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1. 100,000♦ Virginia Tech
2. 50,000♦ Florida State
1. You're damn right I am going to take a dozen or so points with the Hokies! And this is with or without Ty Lawson. Even if Lawson plays he is not going to be close to 100% and speed and quickness is his biggest asset which just will not fully be there. The point guard totally guides the ship and as he goes the team seems to go.
I am not at all belittling the immense talent that Roy Williams team' has. Tyler Hansbrough is as good as they come, Danny Green is a stud and the other players form a loaded loaded team that is as good as any. But Lawson is the catalyst for this high octane offense and for the Tar Heels to be laying such a gaudy price like this on a neutral court against a Hokie team that has no choice but to lay it all on the line is just too much!
Seth Greenberg is a great coach that continues to overachieve with this program and get the most out of his players. Virginia Tech is not the most talented of teams but they continue to prove themselves as very dangerous in this spot and they have the heart of a lion which we saw once again in the burial of a talented Miami team on Thursday. With being square on that bubble I see nothing but a focused team that will come out and battle UNC every step of the way.
AD Vassalo and Malcolm Delaney are no joke and this team is not just going to lace em up and be intimidated. North Carolina is not going to do anything that Tech won't expect as these teams just played in Blacksburg a week ago in a Hokie slim cover but cover nonetheless.
It's tough to play on a back-to-back against a fresher more talented team there's no doubt about it and that is why this line is as high as it is. But Va. Tech is a squad that has a ton of motivation and will not just crap in their pants. Let's not forget how the Hokies won at Wake Forest as a similar dog when Wake was undefeated and just won in a tough tough place to play at LittleJohn against a Clemson team that is always great at home. My point is that today's underdog knows a thing or two about manning up and playing in this exact type of spot.
UNC should pull this thing out, but I mean pull this thing out!
2. Georgia Tech is not a bad squad at all as I told you yesterday. The Yellow Jackets are one of the greatest 2-14 conference teams that I have ever seen. But I do think this situation will prove to be a little too much for Paul Hewitt's bunch to overcome.
Tech was able to upset a talented but always potentially egg laying team in Clemson yesterday. I told you how the Tigers a lot of times crap on themselves when not at home and that is exactly what happened yesterday and the Jackets have enough to take care of business in that spot. It was a great matchup plus way way way too many points. Here though playing for a second straight day against a grinding defensive team is just too tough.
Florida State does not wow you offensively at all but Toney Douglas is a killer and the Seminoles defense is as good as any. FSU has been red hot of late and played toe to toe in covers against both Duke and North Carolina recently and should not allow the Jackets much at all on the offensive end of the court. This is a perfect spot for the Jackets to shoot 30% and just get outphysicaled and outclassed by a team that has been firing away on all cylinders defensively and playing well enough offensively to win and cover a ton of games..
It was a great great win yesterday for Tech but the magic will just not be there today. Shumpert, Peacock, Clinch and the Jackets will run out of gas and get outclassed today!
