Virginia 61, NC State 60

We’ve had opportunities that we have not taken, hope that is not the theme for this year. We should have beaten Tech, and had a real shot at upsetting a ranked team last night.

However, what I hoped to see this year was a team that fights hard, plays smart, and a coach that has a real impact on the floor. We have definitely seen that. Gottfried can coach and motivate a team. He can get them off the floor after a butt kicking.

Not sure how this year will play out, it seems we are just a little below NCAAT quality right now, but I think the future is promising.

as angry and motivated as Rich howell was last night. Something tells me the big boy was mad at himself and the world after that UNC game. Awesome performance.

Ugh, this is bad
Hmmm, we can recover from that
Yay
Ugh, thus sucks
OH WE BACK
garbage
Howell is awesome. I think someone kicked Woods puppy this afternoon
WOOD..BOOM
meh

With all that said, I second that we never speak of this again.

Bad news – You can’t forget about 43% of the games you play.

I’m developing a serious concern regarding our offensive sets, and our ability to generate open looks. I’m going to sound like a broken record here, but we set high ball screens for every G/D player on the floor EXCEPT the one guy who can shoot from outside. Watch Duke’s offense when they had JJ Reddick – whoever guarded him got their asses beaten by a series of screens – every single possession – and it’s why he would get 8-10 open looks a game. Scott’s lone open looks come in transition or off of loose balls – and that’s just not good enough.

I’d love to say they tried their hardest – but I just didn’t see that for most of the game. I saw a bunch of guys standing pretty still on offense – and an utter lack of help on defense.

In the end, we have more talent than Virginia – period. And we were at home. To me, there’s cause for concern in dropping a 2nd home game to a team who, quite honestly, has no right beating us at home.