Virginia plays their last home game of the season Tuesday night at the JPJ. Both the Wahoos and the Wolfpack are 5-9 in the ACC, and have zero chance of competing in the NCAA Tournament this season.
Will Sherrill and Mustapha Farrakhan will likely play their last games in the John Paul Jones Arena Tuesday night. It’s possible that Virginia will play some sort of crappy CBI Tournament game at home in the post-season, but also very unlikely because of the venue already having committed to hosting the NCAA Women’s first and second round games.
The Wolfpack has not won a game yet in the JPJ, but they do hold a 80-56 advantage all-time against the Hoos. NC State is led by Tracy Smith who is averaging almost 15 per game. State is coming off a victory over lowly Georgia Tech on Saturday, and this is almost certainly the last couple of games for embattled coach Sidney Lowe. The Pack has one more game at home after facing Virginia.
Virginia played their worst second-half of the season Saturday as they only scored sixteen points in the final 20 minutes against Boston College. Virginia was 4-21 from the three-point line Saturday in the loss to BC. Tony Bennett’s Wahoos were credited with zero fast break points in that game as well.
I think the Hoos can win this game if they remember how to shoot the basketball, but only if they run some sort of real, ACC-quality offense out there and stop making such ridiculous decisions on defense. Hopefully Mu will step-up in his last game at home and shoot the lights out!
K.T. Harrell, you awake yet? Sammy, hello? Is Assane Sene the best player on this team now? Yikes!
Prediction? Hoos 57 Wolfpack 67. It’s finally over…Time for full venues, beautiful Charlottesville weather, sundresses, and sports like baseball and lax where Virginia has a chance to really do something special!