Didnt see a thread for the game so I figured i'd start one. Fresh off my appearance at the Barclays center where I singlehandedly willed Darrius AutoMaddux and our beloved Hokies to victory along with an extremely pro-Hokies crowd, I retire to the confines of my recliner for round two against the Domers. Wife and daughter have bought in and will be joining me to watch. Couldn't decide wether to wear the same jersey as last night or the new
$30 2022 ACCT VT T-shirt i bought last night, so im wearing both. Why not?
LETS GO!
LETS GO!
LETS GO!
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HOKIES!
HOKIES!
HOKIES!
Surprisingly, we're favored by 1.5 points.
No heart attacks tonight please. I've had a rough enough day.
Prentiss Hubb is a star wars name
Sizzling
Shoutout to my HS alma mater (and Frank Beamer's). Carroll County girls basketball just won their first ever state title
Under 12 time out...so far so good. Lets keep up the focus.
I try to pull the live stats on HokieSports and all I get is last nights box score. Does anybody know where I can pull up live stats?
Espn
Nice reverse by Storm underneath!
Good spot for the hesitation move!
I wanted Maddox to pop from that 3spot again so bad!
2 bad turnovers there. Gotta tighten up and get back in sync.
A couple turnovers but so far some excellent offense and shooting. We really need to keep the tempo down Notre Dame can really run in transition when they get going.
Now how was that a foul
Yeah, this officiating is interesting
No contact shooting foul is new to me
Ghost/soft fouls on us. Swallowed whistles on the other end.
Ref's gotta be catholic.
Seems like to norm to me. Seen it many times.
If you told me we'd be up 11 at half, I'd have taken it in a heartbeat. Now to learn from our mistakes last night
Let ND back into the game with some poor shot selection at the end of the half
I hate the prevent offense. Stay aggressive. Fuk the score or clock
I think it's the switch to the zone that slowed them up.
Second possesion after the switch was beautiful interior passing and finished with an uncontested dunk. We need to drive inside on the zone if thats what theyre gonna do.
2nd half focus effort to get the ball inside. Love it. What we didn't do last night
Little shaky end of the half, but good job locking down at the end to keep the 10+ pt lead.
On another note, I didn't know avoiding a charge is now a block foul...
That was probably in the top five worst foul calls I have ever seen.
What's up with Mike Jones doing the first half interviews last night and tonight?
All the assistants from all the teams have been doing the halftime interviews. Dunno why but that's how it's been all tournament long
Part of the promise CMY made to get him come to VT. He's learning the skills he needs to be a head whistle.
Thinking the same thing. Wonder if it was part of "his deal" to get camera time to build his presence in the college ranks.
Refs really getting ticky tack there in the last few minutes. The "foul" on cattoor was insane.
Better first half of offense but we need to be smarter to stay out of foul trouble need aluma and mutts to be able to play in the second half. I'd like to see some longer possessions as well to eat some clock.
Mutts looks like he's getting mauled when he gets the ball down low
Yah and no foul since about ten minutes in. Meanwhile cattor looked at the guy running past him and got a call. Couple possessions before looked like they called a foul on the floor and the guy was shooting FTs
An 11-pt halftime lead in the ACCT. I feel like we got this one wrapped up boys. Just go though the motions and start preparing for UNC.
😀
If this post isn't the KOD's of KOD's then I don't know what is.
Hate the officiating but love the defense. Let's close this out!!
Keep up the intensity in the 2nd half. No turnovers, make your free throws, burn the clock and take smart shots. LET'S GO!!
HOKIES!!!
If Mutts could make half of his shots/ free throws tonight this would be a dominant team effort...
Na with a BIG 3 and a chance to make it 4
Screaming "And 1" in Keve's face seems like a bad idea
"Rule of Verticality" That's not a foul. Keve stayed vertical with hands straight up.
Which is why Keve didn't get called for that. Ticky tacky stuff later yes, that no.
Offense need to find a way to score. They don't look like they have a plan out there.
Officiating maintaining the ACC's pathetic level........
Edit: doubling down on this comment.....seems like if ND drives and misses, its an automatic foul call regardless of contact
That was a fucking charge are these refs serious
It's "hold on to your butts" time
Man a lot of whistles all of a sudden smh
THE BULLSHIT CALLS ON US GETTING RIDICULOUS
ITS PHUCKING GOT DAMN RIDICULOUS
These referees evidently weren't getting enough of the spotlight
Not sure why we can't get a call on offense but if we touch them cutting it's a call.
Maddox needs to put more effort to get open when he doesn't have the ball
All the sudden we at getting fouled for breathing on their end of the court
Mutts gets fouled twice going to the basket. No call. ND big runs past Murphy, foul.
THE FOULS ARE YOU KIDDING
Meanwhile Aluma mugged on the other end and no foul
I love the ones well here they hook us and throw us to the ground and call the foul on us.
I still cannot understand how another team can just start shoving, elbowing and throwing us around and they refuse to call a foul (under the rim and on rebounds). Yet they start calling touch fouls on us in return. It happens every time we get a lead.
This is preparation for what awaits Friday night.
I wanna blame the refs, but we are just blowing another lead.
Refs suck though
Yes, we're blowing the lead, but the refs are changing the flow of the game. They're allowing ND to foul (hard) and effect our shots. Then they are slowing the pace and low by calling touch fouls on the other end. It's effecting our attitude, because we're getting frustrated about getting jobbed.
I did not sign up for this spike in blood pressure these past two evenings... This team makes me a nervous wreck in the second half.
I don't need a score update every notre lame basket, that's what the fuckin scoreboard is for
Cattoor should not touch the basketball again in this game. Dude couldn't shoot a basketball into the ocean at this point
Amazing how aggressive teams start playing when they realize ACC refs will call every foul for them and no foul on them
That replay was perfectly proving my point. Keve gets shoved in the back, goes off balance. Tries to gather and drive. Gets forearmed and makes a bad pass. No call. "Get defense"
Need to string together defensive stops here, we're not blowing it on offense here (although come on Hunter please make a 3).
Who do you think these cocksucking announcers want to win?
I mean they have nothing to play for and nothing to lose.
wow they didn't know that was a three?
Just trying everything they can to take it away from us.
I wanna see the replay on that latest blown call and WHERE IS IT?
A Storm is coming!!!
Murphy should have an and-1 on the shot clock three. Guy hit him in the stomach.Never mind. Camera angles fooled me. I'll sit down.
"Hasn't done much scoring"
Has double double
Sub Maddox for cattoor now
What a 3 by Storm!!!
Those 2 3's were huge!!!
Keep Cattoor in, let him hit a three
Then 7 players will be in double figures
Do we not have a band there? Why can I only hear ND fight song?
Hearing Let's Go Hokies in the arena is awesome!
Mutts got a foul for laying on the floor and the guy falling over him.
They called it quickly too
They make up for their pathetic calls by making them quickly
In their offseason review they will say "decisive"
Didn't matter they were going to call it if it happened on the bus on the way home.
ouch that missed free throw by Murphy HURT
Murphy missed first FT. They make 2. That's giving points without the clock running.
Make your free throws damn it
They're going to foul and we suddenly can't hit FTs.
Plz make yalls free throws
Why do they keep missing the free throws?
That was big. Now two scores cannot beat you
How the hell was that not a walk. He took five steps.
Then Mutts blocked it twice.
Three possession lead is better than two.
HUGGGGE block by Mutts!
Way to rebound by Hunter there, going 2 for 2 after 0 for 3 last night
Storm with some clutch 3s and FTs late in the second half folks
FAM
FAMMMMM!!!!
Our FT shooting through most of the second half let them back in, but that 8-8 at the end was clutch.
Looks like the whole thread didn't embed -- wartooth starting looking away during free throws and we were perfect when he did 🤣
Boom. Nice win.
Not even the refs could force overtime again....
Take THAT Joe Lunardi!
FAM