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.
Us beating Duke, UNC, and at UVA was us playing above our actual level though, thats the difference; We overachieved. Even winning those games shows that Coach L is getting us wins we shouldn't be getting.
This was a rebuilding year, and Coach L got us to an 8 seed. Quite frankly I just think we got unlikely having to play against MSU...even if we were placed in the region with the weakest 1 seed.
But the big thing is your acting like MSU didn't just play out of their mind. They shot like 75% from 2pt range and like over 50% on all their shots. Other than the first 10 minutes they were turning it over, they had everything go their way on offense. And we have been a pretty good defensive team all year, I think 2nd in the ACC. Now do you think we just suddenly sucked at playing defense or MSU was just on fire tonight?
Secondly we were rebuilding, and Not only weren't we a great team, we were just an average team. Our Defense was really good. Other than that we weren't good all year. Ask yourself if you were told we'd get an 8 seed in the tournament before this year started would you call that a good year? I would. Maybe if Manu had never left we could have expected more, but he did.