Mens Basketball: ACC Tournament VT at Miami 9 PM ESPN2

Just lost over an hours worth of write up because the system logged me out so here is the short version.
Television
ESPN2
Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas & Allison Williams

The ACC Network
Tim Brando, Dan Bonner & Debbie Antonelli

Radio
Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network - Bill Roth & Mike Burnop
Also available on:
Satellite: Sirius: 83 XM: 83
Digital: Hokies Xtra & TuneIn

Game will likely start late, closer to 930ish. Tech must protect the perimeter this time and not from McClellan necessarily. It was Lecomte, Palmer and Uceda that went a combined 13-15 from behind the arc in the last game. They combined for 45 points all together. Force Miami to take the ball inside to get shots. I would rather us make Diakite try to score 50 than allow them to rain threes again.

I agree with the writer from The State of the U in that we need to take the ball to the rim to force Miami to defend cleanly or be in early foul trouble. Put them on their heels and dont relent. This also means we have to hit our shots inside, unlike yesterday where we missed 11 layups and two dunks. Really contributed to the drama at the end.

Miami knows they need to win this game to have a chance to make the tournament so they arent going to lay down at any point, so we need to ensure if we get a big lead that we dont let off the gas. Ideally to start the game I would love to see Hudson, Beyer, Henry, Hill and Mueller get out and run on these guys. Make them gasp for air early and force sloppy fouls.

Miami could come in a bit overconfident since this is back to back games against Tech for them. After the two dismantlings this season lets hope they expect an easy game and get a good shock. Vegas has Miami by ten.

I am not going to predict again, since it worked once. No need to pressure the guys on which version of themselves I expect to see.

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