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4 plays away from 20-6, 5 Q1 wins and 5 seed?

Devil's Advocate: I think Ohio State and Clemson both got complacent to have let us back into those games. Virginia Tech could have easily been a loss, as well, and had we played them and WVU a few weeks later both probably would have been (you can say the opposite about UVA, but that's still 2 to 1).

As for what did happen in these one-possession games we're 1-4 in, Louisville is the one that I thought stung the most. I very much believe we should have won that game. But the fact that we couldn't go into Wake or UNC and just ball out when we absolutely needed to tells me this team has a very defined ceiling. We don't win Q1 games.
It is pretty simple for me, good teams find a way to win close games, bad teams find a way to lose. Our offensive sets this year at the end of games are ridiculously bad and we don't give ourselves much chance to win. Not to mention lack of focus, rebounding, defense. But the two years prior, we had a formula for winning those close games.
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