There’s good mojo associated with that thread title, so we will have to stick with it, despite the God-awful syntax. The winner will get a steamrolling (and hopefully overconfident) UNC squad tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. Believe it or not, Jeff is stuck at a wedding and is limited to e-mail. He had a couple of items to pass along, as a warm-up to “game thread” action:
– James T. Valvano would have turned 61 today, God rest his soul. Will that lead to some divine intervention? SFN is not ruling it out.
– NC State’s 14-point deficit was the second-largest halftime margin overcome in ACCT history. #1, of course, is the infamous NC State collapse against Maryland in the semifinals a few years back. You might remember that especially for our manager drawing a technical from Larry Rose for taking too long to wipe up the court.
– “The Jacket” is now 3-0.5.
The action will commence shortly.
Halftime Update: That was not a good last minute. You can’t let the Hokies get that second possession and the chance (which was realized) for positive momentum entering the half. It’s a decent 6-point lead, but it feels mighty tenuous, especially given how little VT has gotten from Zabian Dowdell. Of course, we didn’t get much from our bigs, either. Horner and Nieman? Money. Ferguson? Competent. Atsur? Everybody needs to think good thoughts. We are not tired. If we lose, that won’t be the reason. The guys have shown great adrenaline and determination.
