Virginia Tech and Miami (and to a lesser degree, Boston College) currently suck and have no history of…

Let’s try a little something different today. I want to get some chatter. Topic of conversation – Who’s the best big man in the ACC this year? Is it Shelden Williams, Eric Williams or Sean May? Shelden had all the early season love, but May and Big E have turned it on of late. Both…

Like many other people, I have made some cracks about Maryland’s claim to be a rival of Duke’s despite Duke fans saying they aren’t. Well, if the Terps keep beating the Blue Devils, a true rivalry will grow. Nothing gets under the skin of a good team more than beating them consistently. It’s funny how…

NC State traveled to Winston-Salem last night and got the same treatment that most teams get there these days. A loss. It was a weird loss; for not-completely-clear reasons, Julius Hodge was benched for the first quarter of the game, but then came out and had by far his best game of the year. Hodge…

It wasn’t the most elegant game of basketball you’ll ever see. Shots clanked, dribbles bounced awry and passes whistled into the crowd. It was not a clinic of perfect basketball, but it was still a great game. You had two teams loaded with talented players going hard at each other and trying everything they could…

It seemed like today would never come, right? You’ve been waiting for this game for weeks, if not all year. It’s the big one. The big clash between ancient rivals that captivates the nation. That’s right, the Seminoles of Florida State travel to U-Hall tonight to take on Virginia in yet another titanic tilt between…

Last night’s games, Georgia Tech at Clemson and Virginia Tech at Maryland were hardly sexy matchups. It’s almost as if the ACC scheduled some dogs this week to avoid deflecting any attention away from Duke-Carolina. While those two games lacked star power, they had oodles of importance. Tech and Maryland are the only two non-Big…

When a coach begins to lose the support of his team’s fans, it’s like coming down with a serious illness. The coach can fight back due to his personal strength, or maybe he’ll get a critical shot in the arm from a game-winning shot or maybe a supportive AD. In many cases, the illness spreads…

You may recall that at the end of the non-conference season (more or less), I calculated the Prouty ratings of every player in the league to see who had had the best start. (Click here for those ratings and for a definition of Prouty ratings). Well, now that we are halfway through the conference season…

That was a heck of a game last night in Winston-Salem. It had a bit of everything. While watching Wake build up a seemingly insurmountable lead in the second half, I decided that Chris Paul is hands-down the ACC POY at this point. He was simply dominating. He ran the offense. He scored. He stole…