Watching Virginia struggle so badly against FloridaState could only inspire anxiety and dread ahead of next week's NCAAtournament, writes USA TODAY Sports' DanWolken
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But for now, it bears an all-too-familiar resemblance to every March meltdown that has belied Virginia’s ascent as one of the nation’s preeminent programs and casts unexpected doubt on whether this season will end any differently than all the others. At the same time, it wasn’t exactly an endorsement of the popular notion that this is Virginia’s best chance under Tony Bennett to make the Final Four and that this team’s elite-level offensive numbers would serve as a safeguard against an embarrassing early-round upset.
However, within the context of Bennett’s previous March résumé, watching this team struggle so badly Friday against Florida State’s roster of NBA-level athletes could only inspire anxiety and dread. “They were the tougher team,” guard Kyle Guy said. “They were trying to penetrate and kickout and finish at the rim and they got to the paint a lot. We’ll watch the tape and be better from it.”
With about seven minutes left and trailing by double-digits, the cumulative effect of trying to score on all that length seemed to finally crack Virginia when Jerome and guard Kihei Clark both clanked layups off the bottom of the rim. And suddenly, though the opponent was vastly different, it started to look a whole lot like UMBC. “You take the hand that's dealt and you make the most of it,” he said. “I wanted these guys so bad to get a chance at a title fight, but that didn't happen.
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