I’m out of ideas for positive mojo, but I will grumpily fulfill my liveblogging duties tonight. If Oprah and Dr. Phil have taught us nothing else, it helps to share one’s grief and agony. Over/under on swear words I am forced to type tonight – 10.5. More in an hour or so.
7:18 – So far, so good. We already matched our total from the first half in Chapel Hill! It looks like we will at least keep the margin under 30. But it’s still early…
7:22 – Fucking Fells. Tie game.
7:27 – Hanging in tough so far. Fells is REALLY off with his shot. If that changes, MAYBE we’ll have a chance. Costner is giving better effort.
7:31 – Fucking Fells AGAIN!
7:34 – Grant/Fells alley-oop finally works! Pack by 6.
7:38 – Down to 4, UNC ball. It’s crucial to keep the lead at the half.
7:42 – Grant gets 2nd foul. Think Javi has 2 as well. 3 point game.
Halftime – The last minute was a killer, as I feared. UNC took our best punch, but still came out ahead by 3. Not looking good.
8:10 – Holes by ten. Hansblow killing us single handedly.
8:22 – Keep Tracy Smith in – at least he fucking tries. Now that the outcome is no longer in doubt, look for Fells to start playing well.
8:26 – Fuck you, Mike Patrick.
8:33 – We make a lot of teams look they play good defense, Jay. Smith still very active.
8:37 – Roy starting to rotate the blue team in.
8:38 – Ha! Talking about the NCAAT. We aren’t even money to make the NIT at this point.
8:40 – Can’t we just surrender and let the fans go home? Pretty clear our players have somewhere they’d rather be.
8:46 – Roy really enjoys rubbing our nose in shit. I have to respect that – in a rivalry, that’s as it should be. Damn it. UNC by 18, game mercifully will be over soon.
8:51 – Simon should punch Hansblow in the nuts.
Final Score – UNC 84, NC State 70. Game was not as close as the score would indicate. 5 more games to suffer through, kids. Then, we can choose a team to adopt for the NCAAT.
