Well we lost again...that was another pathetic display. I love that Rivers has a chance to cut it to 2-yes, with 12 seconds left--2, but he throws it away. This is indicative of the type of game it was. We hung in there in the second half but just played like a team that didnt belong with the big boys. We had a chance when we cut it to two and had some bad calls that all went Florida St. team.
How is it that this team is committing so many turnovers?? I saw Rivers, the senior leader, make some truly ugly passes--to Oliver Purnell...Is it late season fatigue, is it the weight of expectation crashing down? I really think we play our best when the pressure isnt on us to have to win. Against Wake we played tentative, scared and committed turnovers partly bc the pressure was on to "arrive" and that carried over to the NC game. The first FSU and the VI games were just lack of execution down the stretch but when we played our best games againt Duke and Maryland we had no pressure and played like it. I think we came in scared to play this game.
Our team has to learn how to feed the post. Booker was getting manhandled and doesnt do a good job of setting himself on the block enough, but you cant really fault him going up against the most athletic 7' 1" giant I have seen in awhile. That block he had on Stitt when Douglas fell down was amazing, my jaw dropped. Speaking of Stitt, down by five with a minute to go and you foul Douglas, one of the best FT shooters in the league?? Pure genius...
Can the ACC not get anyone better to broadcast these games?? I find it amusing, sometimes even hilarious, to hear some drunk FSU fan yelling "Terrance, Terrance" and "I knew it" when OP and Booker fell into each others arms. Tell Raycom to buy better equipment or sell the contract. We are at least the second best league in the country and we are stuck with Raycom?? So we had to win, and we lost--goodbye first round bye, hello fifth seed in the NCAA tourney...
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