It also had a lot to do with the style of play the officials allowed

As a comparison, look at the 1st Pitt game that we had to hold on to win. Jumped out early, the constant beating and banging took their toll and we had to hang on to win. It also allowed Pitt to get easier shots on offense because our players were slowed by the style.

Officials called the game closer in the second game, our defenders had energy, they couldn't beat on us all night and we ran away and won by a ton.

If the officials called TX for the constant banging, they would have had to back off (not to mention the two that should have been on TX that sent Aluma to the bench in the 1st and took him out of his game in the 2nd). Totally different game if the style of officiating changes.

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Posted: 03/21/2022 at 3:14PM

Duke, UNC, UM all sweet 16 after playing 2,1,1 games respectively in ACC -- DeputyD 03/21/2022 10:06AM

5 games in 8 days is tough, just like Tennessee had to do. Big part of it. ** -- TboneParkerVT 03/21/2022 11:04PM

You win what you can…one team wins both tourneys. 1 of 16 or 1 of 70 or -- JACHokies 03/21/2022 3:29PM

We did live life at a pretty frantic pace for a week. 4 games in 4 days, -- UEMcGill 03/21/2022 1:41PM

A lot going on -- crazylane 03/21/2022 2:48PM

Sometimes the shots don't fall and the opponents' shots do ** -- Tuckahokie 03/21/2022 11:14AM

TX vs VT 53% made 3-pointers. Against Purdue? 36% Sums it up right there! ** -- The Bear 03/21/2022 2:44PM

Yep. Jones shot 71% from 3 and Carr shot 60% -- HwoodHokie 03/21/2022 12:45PM

Reminds me of Syracuse in 2006 -- HwoodHokie 03/21/2022 11:04AM

The history of the big East is littered with conf -- GreenvilleVT 03/21/2022 10:53AM

I think it was Connecticut -- crazylane 03/21/2022 7:14PM

Cuse had a couple of 3&4 game tournament runs in the BE -- millmtnhokie 03/21/2022 10:58AM

I think they lost to Richmond in the first round -- GreenvilleVT 03/21/2022 11:35AM

Scratch that. They lost in the quarters of be tourney -- GreenvilleVT 03/21/2022 11:38AM

Duke played 3 (Syr, Mia, & VT); UNC 2 (UVA & VT) and Miami 2 (BC & Duke)** -- 86TechHokie 03/21/2022 10:47AM

I think the emotion of winning the acc tournament -- millmtnhokie 03/21/2022 10:46AM

It also had a lot to do with the style of play the officials allowed -- Vienna_Hokie 03/21/2022 3:14PM

Beard had 4 days to prepare a defense for us + his offense can from nowhere -- HOKIE75-79 03/21/2022 12:16PM

Purdue’s size was a problem for Texas. Aluma was robbed of minutes -- millmtnhokie 03/21/2022 1:03PM

Two keys for Purdue that VT did not have -- ShockWaveVT 03/21/2022 5:58PM

Sometimes guys make a higher percentage of shots than they normally would. -- HokieEngineer 03/21/2022 12:32PM

I think it’s really hard to win 4 or 5 games in row vs ~equal competition. ** -- marcbvtgm 03/21/2022 10:49AM

Villanova, Arizona, Texas Tech, Purdue, St Peter's, UCLA -- Pylons 03/21/2022 10:34AM

It also had a lot to do with the style of play the officials allowed

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