Comments on: Inconsistent Play Dooms Hokies In 63-58 Loss To FSU http://www.virginiatechfan.com/2010/01/inconsistent-play-dooms-hokies-6358-loss-fsu/ The Ultimate Virginia Tech Sports Fan Blog and Specialty Store Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:11:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Techrocks http://www.virginiatechfan.com/2010/01/inconsistent-play-dooms-hokies-6358-loss-fsu/comment-page-1/#comment-763 Techrocks Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:35:08 +0000 http://www.virginiatechfan.com/?p=2322#comment-763 The bottom line is that we simply didn't shoot the ball well enough, either from the floor (34%) or from the FT line (54%). Had we hit just a couple more of the open looks that we got and shot over 70% from the line like a good team is supposed to do instead of barely shooting 50%, we'd be celebrating a win today. But as you say, losing on the road to one of the better teams in the ACC is no great disgrace. But assuming that we beat NC Central tomorrow night, the one thing we absolutely, positively can't do is slip up at home against BC on Saturday. BC is a bottom-tier ACC team this year and we simply must to hold serve at home. But assuming that we can get two wins this week, we'll be 15-2 with a couple of potentially winnable ACC road games against Miami and UVA coming up. The bottom line is that we simply didn’t shoot the ball well enough, either from the floor (34%) or from the FT line (54%). Had we hit just a couple more of the open looks that we got and shot over 70% from the line like a good team is supposed to do instead of barely shooting 50%, we’d be celebrating a win today.

But as you say, losing on the road to one of the better teams in the ACC is no great disgrace. But assuming that we beat NC Central tomorrow night, the one thing we absolutely, positively can’t do is slip up at home against BC on Saturday. BC is a bottom-tier ACC team this year and we simply must to hold serve at home. But assuming that we can get two wins this week, we’ll be 15-2 with a couple of potentially winnable ACC road games against Miami and UVA coming up.

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