nickamartin
Nick Martin
nickamartin
Staff Writer

The post initially said Swinney exited to scattered applause and laughter from the media; South Carolina Radio Network’s Kevin McCrarey wrote in to point out that it was a group of former players and boosters. The piece’s been updated to reflect this. Read more

As a few of you pointed out, Arizona’s Ray Smith tore his ACL and retired a couple weeks ago. The post has been updated to reflect that. Read more

Foh, I only like Marcus Paige and Justin Jackson. As for the ACC, considering Syracuse, Miami, Louisville, and N.C. State constitute the bottom of the top half, it should be amazing this year. I count 10-11 teams that could make the tourney. FSU, Clemson, VT, and Notre Dame all have good enough rosters to knock of Read more

I’ve got them in the 16-20 range. I want to see Lonzo some more, but they should be fun this year. Read more

My heart says to scream at you for downplaying N.C. State, but my brain says, “fuck, he’s probably right.” Read more

I have them just outside the top 15. I like their new backcourt, though. Read more

You are right about that. Blackmon is awesome; I hope he stays healthy this year. Read more

LSU uses both the live tiger and a person in a tiger suit, for some reason: Read more

Ah, that’s my bad. Like you wrote, “BTN” should have been “Cablevision.” Post has been updated to show that. Read more

Good catch. They did not. Mistake on my end there; it’s been fixed. Read more

As a couple folks noted, I originally wrote that “Swinney sat down with Aaron Brenner,” implying a 1-on-1, which this was not. As evidenced by the above video and the updated nut graf, Dabo issued his thoughts at one of the weekly press conferences. Read more

Now playing

Here’s the full presser response for anyone that wants to watch:

They’re the best. I went to their annual New Year’s show; the entire set blew me away. Read more