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[QUOTE="Flight23, post: 1245524, member: 5102"]
Yep... we played a craptastic second half and for the most part 1st OT.  There were a couple of questionable calls in the second half (Brogdon's 5th foul on AR, and Anderson's foul on the 3 point shot) but overall they should never have blown an 18 point lead regardless.  They came out in the 2nd half a bit complacent, I think not worried about Miami being able to overcome an 18 point deficit until it got down to single digits.  Then they took a few bad shots and Anderson just couldnt make a thing in the 2nd half...  but Perrantes stepped up and kept it together for us and Anderson brought us back from the dead in the 1st OT.  The thing about this UVA team is there are at least 5 if not 6 guys that can be the man any given game.  13 games into the season and we have had 5 guys lead the team in scoring (Anderson, Brogdon, Gill, Tobey, Perrantes).  Somebody seems to step up each game.

Miami is not a poor team, they are going to be a bubble team.  Should they have taken us to OT? Of course not... but this is ACC basketball on the road, and we played a poor second half, both offensively and defensively.  Brogdon and Anderson couldnt guard AR and Shayok maybe should have been tried out sooner on him.  Their power forward hit 3 threes and their defense really stepped up in the 2nd half.

Either way... hopefully UVA will chalk it up as battle testing and learn a few things as they move into the meat of the ACC... ND in 2 games, 4 easier games, then Duke/Louisville/UNC/NCS in consecutive games... I dont think anyone on our board expects us to come through that undefeated, but as long as we beat Duke we'll be thrilled.
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