Game Thread [2022-23] Virginia Tech

[torontoduke]

Please beat UNC in Chapel Hill. Would be sweet

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Actually I take that back. 15 team was destroying some bad teams in between that awful game at a miserable VT team and the lackluster loss in the ACCT.

 

[torontoduke]

Am I a weirdo to think the ACCT is important?

 

[Devilsforlife]

2015 was a bad omen for what was to come in Blacksburg. We’ve only won once there since.

 

[torontoduke]

The '99 to '05 ACCT dominance was a sweet period

 

[torontoduke]

2011, 17 and 19 also memorable

 

[Devilsforlife]

The '99 to '05 ACCT dominance was a sweet period

We won 10 ACCT’s in 13 years from 1999-2011. The Duke Invitational era. Only bagged two since.

 

[mkvl04]

2016 - Lost 4/6 from late Feb through the ACCT
2017 - Lost 3/4 to end the RS
2019 - Lost 3/6 to end the RS
2020 - Lost 3/4 in late Feb
2021 - Lost last 3 RS games
2022 - K night and ACCT defensive shitshows

Don't see your point at all

 

[torontoduke]

Al Motherfuckin Horford

 

[Devilsforlife]

2016 - Lost 4/6 from late Feb through the ACCT
2017 - Lost 3/4 to end the RS
2019 - Lost 3/6 to end the RS
2020 - Lost 3/4 in late Feb
2021 - Lost last 3 RS games
2022 - K night and ACCT defensive shitshows

Don't see your point at all

Not surprised.

 

[torontoduke]

Gotta finish strong. I think these Devils can win the 23 ACCT

 

[torontoduke]

Need Mitch and Proctor for a 2nd year. Could be special

 

[aiw]

That was fun. The guy in front of me almost charged the court when they called Flip for the foul after getting hit in the face again.

I will say, it was nice to see emotion from Scheyer on some of the calls tonight. After that, they waved off an and-1 and said the ball was on the floor and he was going crazy about how that wasn't how they called it earlier for VT.

 

[rome8180]

Sorry, but this whole "Scheyer doesn't yell enough at the refs" thing is the biggest crock of shit going in sports right now.

 

[aiw]

I think people expected him to flip out at UVA, but he literally didn't see a replay at the time and had to believe what the refs told him.

 

[rome8180]

Even if it were true, which I don't think it is from everything I've observed, there's zero proof that making refs fear for their life has any kind of positive impact. Brad Stevens had as much success in a short period as anyone while only muttering under his breath and shaking his head occasionally. Most of the time he did nothing.

 

[aiw]

What was the explanation for the reversal on the Flip foul? He was in Basile's cylinder? Did the announcers agree?

 

[aiw]

Official account has had enough

 

[torontoduke]

Nate Oats wouldn't put out a thoughtless comment like that.

 

[DurhamSon]

Even if it were true, which I don't think it is from everything I've observed, there's zero proof that making refs fear for their life has any kind of positive impact. Brad Stevens had as much success in a short period as anyone while only muttering under his breath and shaking his head occasionally. Most of the time he did nothing.

I dunno. There was a stark difference in how the 2nd half of our 2015 title was reffed vs the first, and it came right on the heels of the comments K made going into the locker room.