Virginia 59, NC State 47

by Akula Wolf on Feb 4, 2010 12:33 AM EST

Four Factors	NC State	Virginia
eFG%	39.6	46.3
Turnover Rate	12.9	14.7
Off Reb Rate	25.0	38.2
FT Rate	33.3	24.1

	Pts	Poss	OFF_EFF	DEF_EFF
UVA	59	54.4	108.5	86.4
NCSU	47	54.4	86.4	108.5

Box Score

Killed by the sort of second half performance that's been a pattern of late. It's too bad--this game was certainly there for the taking. While NC State was busy going ice cold, Virginia went on the slowest run in the history of basketball to take control of the game. And once it was a three possession game, State panicked before ultimately resigning. One of those nights where you could tell that, no matter the time remaining, no matter how manageable the deficit, it wasn't gonna happen. Damn shame.

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Ah - the rapid post-game summary strikes again

Just gettin’ it out of the way, huh? At some point, you should try to write one of these BEFORE the game… based on how things are going, I think you could come close.

Except that I don’t believe anyone, even me, would guess a sub-90 offensive efficiency. Ouch…

This game was honestly over in the FIRST half… when we were up 3 & it should’ve been 12-15.

by wolfonthehill on Feb 4, 2010 6:46 AM EST reply actions

Good writeup by Austin...

… but terribly disappointed that Javi’s poster-shot didn’t accompany it.

And sometime, Sid has to learn to just leave Tracy in when he picks up his third foul… he had picked up 3 fouls in 25 minutes, a pace that would NOT foul him out…

by wolfonthehill on Feb 4, 2010 6:49 AM EST reply actions

5-20 shooting, 14 points...

from people not named Tracy, Richard, or Dennis.

Another pattern of late.

Worst ACC backcourt since…?

by TVP on Feb 4, 2010 7:04 AM EST reply actions

for my feelings about Lowe and the game,

i make reference to what is written at the Yet Another block site. does anyone thing that if Havi, Mays and Degand were replaced by the guards playing for UVA that things would be different for State.\? State and UVA have the same talent level, yet UVA is winning and State is losing ugly, and State’s guards look like the worst in the world. Coaching anyone?

by sbas2 on Feb 4, 2010 7:38 AM EST reply actions

yes, i am trying to turn everyone to my way

of thinking: Lowe is the problem, Lowe must change his offense, or Lowe must go.
further i am a block head. i meant in my last post “Yet Another blog site”-not block site-plus my punctuation should have been just a question mark and not a slash question mark.

while we don’t love Sendek, i will take a look at his progression. in 2001 (?) he had a horrible team which set that half scoring low mark at Clemson mentioned in an article at the Observer or at WRAL sports. i watched that game and i loathed his coaching at the time. after, he had a great recruiting class with Hodge and changed his offense to the Princeton. he won, and we were happy until we realized that he was an un-inspirational coach who had peaked at losing in the second round of the NCAA tournament while sometimes losing the ACC tournament championship game. so Lowe needs an ephiphany-and hopefully along with some great recruits he will have it.

by sbas2 on Feb 4, 2010 7:49 AM EST reply actions

sbas2

I mentioned to someone last night that we transitioned from a coach that couldn’t win in the Tourney, to a coach that couldn’t even get us to the Tourney.

I didn’t think I would be doing this, but after what the 4th or 5th game with an 8 minute scoring drought – thats COACHING. Call a timeout and run a set play. If you aren’t good enough to fix those droughts, you aren’t good enough for my school.

by HuBu on Feb 4, 2010 7:59 AM EST reply actions

The striking thing to me

is that it was obvious which team was better coached last night. If Landesberg and Ziggy don’t both have really off shooting nights the game would have been out of hand quickly. But UVA plays hard-nosed defense and they actually have off-the-ball movement as a part of their offense (revolutionary!)

by PACKHOOLIGAN on Feb 4, 2010 8:36 AM EST reply actions

I actually give our defense credit...

… for containing Landesberg. We threw a few different defenders at him, and he got very few open looks. Unfortunately, he was patient & content to kick to open shooters… who started draining those open looks in the 2nd half.

Agree with the off-ball movement. We have none… you can’t expect to be open when you stand still 22 feet out. Hell, I could guard a guy who stands still.

by wolfonthehill on Feb 4, 2010 9:48 AM EST up reply actions

Agreed

It was obvious our gameplan was to make someone besides Landesberg score, which is not a bad strategy. But he did miss some shots that I think go in more times than not for him, but he might have been pressing since the defense was so focused on him.

I really liked how UVA’s other players stepped up. Not only did they not hesitate to shoot (looking in your direction Scott Wood), but they also put the ball on the floor from all positions. That kind of pressure really challenges a defense. The state players could learn a thing or two from that.

by PACKHOOLIGAN on Feb 4, 2010 10:17 AM EST up reply actions

Lowe is really

getting pounded at WRALsports.com in the articles concerning the game last night.
much as the 2006 UNC loss at home turned things against Sendek, the UNC loss at home this year started the same for Lowe. his shortcomings as a coach are being noticed.

by sbas2 on Feb 4, 2010 10:41 AM EST reply actions