The four missed shots in the last 20 seconds was really icing on the cake.
That game really turned on the fraction of a second the ball stayed too long on Coby White's miracle heave.
The lesson we all learned from this chat thread is to acknowledge the jinx, say you're sorry for it, not speak of it again, and then it will reverse itself.
Thank you UVA!!! Y'all really came thru for us tonight!!!!
The four missed shots in the last 20 seconds was really icing on the cake.
That game really turned on the fraction of a second the ball stayed too long on Coby White's miracle heave.
Just be you. You is enough. - K, 4/5/10, 0:13.8 to play, 60-59 Duke.
You're all jealous hypocrites. - Titus on Laettner
You see those guys? Animals. They're animals. - SIU Coach Chris Lowery, on Duke
Final: Virginia 69, Carolina 61. Gosh, if it wasn't for the grueling travel from Charlottesville the Hoos had to endure, they probably would've won by 15 points. Over mountains, across rapid running rivers, through the woods...
Bob Green
Wahoooooooooooooooooo!
Woohoo Wahoos
That was a very impressive win by UVA. They looked dead in the water, but somehow managed to gut it out and come from behind.
Ty Jerome with a double double 15 points and 11 rebounds. I'm not sure how he managed that seeing that he had to ride on a bus all the way from Charlottesville with a sore back.
Bob Green
Not that I wouldn’t have - strongly - preferred to have beaten y’all, but it certainly makes our remaining schedule scenarios simpler to game out when our only losses are courtesy of Duke.
We (UVa) honestly played our B- game and came out with a win. We REALLY benefitted from those CLOSE but correct (by the book) calls on the shot clock violations late in both halves. We were REALLY pretty sloppy all around. Still struggling with turnovers, and added poor rebounding and FT shooting today.
I honestly didn't really expect us to have an A+ performance with the short turnaround and guys being banged up (Jerome, as well as he played here AND vs Duke, hasn't looked the same since he got hurt early in the NCSU game. Diakite was obviously on some kind of minutes limitation. Salt NEVER played in the second half, so something must be up there because for all his shortcomings offensively Bennett LOVES him). What we DID get was A+ heart/effort, and some VERY timely shooting from Kyle Guy in the last couple minutes. I'll take it and not look back. Based on what I've seen overall, it seems like the top half of the league is breaking down this way:
1. Duke
-small, but CLEAR edge-
2. UVA
-small, but CLEAR edge-
3. UNC
-small, but CLEAR edge-
Lou/Cuse/FSU/VT (with Robinson, if he can return be season's end)
I do know that Virginia MUST get 100% healthy if we're going to make any kind of run at the ACC tourney 1 seed. We'd have to go undefeated the rest of the way, and I'd ballpark even with that there's only about a 30-40% (at best) chance Duke drops 2 more games. At least Bennett should be able to give the guys a day or maybe even 2 off to recover before starting practice for a "get right" game at home vs ND on Saturday.
I'd wish you guys good luck at Louisville tomorrow, but that would be disingenuous at best. I *will* wish you good health and no injuries.