This may be an unpopular post...
but you have to tip your cap to Stanford in the last 2 minutes and give them a lot of credit.
It is incredibly upsetting to blow a lead on a very important win for postseason credentials, but it's not like VT was completely reckless. Instead, Stanford made some incredibly timely shots and executed a nearly perfect sequence on every possession (offense and defense).
Yes, VT should have managed the clock a bit better (biggest mistake in their control), made just a single shot, hit all the free throws, grabbed a timely rebound, and not fouled a shooter for a 3 point play... but none of those were really egregiously bad in their own.
Hopefully VT can learn from this. They've built a solid-enough resume so far that this loss itself isn't a season killer, but it gives a lot less margin for future mess ups.
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6mo
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6mo
Lazy both mentally and physically. It's been pretty consistent all season.
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6mo
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6mo
on any of the our possessions and we would have won the game 🤔
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6mo
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6mo
to overcome a 12 point deficit in 2 minutes.
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6mo
combination of poor plays/decisions by one team and excellent ones by the other.
And while I realize it is frustrating and disappointing for the fans I can almost guarantee it is much worse for the players and coaches. One call, play or player doesn’t cause a loss like this. But it is very easy for an individual to think “if I had just done this one thing differently we would have won”.
This team has been pretty resilient thus far so I’m hoping they can bounce back. But it’s still a gut punch of a loss.
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