Some of yall are acting like we were supposed to be one of the best teams in the ACC this year. Finishing with an 8th seed was very good....better than anyone would have expected entering this season.
Plus this was more of a game where we obviously played bad, but Michigan State was definitely playing much better than they have all season. They were making every ****ing shot they took.
It's cool to be ****ed at this result, but ultimately we had a good season and finished better than expected. Next year expectations are a lot higher though.
I think what has people (including myself) upset is how shockingly inconsistent we have been this season. We have shown we are good and capable enough to beat Duke, UNC, UVA, almost beat Louisville, etc., yet we turn around and look completely unprepared and inept, like tonight for example. I'm sorry, but I just don't accept the "we weren't supposed to be good this year" excuse.
As I have already said, a loss tonight would not have shocked me. I accept we are not a GREAT team this year. But to hardly even show up and get flat out embarrassed on national TV in the tourney tonight? No. There's simply no excuse.
Inconsistent teams tend to have high highs, and low lows. Most inconsistent basketball teams lack an important piece, in our case, we lack the most important piece, a point guard. People underrate how important guys like Shane Larkin and Angel Rodriguez are. When you have a steady hand at the PG position, you can bring a team back into it, and this team doesn't have that. When things go wrong, it tends to be compounded by Quan doing something stupid. When this game was on the verge, you knew Quan was going to do something insane, and that's exactly what happened tonight. He insists on driving the lane, knowing full well that they are packing the paint. Instead of hitting some open shooters, or at the least creating dish opportunities to his bigs, he decides to jack up floaters, which he doesn't hit.