ACC Tournament - Day One

[superdave]

Virginia is up 10 points on Miami with less than a minute to go, so it looks like the Wahoos will take on Unc tomorrow. Barring a miracle, UVA will have held Miami under 50 points. This has to be considered a bad matchup for Unc this early in the tournament.

Carolina won at Virginia 62-56 on 1/8.

I think both teams have improved since then though, so tomorrow could be interesting.

[UrinalCake]

UVA playing well, Sene is holding his own inside and they've totally shut down Miami. Hopefully they can bring the D again tomorrow and also hit some from outside.

[superdave]

What have I done? Tie game. 13 seconds to go.

[El_Diablo]

HUGE comeback by Miami in the last minute.

[superdave]

HUGE comeback by Miami in the last minute.

10 points in 30-some seconds. Wha happened!?

[killerleft]

10 points in 30-some seconds. Wha happened!?

A comedy of errors by UVA mostly, but Miami made the plays necessary. Miami missed a traditinal three point play to go up one.

[El_Diablo]

A comedy of errors by UVA mostly, but Miami made the plays necessary. Miami missed a traditinal three point play to go up one.

Then another UVA turnover knocked the ball out of bounds on the missed Miami free throw.

Haith's horrible play calling (isolation dribble/chuck at the top of the key) gave UVA another chance with 1.3 seconds, but UVA turned the ball over again on the inbound and let Gamble get a good look that rimmed out at the buzzer.

[1 24 90]

Gone in 42 seconds? Wow!

[superdave]

I'm trying to watch on TheACC.com (Jefferson Pilot feed) while at work. The feed is terirble, so I have huge gaps in the action.

Am I seeing things or is Miami on like a 22-4 run to close this thing out? Wow. Did UVA have not timeouts left?

[wilko]

WOW What a meltdown!
Never seen anything like that.

Poor UVa. Those guys haven't quit despite having lesser talent and have been battlers all yr. I like what their Coach has managed to do this yr. This would have been a nice cap-off for their yr.

[El_Diablo]

Gone in 42 seconds? Wow!

Virginia had five turnovers in the last 1:10, including four turnovers in the last 20 seconds. They also missed three free throws in the last 42 seconds.

Miami now up eight with :31 remaining in OT. Hopefully this inspired play carries over to tomorrow.

[Chard]

Out of the first day teams, Miami was the one that I thought could make some noise. How much noise they make we'll find out tomorrow. They're just not as bad as their record looks.

In other tournament news, UConn moves on with win over Pitt. If Duke can take care of biz, a #1 seed would be very likely for the Blue Devils.

[pfrduke]

Remarkable that the teams from only overtime game of the season in ACC play ended up going to overtime again in the tourney. Heartbreaking collapse for UVA.

[superdave]

Heartbreaking collapse for UVA.

I started the thread with 35 seconds to go and jinxed them. Sorry Mustafa.

[Chard]

Dave Telep tweets ealier:

@DaveTelep State of the ACC: Players of the game in Miami/UVa game both scored less than 10 points today. Yikes.

I guess he hasn't kept up with the style of play that Virginia employs or the short bench? Not a shocker if he really did his homework.

[Matches]

UVA epic fail. Ridiculous collapse.

[ncexnyc]

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy StarBust.

Kid hits an awesome 3 with the shot clock running down and then turns right around clanking two free throws, botching an inbounds play, and battling with Farrakan for an uncontested rebound, which results in the ball going out of bounds.

Fate was definitely a fickle mistress to poor Sammy.

[UrinalCake]

From the ESPN game summary, here's a recap of the last couple minutes:

2:17 UVA leads 39-50
1:50 Miami makes layup (41-50)
1:26 UVA misses front end of 1-and-1
1:11 Miami misses shot, UVA rebounds
1:10 UVA turnover
1:04 Miami makes followup tip shot, misses the and-1 (43-50)
1:03 UVA fouled, makes two free throws (43-52)
0:57 Miami misses three-pointer, UVA rebounds
0:42 UVA fouled, makes 1 of 2 free throws (43-53)
0:37 Miami makes three-pointer (46-53)
0:32 UVA fouled, misses both free throws
0:30 Miami makes three-pointer (49-53)
0:20 UVA turnover
0:19 Miami makes dunk (51-53)
0:13 UVA turnover (Miami steal)
0:13 Miami makes layup, misses the and-1 (53-53)
0:10 UVA turnover
0:02 Miami turnover
0:01 UVA turnover

What's amazing is that Miami actually missed some shots/free throws and made a couple mistakes themselves within that stretch, and still had a chance to WIN it with 13 seconds left.

[OldPhiKap]

From the ESPN game summary, here's a recap of the last couple minutes:

2:17 UVA leads 39-50
1:50 Miami makes layup (41-50)
1:26 UVA misses front end of 1-and-1
1:11 Miami misses shot, UVA rebounds
1:10 UVA turnover
1:04 Miami makes followup tip shot, misses the and-1 (43-50)
1:03 UVA fouled, makes two free throws (43-52)
0:57 Miami misses three-pointer, UVA rebounds
0:42 UVA fouled, makes 1 of 2 free throws (43-53)
0:37 Miami makes three-pointer (46-53)
0:32 UVA fouled, misses both free throws
0:30 Miami makes three-pointer (49-53)
0:20 UVA turnover
0:19 Miami makes dunk (51-53)
0:13 UVA turnover (Miami steal)
0:13 Miami makes layup, misses the and-1 (53-53)
0:10 UVA turnover
0:02 Miami turnover
0:01 UVA turnover

What's amazing is that Miami actually missed some shots/free throws and made a couple mistakes themselves within that stretch, and still had a chance to WIN it with 13 seconds left.

Where's the Asack keeper up the middle?

[-bdbd]

UVA epic fail. Ridiculous collapse.

Just remember - it can (and has) happen to us too. Wasn't it Duke vs NC circa 1976...
8 points gone in 16 seconds (pre-3-pt-circle)?

I think this is good, as Miami gets mega-momentum heading into their matchup tomorrow. They are probably thinking they are playing for an NCAA birth, and recall that they played NC to a draw for 39:50 in Miami...