UNLV 71, Virginia Tech 59: Hokies Fall in 76 Classic Final
by furrer4heisman on Nov 28, 2010 11:59 PM EST
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Here's most of what you need to know about Virginia Tech's loss to UNLV in tonight's 76 Classic final:
| FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | |
| Malcolm Delaney | 9-14 (65.3) | 7-9 (77.8) | 5-8 (62.5) |
| Rest of Team | 11-27 (40.7) | 3-7 (42.9) | 4-13 (30.8) |
Malcolm Delaney had an amazing night for the Hokies, recording his sixth career 30-point game. He was red-hot from behind the arc and was the only reason Tech was in the game for as long as it was. However, he didn't have any help. The rest of the story was very similar to what we saw against Kansas State.
The Hokies saw some tough calls go against their best post player, Jeff Allen, that resulted in him fouling out after playing just 28 minutes. However, they certainly didn't help themselves. Tech missed a boatload of free throws, committed 18 turnovers to 11 assists (UNLV had 9 TOs and 19 ASTs) and gave up 10 offensive rebounds.
With Allen in foul trouble, the Hokies had to play a lot of zone and lost guys in the half court that resulted in easy baskets for the Rebels. The turnovers can partially be can partially be blamed on the Hokies, but most of it can be credited to UNLV playing good pressure defense.
The Rebels are a very good team with three quality players in Chace Stanback, Quintrell Thomas and Tre'Von Willis who exposed some of the problems that have plagued the Hokies all year. Right now the Hokies don't have enough depth to play at a fast pace or get in any sort of foul trouble.
Because of this, they have to win ugly. And when you're trying to win ugly, your losses will look just as ugly if not more so. Right now Tech isn't a very good basketball team. They're a very streaky jump shooting team and there's a lot of miscommunication, really on both ends of the court.
There's a lot of time for these problems to be fixed and the Hokies could still wind up being a good team. But right now their brand of basketball is borderline unwatchable, mostly out of necessity.
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I couldn’t believe how disorganized and overmatched we looked against UNLV. The ONLY thing about that game that was good for the Hokies was Malcolm Delaney lighting up the 3 point line. Everything else was amateur hour. Every other player on our team looked sloppy, lazy and often lost. We had no answer to the full court press, we missed an unbelievable number of free throws, our defense was bad, we were outhustled, and we allowed UNLV to own the offensive boards. There were times when UNLV was getting 4 or 5 shots in one trip down the court and eating up several minutes of the clock as we committed 2 fouls in course of one possession. The only VT player capable of scoring consistently and actually getting the ball across the half court line under pressure is Delaney.
I truly hope that there is some magic switch that will be flipped and we will start gelling because we are one of the worst teams in the ACC right now and not close to living up to expectations. We got a lot of attention last year for being a very good team getting snubbed and people were interested to see what we’d do this year with Delaney still around. Very disheartening so far.
Was a good effort by the Hokies
But two things were the reason for UNLV winning that game:
1. The On-Ball Pressure forced 50% of the turnovers.
2. Virginia Tech shooting 9-21 from the stripe.
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