Saturday Recap:

Some times this year I've felt that Virginia Tech looked like an NCAA Tournament caliber team (Wake, Miami, even the Clemson loss). Other times they have not looked even close, like yesterday against Maryland. It doesn't bother me that they lost, it was not a must-win game against a tough team on the road. It's how they lost. The defense was terrible. I can't tell you how many times I saw two guys run after a Maryland player, leaving another guy wide open for a long 2 or a 3. Maryland got way too many open looks at the basket, and give them credit, they made them. Virginia Tech couldn't sustain success either -- every time they got a couple baskets in a row to make a run they came right back and gave up a 3 or an easy 2.
Seth after the game said he knew this was coming because they had two bad days of practice. What? You are fighting to try to make the NCAA Tournament, to make a name for yourself, and you can't seem to get it together in practice? Maybe this game was an aberration, but they better come out with fire against UVA or it's straight to the NIT. We can't have Malcolm Delaney falling down more times than he is scoring baskets. We can't have Jeff Allen scoring 8 points and then flicking off the crowd on live television. If you don't want to be on an ACC team and want to win every game then get out and go play for a junior college team.

In other ACC action, Wake Forest won big over Florida State. This game wasn't on TV here, so I don't know how it went, but that was a big win for Wake.
And NC State, despite looking terrible in the beginning of the game, got it together and smoked Georgia Tech on the road. Definitely two teams going in opposite directions.