Can we just skip the post about BC today? What an expletive-laden performance. I hardly ever cuss and I must have cussed out loud 20 times during that game. Can we even call it a game? Is it a game when a father plays his 3-year-old son in basketball on a regulation hoop? That's the best equivalent I could find to match how VT looked against Boston College last night. It was like our arms were too short to grab rebounds, our muscles were still forming which made us unable to hit shots, and our reactions were slower than many sloths. Seth Greenberg needs to burn the tape for that game and just pretend like it never happened.
For whatever reason, that tight flex offense just gives VT fits. We can't seem to figure out how to defend it. I am praying to the Lord Almighty that we don't have to face Boston College in the ACC tournament. How we managed to get a win in Blacksburg is one of life's profound mysteries. Besides causing turnovers, there wasn't a single good thing for the Hokies to take away from this game. Malcolm Delaney continues to struggle with his shooting in ACC play, and it's about time that we realize that Delaney is not an elite player. He may score points, but he's doing it from the free throw line, which is useless late in games when playing from behind. He looks for the foul so much that referees are getting to the point where they just aren't calling obvious fouls anymore when they notice that it's Delaney who is drawing them.
I need to take several deep breaths and calm down. There was no urgency from our team to win that game... it seems that they have bought into the hype about them and figured that they don't need to come to play every single night. The mental mistakes overfloweth. And now, the Hokies have an incredibly important game at home against Maryland on Saturday where they absolutely have to win, and I am just not sure that this team can handle the pressure. Make no mistake... VT is probably an NCAA tournament team if they beat both Maryland and NC State, but there is a chance they might need to add an ACC tournament win as well. Leave it to the Hokies to wait until the last possible minute to book their NCAA tournament ticket. We've done it every year that we've had a chance since the last time we were at the Big Dance in '06. It's happening again. My secret reasoning? I think our players love the publicity they get from being "on the bubble" for the two weeks before the selection committee does their thing.
I have nothing more to say today... I just can't muster any positive thoughts. I'm going to go take a dump in a box and mark it "Virginia Tech".
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