šŸ€ UVa Menā€™s Basketball - February 2024

Donā€™t like thisā€¦.

But better now than next year

https://x.com/cavs_corner/status/1757552518287032350?s=46

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Had an ankle procedure that was already planned according to Tony last night on his radio show. Planned it so that he would be ready for post season workouts

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The man deserves respectā€¦itā€™s Wyatt!

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I think this is a pretty distorted representation of the discourse on this subject. Seems to me that the anti-current uni/alt uni camp appears more aggrieved (and undeniably more prolific).

mire interesting to me is that this topic seems to get rehashed whenever we lack more meaningful stuff to complain aboutā€¦so maybe itā€™s a good thing when the topic raises its head again.

For my own part, the current uniforms are fine. Do they distinguish our brand? Not really. Do the old ones (mid-2010s versions) do a better job? I suppose so, but I never thought they were any great shakes either. This is the point @73CAV is probably making; win and you always look good.

Now for the part where I talk out of the other side of my face, the mid-90s unis look bomb as fuck to this day and Iā€™m prepared to die on that hill.

Half Baked Whos Comin With Me GIF

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So you DVRed the game tonight, havenā€™t watched it yet, and arenā€™t hip to the whole sky is falling world is over we are back on the bubble thing I guess?

(Spoiler alert)

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Where does the sky even begin? Can a sky fall to a location where it already is? And why isnā€™t elijah gertrude playing?

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You got me. Havenā€™t watched yet, but was aware of outcome. Iā€™m slowly learning the benefits of avoiding game threads after tip-off.

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Trilly has some legsā€¦ that account only lasted about a month or so.

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It did immediately miss after all. Tough start.

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41st in NET this morning. So @Raleigh_Hoo what do we need to do over this last 6 to feel good heading into the ACCT? 3-3 likely good enough as long as one of the losses isnā€™t GT?

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I need to go back over my bracket again. Must beat GT for sure. I think 2 of the other 5 will likely have us in without too much to sweat, although the caveat is always who those two are and how the rest of the bubble plays out. We also cant afford too many more double digit losses. For instance if WF comes in and beats us by 20+ that changes things.

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I think coaches either are ignorant of the margin of victory element of this or just dont care and prefer to be gentlemanly. But beating teams by 10 vs 20 is absolutely a huge deal in this era. I get getting some time for those that dont play much, but that IMO should be the last minute or two.

I have no way to prove this but if we would have lost by say 2/3 points last night instead of 11, I bet our NET is a few spots better.

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Bartā€™s tool has us 7th out if we beat GT and lose the rest. If we beat GT and any other team (besides Duke) weā€™re in the first 4. If we beat GT and Duke, 10 seed. If we win only the games weā€™re currently favored (Wake, @BC and GT), 11 seed.

Very firmly on the bubble this year.

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If Pitt wins the rest of its games except for @Wake and @Clemson, theyā€™re firmly on the bubble and could give the ACC 6 teams assuming Wake makes it too.

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Saw this on Reddit and laughed.

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Eamonn todayā€¦

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More diagnosis than prescription, Iā€™d say. Which is fine, heā€™s not our coach! Links to the ShotQuality standings, which are interesting:

https://shotquality.com/team-standings

However, it is also kinda confusing, as Iā€™m not sure if the standings are ranking purely on shot quality or if they are incorporating other stuff as well. Because Houston has a super low ā€œrim and 3sā€ rate (a little lower than ours actually), and their adjusted offensive shot quality is rated at #5. I donā€™t see how that can be true unless the standings are really just adjusted efficiency ratings that incorporate the full four factors (shooting, rebounding, turnovers, free throws).

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Looks like an average of offensive and defensive shot quality (a little counterintuitive)

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Our guys just canā€™t get open to shoot more 3s.

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