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I am curious to see if our guys will play for 40 minutes like it really matters. They did it for 10 last night. Thank god it was clemson.
Of our conf L's, we've only lost 1 by double digits (@ CLEM). A few of those games we probably should have lost by more, but made a late run to make it look closer than it actually was (Duke & @ Pitt off the top of my head). I'd take the points, but not GT straight up.Well, I told my UVA coworker that I expect the line to be 10 before it was confirmed. So, I think it's fair. UVA is clearly better than us and has been playing better than us.
I wouldn't touch this line given the way end of games can play out (e.g., UVA w/ a slight lead and extends it to +10 w/ last minute FTs, GT down miserably but backdoors the cover with UVA running clock).
If forced I'd take UVA because I think general perception over-values us. I don't really see a scenario where we win or are close in the end unless Q or Smith go wild, kind of like the last one we played against them. UVA is playing better now and the game is in DMV i.e., expect a few Cavs fans.
This is a good point. There's many reasons why I rarely bet and don't consider this an obvious one, and the backdoor cover examples that you mention is one of them. Add Louisville to our list of backdoor covers as well.Of our conf L's, we've only lost 1 by double digits (@ CLEM). A few of those games we probably should have lost by more, but made a late run to make it look closer than it actually was (Duke & @ Pitt off the top of my head). I'd take the points, but not GT straight up.
When Clemson was building their lead the announcers kept yammering about how the Tigers were taking advantage of Tech's poor "ball screen defense". No comment about our defensive adjustments that drove the comeback. What changed, besides MGH getting fouled and Clem going cold?
Last night a few things happened
1-Avry Holmes stopped making shots. (He had 19 with about 10 to go I think)
2-Blossomgame got into foul trouble
3-Adam Smith was unconscious shooting the ball
4-MGH got aggressive and made it count at the line.
I don't think our defense got substantially better in the second half.
Well obviously , I can't watch Tech play.I turned on TV down by 8 and saw it spread to 18 so I left thinking --we are mailing it in for the season. Boy,was I wrong.MGH is a HORSE and having a bit of shooting from elsewhere plus Off rebing --who knows?
We didn't play with much energy for 30 minutes, then turned it up. I think you are right that Clemson played their hand badly late. The combination let us back in the game. Again, MGH played strong when it counted most.A Couple of things imo.
GT got very aggressive with MGH going to the basket alot.
Adam hit a couple of shots (I wouldn't say he got hot - he was 8-16 overall and 4-7 from 3 for the game). He hit a couple of timely shots.
Clemson finally started to revert to percentages late in the game. They were 10-22 from 3-pt range and ended up 10-29. Why they kept taking threes when they were up late is a mystery to me. Should have tried to go inside more and foul out some GT guys (Mitchell fouled out and MGH and Smith both had 4).
I stopped watching the game to put my son to bed (I think this was clearly the biggest reason). I assumed they had lost until I checked the score around 10 pm.
"pleasantly surprised" is a BIG understatement.....LOLYou and RR shouldn't feel bad. Just about everybody in chat during the game had accepted that we were gonna lose. We were all pleasantly surprised to see our guys fight back.
Also, it's always exciting to witness a full fledge clemsonning. How many times will you get to do that in your life? Well, a lot but still.
Last night a few things happened
1-Avry Holmes stopped making shots. (He had 19 with about 10 to go I think)
2-Blossomgame got into foul trouble
3-Adam Smith was unconscious shooting the ball
4-MGH got aggressive and made it count at the line.
I don't think our defense got substantially better in the second half.
I give Gregory zero credit. THATS RIGHT I SAID IT.
All about our players deciding they were going to do what they had to do. Because at the end we were still running the same crap offense. Adam hit some timely, big shots, MGH got selfish (good thing) and Clemson got cold and played not to lose.
But I have an agenda and cannot be taken seriously. And I'm ok with that.