It is what it is, I guess. Allen was beyond awful today, Delaney had a typical Delaney game (puts up some points and shoots a bad percentage), Green was awful, the zone defenses were awful, they got out-hustled, they still don’t know how to run a fast-break, they had no half-court offense, and Eddie must be in Greenberg’s doghouse yet again. Did I miss anything? The only reason the BC performance was more pathetic was because it was at home on Senior Night.

IMO, we’ll have to win two in the ACC Tourney to even have a prayer at dancing. Lose to likely GT in the 1st round and it’s not even debatable. Beat GT then lose to likely FSU and although some fans will say we’re in, I’d say it’s highly unlikely. VT would have to catch A LOT of breaks from fellow bubble teams to get in in that scenario. If they win two then lose, I’d say in all honesty it’s a 50/50 shot they get in.

It’s a shame. They looked like a lock after the Duke game, and probably would have been if they had just won one this week. Instead, they lay a complete egg in both games. We can make all the excuses in the world for this team (injuries) but it won’t do any good. Simply put, like every other year, this team just hasn’t done enough. I’m not going to feel bad for anyone if/when they don’t have their name called next Sunday.

I have a serious question though… will this team EVER get over the hump? Is Greenberg even capable of getting them over the hump? I’m not dogging Greenberg, because I know how bad this program was before he got here, but when you play in the NIT 4 out of 5 years (or whatever it is/about to be), you have to start asking questions. The Duke game had a chance to be a program-defining victory. Instead, it was followed by two disgraceful performances. ALL of the luster of that win has complete left me.

Anyway, my rant over. Have a good day everyone.

Well, we kept NCAA hopes alive for BC and Clemson. Real charitable of us. It is amazing that a starting lineup with 3 seniors and a junior can play this inconsistently. No Eddie again. What was it this time? 14 steals, 15 offensive rebounds, 78% from the free throw line and a loss. Big donut became the big turnover with 8. We let defenses collapse on our scorers and rarely make thenm pay. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to enjoy our Duke win for very long.

Wow! Another end of the season thud! Whelp, b2B’burg! Hello NIT! Same script & (unfortunately) same cast. Anyways, what seed are we in G’boro?

Green kept giving up the ball to someone else above the circle. He was constantly shadowed by a defender as he brought the ball up the court. He had difficulty setting up the offense or getting past his defender with his dribble. After about 10 to 15 seconds of this, the offense would start with Green giving it up to someone else to look to shoot or look inside.

Also, I couldn’t agree with you more regarding the absurdity of some of our offensive sets in the firat half, Niemo. On more than one occasion when we were running our halfcourt offense in the first half, I noticed ALL FIVE VT PLAYERS standing between the foui line and the midcourt line! That kinda makes it tough to run an offense.

Finally, at about the 6:00 mark of the first half, our guards started taking the ball aggressively to the basket and either finishing, getting fouled, or kicking the ball back out for an open perimeter jumper. That’s when VT made their run to get back into the game. But at the start of the 2nd half, alas, it was more of the same.

I really hope Marquis Rankin, Robert Brown and Dorian Finney-Smith prove to be more aggressive when it comes to penetrating into the lane.

I deleted the Duke/VT game from the DVR today. I thought about deleting it after the BC game, but gave them one more shot to not totally shart on the good feelings I had lingering from last Saturday.

Well in one week, we’ve amazingly taken such a special, prideful moment and arguably the biggest win in bball history, and promptly flushed it down the toilet. It is now the darkest day in Hokie bball. I’m moving the Dockery half courter to #2.

It’s hard not to get emotionally caught up in the moment and I agree with just about all of the above reactions, but again, it is what it is and time to move on. Something not specifically mentioned is that we are truly lacking in on-court leadership. Yes Delaney and Allen will go down as some of the best to lace em up for us, but watching Allen and his silly elbow foul yesterday and Delaney’s act of complaining with every bit of contact (this was getting old sometime last year) and you realize that our seniors are not the leaders on-court they need to be.

I like Seth and he takes big heat for only getting us so far. But since he’s reluctant to cheat or take on juco transfers then this is what we get with no depth, and it’s fine with me. Remember, we just recently moved into the blue-blood rich ACC and I think we CAN do better with what we have. The paint on the practice facility is barely dry so we will see that pay off as it relates to recruiting. And hopefully Seth gets a squad with health/depth so we don’t burn out come February.

We sold out big time to beat Duke and the hangover still lingers. Delaney, Allen and Bell have one more chance for redemption this week. Let’s hope they carry us to a nice run in the ACC. I like our seeding, especially if BC wins today. We can take GT and FSU without Singleton, so who knows. Just don’t give up on us yet.

This team has also been constantly on the bubble every year. As a result, the coach shortens the bench to try to eke out wins. By the end of the season, the core players are exhausted and plaugued with nagging injuries.

There was no depth in the Coleman-Gordon-Dowdell teams either. The teams would consistently fold in the second half because the tired guards could no longer prevent dribble penetration.

Les – you make a good point. Singler and Smith have played almost every minute of Duke’s games as well and they look like they may be fading a bit as well. I looked back and Dowdell and Gordon played 34 and 32 minutes a game respectively so it wasn’t as bad as this year but we definitely depended on them. I am sure that Seth sees an 80% Delaney or Allen as a better option than their backups at 100%.

At what point does the hourglass flip and it become about performance as opposed to building the program?

I have to think next year. There won’t have been a more balanced (by the class) rotation since Seth started. 2 RS Srs, SR C, starting JR PG who should be ready to make a run at all ACC, and the highly touted FR class…

I don’t think it’s a matter of preaching patience, we all know something different is coming. But it’s frustrating to envision Seth in charge of GAME-COACHING all that abundant talent. I have no faith in his game-calling.