This Week in the ACC - 2/11-2/17

[FerryFor50]

NCSU has shot 35 FTs. VT has shot 7.

Kind of mind boggling and hard to believe.

[Frobisher]

NCSU has shot 35 FTs. VT has shot 7.

Kind of mind boggling and hard to believe.

Only one VT player has shot those FTs.

[rsvman]

Um....
It was a typo/autocorrect deal. Thanks for focusing on an irrelevant detail and missing the whole point of the post.

[jv001]

Um....
It was a typo/autocorrect deal. Thanks for focusing on an irrelevant detail and missing the whole point of the post.

you're welcome, it was just a joke. GoDuke!

[dukelifer]

Anybody see it?

Tech down three, Green at the line. Makes the first, deliberately misses the second one wide right. Teammate screams down the right side of the lane, corrals the rebound and puts it in off the glass, sending it to OT.

Pretty exciting.

Maybe a violation but well executed, nevertheless. The Hokies are not awful. They play hard and have a great scorer in Green. They have played most teams very close. Will not be easy in Blacksburg.

[davekay1971]

New NCSU motto: We rarely fail to disappoint.

Just let VT get a tip-in on a missed FT with about 4 seconds to go to tie the game and then State missed a long 3 to win. On to OT. Sheesh.

Cheering for State will make your head explode. In fact, State ought to come with a Surgeon General's warning to that effect.

Surgeon General's Warning:
Supporting this team in any sports endeavors, particularly Men's Basketball, increases your risk for the following: Gastric ulcers, psychosis, anxiety disorder, depression, alcohol abuse, broken knuckles secondary to impulsive punching of furniture, broken televisions, broken remote controls, unintentional frightening of pets and small children when you scream in frustration, and spontaneous head explosion.

[cptnflash]

I think the Tigers have a decent shot of winning tonight against Miami. They appear to match up reasonably well - Jennings has the size to hang with Kadji, Rod Hall has the quickness and athleticism to deal with Larkin, and Booker is strong enough to counter Gamble and Johnson inside. They're also at home, and have the benefit of being in full desperation mode, as they absolutely have to win this game (and a bunch more in a row) to have any shot at the NCAA tournament. Meanwhile, Miami has basically already sown up the ACC regular season thanks to our loss yesterday, and it is starting to feel like they're getting a little full of themselves (Mark Titus pointed this out in a Grantland article last week). I wouldn't be surprised to see them give less than 100% tonight and get beaten by an inferior team.

[pfrduke]

Clemson and Miami have combined to start 4-26 from the floor including 1-12 from 3. It's 9 minutes into the game and it's 8-2 Miami. Ugh.

[Bob Green]

18-16 Miami at the half. A real display of offensive firepower by both teams.

[FerryFor50]

A total of 8 team fouls for both sides, just 5 FT attempts in the Miami/Clemson first half.

My guess is that they're "letting them play."

Gives new meaning to the "ACC/Big 10 challenge."

[cptnflash]

Weird that Littlejohn Coliseum is so quite that you can hear the bounce of the ball on the broadcast. This is a tie game against the #3 ranked team in the country. Come on Tigers fans! Make some freakin' noise!

[cptnflash]

Devin Booker doing his best to keep Miami in the game by bricking free throws.

[pamtar]

Tough call there against Clempsen. I'll have to agree with j-will that it was a block.

[loran16]

Devin Booker doing his best to keep Miami in the game by bricking free throws.

It wouldn't be Clemson if they didn't have FT issues. They've only had FT%s within the top 200 NCAA BB teams twice in the last ten years and never better than average.

[cptnflash]

Clemson had a 4 point lead and the ball with barely a minute to go... and blew it. Missed free throws were the killer. They never should have been in a position to have a bad block/charge call (and it was a bad call) beat them.

[pfrduke]

Clemson shot 33.3% from 2, 23.5% from 3, and 38.5% from the line. That's ghastly. Talk about struggling to put the ball in the basket.

On the whole, the teams combined to hit 35 of 108 shots from the field. If we want to talk about games setting college basketball back a few years, that's a textbook example.

[Durham Thunder]

Seriously, what is the deal? If Miami is having this much luck in one season, in games like NC State and Clemson, that's BS.

[Mabdul Doobakus]

Yeah, pretty much only Clemson's incompetence saved Miami from a bad loss. I wasn't able to watch a lot of the game, but it seemed like they were putting a ton of ball pressure on Larkin, forcing the ball out of his hands, and Miami was getting pretty good looks from 3 point range, but for most of the game, they just couldn't buy one. Kadji finally hit that big one at the end.

It would take a concerted effort by Miami to lose the ACC at this point, and this may serve as a bit of a wake up call before Tuesday's difficult matchup with UVA.

[sporthenry]

So now Miami has 3 last second wins. Still think this comes back to bite them in the NCAAT. They'll run into an 8 or 9 seed that may not be as talented as NC State but will close them out. Some of these 8/9 seeds like Illinois, or Missouri or even UCLA are going to be tough second round match ups.

[DBFAN]

So now Miami has 3 last second wins. Still think this comes back to bite them in the NCAAT. They'll run into an 8 or 9 seed that may not be as talented as NC State but will close them out. Some of these 8/9 seeds like Illinois, or Missouri or even UCLA are going to be tough second round match ups.

That is exactly what I think every time I see them play. I still don't think they win the ACC tourney because they are gonna have to motivate the selves to play a lesser opponent. And if they manage to do that, they will not be aware of the feeling of playing 2 to 3 days in a row. I pretty sure although not 100% that they are not extremely deep, and conference tourneys are all about managing those tired legs. Lord Reggie can barely get up and down the court as it is.