I canât agree with âGT is awful.â Theyâre inconsistently good (having beaten Duke, UNC, & Clemson while losing to the rest of the ACC⊠until recently when theyâve won 3 out of 4). We are also inconsistently good. So Iâm not seeing this remotely as a gimme.
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Yeah, Ga Tech is probably saying the same about us.
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I mean at home weâve generally been a very good team. Even our two losses at home werenât terrible
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Plus senior night adds a bit of umph.
Weâll see. Iâll still be nervous as hell about this one.
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That was the only game (outside of Florida the second game of the year) where we got down close to or more than double digits and actually didnât fold. Also started our 8-game win streak.
GT went up 22-11 and 24-13 with 9:04 to play in the 1st half. We held them to only 5 more points that half, on a 20-5 run to close the half. We were able to even get up 15 (at 63-48) with 7:45 to play in the game. And held on for a 9-point win.
Is it replicable and will we replicate are two different questions. The former is undoubtedly âYes,â the latter is âWho the heck knows.â
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Yeah. That was also with their freshman PG on an absolute heater to start and some questionable calls. Weâll see if thatâs replicable, too.
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From Eammonâs piece. Jekyll and Hyde.
Virginia (21-9, 12-7; NET: 49, SOR: 34): Weâve given up trying to understand Virginia. The Cavaliers have had several seasons in one, from the promising early start to four blowout losses in six games in December and January to a stretch of eight straight wins (including at Clemson) to, most recently, another four-losses-in-six slide punctuated by disastrous blowout margins and a complete lack of viable offense. The Hoos scored 41 points at Virginia Tech, 44 against North Carolina, 48 against Duke. Virginia has never been great offensively this season, but damn, man. What even is that? The same question applies to Virginiaâs resume, which is now 2-6 against Quadrant 1 and 6-3 against Quadrant 2, with no truly âbadâ losses (ND away is now Quad 2, for whatever thatâs worth) and no truly elite wins. Virginia should still be in the field, but if they lose to Georgia Tech Saturday, what then? This has been a profoundly strange season, and itâs not over yet.
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Who do we want to lose tonight? Florida? UNC for obvious reasons but who else?
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South Florida, Ole Miss, Providence, Kansas St., Pitt, St. Johns, Wake Forest.
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Virginiaâs season reminds of the time I got high with a platypus and all I could do was look it in the eye and say âwhat the f@ck man?â
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Interested to see how much St. Johnâs moves up in the NET tomorrow. Depaul is 
but the NET loves a blowout win on the road
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Prediction:
Wake Forest loses.
We squeak a win out against GT and secure the 3 seed where we meet Wake as a 6 seed in ACC tournament quarterfinals.
Wake, desperate for a W to get into the tourney, blows us out in the quarterfinals and knocks us out of March Madness.
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If wake loses itâs likelier to be Clemson or Syracuse that we play
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I donât see much upside if Wake loses tonight. Yeah it secures the double bye but how much does that really mean if it only matters if UVA loses to GT. Meanwhile, Wakeâs loss just about guarantees UVAâs home win against them wonât move back into Q1 range. Of course, weâre also competing against Wake on the bubble. haha So torn.
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But Wake is competition on the bubble. Maybe that is the reason?
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why would we want Florida to lose? thatâs our best win (that or at clemson, i guess) and they are nowhere close to the bubble so weâre not competing with them for a spot⊠or am i missing something?
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You have to take it with the expectation that uva beats gt on Saturday. If we lose we are done anyways.
This nearly assures we would be ahead of wake come selection Sunday if we win Saturday. At this point there are only idk 6 teams competing for 4 spots so thatâs huge to eliminate 1.
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No you are right Florida winning is good! There arenât competition at this point
Thatâs a good perspective, Iâm sold. itâs trending toward being irrelevant anyway.